Hi Sumana, I am sure there are women attending FOSDEM since I shared rooms in hotels and hosts via CouchSurfing (CS) without any other intention then having a conversation and good nights sleep. It is however not usual that you coordinate sharing hotel rooms via CS, you rather look for someone living in the town you want to visit and they will let you stay in there home, the way to primarily find a host is to use the CouchSearch feature where you can specify gender and a few female hosts only accepts female guests. You can also find hosts via groups and event pages, I will ask the female hosts I know in Brussels to join the FOSDEM group on CS. Last time I shared a hotel room, we found out that the bed had 2 madrases so we dragged one of them out on the floor in a 1 bed room so there are ways to save a bit of money without having to sleep on the floor, but I am not too sure the hotel was thrilled over our approach if they had known.. ;) I wish you luck with finding a room to share! - Nicolas On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Sumana Harihareswara < sumana.harihareswara@collabora.co.uk> wrote:

Are there any women going to FOSDEM 2010 who could spare space on their hotel room floor, or want to share a room with another woman (me)? I'd prefer staying in or near the Renaissance Hotel, near the Brussels-Luxembourg railway station, because that's where my colleagues will be.

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/brubr-renaissance-brussels-hotel/

I plan on arriving Thursday night or Friday morning and leaving Monday the 8th. Please email me offlist to coordinate.

Best, Sumana Harihareswara http://brainwane.net

P.S. I didn't see any women posting about FOSDEM 2010 in the Couchsurfing group at http://www.couchsurfing.org/group.html?gid=16380 but that might be a good place to coordinate roomshares in general.

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