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Dear Sir or Madam:
Hello,


I am writing to you on behalf of a group planing to organise a technology enthusiast festival next year and we have seen the venue at <insert venue here> as a promising location.
I'm one of the organisers of a three-day camping festival for the maker movement and am interested in your venue as a potential location. If you're not already aware of the maker community, these articles on maker culture and related events might give you a better idea of what we're about:


The three-day event is provisionally around the August Bank Holiday next year (24-26th August 2012).
An introduction to Maker culture in the Economist (with a focus on US communities):<br/>
http://www.economist.com/node/21540392


We are planning to have a maximum of 500 people, most of whom will be camping on the site. We will also erect several marquees for lectures, workshops and event management and infrastructure.
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.)<br/>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maker_Faire


Also there would be need for evening entertainments and a licensed bar on site, for which we would be responsible for obtaining licences and any other legal requirements for a festival such as ours.
Our plan is to use the 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 are planning to have talks and workshops throughout the event, so any enclosed areas would be advantageous.


If this is something you would be interested in hosting please, or if you have any questions about our planned event, please can you contact us by either sending an email to <insert contact email> or by replying by writing to <insert address> or by calling <insert contact number>
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 2012
* Permission for an alcohol and music licence on-site (we would acquire the license)


yours
If this sounds like your venue, we'd love to have a chat about taking it further.
 
Thanks,<br/>
<insert name>
<insert name>

Latest revision as of 21:52, 8 December 2011

Hello,

I'm one of the organisers of a three-day camping festival for the maker movement and am interested in your venue as a potential location. If you're not already aware of the maker community, these articles on maker culture and related 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

Our plan is to use the 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 are planning to have talks and workshops throughout the event, so any enclosed areas 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 2012
  • Permission for an alcohol and music licence on-site (we would acquire the license)

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

Thanks,
<insert name>

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