Scheduling a Munich CG meeting

[tlively]

Google would like to host an in-person CG meeting later this year, probably in October or early November.

These are the possible weeks:

• September 29 - October 3 (German Unity Day on Friday)
• October 6 - 10
• October 13 - 17 (ICFP)
• October 20 - 24
• October 27 - 31 (Reformation Day on Friday)
• November 3 - 7

Are there other large conflicting events we should take into account?

[dschuff]

Oktoberfest runs through October 5, and will no doubt cause hotels and maybe flights to be much more expensive than they would otherwise be; we probably want to avoid that week. (Maybe that means the following week is more desirable, if people want to combine their trips? 🤷 )

[tlively]

It looks like October 28-30 is a top contender based on space availability constraints.

[eqrion]

I cannot do October 13 - 17. I have a preference for October 20 - 24 over the week of October 27 - 31, unless the main CG meeting was scheduled for the 28th and 29th so I can get back by the 31st.

[tlively]

@titzer, would research day on the 30th after the main CG meeting work for you?

[tlively]

Also @conrad-watt, @rossberg and others, how strongly would you prefer not to do October 21-23, the week after ICFP? That week would work quite nicely with the room availability, too.

[conrad-watt]

Quite strongly unfortunately - I'll have academic visitors from the conference spilling into the next week. I could do

• September 29 - October 2
• October 6 - 9
• October 27 - 29 (would need to leave on 30th)
• 3-5 November (would need to leave on 6th)
• any date 10th November or later (fewer restrictions)

27-29 Oct or 3-5 Nov would be particularly convenient as I'd be in Europe anyway on these dates.

EDIT: If 28-30th has to be precise given the availability sketched by Thomas above, would it be possible to have the research day on the final day? I could potentially stay for some time on the 30th, but this would give me the flexibility to dip out early if necessary.

EDIT2: I think this matches @eqrion's request above - Main CG on 28th, 29th Oct, Research Day on 30th Oct.