Barcamp Blackpool
Lancashire's first ever barcamp will take place in the world famous resort of Blackpool! Being organised by Gemma Cameron (@ruby_gem) with a lot of help from Preston GeekUppers. This will be a one day event with plenty of other stuff going on for attendees to make a weekend out of it!
What is Barcamp?
BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants who are the main actors of the event.
Overnight?
Not as such. This barcamp will be a great opportunity for attendees to experience Blackpool itself, in addition to the Barcamp. We're holding the barcamp at The Pleasure Beach, attendees will be offered a discount on wrist bands for the Sunday. Accommodation in Blackpool is also extremely cheap (around £15 B&B), we have connections with some B&B's who will do a great deal for attendees over the weekend. There's so much to do in this remarkable town, it'd be rude not to spend the Sunday enjoying all it has to offer. ( :
So what next?
We're creating a website (with thanks to Solution Perspective Media) with all the details for people to start gathering sponsorship so we can get cracking!
Event details:
- Date: October 17th
- Cost: Zero
- Venue: Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Event Costs for sponsorship:
Obviously we need to get the Venue hire, and all the stuff that goes along with it. If we don't manage to cover the food we can always pop out and attendees can get traditional fish and chips a short wal
- Venue hire £500 +VAT for the full day
- Internet at £50
- Projector and screen hire costs £150 +VAT
- Microphone hire costs £55 +VAT
- Lunch at £11.95 per head
- Dinner in the evening starts at £8.50 per head, depending on choice of menu
- Tea and coffee cost £2.25 per person, with biscuits
- Bar sponsorship for beer
- Entertainment for the evening - karaoke?
Getting involved:
If you would like to be one of the co-organisers of the event add your name below. Please note, this includes getting sponsorship, meetings at the venue during the coming months and a lot of responsibility. Aka do not put your name down unless your very committed and can for example make meetings at short notice.
If you would like to help out closer to the date with the actual event running, add your name to the next list under helpers. Likewise, if you'd like to sponsor this unique BarCamp, add your details under Sponsors and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
And finally if your interested in coming to the event, add your name to the participation's section. Let us know if you'd be interested in a discounted wristband for the Sunday - these will be bought by attendees when they get their tickets, so the more wristbands, the greater the discount!
Co-organisers signup:
Helpers signup:
- Jason Reast-Jones - @jreast
- Jon Atkinson - @jon_atkinson
Interested in sponsoring:
Participations signup:
Out of town?
If you've never experience Blackpool before, this is your chance!!! You won't regret it and you'll agree with us, there's no where in the world to equal Blackpool
Trains
Preston Train Station appears to be the gateway to the world, including Blackpool! Blackpool has quite a few train stations, including one for the Pleasure Beach itself, which is on the Blackpool South trainline. Trains to/from Blackpool Pleasure Beach run hourly. Buses and trams travel along the promenade to the Pleasure Beach if you're coming via Blackpool North Train Station.
Planes
Blackpool has its own airport, which isn't very far from the venue (a short bus or taxi ride) http://www.blackpoolinternational.com/ in fact it's that close I reckon you could walk it.
Automobiles
There will be discounted car parking at the venue for attendees (£2 for the day)
Social Tags for the event
Please use the tag BarcampBlackpool or for microblogging #bcblackpool
Miscellaneous
Ideas for talks
What you'd like to hear about from others...
Ideas/questions for the BarCamp Planning team
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