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+# The (November) 2016 Tahoe-LAFS Summit
+
+This is a loosely organized gathering of Tahoe-LAFS developers, enthusiasts, and perhaps some hecklers.
+
+## Dates / Location
+
+Tuesday+Wednesday 2016-11-08 and 2016-11-09, 9am-5pm.
+
+We're meeting in the "Board Room" of the [Mechanics Institute Library](https://www.milibrary.org/), 57 Post St, San Francisco, CA (next to the Montgomery St BART station).
+
+The room has wifi, a whiteboard, and a projector screen. Brian will bring a small projector. There are plenty of restaurants and bars nearby for later in the evening.
+
+We'll try to set up videochat so remote folks can join in the fun: contact us on IRC (`#tahoe-lafs on freenode`) and we'll make something work.
+
+## Attendees
+
+(please add your name!)
+
+For sure:
+
+* Brian
+* Daira
+
+Probably:
+
+* Meejah
+* Liz
+* David?
+* Zooko?
+
+## Agenda Items
+
+(please add things you want to talk about)
+
+* 1.12 release items
+* (daira) 2-phase commit
+* (warner) Accounting
+* (warner) compelling applications
+
+## things referred to during the Summit
+
+* (notes to be added here)