IEEE Software 2008 Board Meeting

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TODO

• Prepare and deliver welcome packs
• Ask people Re: Thursday Lunch
• Laptop for Dale
• Projector

Done

• Check if airport metro operation has stopped (no, it will stop on July 1st).
• Social activities
• Send out visa information [1]

Schedule

• Monday May 19: arrivals
• Tuesday May 20: Argolis tour
  • 21:00 Dinner at Vyzantino - Kydathinaion 18 210-3227368 (€18)
    • Starters / 4
    • Fried courgettes
    • Greek salad
    • Baked beans
    • Saganaki (fried cheese)
    • Small pies
    • Tzatziki
    • Fried egplants
    • Main dish: Choice of chicken or veal souvlaki or lamb fricassee or with lemon (or vegetarian alternative)
    • Ice cream or fruit
    • House wine at €7 / kg
• Wednesday May 21: meeting at the Royal Olympic Hotel
  • 13:00 Lunch at Athens - Ath. Diakou 22 - phone: 2109214453 (€15 - my down-payment €50)
    • Greek salad /4
    • Tzatziki / 2
    • Saganaki (fried cheese) / 1
    • Main dish: Mousaka
    • Desert: Baklava or kataifi
    • Soft drinks
  • 20:00 Dinner at Thespis - Thespidos 18, phone: 2103238242 (€25)
    • Ouzo
    • Starters / 4
    • Greek salad
    • Tzatziki
    • Fried courgettes and eggplants
    • Fava (pea puree)
    • cheese pies
    • Main dish: choice of pork, veal, or chicken souvlaki, or beefsteak or fried little cuttlefish (or vegetarian alternative)
    • fruit / baklava
    • House wine included
• Thursday May 22: meeting at the Royal Olympic Hotel
  • 13:00 Lunch at Katsarola - Syggrou 29 & Th. Negri, phone: 2109215101 (€19)
    • Rocket, tomato, gruere salad
    • Spinach, lettuce, chick-peas, radish, vinaigrette salad
    • Cretan rusk
    • Stuffed vine leaves
    • Main dish: stuffed tomatoes
    • Desert: Chalva
    • Soft drink
  • 20:00 Dinner at Filoistron - Ap. Pavlou 23, Thiseio, phone: 2103467554 (€30 - my down-payment €200)
    • Green salad with lettuce, parmesan cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, balsamic vinegar
    • Egg-plant salad
    • Onion pie
    • Egg-plant rolls stuffed with minced meat
    • Main dish: Choice of pork with mushrooms or veal with olives and feta cheese (or vegetarian alternative)
    • Desert: nut-pie with icecream
    • Drinks are not included
• Friday May 23: Saronic cruise

Map

Google Maps

• Reaching the hotel from the Akropolis metro station: Exit the station through the Makrigianni Ath. Diakou exit, and walk down the road, straight ahead. Cross the main street, and continue walking long the same direction. In three and a half minutes you should see the hotel on your right hand.

Restaurants

• Μάνη Μάνη Φαλήρου 10, Κουκάκι, 2109218180. Το κρατάει "μανιάτικο" με νεοπαραδοσιακής αισθητικής περιβάλλον και υλικά και πιάτα από τη Μάνη, αλλά δεν παραλείπει και συνταγές από την υπόλοιπη Ελλάδα. Έως 1 π.μ. Και μεσημ. από Παρ.-Κυρ. Κλειστά Δευτ. € 18-24. (panos) review
• Το Κουτί Αδριανού 23, Μοναστηράκι, 2103213229, 2103213029. Η sui generis, ιντελεκτουέλ αύρα βασικό ατού του μαγαζιού μαζί με την εξαιρετική θέα σε Ακρόπολη και Στοά του Αττάλου. Έως 1 π.μ. Και μεσ. € 27-30. (steph) Υπεύθυνη κρατήσεων κα Κακογιάννη μετά τις 15:00.
• Athens. Διάκου Αθανασίου 22, 210 9214453 (steph, acoul)
  • Bread - 0.50
  • 1/2 Greek salad - 3.00
  • 1/2 Tzatziki (starter) - 1.50
  • 1/2 fried cheese (starter) - 1.50
  • Moussaka (or stuffed tomatoes for vegetarians) (main dish) - 7.00
  • Soft drink - 3.00
  • Baklava or kataifi (desert) - 3.00
  • Gratuity - 0.50
  • Total 20
• Σχολαρχείο (steph)
• Aglio olio peperoncino (steph)
• Κατσαρόλα, within walking distance and close to the Metro station Acropolis (Syggrou 29 & Th. Negri, 2109215101), offers traditional and modern greek cuisine in a space with plenty of light and unobtrusive jazz music in the background. They usually prepare different dishes each day and there is typically no selection of dishes one would find in a typical tavern (της ώρας). The cost was very low the last time I was there (3 months ago, they re-opened on mid-September) and should not exceed 20 euros for a 3 course meal including the wine (Αθηνόραμα 14-18€). (circular)
• Φελλός, at Drakou str, just a few steps from the Syggrou-Fix metro station exit. It offers several dishes at affordable prices, but the best thing about it is that it offers a very updated and extensive selection of greek wines (hence its name), and there is a sommelier available for your assistance in choosing one to accompany one's dinner. The prices are not as low as (1) but again a 3 course meal including wine should not exceed 30 euros. (circular)
• Διόνυσος (€€€)
• Στροφή (πίσω από την Αεροπαγήτου)
• Στου Καχριμάνη, Σαρρή 19 & Αγ. Αναργύρων, Ψυρή. Με "χειροποίητες" διακοσμητικές επεμβάσεις και κουζίνα που ταξιδεύει από τη Μονεμβασιά στη... Γαλλία κι από εκεί στην Αίγυπτο. Ζωντανή μουσική κάθε βράδυ & Κυρ. μεσημ. Έως 2 π.μ. € 25-35. (gousiosg)
• Πάει καιρός, Τάκη 16, Πλ. Ψυρρή, 2103212858. Καλόγουστο μουσικό ρεστοράν με ζωντανή μουσική κάθε βράδυ & Κυρ. μεσημ.- εξαιρετικά πλούσιες οι μερίδες. € 19-23. (gousiosg)
• Τζίτζικας και μέρμυγκας. Μητροπόλεως 12-14 2103247607 (dds από οδηγό της Αθήνας)
• Γλυκής (dds από οδηγό της Αθήνας)
• Πλάτανος (dds από οδηγό της Αθήνας)
• Ταβέρνα Καλοκαιρινός, Κέκροπος 10, Αθήνα 10558, Τηλ: +3 (210) 3232054, Φαξ: +3 (210) 3232054, e-mail: info@kalokerinos.gr. (Από ΚΚ - χοροί) (€28)
• Βυζαντινό - Κυδαθηναίων 18 210-3227368 (από ΚΚ) - Την Πέμπτη έχει και μουσική.
• Θέσπις - Θέσπιδος 18, τηλ.:3238242 (από ΚΚ) θέα στην Ακρόπολη
• Φίλοιστρον - Απ. Παύλου 23, Θησείο, 2103467554. (από ΚΚ) τσιμπιμένο, θέα στην Ακρόπολη, καλό για νωρίς
• Greek House - Αττικός - Γαριβάλδη 7, Ακρόπολη, 2109215256, 2109216266. - (Αθηνόραμα) (~30)
• Διογένης - Σέλεϋ 3, Πλάκα, 2103224845. (ΚΚ) (Πε-Σαβ μουσική - €25-30)

Attendants

See the IEEE Software Editorial Board.

Activities

Sites

• GNTO site
• Key Tours
• Chat Tours (offering about the same but 2€ more expensive).

Katerina Kouloumpi 210-9231-724, 210-9247-534, cat@colombo.gr, Home: 2109312648 Cell: 6974059919

Here are some possibilities:

• Epidavros + Mikines with lunch/dinner at Nafplion (panos)
• Ydra
• Delfoi
• Aigina
• Sounio

A tourist's view of these excursions.

Plan

• Tuesday May 20th: Epidaurus- Mycenae or
  • Morning Half day Athens sightseeing.
  • Evening Half day Sounion sightseeing.
• Friday May 23rd: One day Aegina - Poros - Ydra cruise.

Material

• Never on a Sunday - Muppet Show
• Amalias when Athens had only 80 000 cars ( dds: This is where we'll hold the IEEE SW board meeting. vp: Why? Didn't you find a hotel?)

Workshop

• To become ΕλΕΤεΛ's inaugural meeting
• Panos has offered GRNET streaming