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Dear Sir/Madam,
Hello,


We're a non-profit group planning a technology enthusiast festival next summer and we'd be interested in talking to you about your venue as a possible location.
we're attempting to organise a three-day camping festival for the maker movement and are interested in your venue as a potential
location. If you're not already aware of the community, these articles on other maker events might give you a better idea of what we're about.


The event we're planning is along similar lines to a small camping music festival, with predominantly talks and workshops. We're initially looking at a capacity of between 500 and 1000 people (which would roughly mean an area between 4 and 10 acres), and dates of either the 24th-26th August or the 2nd-4th June next year. We're planning on applying for a license for both alcohol and public entertainment.
An introduction to Maker culture in the Economist (with a focus on US communities):
http://www.economist.com/node/21540392


If this is something you'd be interested in hosting, we'd greatly appreciate it if you got in touch.
About the Maker Faire, a popular international event for makers and creators to "celebrate arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset". (We are not formally affiliated with them, but we share many contacts.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_Faire


yours
O'Reilly Radar (US): "The maker movement's potential for education, jobs and innovation is growing"
http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/11/dale-dougherty-make-white-house.html
 
Our plan is to use a venue for just over a week, with the actual event taking three days and the rest of the time allocated for setup/tear down. We'd be planning to have talks and workshops throughout the event, so if there's any inside space available it would be advantageous.
 
We're looking for a venue that can accommodate the following:
* 250-500 people camping, varying on what the venue can accommodate
* Between June 1st and September 8th 2011
* Permission for an alcohol licence on-site (That we would acquire)
 
If this sounds like your venue, we'd love to have a chat about taking it further.
 
Thanks,
<insert name>
<insert name>

Revision as of 15:38, 8 December 2011

Hello,

we're attempting to organise a three-day camping festival for the maker movement and are interested in your venue as a potential location. If you're not already aware of the community, these articles on other maker events might give you a better idea of what we're about.

An introduction to Maker culture in the Economist (with a focus on US communities): http://www.economist.com/node/21540392

About the Maker Faire, a popular international event for makers and creators to "celebrate arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset". (We are not formally affiliated with them, but we share many contacts.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_Faire

O'Reilly Radar (US): "The maker movement's potential for education, jobs and innovation is growing" http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/11/dale-dougherty-make-white-house.html

Our plan is to use a venue for just over a week, with the actual event taking three days and the rest of the time allocated for setup/tear down. We'd be planning to have talks and workshops throughout the event, so if there's any inside space available it would be advantageous.

We're looking for a venue that can accommodate the following:

  • 250-500 people camping, varying on what the venue can accommodate
  • Between June 1st and September 8th 2011
  • Permission for an alcohol licence on-site (That we would acquire)

If this sounds like your venue, we'd love to have a chat about taking it further.

Thanks, <insert name>

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