Dear Attendees, If you are planning to attend the coming RIPE meeting, please help us by registering for the meeting as soon as possible. This really helps in planning enough food, coffee and seats for everyone ie. if you want food register NOW :-) Below is a revised announcement for the meeting with pointers to all the information you need (which is in the document store), including information about hotels and the new public transport timetables. We plan to announce a draft agenda 2 weeks prior to the meeting. There will be a separate announcement next week about the RIPE Meeting Evening Dinner which will be held on Thursday 26th January. Kind regards, David Kessens RIPE NCC -------------------------------------------------------------------------- R I P E meeting announcement (reminder) ======================================= (This announcement can also be viewed using "finger meeting@ncc.ripe.net") This is to announce that the 20th RIPE meeting will take place: Dates: 25th January, 1995 begin: 09:00 26th January, 1995 27th January, 1995 end: 16:00 NOTE: as decided at the 19th RIPE meeting, a new format of the meeting schedule will be in place. This means that the Working Group and special interest group sessions will be scheduled for January 25 (full day) and January 26 (09:00-12:30). The plenary RIPE meeting will take place January 26 (14:00-18:00) and January 27 (09:00-16:00). Venue: CWI Kruislaan 413 1098 SJ Amsterdam The Netherlands Host: NIKHEF Registration: Please use the registration form to give notice of your coming as soon as possible. The Registration form can be obtained from : ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe20.registration Agenda: The draft agenda will be published 2 weeks before the meeting starts. It will be available at : ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe20.draft.agenda General Information: -------------------- Currency information (941214): 1 UK pound = Hfl 2.76 1 ECU = Hfl 2.14 1 US$ = Hfl 1.76 Details of hotels in Amsterdam close to meeting venue can be obtained from : ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe20.hotels Directions to the meeting place - How do I get there : ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/ripe20.transport (This file is also appended to this document since it changed a lot) I recommend you also to take a look in the README and CHANGES file. The README file contains a short description about the files available in the ftp directory, the CHANGES file contains information about updates of the general information regarding the meeting : ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/README ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/CHANGES ================================================================== CWI/NIKHEF - The RIPE meeting venue: How do I get there? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To ease any possible confusion, two postscript maps can be found in the RIPE document store. One shows the bus and tram stops around the meeting site and the other is a more general map of the area. Both maps are available at: ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/area-map.ps ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/area-map.ps.Z ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/local.transport-map.ps ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/Next-Meeting/local.transport-map.ps.Z From Amsterdam airport (Schiphol): o Take the train from the airport railway station to the Central Railway station. From the Central Railway station: o Take tramway number 9 till the stop at the corner of Middenweg and Kruislaan (15 min ride) o Walk down the Kruislaan in the direction of the railway bridge. Cross under the bridge and continue. Take the 2nd entrance left and proceed to the entrance marked NIKHEF-H. (15 min walk all together). or o Take bus 22 in the direction 'Indische Buurt' to the stop at the 'Muiderpoort Station' and take bus 66. From the RAI Railway station: o From the RAI station take the city bus number 69 or CN bus number 169 in the direction `Amstel Station'. From the Amstel Railway station: o From the Amstel station take the city bus number 15 the direction `Muiderpoort Station' to the stop on the corner of Kruislaan and Linnaeusparkweg (15 min ride, ask the driver where to get of) or proceed to 'Muiderpoort Station' and take bus 66. o Walk down the Kruislaan in the direction of the railway bridge as described above. From the Muiderpoort Railway station: o Take bus 66. Taxi from the airport: o 15 min ride o fl. 50 appr. Other connections to and from the NIKHEF site: tram 6 from Leidseplein tram 10 to Leidseplein tram 14 to and from Dam Square bus 66 to and from Muiderpoortstation Timetable bus 66

From Muiderpoortstation (Monday - Friday):

7.20 7.40 8.00 8.20 8.40 9.00 9.20 9.40 10.10 10.40 11.10 11.40 12.21 12.51 13.21 13.51 14.21 14.51 15.21 15.51 16.11 16.31 16.51 17.11 17.31 17.51 18.11

From NIKHEF to Muiderpoortstation (Monday - Friday):

7.28 7.48 8.08 8.28 8.48 9.08 9.28 9.48 10.18 10.48 11.18 11.48 12.28 12.58 13.28 13.58 14.28 14.58 15.28 15.58 16.18 16.38 16.58 17.18 17.38 17.58 18.18 ===================================================================== Public Transport - how much does it cost and where can I get tickets? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tickets of 15 strips (trippenkaart' costing Hfl. 11,-) can be bought in Post Offices, railway stations and cigarette shops. Tickets of 2 and 3 strips can be bought on the bus or the tram but they are much more expensive. You have to validate the ticket yourself in the metro stations and in the trams (except on lines 4, 6, 7, 10, 12 and 13). In the buses the driver will validate the ticket. Amsterdam is divided into zones: the old city is in zone entrum' whereas CWI is in zone st'. You need to count how many zones you will be travelling through (from the centre - CWI is 2 zones) and count up that number of strips on your ticket + 1 extra. So in the above example you will need to stamp the 3rd strip. In case of overflow you stamp the last strip of the first ticket and start counting the remaining strips on the next ticket. Confused? Ask any member of the local organizing committee. Warning: BEWARE of pickpockets in crowded places. ---------------------------------------------------------------------