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
>
>
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