The autumn session is over! It was a great preparation for the "real" C@TS that we are planning in the summer, but also and mostly turned out to be a great trip outside the city to hangout with lots of friendly folks.

Basic structure
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Suggested topics
People present
Debrief
Next event
Next steps
Logistics
Transportation details

Basic structure

Everything was really relaxed, sometimes even slow. We started only on saturday afternoon, even though we arrived on friday.

We started with a round table, pop-corn style, where people presented a huge list of topic suggestions, things they wanted to talk about.

Then we forgot we didn't introduce each other so we made another round.

In the end, we didn't cover even a significant part of the topics, but it was a fun weekend.

The event took place at ?where. See where for directions.

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The following session have actually happened and have data stored here:

monkeysign
keysigning party - happened informally, if at all

People present

aliss
anarcat
dkg
goldjian
jerome
lepunk
linse
ludost
micah
mvc
pollo
seb
stoopt
xSmurf
ℜ

See who for transportation and people planning.

Debrief

popcorn style

awesome
great that we didn't accomplish much, hang out, make food, run was great
wish we did more, but glad we didn't to more
feels great to do it again
meet more often, do less
need disconnect, emptiness
hacker culture is about making, but we need void
more fun less work
friendly
really great to meet everyone
no internet means less computers, so we see each other
having a debian mirror would have been useful
have a day for setup to have a server to dump/exchange files, a pirate box
didn't bring my computer, i didn't miss it
resist the network, don't get sucked in
bring one machine, N disks for N people
when the disk is plugged in the machine, it is sucked in
too short
a week wouldn't be too long
games was the best, what we did the most of the schedule
common meals are awesome
larger than i thought (16 vs 8) but was smooth
sleep vs noise should be improved
rent a spa
how much structure do we want?
organise food, potluck didn't work so well
having no organisation is great
we could have a loose openspace
we had plenty of food
lack of awareness of the food
make the commons visible, show the list of topics
don't wait for the summer
CATS used to be every 3 months, rotate the cities so logistics are shared
having an informal session helps in testing for the 'real' cats

Next event

what scale? don't grow too much?
who we are? we shouldn't restrict
get organised in person before the next event
camping? have one big tent
chalet beaumont means cohabitation with others, it's a public space, unless we book it (it's around 60 ppl)
there are two cabins in Maine, limit of 14 ppl. river and kayaks and weird beach.

Next steps

we'll meet again in person, in january/february?
at l'escalier? in montreal
not a full cats, just a coordination meeting

Logistics

We have organised this first informal session mostly through the wiki and a few posts on the mailing list.

Choosing the dates

We're thinking of doing a first smaller session a weekend in october! any takers? Let's see if we can find a date. --anarcat

Update: turns out the date will be 23-24 november!! We now have to choose where since ?alex isn't available that weekend. But put those days down in your calendar, we'll start on the morning of the 23rd (so put down the night of the 22nd as well, just to be sure ;). --anarcat

It was at alex's chalet.

Transportation

Everyone is responsible for their own transportation. Some people will carshare, see who for car coordination. Others may need to take the bus, see where for more information on the bus options.

Food

Bring your own food! There's a kitchen with enough plates, pots, etc (plus a coffee machine). There's a grocery store nearby in Chertsey open until 21:00. We will eat every day "potluck" style - feel free to exchange your best recipes with your friends, but also make sure you have enough to eat so that you can actually share! You can also organise yourselves beforehand, for example per car.

See mium for what we like to eat

Lodging

The cottage is fully furnished, but we have to leave it as clean as we found it, so please bring a sleeping bag or at minimum your own sheets & pillowcases so that we don't have to spend Sunday afternoon doing laundry. If this isn't convenient because you're arriving in Montreal by air, try to arrange for someone local to bring that for you.

The cottage has 2 sofas, 2 single beds, 3 double beds, and 2 "mini" beds, so we'll need a few inflatable air mattresses (especially for people who prefer not to share a bed).

I will bring a matress. I'm still young and healthy and I can take on a little back pain! -- pollo

Transportation details

This is how we coordinated transportation.

This is the official registration. If you are not here, you are not registered! We have room for about 15 people, so hurry to reserve your place by assigning you to a car below!

Found transportation

Those people have found transportation: either they rented a car themselves or have squeezed into someone else's car.

anarcat - rented a Communauto car (#1580, rosemont/st-denis), 5 seats, leaving from beaubien metro in montreal on the 22nd, hopping by the airport at 17h, then back to micah's place to leave around 19h30, coming back late on the 24th
- micah
- dkg
- LePunk
- goldjian
mvc - renting a Communauto car (#1693), 5 seats, leaving from koumbit (6833 ave de l'Épée suite 308, montreal) at 18:00 on the 22nd, arriving back on the 24th by 14:00 - total cost to share including gas will be $92
- Aliss
- seb
- xSmurf
The calicoes are renting a car to Alex chalet (leaving friday night and coming back on Sunday). Expect this kind of cat mobile engine The calico car include:
- stoopt
- ℜ
- linse
- ludost
jerome - will be travelling with his car, 5 seats
- pollo (sorry for ditching mvc's car, but it's more convenient for me and less boring for jerome)

People having yet to confirm

Those people registered on the doodle but didn't allocate themselves to a car.

Votre nom

See also the full list of people who manifested an interest, below.