Q&A Stage 2 Prizren
Questions to the LOC from CC
María Arias de Reyna
1.- You mention accessibility to the venue. How is the accessibility from the nearest airport/train station to hotels? And from hotels to the venue? Is public transport accessible?
2.- Are you preparing a business to business meeting? Or any other kind of activity/ideas to help strengthen the business networking among FOSS4G companies?
3.- We are planning to organize SotM consecutively and in the same venue.
Besfort on behalf of LOC
1.- All international flights to Kosovo arrive at the Prishtina International Airport. There is a public transport bus line from Prishtina International Airport to the Central Bus Station in Prishtina. Participants can take the hourly airport shuttle bus (Line 1A) to Prishtina Bus Station (3 EUR). Bus lines from Prishtina Bus Station to Prizren travel every 20 minutes (4 EUR).
We plan to have a direct bus shuttle from Prishtina International Airport to Prizren for FOSS4G participants. The bus would be available for two days on arrival and two days on departure for a reasonable cost.
Another option is the Tirana International Airport which is 2:10 hrs by bus (163 km) away. Tirana - Prishtina bus stops by Tirana International Airport with a stopover in the periphery of Prizren, from which participants can call a taxi. There are also flight options from the Skopje International Airport and limited options from Kukës International Airport.
Train options are limited in Kosovo. And from hotels to the venue? Is public transport accessible? The walking distance from hotels to the venue is around 15 minutes. Participants can also take the taxi to the venue, which costs around 3 Euros.
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Paul Ramsey
1.- How far is the venue from the accomodations in the city proper? is walking reasonable? is there transit?
2.- Have there been local foss4g conferences that give you some feel for the local attendance you can draw from Kosovo specifically and the Balkans more generally?
3.- Are there direct transfers from the Pristina airport to Prizren?
4.- Are there local sponsors identified (not asking about commitments, just a knowledge that there are N potential local targets with some probability of success)? repeat international sponsorship is nice but local sponsorship is key to making the budget numbers generally