On 19/08/11 09:28, Lewis Cawte wrote: > On 18/08/11 23:40, Thomas Morton wrote: >> Youch... but of a trek :) >> >> But I should be able to make it to Brighton without too much pain. >> >> Are there any suggested dates? >> >> Tom >> >> On 18 August 2011 23:36, Richard Farmbrough <rich...@farmbrough.co.uk >> <mailto:rich...@farmbrough.co.uk>> wrote: >> >> Sounds good! Last time I spent the night in Brighton was >> WorldCon, no >> sleeping was involved! However that is not a great idea if I am >> driving >> .... >> >> On 18/08/2011 21:53, Lewis Cawte wrote: >> > Glad to hear your interested :) >> > >> > I'm speaking with the most likely venue tomorrow, as their >> designated >> > person is in office Mondays and Fridays. The venue has Wifi, >> not sure >> > about mains outlets, but the lady from the venue said its used for >> > hackathon like events a fair bit, so they should have plenty. >> > >> > Food and drink, I've been asking people, and generally from >> what I've >> > heard, snacks and lunch are provided by the organisers, and dinner >> > people go off with their new friends, or by themselves to get >> dinner and >> > drinks... >> > >> > Presentations - I've heard at past events they've not had the right >> > balance of presentations to coding/hacking, and that there were too >> > many. So I'm going to have to work that out, but after I've got the >> > venue and date confirmed (next week or two), then I'll put out >> a call >> > for speakers and see how many talks we want. Apparently the >> space is >> > small enough not to require microphones, but if any speaker >> specificly >> > wants to use one, let me know way in advance! Venue will be >> providing a >> > projector for us. >> > >> > Getting there - this venue I'm looking at is a 6 minute walk >> (mostly >> > downhill slightly) from Brighton Station, cars are ok, as I think >> > there's a big car park nearby (a few roads away), but don't >> hold me to this! >> > >> > Accommodation - I'm going to leave that up to people to >> arrange, I'll >> > put a few sites on the page when venue and date is up, but its >> not my >> > strong point, I live a 30 minute bus ride away, so its never been >> > something I've looked at, I know theres some (not so cheap?) hotels >> > along the seafront, but I'll go in and have a look for other things >> > if/when I go to checkout the venue in person. I know in past >> hackathons >> > people have arranged group offers for their attendees, but >> thats not >> > something I personally am going to be able to do, if someone is >> worried >> > about accommodation, poke me, and feel free to go scope out a cheap >> > place where we can book people into where needs be. >> > >> > Any other questions, comments etc, they are all welcome! >> > >> > -- Lewis Cawte >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia UK mailing list >> > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimediau...@wikimedia.org> >> > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org <mailto:wikimediau...@wikimedia.org> >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > Currently discussing the weekend of the 12th, at the venue for the > Saturday and half of the Sunday, but people are welcome to come for > just the Saturday if they need to get home etc, and for people > travelling down early on the Friday, if there's enough interest I'll > stick up some activity for anyone that doesn't want to be stuck in > their hotel for half a day... after I've finished school, possibly a > tour or something... BBQ on the beach? :P (November)
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