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[[File:Location of NCTU in global map.png|thumb|The location of our venue on a map of the globe]]
[[File:Location of NCTU in Taiwan map.png|thumb|The location of our venue on a map of Taiwan]]

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsinchu Hsinchu City] originated in 1692. After hundreds of years, the city has a fusion of modern and traditional Chinese culture, and is a land of high technology. Many IT companies are located in HsinChu, such as MediaTek, RealTek, TMSC, DLink, etc. Thus, there are many local engineers and developers of software and hardware. It is a great opportunity to introduce Debian, free software and open source philosophy to the local developers and engineers if DebConf18 happens at HsinChu. 

If you are a Chinese culture fan, there are famous temples in this city, such as the Chenghuang and Bamboo lotus temples. There are also many historical buildings such as city hall, the railway station, and the traditional castle gate. You can also enjoy local tasty traditional food here. The location at HsinChu is convenient for going to other Taiwan cities like Taipei or Taichung.

In this wiki, we use NTD:USD = 1:0.032 exchange rate for any price in NTD.

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File:IMG 4651.jpg|HsinChu Railway Station
File:New P1470951.JPG|Bei-Man street snapshot
File:New P1470887.JPG|HsinChu historical buildings
</gallery>

== Why HsinChu ==

=== Rich and Diverse Open Source Communities ===

There are many free and open source communities in Taiwan. This is a good chance to introduce them to the global community of Debian. 

Some of the free and open source communities in Taiwan are listed below:

* debian.org.tw
** [http://www.debian.org.tw Debian Taiwan] is a community formed by Taiwan Debian users. The goal of this community is to provide a better environment to contribute to Debian.

* g0v.tw
** The [http://g0v.tw/en-US/about.html g0v.tw] (or [http://g0v.tw/en-US/]) community focuses on developing information platforms and tools for public-information transparency. All of the platforms and tools developed by g0v.tw are open source in [https://github.com/g0v GitHub].

* LXDE / LXQt
** [http://lxde.org/ LXDE] and [http://lxqt.org/ LXQt] are two related desktop environments based on GTK and Qt. The goal of these desktop environments are to provide lightweight desktop environments. The founder of this project [https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B4%AA%E4%BB%BB%E8%AB%AD Hong Jen Yee, aka PCMan (Chinese web page)] lives in Taiwan [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCMan_File_Manager].

* Mozilla Taiwan Community
** [https://moztw.org/ Mozilla Taiwan Community (Chinese web page)] is an open source community founded in Sep., 2004. The goals of this community are to promote open culture, preserve people's right to choose, and to make a better internet.

* ocf.tw
** [http://ocf.tw/ Open Culture Foundation or ocf.tw (Chinese web page)]  is a organization founded in June, 2014. The goal of this organization is to promote any kind of open culture, including open source, open standard, open hardware, open data, and open system. Since ocf.tw is registered as a non-profit organization, many other communities can use ocf.tw as a proxy to receive donations.

* SLAT
** [http://www.slat.org/ Software Liberty Association Taiwan or SLAT.org (Chinese web page)] is an NGO/NPO founded Apr. 8, 2001.  The target of SLAT is to promote FLOSS, to serve free software communities, and finally to build a healthy FLOSS ecosystem.
** Since 2001 SLAT has been collecting and promoting good public domain resources for education.  Since late 2014, SLAT has helped the NDC (National Development Council) in Taiwan to promote the national standard CNS15251 (based on ODF 1.2 draft) and has gained huge progress.  Since 2015, SLAT has advocated for the "Software Liberty Movement". Their goal is to introduce the culture and spirit of free and open source software. Explaining how free and open source helps governments, enterprises and people liberate from the bonds of commercial software.

* TOSSUG
** [https://tossug.net the Taipei Open Source Software User Group or TOSSUG] is a group of people who live, study or work around Taipei and love to use, promote, or write Free and/or Open Source Software.

* WoFOSS
** [http://www.wofoss.org/#wofoss Women in Free and Open Source Software in Taiwan or WoFOSS (Chinese web page)] is formed by female free and open source contributors. Their goal is to create better environments for women to learn, improve skills, and contribute to free and open source projects.

=== Regular, Local, and Large Open Source Conference Experience ===

In Taiwan, there are at least three large scale (around 1000 attendees) open source events taking place every year. That means some communities are experienced at managing large scale events. We have three large conferences annually, and large hackathons (over 500 attendees) every month. 

The following are some of the events held by open source communities.

*  COSCUP
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COSCUP COSCUP]([https://www.flickr.com/photos/coscup/ Photos]) is the largest annual FOSS conference in Taiwan, starting in 2006.  It is currently the nexus of the FOSS communities in Taiwan, with more than 1000 attendees every year.  

* MiniDebConf
** We had the following Mini DebConf in 2009, 2012, and 2013.
*** [https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTaiwan/MiniDebConf2009 MiniDebConf2009]
*** [https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTaiwan/MiniDebConf2012 MiniDebConf2012]
*** [https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTaiwan/MiniDebConf2013 MiniDebConf2013] | [https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/112363946041063724059/albums/5949694184168447569 Photos]

=== CJKV Localization  ===

* Due to the complexity of CJKV character input (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese), localizations are challenging tasks ([https://qa.debian.org/developer.php?email=pkg-ime-devel%40lists.alioth.debian.org input method modules]). Unfortunately, developers from outside east Asia do not know about the difficulty, and the large demands from local users to improve CJKV localization. Thus, DebConf will be a good chance for non-CJKV people to understand CJKV environments and challenges. '''We hope we can gather more developers to improve the CJKV environment in Debian'''.

== Visas, Customs and Entering the Country ==

There is a visa waiver program for many countries. Please see the table below.

* Citizens of the following countries can stay for 90 days without a visa:

{|class="wikitable"
|- 
| Andorra
| Austria  
| Belgium        
| Bulgaria    
| Canada    
|-  
| Chile
| Croatia
| Cyprus   
| Czech Republic 
| Denmark     
|- 
| Estonia    
| Finland 
| France   
| Germany        
| Greece      
|- 
| Hungary    
| Iceland
| Ireland  
| Israel         
| Italy       
|- 
| Japan      
| Republic of Korea
| Latvia   
| Liechtenstein  
| Lithuania   
|- 
| Luxembourg 
| Malta 
| Monaco   
| Netherlands    
| New Zealand 
|- 
| Norway     
| Poland 
| Portugal 
| Romania        
| San Marino
|- 
| Slovakia    
| Slovenia   
| Spain
| Sweden   
| Switzerland    
|- 
| UK       
| USA     
| Vatican City State
|-
|}

* Citizens of the following countries can stay for 30 days without a visa:

{|class="wikitable"
|-
| Australia
| Brunei
| Malaysia 
| Singapore 
| Thailand
|-
|}

Source: http://www.boca.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1443&ctNode=779&mp=2

* Citizens of the following countries can apply for a landing visa at the airport. (This is the kind of visa that you apply for and pay for after you arrive at the destination.)

{|class="wikitable"
|-
| Macedonia
| Turkey
|-
|}

Source: [http://www.boca.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=1446&ctNode=779&mp=2 Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Landing Visas: Visa-Exempt Entry and Landing Visas]

=== Policy for Carry-on Articles  ===

The following link lists instructions for declaration, duty exemption, forbidden goods, etc.

Source: [http://eweb.customs.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=15227&ctNode=10030 Taiwan Customs Administration: Travelers] (broken url, try [https://eweb.customs.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=DC316FFB881C7DD2&sms=29B28AEDBD5613A6&s=E553C2F7D54BEB7A eweb.customs.gov.tw travelors: inbound passengers])

=== Airline Transportation Information ===

Air travel is recommended as Taiwan is an island. The international airport (TPE) is located in Taoyuan city. There are direct flights from at least the major international airports of Frankfurt (FRA), Amsterdam (AMS), Los Angeles (LAX) and London (LHR), as well as the bigger airports in Asia, including Japan. Connections from other parts of the world go via Beijing (PEK), Hong Kong (HKG), Shanghai (PVG), etc.

== Local Team ==

Please add yourself in alphabet order if you are part of the team!

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"|Name/nick
! scope="col"|Location (town)
! scope="col"|Debian affiliation	
! scope="col"|DebConf experience
! scope="col"|Other experience/affiliation
|-
| Andrew Lee (ajqlee)
| Hualien (花蓮)
| Debian Developer since 2009
|
|
|-
| Bob Chao
| 
| 
| 
| COSCUP coordinator
|-
| ChangZhuo Chen (czchen)
| Taipei (台北)
| Debian Developer since 2015
|
| [https://github.com/chewing chewing] maintainer
|-
| Denny Huang
| 
|
|
| SITCON coordinator
|-
| Jesse Sung
| Taoyuan (桃園)
|
|
|-
| Kaidi Shu (愷諦舒, Delib)
| USA
| Debian user since 2003
| DebConf14 local, DebConf17 invited speaker
| copy editing for Taiwan local team, native English speaker
|-
| Kanru Chen (koster)
| 
| Debian Developer since 2010
|
|
|-
| Ming-ting Yao Wei (魏銘廷)
| Keelung (基隆)
|
| At DebConf17 presenting invitation to Taiwan, DebConf15 participant
|
|-
| MouseMs Kuo
|
|
|
| SITCON coordinator
|-
| Paul Liu (paulliu)
| Taoyuan (桃園)
| Debian Developer since 2009
| MiniDebConf13 coordinator
| 
|-
| Peter Dave Hello (Peter Hsu)
|
|
| Taiwan MiniDebConf13 speaker
| Venue coordinator
|-
|Rex Tsai
|Taipei (台北)
|
|
|-
|Shih-Yuan Lee (FourDollars)
|Taoyuan (桃園)
|Debian Developer since 2017
|DebConf15
|COSCUP coordinator, TOSSUG coordinator, GNOME Foundation member, Ubuntu contributing developer
|-
|SZ Lin (szlin)
|Taipei
|Debian Developer since 2017
|
|
|-
|Takeshi(Yi Tseng)
|HsinChu (新竹)
|
|
|Venue coordinator 
|-
|Wen Liao
|Taipei (台北)
|
|
|Venue coordinator
|-
|Yao-Po Wang
|
|
|
|
|-
| zumbi
| 
|
|
|
|}

* [[Thank you letter for sponsorship of event]]

== Contact Details ==

* IRC Channel: #debconf18-taiwan on OFTC
* IRC Contact: paulliu on oftc

== Venue: National Chiao Tung University (國立交通大學) ==
[[File:01 stitch2.jpg|thumb|NCTU Campus Panoramic View]]
[[File:IMG 4070 1 2 fused-5.jpg|thumb|NCTU Campus]]
* [http://www.nctu.edu.tw/en National Chiao Tung University (國立交通大學)]

=== Location ===
*  [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=24.78658&mlon=121.00168#map=17/24.78658/121.00168 No. 1001, Daxue Rd, East District, Hsinchu City, 300]

=== Transport ===

See [http://www.phys.nctu.edu.tw/en/file/Transport_NCTU_en2.pdf Transportation to NCTU] for detailed information.

Note that we may use the budgets saved from the cost of the venue to provide transports for foreign attendees.

==== Public Transit ====

Method 1a (~360 NTD, 11.52 USD)

# [http://www.taoyuan-airport.com/english/hight-speed-rail Take shuttle bus to THSR Taoyuan Station (30 NTD, 0.96 USD).]
# [https://www.thsrc.com.tw/en/StationInfo/prospect/c27e555b-b8aa-45f2-b034-14241a041503 Take THSR to Hsinchu Station (130 NTD, 4.16 USD).]
# Take taxi to National Chiao Tung University, Kuang-Fu campus (交通大學光復校區) (~200 NTD, 6.4 USD for 4 persons).

Method 1b (190 NTD, 6.08 USD)

# [http://www.taoyuan-airport.com/english/hight-speed-rail Take shuttle bus to THSR Taoyuan Station (30 NTD, 0.96 USD).]
# [https://www.thsrc.com.tw/en/StationInfo/prospect/c27e555b-b8aa-45f2-b034-14241a041503 Take THSR to Hsinchu Station (130 NTD, 4.16 USD).]
# Take train from Liujia Station(Just beside THSR Hsinchu Station) to Zhuzhong Station (15 NTD, 0.48 USD)
# Take Bus #1 (From Zhuzhong to Hsinchu Train Station), get off at Guogou (過溝) stop. (15 NTD, 0.48 USD)
# Walk in the reverse direction of the bus about 3 mins, turn right at the corner of Daxue Rd. (大學路) and Guangfu Rd. (光復路)
# Go along Daxue Rd. about 5~10 mins, you'll arrive the North gate of NCTU.

Method 2 (or if you are going to Hsinchu from Taipei) (245 NTD, 7.84 USD)

# Take a bus from Taoyuan Airport to Taipei (125 NTD, 4 USD, ETA 40 minutes), and get a chance to have fun in Taipei.
# Take a bus from Taipei to Hsinchu (120 NTD, 3.84 USD , ETA 60 minutes), and get off at Guogou (過溝) or NCTU (交通大學) stop. Note that it may be the first stop after exiting the highway.
# Walk in the reverse direction of the bus about 3 mins, turn right at the corner of Daxue Rd. (大學路) and Guangfu Rd. (光復路)
# Go along Daxue Rd. about 5~10 mins, you'll arrive the North gate of NCTU.

Taxi directly from Taoyuan Airport to NCTU
* ~1600 NTD (~51.2 USD) for 4 persons. ETA 45 minutes.

=== Advantages ===
* NCTU is in proximity to National Tsing Hua University and Hsinchu Science Park.
** There are many computer science, software, engineering related students and engineers in NCTU and NCHU.
* Close to the electronic shops / computer markets for hardware hacking needs.
* Internet Hub for Academic Network in Taiwan: Fast and stable connection can be anticipated.

=== Venue Information ===
[[File:MIRC Building External View.jpg|thumb|Microelectronics and Information Systems Research Center]]
[[File:NCTU MIRC International Conference Room Panorama.jpeg|thumb|MIRC International Conference Hall]]
[[File:MIRC 2F Hall.jpg|thumb|MIRC Hallway]]
[[File:Female II Dorm Restaurant.jpg|thumb|One of the food courts]]
[[File:NCTU Dorm Panorama.jpg|thumb|Messy dormitory in use (we cannot find an empty dorm for a picture)]]
[[File:NCTU_Dormitory_12_Front_Door_Wheelchair_Accessible.jpg|thumb|The Wheelchair Accessible in Dormitory 12 Front Door]]

* Accommodation
** [http://www.ia.nctu.edu.tw/files/15-1000-978,c251-1.php Dormitory]: 600 people, NCTU will cover all the cost including air conditioner and the cost of bed renting.

* Food
** 3 Campus dining halls
**# Including a vegetarian restaurant
**# Including McDonald's
**# 4 convenient stores (24HRs)
** Some other individual restaurants
** 44 restaurants in total
** NTHU night market
** NTHU's dining 4 halls and its restaurants

* Capacity
** Microelectronics and Information Systems Research Center（電資大樓）
** International Conference Hall:
*** Guest Room
*** VIP Room: 10 seats
*** Conference room: 230 Seats (up to 260 with additional chairs)
** Room 101 (Conference room 1): 96 seats
** Room 106 (Conference room 4): 150 seats
** Room 203 (Lan Chen Meeting Room): 33 seats
** Room 201: 60 seats(up to 70 seats with additional chairs)
** Room 510: 12 seats
** Room 815: 18 seats with table
** Room 705: 15 seats with table
** Room 604 (BML): 8 seats
** 4 Large space (1F: 350 m^2, 300m^2, 300m^2; 2F: 750m^2)(estimate)
** Hao-Ran International Conference Hall
*** 300 seats

==== Accessibility ====

===== Wheelchair =====

* The conference rooms and auditorium have accessible for wheelchair. 
* Dormitory provides the wheelchair accessible for wheelchair.
* The layout and other detail for dormitory room can be found in [http://housing.sa.nctu.edu.tw/?page_id=1088&lang=en Division of Housing Services in National Chiao Tung University].

===== Blind =====

* The conference rooms and auditorium have guide bricks.
* The dormitory room, however, does not provide guide bricks for blind.

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=== Backup Venues ===

{| class="wikitable" style="float: left; width: 40%; min-width: 400px;"
 |-
 ! Criteria
 ! [http://www.yzu.edu.tw/index_en.html Yuan Ze University (元智大學)]
 |-
 | Location
 | [https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/24.96874/121.26328 No. 135, Yuandong Rd, Zhongli District, Taoyuan City, 320]
 |-
 | Transport
 | [http://www.yzu.edu.tw/index.php/content/view/51/333/lang,en/ Transportation to Yuan Ze University (元智大學)]
 |-
 | Accomodation
 | 
* Dormitory: 400 people, 100 NTD person/day (~3.2 USD person/day) + air conditioner fee
 |-
 | Food
 | There are restaurants in the same buildings of dormitory
 |-
 | Capacity
 | 
* Building 7, 70304: 289 people
* Building 1, 1F classroom x 4: 100 x 3 people
* Building 1, Meeting room x 2: 40 x 2 people
* Building 1, Meeting room for video room
* Building 1, Meeting room for front disk 
* Building 5, Open Space : 150 people
 |-
 | Cost
 |
* Dormitory: 460800 NTD (~ 14745.6 USD) total 
** First Week:  120,000 NTD (~3840 USD) + 33600 NTD (~1075.2 USD) = 153600 NTD (~4915.2 USD) (160 people, 100 NTD (~3.2 USD) + 120 NTD(~3.84 USD, Air conditioning) per people)
** Second Week: 240,000 NTD (~7680 USD) + 67200 NTD (~2150.4 USD) = 307200 NTD (~9830.4 USD) (160 people, 100 NTD (~3.2 USD) + 120 NTD(~3.84 USD, Air conditioning) per people) 
* Venue: To be modified
 |-
 | Advantages
 |
* Nearest Distance to Airport
* Least transfer time to school (only one transfer)
* Location in the middle of Taipei and HsinChu, which are the clusters of IT students and engineers. Thus, it has average distance from both Taipei and HsinChu.
* Very active, and quick response time
 |-
 | Downsides
 |
* Less food choices
* Lack of place for sightseeing such as night markets, landscapes, or historical buildings nearby with compared to others 
* Long distance from self-paid hotel to school
 |-
 | Accessibility
 |
Yes
 |-
 | Other
 | 
* [http://web2.yzu.edu.tw/yzu/AA/pan/hotel.pdf Accommodation near school]
* [http://travel.tycg.gov.tw/en-us TaoYuan Tourism]
 |-
 |}

{| class="wikitable" style="float: left; width: 40%; min-width: 400px;"
 |-
 ! Criteria
 ! [http://www.ntu.edu.tw/english/index.html National Taiwan University (國立臺灣大學)]
 |-
 | Location
 | [http://osm.org/go/5i1pplfBu--?m=&node=3530915063 No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Rd, Da’an District, Taipei City, 10617]
 |-
 | Transport
 |
* Public transit
** [http://www.taoyuan-airport.com/english/Buses/ Take bus from TPE Airport to Taipei Main Station]
** [http://english.metro.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=1056373&CtNode=70241&mp=122036 Take MRT from Taipei Main Station to Gongguan]
 |-
 | Accomodation
 |
* Dormitory: 320 people, 150 NTD person/day (~4.8 USD person/day) 
* [http://hsiuchi.prince.com.tw/rooms_price.php 2 bed (精緻雙人房)], ? people:
* [https://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/download/office_forms/anitaho/%E5%A0%B4%E5%9C%B0%E5%80%9F%E7%94%A8%E8%A1%A8(%E4%B8%80%E8%88%AC%E6%95%99%E5%AE%A4&%E7%A0%94%E8%A8%8E%E5%AE%A4R105a107a110a111).pdf (PDF) Class Room: Offical price with 70%~90% off] 
* TBD. [http://hsiuchi.prince.com.tw/rooms_price.php info]
 |-
 | Food
 | Restaurant inside the venue (TBD)
 |-
 | Capacity
 | 999 (rooms 368/145/48/150/54/75/48/85/18/8) [http://www.meeting.com.tw/download/ntu/01-%E5%A0%B4%E5%9C%B0%E7%A7%9F%E5%80%9F%E7%94%B3%E8%AB%8B%E8%A1%A8-%E9%9B%86%E6%80%9D%E5%8F%B0%E5%A4%A7%E6%9C%83%E8%AD%B0%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83.pdf info]
 |-
 | Advantages
 | 
* rooms are big and enough
* city center 10 to 15 minutes via public transport
 |-
 | Downsides
 |
* Very high venue price per day, can possibly be negotiated via government
* Not enough on-site accomodation, but hotels at comparable prices across the street
 |-
 | Accessibility
 | yes (wheelchair) TODO
 |-
 | Other
 |
* Non-smoking, but alcohol permitted on site
* [http://www.oia.ntu.edu.tw/ch/cooperation-with-ntu/intl-conference Office of International Affairs, National Taiwan University]
 |-
 |}
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== Estimated budget ==

We estimate there will be 150 participates in DebCamp, and 350 participates in DebConf.

=== Venues and dormitory ===

* 0: NCTU will sponsor and cover all of them

=== Foods and catering ===

Considering if are relying on catering service (which may provide gluten-free and vegan foods):

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Event
! Price
|-
! DebCamp
| 29415 NTD (per meal) * 3 (meals) * 7 (days) = 617,715 NTD (~ 20,000 USD)
|-
! DebConf
| 57700 NTD (per meal) * 3 (meals) * 7 (days) = 1,211,700 NTD (~ 39,000 USD)
|-
! Total
| 1,829,415 TWD (~ 59,000 USD)
|}

Also, if catering is considered too expensive, we can also purchase foods from local restaurant, which may be roughly 80 NTD (~ 2.56 USD) per meal per person. However, meals for food allergic people might be a problem.

References:
* [https://www.fresh-line.com.tw/ 飛士蘭外燴家], 100–200 NTD (~3.2-6.4 USD) per meal per person
* [http://alanshue.blogspot.tw/ 妙善坊] (for vegan lunchboxes) (+886-3-571-1259), 80 NTD (~ 2.56 USD) per meal per person
* TODO: List more candidates.

== Prospective local sponsors & support ==

=== Local Companies ===

* Accton
* Acer
* Adventech
* ALFA
* [http://www.appier.com/en/index.html Appier]
* ASUS
* D-Link
* EDIMAX
* HTC
* Inventec
* KKBOX
* [http://www.mediatek.com/en/ MediaTek Inc.]
* MiTAC
* [http://www.moxa.com/ MOXA]
* QNAP
* Quanta
* [http://www.realtek.com/ Realtek Semiconductors Corp.]
* Synology
* Unitech
* Wistron
* ZyXEL

=== Institutional / Government ===

* NCHC - Contacted. It shall sponsor but cannot know how much because it is still too early.

*"Financial assistance up to NT$500,000 per international conference coming to Taiwan"[https://www.meettaiwan.com/en_US/menu/M0000908/Meetings.html][http://meetbot.debian.net/debconf-team/2018/debconf-team.2018-02-01-14.29.log.html#l-29]

=== Community ===

* [http://debian.org.tw debian.org.tw]
* [http://lxde.org LXDE]
* [https://moztw.org Mozilla Taiwan Community]
* [https://ocf.tw OCF.tw]
* [https://tossug.net TOSSUG]
* [http://ubuntu-tw.org Ubuntu Taiwan]

== Power ==

* Most of the electrical sockets are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#NEMA_1-15_ungrounded_.28Type_A.29 NEMA 1-15 ungrounded (Type A)]. You can bring/purchase a conversion socket if you have a NEMA 5-15 plug, or a "travel plug converter" if you have anything else.
* Some (and almost all in the venue) of the electrical sockets are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#NEMA_5-15_grounded_.28Type_B.29 NEMA 5-15 grounded (Type B)].  This plug is compatible to NEMA 1-15 plug, with a ground pin to prevent you from being electrified.

== Potential dates ==

The potential dates are within July 1–Aug 31. Since the location is in the university, the summer vacation is the only time for us to use the university facilities without struggling with students and faculties.

== Tours and Sightseeings  ==

* Night markets:
** 清大夜市 (NTHU night market) [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=24.79647&mlon=120.99838#map=17/24.79647/120.99838 OSM]
** 新竹後站夜市 (Night Market close to Hsinchu Railway Station)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsinchu_Zoo Hsinchu Zoo]
* [http://www.hcccb.gov.tw/chinese/16museum/mus_b01.asp?station=102 Hsinchu Glass Art Museum]
* 十八尖山公園 (18 Peaks Mountain Park) [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=24.79243&mlon=120.98461#map=17/24.79243/120.98461 OSM]
* [http://www.weiling.org.tw/ 新竹都城隍廟 (Cheng Huang Temple)] / https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g297906-d2692331-Reviews-Hsinchu_Cheng_Huang_Temple-Hsinchu.html
* [https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g297906-d2721486-Reviews-Big_City-Hsinchu.html BigCity]
* [https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g297906-d3838105-Reviews-FE21_Mega-Hsinchu.html Fe21 MEGA]
* [https://www.roughguides.com/best-places/2017/top-10-countries/#10-taiwan-header Top 10 Best Countries to Visit | The Rough Guide to 2017]
* [http://www.sciencealert.com/the-top-21-countries-for-quality-of-life-in-2017-have-been-released Taiwan ranked number 1 for quality of life by expats ]

== Mobile Internet ==

All three major telecoms (Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Telecom, FarEasTone) has counter in [http://www.taoyuan-airport.com/english/Index/ TPE airport]. Anyone who needs mobile internet can purchase there. However, you need to bring passport and another government-issued identification card (driver license, ...). The following is price for your reference (from [https://stoneip.info/2016/01/08/taiwan-airport-sim-card-in-2016/84176/travelworld/all-about-asia here(chinese)]), please know that the price might be different when you arrive.

=== Chunghwa Telecom ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"|Network Type
! scope="col"|Duration
! scope="col"|Data
! scope="col"|Air-Time Quote
! scope="col"|Total Price
|-
|4G LTE
|3 days
|unlimited
|100 NTD (~3.2 USD)
|300 NTD (~9.6 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|5 days
|unlimited
|300 NTD (~9.6 USD)
|500 NTD (~16 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|10 days
|unlimited
|100 NTD (~3.2 USD)
|500 NTD (~16 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|15 days
|unlimited
|250 NTD (~8 USD)
|800 NTD (~25.6 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|5 days
|unlimited
|50 NTD (~1.6 USD)
|300 NTD (~9.6 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|7 days
|unlimited
|150 NTD (~4.8 USD)
|500 NTD (~16 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|15 days
|unlimited
|100 NTD (~3.2 USD)
|700 NTD (~22.4 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|30 days
|unlimited
|
|1000 NTD (~32 USD)
|}

=== Taiwan Mobile ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"|Network Type
! scope="col"|Duration
! scope="col"|Data
! scope="col"|Air-Time Quote
! scope="col"|Total Price
|-
|4G LTE
|3 days
|unlimited
|100 NTD (~3.2 USD)	
|300 NTD (~9.6 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|5 days
|unlimited
|50 NTD (~1.6 USD)
|300 NTD (~9.6 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|7 days
|unlimited
|150 NTD (~4.8 USD)
|500 NTD (~16 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|10 days
|unlimited
|100 NTD (~3.2 USD)
|500 NTD (~16 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|5 days
|unlimited
|300 NTD (~9.6 USD)
|500 NTD (~16 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|7 days
|unlimited
|350 NTD (~11.2 USD)
|700 NTD (~22.4 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|10 days
|unlimited
|400 NTD (~12.8 USD)
|800 NTD (~25.6 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|15 days
|unlimited
|400 NTD (~12.8 USD)
|1000 NTD (~32 USD)
|-
|3G
|15 days
|unlimited
|100 NTD (~3.2 USD)
|700 NTD (~22.4 USD)
|-
|3G
|30 days
|unlimited
|450 NTD (~14.4 USD)
|1000 NTD (~32 USD)
|}

=== FarEasTone ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col"|Network Type
! scope="col"|Duration
! scope="col"|Data
! scope="col"|Air-Time Quote
! scope="col"|Total Price
|-
|4G LTE
|3 days
|unlimited
|100 NTD (~3.2 USD)
|300 NTD (~9.6 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|5 days
|unlimited
|300 NTD (~9.6 USD)
|450 NTD (~14.4 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|8 days
|unlimited
|50 NTD (~1.6 USD)
|450 NTD (~14.4 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|15 days
|unlimited
|150 NTD (~4.8 USD)	
|800 NTD (~25.6 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|5 days
|unlimited
|50 NTD (~1.6 USD)
|300 NTD (~9.6 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|7 days
|unlimited
|100 NTD (~3.2 USD)
|450 NTD (~14.4 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|10 days
|unlimited
|100 NTD (~3.2 USD)
|500 NTD (~16 USD)
|-
|4G LTE
|30 days
|unlimited
|300 NTD (~9.6 USD)
|1500 NTD (~48.0 USD)
|-
|3G
|15 days
|unlimited
|100 NTD (~3.2 USD)
|700 NTD (~22.4 USD)
|-
|3G
|30 days
|unlimited
|550 NTD (~17.6 USD)
|800 NTD (~25.6 USD)
|}

== Foods ==

=== Dietary Considerations ===

* Vegan
* Vegetarian
* Religious requirements
* Lactose intolerance
* Gluten-sensitivity
* Raw food

=== Local Food ===

Here are some typical HsinChu and Taiwan foods.

* Ba Wan: Pork and other ingredients wrapped with starch slurry
* Braised pork on rice
* Stirred Fried Rice Noodles

<gallery>
File:New P1240434.JPG|Ba Wan
File:New P1070630.JPG|Braised pork on rice
File:New p1040144.jpg|Stirred fried rice noodles
File:New P1470912.JPG|Stirred fried beef noodles
File:New P1470915.JPG|Noodles with soup and local ingredients
</gallery>

== Beers ==
* There are some local beers in Taiwan, from mass production beers to craft beers. Welcome to Taiwan and enjoy it.

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File:New P1480051.JPG
File:New P1470962.JPG
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</gallery>

== See Also ==

* [https://github.com/g0v/taipei Taipei handbook for g0v Summit attendees]
* [https://trello.com/b/B13Bpzyk/debconf18-taiwan-planning Trello]
* [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Taipei Wikivoyage about Taipei]
* [http://www.ia.nctu.edu.tw/bin/home.php Office of International Affairs, National Chiao Tung University ]
* [http://tourism.hccg.org.tw/english/About_list.php Hsinchu City Travel]
* [https://www.facebook.com/%E4%BA%A4%E5%A4%A7%E6%94%9D%E5%BD%B1%E7%A4%BE-163474003683212/ NCTU Photpgraphy Club]

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