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[Charlie Clark <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

I think that most "insiders" are already aware of this but Michael Phipps 
confirmed at the weekend that he is coming to BeGeistert 014 in Düsseldorf 
on 2nd and 3rd April.

We in the orga-team are very much looking forward to seeing him as are many 
of the hard-working Haiku developers and BeGeistert regulars.

Charlie

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First of all sincere apologies for the delay in this
announcement. There are no real excuses apart from the usual one
that organising BeGeistert has to tkae place next to everything
else in real life. For those intending to come - we have reserved a
number of beds at the Youth Hostel so it is still possible to book
a bed despite the fact that the official deadline has passed. If
you are intending to stay then please register as soon as possible
so that we make the necessary arrangements.

For every BeGeistert we've had a motto. While they are largely
tongue-in-cheek they've usually had some relation to the event
itself. At BeGeistert 013, "(Un)Lucky Numbers", we learned that
life was provided to imitate fiction to keep up the tradition. But
despite accidents and illness BeGeistert 013 was a great success.

The tradition is continuing with BeGeistert 014, "Dinner for
One". Named after an obscure English variety piece which is very
much a part of New Year festivities throughout Europe, we are very
much hoping that BeGeistert 014 really will be "same procedure as
last year". Veterans know only too well what we mean by this: the
usual mix of organised chaos, inspiration and fun! While BeGeistert
is about computers it is also about meeting new people and having
a good time.

The chaos will start on Friday afternoon as usual with the BeGeistert
orga-team frantically trying to prepare for the weekend while
visitors arrive and join in the, ahem, fun! (What's wrong with
sightseeing?) and will continue until Sunday evening with people
loathe to break off discussions to catch their train...

The weekend will have the usual mix of presentations and discussions
around Zeta, Haiku OS and BeOS. Visitors will be gently wakened by
the Beatles and occasionally reminded when and how to eat!

yellowTAB is coming to BeGeistert and will be presenting the long
awaited Zeta R1. Marcus Overhagen will be presenting his DVB-T
solution for Zeta and Haiku OS. YellowBites's Stephan Aßmus will
showcasing the latest version of WonderBrush and the Haiku OS app
server. Teammaui will also be there in force to meet their "must
have" application suite including a presentation of yab.

We are also very much looking forward to welcoming a special guest:
Bruno Albuquerque, aka BGA, is coming all the way from Brazil to
join us.

As always while the focus of BeGeistert is definitely technical, it
is not exclusively so. This means taking time to enjoy Düsseldorf
and the Rhine with the usual trip to the Altstadt on Saturday
evening.

See you there!

BeGeistert-Orga Team
http://www.begeistert.org