> Great, a fp user group in Belgium! Alas my dutch is too rusty too even
> understand the Doodle poll description. Is the group planned only for
> dutch-speaking programmers ?

We're not planning it as a strictly Dutch-speaking event, so you are more than
welcome. I will update the Doodle so it is in English, my apologies!

I think the Dutch Haskell Users Group [1] has met with great success by establishing English as the lingua franca from the beginning. My impressions are that we attract numerous foreign visitors (including university staff and students) and that we have not discouraged very many native Dutch speakers. Of course, being a foreigner who also has trouble with the local language, I admit being somewhat biased in this matter.

Regards,
Sean

[1] http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Dutch_HUG