It is almost exactly 10 years ago that the first edition of the Randa Meetings took place in Randa, Switzerland. Back then it was a single sprint, called Tokamak 3 (That’s what the Plasma meetings were called back then). It was hosted in the small Chalet of the parents of Mario, and after this very successful inaugural sprint the meetings grew and we needed a bigger house to accommodate all the participants.
We found a new home in one of the biggest houses in this small village in the Swiss Alps. The 150 years house was a hotel at the beginning and was then used for several camps hosting generations of people.
This big and old house hosted our Randa Meetings for several years but unfortunately we have to tell you that it is, at least for now, no longer available. The former owners couldn’t afford to renovate it and thus needed to sell the house. So the new owner of the house is now the municipality of Randa and they have decided against opening it for rent this year. We don’t know much about their future plans, but we are trying to stay up to date so we can inform you about another possibility for Randa Meetings as soon as we can. But honestly we’re not very optimistic for futher Randa Meetings in the same house in Randa.
No need to be sad or afraid that the meetings are dead though, as the team behind them is already looking for and thinking about other possibilities and locations for future “Randa” Meetings.
Last but not least we would like to thank you for all the support during the past years and especially for last year’s jury award for Mario Fux and the Randa Meetings team. Stay tuned and cu soon.
