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 <[email protected]>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 > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
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