In principle it would be possible to meet at the Booth Hall of the University Library at the Uithof [1]. It has room for 125 people, which means it's quite big, but the other rooms are too small. Getting an overhead projector and microphones shouldn't be a problem. There's also free car parking at the library [2], and it's easily accessible by bike and bus [3].
Just across the library is the Basket [4], where we could move to for drinks after the talks. It's open until 23h.
Now the questions...
1) How many talks will we have?
2) How long should talks last?
3) Apart from Thomas, is anyone else interested in giving a talk?
4) Do we have enough participants for September 11, or would it be better to postpone the talks to October 12?
5) Does anyone have other suggestions for a possible meeting place for the talks? Is everyone ok with this suggestion?
As for my opinion...
2) I think we should try not to exceed one hour in talks, in general. The length for each talk would depend on how many talks there would be, but I guess aiming for 15 minutes talk + 5 minutes questions for each talk would be fine. Lightning talks could be nice as well, and wouldn't need to be announced in advance (just on the day itself).
3) I'm sure an introductory talk about generics would be suited for this meeting too.
4) I generally don't favor Fridays much, but if we would settle for this date for the presentations then I would most likely attend.
Cheers,
Pedro
[1]
http://www.uu.nl/EN/library/contact/university_library/zaalverhuur/Pages/default.aspx#booth
[2]
http://www.uu.nl/EN/library/contact/university_library/Parkeren/Pages/default.aspx[3]
http://www.uu.nl/EN/library/contact/university_library/plattegrondenrou/Pages/default.aspx
[4]
http://utrecht.thebasket.nl/