R I P E meeting announcement ============================ This is to announce that the 15th RIPE meeting will take place: Dates: 27 April 1993 14:00h - 18:00h 28 April 1993 09:00h - 18:00h 29 April 1993 09:00h - 16:00h Venue: CWI Kruislaan 413 1098 SJ Amsterdam The Netherlands Host: NIKHEF Registration: Please use the registration form (which will follow in a separate mail) to give notice of your coming as soon as possible. Preliminary Agenda: o CIDR and BGP 4 o EMPB IP o EBONE status o RIPE NCC Report o Network Traffic Analysis o Working Group reports o Introduction to demonstrations o GIX and Route Server report General Information: -------------------- Currency: 1 UK pound = Hfl 2.5-3.0 1 ECU = Hfl 2.2 1 US$ = Hfl 1.75 Climate: Spring showers :-) Festivals: April 30th "Koninginnedag" (public holiday) - this is a big street party..where people sell everything and anything on the streets of Amsterdam...lots of excitement.. Appended to this announcement: ------------------------------ - directions to the meeting place Documents to follow (separate mail messages): --------------------------------------------- <> details of hotels in Amsterdam close to meeting venue <> registration form for attendance at the meeting ================================================================== CWI - The RIPE meeting venue: How do I get there? ------------------------------------------------------------------ To ease any possible confusion, two postscripts maps will be put in the RIPE document store. One will show the bus and tram stops around the meeting site and there will be a more general map of the area. Both maps will be available by ftp and are in one file: /ripe/docs/Next-Meeting/amsterdam-maps.ps a) From Schipol airport: <> Take the train from the airport railway station to the RAI station in Amsterdam, which is at the end of this line (10 min ride). NOTE: Amsterdam Central Station (CS) is on another line. <> From the RAI station take the city bus number 69 or CN bus number 169 in the direction of `Muiderpoort Station' to stop on the corner of Kruislaan and Middenweg (15 min ride, ask the driver where to get off). From here you can take the red shuttle bus 66 down Kruislaan (get off at the 2nd stop). The stop is a short walk along Kruislaan on the right hand side. Alternatively you can stay on the bus until you reach Muiderpoort Station and from here you can take the same shuttle bus number 66 to CWI (4th stop). <> If you get off the 69 or 169 at the Kruislaan - Middenweg intersection, walk down the Kruislaan in the direction of the railway bridge. Walk under the bridge and on your left will be a large group of buildings. Take the 2nd entrance on the left. There will be signposts once you are inside the grounds (15 min walk). OR you can take the bus number 66 mentioned above. b) From Central Station <> Take tram number 9 till the Middenweg and Kruislaan intersection (15-20 minutes). <> Walk down the Kruislaan in the direction of the railway bridge as described above (or get the bus 66). or <> Take bus 22 in the direction `Indische Buurt' to the stop at the Muiderpoort station and take the red shuttle bus number 66 (see above). c) From the Amstel Railway Station <> Take the city bus number 69 or the CN bus number 169 in the direction `Muiderpoort Station'. Get off at the stop after the Kruislaan and Middenweg intersection (15 min ride, and ask the driver where to get off) or proceed to `Muiderpoort Station' and take shuttle bus no. 66. d) Taxi from the airport <> Takes 15 mins and will cost approximately Hfl. 60.00 e) Connections away <> Tram 6 will take you to Leidseplein Tram 10 also Leidseplein Tram 14 To and from Dam Square Tram 9 Rembrandtplein f) Bus 66 Timetable <> From Muiderpoort Station (Monday - Friday) 7.20, 7.40, 8.00, 8.30, 9.00, 9.15, 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, 17.51, 18.11 <> This bus is a shuttle bus that operates from Muiderpoort station in a large circle around the CWI and NIKHEF campus. ==================================================================== Public Transport - how much does it cost and where can I get tickets? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tickets of 15 strips (`Strippenkaart' costing Hfl. 10.75) 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 and 13). In the buses the driver will validate the ticket. Amsterdam is divided into zones: the old city is in zone `Centrum' whereas CWI is in zone `Oost'. 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? Warning: BEWARE of pickpockets in crowded places.