Project:UK Hack Camp

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There's been talk for far too long about a hacker camp in the UK; let's make it happen. Europe has a great history of camps: Hacking At Random 2009. Chaos Communication Camp 2011.

Let's have one in the UK. Sod the Olympics, let's make this the event of 2012.

*Very* Provisional Plans

  • Date options:
    • Saturday 25th - Monday 27th August 2012 (Bank Holiday Weekend)
    • Saturday 2nd - Tuesday 5th June 2012 (4-day bank holiday weekend)
    • Late June
  • Capacity: 500 people

Get Involved

  • Join the UK hack camp mailing list.
    • Please use a normal mailing list manager that doesn't require a google account!!!!
      • Email uk-hack-camp+subscribe@googlegroups.com. No need for a Google Account. Ms7821 11:55, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
  • Drop into irc.freenode.net #ukhackcamp

What we Need

The biggest challenge is to find a decent site with the ability to get hold of a good (at least 100meg) internet connection.

Please add discussion and suggestions to the list of candidate sites.

Event Search

Minutes

Planning

See here

Here's some random stuff we picked up from CCC - maybe handy for the survival guide.