Twelve days ago, we emailed you about a particular event...<br><br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The 5th Haskell Hackathon<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; April 17 - 19, 2009<br>

<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Utrecht, The Netherlands<br>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br><br>We have some updated information for you. If you don&#39;t want to read the details, then the important points are:<br>

<br>&nbsp; * Hotel or hostel accommodation may be hard to come by, so book your room now!<br><br>&nbsp; * Check out the website for lots of useful information.<br><br>As I mentioned before, you can find out more about the Hackathon here:<br>

<br>&nbsp; <a href="http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5" target="_blank">http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5</a><br><br>The site is a wealth of useful information gratefully provided by the Utrecht organizing team. If you haven&#39;t seen it recently, check again.<br>

<br>In particular, however, we&#39;d like to inform you of some newly obtained information. We unknowingly scheduled the Hackathon on the same weekend as a popular record and CD fair.<br><br>&nbsp; <a href="http://www.recordplanet.nl/" target="_blank">http://www.recordplanet.nl/</a><br>

<br>So, not only do you get the chance to hack on projects involving your favorite purely functional programming language, you also have the opportunity to visit &quot;the most impressive record fair of the world.&quot; However, this does have some drawbacks...<br>

<br>Rooms in hotels and hostels in Utrecht are often notoriously difficult to come by. It&#39;s already a crowded city sometimes with too few places to stay (esp. if you want cheap). Therefore, if you&#39;ve decided to join us or have already registered, we highly recommend booking a room at your earliest convenience. (If you haven&#39;t decided to visit Utrecht, then you should hurry up and agree to it already!)<br>

<br>For this purpose, we have updated the main Hac5 page with information about accommodations.<br><br>&nbsp; <a href="http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5#Accommodation" target="_blank">http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5#Accommodation</a><br>

<br>We also have a Google map with information about places to stay and transportation.<br><br>&nbsp; <a href="http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5#Map" target="_blank">http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5#Map</a><br><br>And finally, don&#39;t forget that you can use either the Attendees page, the Hackathon mailing list, or the IRC channel to communicate with other (potential) attendees or the organizers about sharing rooms, finding a place, or anything else.<br>

<br>&nbsp; <a href="http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5/Attendees" target="_blank">http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Hac5/Attendees</a><br><br>&nbsp; <a href="http://haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/hackathon" target="_blank">http://haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/hackathon</a><br>

<br>&nbsp; #haskell-hac5 (on freenode)<br><br>Good luck and happy hacking!<br><br>== Organizers ==<br><br>Andres Löh, Utrecht University (UU)<br>José Pedro Magalhães, UU<br>Sean Leather, UU<br>Eelco Lempsink, UU + Tupil<br>Chris Eidhof, UU + Tupil<br>

... and more ...<br>