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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
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              R I P E meeting announcement (reminder)
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(This announcement can also be viewed using "finger meeting@localhost")

      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



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CWI/NIKHEF - The RIPE meeting venue:  How do I get there?
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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


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Public Transport - how much does it cost and where can I get tickets?
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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.
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