Difference between revisions of "Project:UK Hack Camp"

Revision as of 21:12, 19 December 2011

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

Project:UK_Hack_Camp/Minutes/2011-12-19

Planning

See here

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

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 Please add discussion and suggestions to [[Project:UK Hack Camp/Candidate sites|the list of candidate sites]].
-=== Event Search ====
+=== Event Search ===
 * [[Project:UK_Hack_Camp/Candidate_sites|Candidate sites]]
 * [[Project:UK_Hack_Camp/letter|Sample letter to possible sites]]
-* [[Project:UK_Hack_Camp/Site criteria|Site criteria]] for early negotiations: basic things we need to know for each site before we sign anything
+=== Minutes ===
+* [[Project:UK_Hack_Camp/Minutes/2011-12-19]]
 === Planning ===