F2F/Auckland 2011

This page provides information about the SVG Working Group face-to-face meeting that will be hosted by Mozilla in 2011.

Date

Monday 28 February - Friday 4 March, 2011 (inc.).

Location

The F2F will be held at the Grand Hotel in the Sky City complex in the centre of Auckland, New Zealand. We will be in the Club Lounge room. The hotel's main entrance is off Federal Street.

Due to booking constraints, for the afternoon session on Wednesday and the morning session on Thursday, we will be in the adjacent Grand Boardroom (which despite the name is not particularly grand and a little smaller than the Club Lounge).

Registration

Please answer the registration form.

Agenda

See the Agenda page.

Hosted dinner

The hosted dinner will be held at 7:30pm at Soul Bar & Bistro on Wednesday night.

Hotel information

The Grand Hotel and other associated hotels in Sky City are offering special rates for F2F attendees. These are (including tax):

• Sky City Hotel (map)
  • Premium Room – NZD 275
• Grand Hotel (map)
  • Luxury City – NZD 313
  • Luxury Harbour – NZD 343
  • Staying here: jun

Other options:

• Tetra Waldorf Apartments (map)
  • Studio Apartment – NZD 90 (+ NZD 20 for Internet access for a week)
  • Staying here: jwatt, dholbert, bbirtles

• Rydges Auckland (map)
  • Deluxe King Room – NZD ~200
  • Staying here: anthony, chris

• Auckland City Hotel (map)
  • Suite (Queen) – NZD ~160-180
  • Staying here: alex

• Crowne Plaza Auckland (map)
  • Deluxe Room – NZD ~350

• Best Western President Hotel Auckland (map)
  • Standard Studio – NZD ~120
  • Staying here: erik

• CityLife Hotel Auckland (map)
  • Superior Room – NZD ~270

Airport

Auckland Airport (AKL) (Google maps link).

You probably don't need a visa, but check.

Ground Transportation

• To and from the airport
  • Taking one of the Super Shuttles is recommended. They will take you to your hotel from the airport for NZD 25. (A taxi will cost upwards of NZD 50.)
• MAXX - Auckland Regional Transport (public transport)
• Auckland City Council Transport site

Restaurants

• Google map of restaurants in Auckland (get a feel for the restaurant dense areas)
• menus.co.nz Newmarket page
• menus.co.nz Auckland City page
• menumania.co.nz Auckland page

Currency

• New Zealand dollar
• Exchange rate table

Electricity

We haz it. 230/240 volts (50 hertz)

Plugs are the slanted blade Type I as also used in Australia.

Activity

roc will organise an outdoor activity of some kind on the Saturday, March 5. This will probably be a walk. Mail Cameron if you want to come along. These people have indicated interest so far:

• Cameron
• Robert
• Brian
• Daniel
• Anthony
• Erik
• Doug +1

Contact

Please direct any queries about this F2F to Jonathan Watt <jwatt@jwatt.org>.

Useful links

http://www.tourism.net.nz/new-zealand/about-new-zealand/questions.html