Ada-Belgium Spring 2019 Event, Sun 12 May 2019

Ada-Belgium Spring 2019 Event, Sun 12 May 2019

[Dirk Craeynest]

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                     Ada-Belgium Spring 2019 Event

                   Sunday, May 12, 2019, 12:00-19:00
                 Wavre area, south of Brussels, Belgium

                           including at 15:00
                   2019 Ada-Belgium General Assembly
                              and at 16:00
                       Ada Round-Table Discussion

     http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/local.html

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*** Announcement

The next Ada-Belgium event will take place on Sunday, May 12, 2019
in the Wavre area, south of Brussels.

For the 12th year in a row, Ada-Belgium organizes their "Spring Event",
which starts at noon, runs until 7pm, and includes an informal lunch,
the 26th General Assembly of the organization, and a round-table
discussion on Ada-related topics the participants would like to
bring up.

*** Schedule

  * 12:00 welcome and getting started (please be there!)
  * 12:15 informal lunch
  * 15:00 Ada-Belgium General Assembly
  * 16:00 Ada round-table + informal discussions
  * 19:00 end

*** Participation

Everyone interested (members and non-members alike) is welcome at
any or all parts of this event.

For practical reasons registration is required.  If you would like
to attend, please send an email before Thursday, May 9, 21:00,
to Dirk Craeynest <Dirk.Craeynest@cs.kuleuven.be> with the subject
"Ada-Belgium Spring 2019 Event", so you can get precise directions
to the place of the meeting.  Even if you already responded to the
preliminary announcement, please reconfirm your participation ASAP.

If you are a member but have not renewed your affiliation yet, please
do so by paying the appropriate fee before the General Assembly (you
have also received a printed request via normal mail).  If you are
interested to join Ada-Belgium, please register by filling out the 2019
membership application form[1] and by paying the appropriate fee before
the General Assembly.  After payment you will receive a receipt from
our treasurer and you are considered a member of the organization for
the year 2019 with all member benefits[2].  Early enrollment ensures
you receive the full Ada-Belgium membership benefits (including the
Ada-Europe indirect membership benefits package).

As mentioned at earlier occasions, we have a limited stock of
documentation sets and Ada related CD-ROMs that were distributed
at previous events, as well as some back issues of the Ada User
Journal[3].  These will be available on a first-come first-serve basis
at the General Assembly for current and new members.  (Please indicate
in the above-mentioned registration e-mail that you're interested,
so we can bring enough copies.)

[1] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/forms/member-form19.html
[2] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/member-benefit.html
[3] http://www.ada-europe.org/auj/home/

*** Informal lunch

The organization will provide food and beverage to all Ada-Belgium
members.  Non-members who want to participate at the lunch are also
welcome: they can choose to join the organization or pay the sum of
15 Euros per person to the Treasurer of the organization.

*** General Assembly

All Ada-Belgium members have a vote at the General Assembly, can add
items to the agenda, and can be a candidate for a position on the
Board[4].  See the separate official convocation[5] for all details.

[4] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/board/
[5] http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/events/19/190512-abga-conv.html

*** Ada Round-Table Discussion

As in recent years, we plan to keep the technical part of the Spring
event informal as well.  We will have a round-table discussion
on Ada-related topics the participants would like to bring up.
We invite everyone to briefly mention how they are using Ada in
their work or non-work environment, and/or what kind of Ada-related
activities they would like to embark on.  We hope this might spark
some concrete ideas for new activities and collaborations.

*** Directions

To permit this more interactive and social format, the event takes
place at private premises in the Wavre area, south of Brussels.
As instructed above, please inform us by e-mail if you would like
to attend, and we'll provide you precise directions to the place of
the meeting.  Obviously, the number of participants we can accommodate
is not unlimited, so don't delay...

Looking forward to meet many of you!

Dirk Craeynest, President Ada-Belgium
Dirk.Craeynest@cs.kuleuven.be

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                            Acknowledgements

    We would like to thank our sponsors for their continued support
   of our activities: AdaCore, and KU Leuven (University of Leuven).

        If you would also like to support Ada-Belgium, find out
           about the extra Ada-Belgium sponsorship benefits:
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~dirk/ada-belgium/member-benefit.html#sponsor

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