+1 for cancelling. It's too dangerous to travel. Lets just try again next year.
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Andreas Becker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello BarCampers all around the world and in Thailand which intended to join > BarCamp Bangkok > please give us a feedback and join in the discussion! It won't be sure at > all how long this conflict in Bangkok will last. Are you interested to make > it happen in Phuket instead? > Could someone send a round mailer or inform potential participants that we > here in Phuket would get the BarCamp running on next weekend. So if you > cancel or postpone in Bangkok we would offer everyone who is interested to > come to Phuket to have BarCamp here - Like it was said in a former post > already lots of people have booked and it would be a loss also for them > financially. This isn't worth it as a bustrip to Phuket is much cheaper than > the possible loss. Additional the Marketing Effect to promote Thailand as > Software Development Destination even in these times would be totally gone > which would harm us all! > How many people have already registered? > Simply ask them the question who would like to go to Phuket like described > above and who would like to drive, fly, travel by himself to Phuket and will > join and who won't join. > Than you know the number of possible participants. > You can get those who want to travel as group in a bus together. > All others name to us and we will send them instructions how to get to us. > I will be online to day till late for people who want to discuss more. > Andi > > > > > > > On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Andreas Becker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> livestream is banned to so no way for online >> 400 People is not to much. In a bus you can pack about 50 or even more >> people. This makes up to 8 - 10 Busses. I gues it will be easy to find a >> transportation company which would like to offer a special price for such an >> amount of people even in this short time. >> 8 - 10 Busses would also mean you could have about 4 stops to change for >> different talks inside the bus before you go for a sleep ;-) >> If only a few would like to come than book some less busses. It would be >> good to get a feedback thow. >> You could even let the busses start in Bangkok from different places. i.e. >> one bus could pick up all arriving from Suvarnabhum Airport so there is no >> need in risking anything and simply drive around Bangkok instead of getting >> people inside. I am sure when I ask here at PSU we can get this thing going >> even in this short amount of time. The director of Software Park Phuket >> where our company is located is also Professor there. We will also contact >> SIPA Phuket as they have also places available. And we will ask the Phuket >> Administrative Office to help and as said I am sure our church will help to. >> They have a huge room for about 300 people with a big stage and 2 lcd >> monitors to each side and even a synchron translation system available. So >> Thai talks could be translated in to english. >> Below the worship room is a huge space where another session could take >> place, usually we are having lunch here. They have a kitchen too and I guess >> we can organize that they will provide lunch for an affordable price. The >> church is located in Thalang, In the evening we could have a Beach session >> with AfterParty at Layan Beach. There is very good CDMA Connectivity to. We >> sometimes work from there ;-) >> What steps need to be taken to get this thing runing: >> >> Phone to the southern Busterminal or if you have contact to a Bus >> transportation Company ask them. Ask them if they can provide busses to make >> BarCamp on Tour possible. >> As soon as you will give us a go I will contact the Directors of Software >> Park, my friends at SIPA-Phuket and Khun Paiboon head of the Phuket >> Provincial Office and see how we can help. At least our church or my former >> school where I was director can provide place for you. It is an "emergency" >> and it is to promote Free Open Software Products to and It is a chance also >> for Phuket and actually Thailand to show that Thailand is peaceful and worth >> to be visited by people from all around the world. I am sure that they are >> in and that we can get this thing going. >> Check how many people are arriving from the airport and when they are >> arriving. Get a feedback if they are in! and pick them up direct at the >> airport. Perhaps they can even redirect their flights to Phuket airport and >> we will see how we can pick them up from the airport. We only would need to >> know who and how many we would need to pick up. >> possible Locations for Meetings if only a few people will come could be >> also Software Park Phuket. It has Conference location for about 120 People ( >> 40 / 40 / 14 / and our office on the same floor we can transform also to fit >> 20 people. All rooms incl our office have big screen and LCD and WiFi and of >> course the Church like mentioned above. http://softwareparkphuket.com >> >> I don't think it will be a bigger problem for people which don't know each >> other to travel together in a bus and have fun. Actually that is what a >> Barcamp is for - to meet new people. So BarCampers are usually easy going >> people and are very communicative and friendly people which want to meet new >> people to get new inspirations. >> It only needs for now a GO form you in Bangkok and a number of people >> which might come! >> It is not to late to start right now - TODAY! to get the planing running! >> Everyone who want to have a Barcamp now is invited to come here! Lots of >> people have already booked their flights and as said its easy to get around >> Bangkok if you pick them up at the airport. So we could have fun without >> worrying that somebody gets killed in Bangkok. >> Moving the BarCamp to Phuket would be also much better PR than postponing >> or cancelling it. Show the world that we are innovative here in Thailand and >> have creative ideas. Invite some reporters which don't like to get shot - to >> join you in the busses. Take Videos from the talks inside the busses and we >> will post and stream them lateron to the world. >> Forget for now about Sripatum - this is simply a nogo place right now! >> Andi >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:44 AM, 31o5 Oh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> bus trip sounds nice, but to get 400 ppl head to bus station or somewhere >>> is risky enough same as getting people around spu....... >>> I'd be in and it'll work if it's only few people know each other enough >>> tho.. >>> >>> this is real crazy... shall we have online barcamp then? ustream is >>> banned, maybe something else. >>> >>> Stay safe everybody!!! >>> >>> satoko >>> >>> http://31o5.com >>> http://MOZO.in.th/MOZO-SHI >>> >>> >>> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 10:30, Andreas Becker <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi All >>>> Like I said before. Please stop BarCamp before it is getting worse and >>>> even the kill zone reaches it. It is not worth to risk any lives in this >>>> real stupid shooting arounds in Bangkok. >>>> At least the Thailand Open Source and BarCamp Communitry will need more >>>> bad advertisement in the Press as already caused by Bangkoks Chaos. >>>> I would still offer you to get your people of the Barcamp into a Bus - >>>> and I mean it like this - and get down here. Make it a real BarCamp. A >>>> night >>>> travel with BarCamps isn't worth and can be big fun to. You start at the >>>> Southern Busterminal which is far out of the warzone. Than travel down >>>> here, >>>> we will look for a place where you can stay over night, i.e. I could talk >>>> to >>>> our pastor to offer his church for this - it is big enough and I will also >>>> talk to the people from University. >>>> Make it like this >>>> Travel the night down to Phuket. Than open the first 24 Hours BarCamp >>>> NonStop from Saturday 12am to Sunday 12 am the next day and travel up to >>>> Bangkok again the next night and you will be home about 6/7am in the >>>> morning >>>> ready to start your usual Business. This will give us 24 hours of very >>>> intensive talks and meetings in a real nonviolent and very friendly >>>> surrounding. The price would not be much higher I guess as if you would >>>> need >>>> to do BarCamp in Sripatum ;-) Traveling by Bus can be really cheap and big >>>> fun, especially if you have Bar Campers. Take some CDMA Modems with you and >>>> you could even have your BarCamp already started inside the Bus. Start >>>> presenting your talks on the bus screen. This would make it even a 72 Hours >>>> Nonstop Event! Starting Friday 19PM at the southern Bus Terminal and ending >>>> on Monday Morning 7am exactly at the same place. >>>> If you are interested to get this running please let us know as soon as >>>> possible, so we can get you out of this proprietary warzone to a free open >>>> Source Island. >>>> Andi >>>> >>>> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Angelo Embuldeniya >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Just a heads up that according to local news this morning there's a >>>>> possibility that curfew may be imposed. >>>>> >>>>> And as of last night there now seems to be two protest staging sites, >>>>> one fixed at ratchaprasong and the other mobile on long trucks..wherever >>>>> that mobile stage goes, areas surrounding may get marked as live >>>>> ammunition >>>>> zones.. >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 5:23 AM, proteus guy <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> In light of the escalation and apparent spread and potential growth of >>>>>> the violence in Bangkok, are we still moving forward with Barcamp? Has >>>>>> anyone talked to people at Sripatum to determine if they're concerned or >>>>>> not? I'm concerned that, as the government decides to crack down harder >>>>>> and >>>>>> clearly has turned the protest site into a kill zone, the reds will go >>>>>> into >>>>>> insurgent mode and the violence will no longer be contained. Only got a >>>>>> few >>>>>> days to go and I think this situation is going to get hotter before it is >>>>>> resolved. >>>>>> >>>>>> Opinions? >>>>>> >>>>>> -- Ben >>>>>> >>>>>> PS: BTW John I'm still waiting for the Sripatum contact info regarding >>>>>> drink arrangements. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Barcamp Thailand" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-thailand?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Angelo Embuldeniya >>>>> >>>>> T1: +973 39940430 >>>>> T2: +973 33987680 >>>>> E: [email protected] >>>>> W: www.linkedin.com/in/angelo >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Barcamp Thailand" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-thailand?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Barcamp Thailand" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-thailand?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Barcamp Thailand" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-thailand?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Barcamp Thailand" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/barcamp-thailand?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Barcamp Thailand" group. 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