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* [[Table of who's bring things to Barncamp 2019]] - including who's taking responsibility for those things.
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If you are interested in any of the following tasks please see this invaluable resource for info and ideas: https://mbharris.co.uk/articles/barncamp-a-diy-skillsharing-event/#getting-things-going
 
If you are interested in any of the following tasks please see this invaluable resource for info and ideas: https://mbharris.co.uk/articles/barncamp-a-diy-skillsharing-event/#getting-things-going
  
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For tasks that involve making decisions, obviously very small decisions can be made by individuals or working groups but for larger ones the task involves enabling the wider group to come to a consensus
 
For tasks that involve making decisions, obviously very small decisions can be made by individuals or working groups but for larger ones the task involves enabling the wider group to come to a consensus
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'''Working Groups'''
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Each of these groups will take on a set of related tasks. Please join a team by adding your name at the bottom of each section
  
=Registration Process=
 
*Task: Provide a method for people to sign up for the event online.
 
*Previous method(s): website https://barncamp.org.uk/
 
*Volunteers:
 
*Comments:
 
 
When booking is complete (final deadline usually a few days before camp starts), the data from the sign-up website needs to be exported and imported into a laptop for use on the sign-in desk. This laptop has previously been running a [[https://github.com/mikebharris/BAMS| bespoke software]]
 
 
 
=Welcome Desk=
 
*Task:
 
**prepare and operate a system to count arrivals and departures, so we have a real-time head-count of how many people need feeding and to pay our hosts per head for camping per night
 
**engage arrivals with how the event operates
 
**check people have paid
 
**comms hotseat
 
**hold first-aid kit
 
**answering questions and telling people who they need to talk to
 
*Previous methods: all details from last run on [[Welcome_Desk| this page]]
 
*Volunteers: Mark (+small team, please add your name here)
 
*Comments: note equipment requirements
 
 
=Publicity=
 
*Task: Publicise the event.
 
*Previous method(s): Facebook, other activist sites, Indymedia, leafleting & stall at anarchist bookfair & other events, social spaces & art spaces
 
*Volunteers:
 
*Comments:
 
 
=Update Wiki=
 
* Task: bring the info on the Wiki up to date
 
* Volunteers:
 
* Comments:
 
 
=Food=
 
* Task: ensure food is provided for the requisite number of people
 
*Previous methods: I think food was provided one year by Highbury Farm and one year by a different catering company. Food was free/included in ticket
 
*Volunteers:
 
*Comments:
 
  
=Booze=
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==Liaise with farm==
*Task: Provide booze
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===Tasks===
*Previous methods: Barrels of cider and beer were acquired and sold per pint/half in plastic glasses. Volunteers did the serving & took money. A till was brought on site, not sure where from.
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Talk about...
*Volunteers:
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* Food
*Comments:
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** Ascertain numbers to feed, dietary requirements
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** Ensure there are enough plates, utensils etc (not single use plastic of course)
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** Ensure the farm thinks of all the things, like coffee and milk etc
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* straw bales
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* payment
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* compost toilets / pissoir
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* seating & tables
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** Last time there were no seats when we turned up so we had to do a costly last-minute deal with a chair-hire guy - we need to be super-certain that the farm have access to a suitable number of safe seats well in advance
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* level of clutter in the barn
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* requirement for firewood - Confirm with farm whether we can collect wood/firewood from surrounds?
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====Beancamp branch====
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* Liaise with farm: straw bales/seating/tables, payment, toilets, firewood?
  
=Toilets=
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===Team===
*Task: provide eco loos including private peeing place(s)
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* [[Special:EmailUser/scotty|scotty]]
*Previous methods: Provided by Highbury Farm
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* [[Special:EmailUser/Frederica|frederica]]
*Volunteers:
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* [[Special:EmailUser/MaRk|Mark]]
*Comments:
 
  
=Fire pits=
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==Publicity / outreach==
*Task:  Decide where to put fire pit and ensure wood is available
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===Tasks===
* Previous methods: Woodsy did it all, I think?
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* wiki editing & content refresh
*Volunteers:
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* update booking site blurb (mostly same as wiki)
*Comments:
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* find social media channels / mailing lists / blogs to publicise
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====Beancamp branch====
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* Informal outreach only
  
=Structures=
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===Team===
*Task: Provide structures for workshop spaces
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* [[User:Sean_K|Sean]]
*Previous methods: People brought OARC marquee and a party tent, and ordered a lot of straw bales via the farm.
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* [[Special:EmailUser/Thebrentc|Brent]] (If help needed, let me know)
*Volunteers
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* Mike D
*Comments: Last time there were no seats when we turned up so we had to do a costly last-minute deal with a chair-hire guy - we need to be super-certain that the farm have access to a suitable number of safe seats well in advance
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=Setting up before the event=
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==Programme==
*Task: turning up early to help set up
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===Tasks===
*Volunteers
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* in advance and at the event...
*Comments
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* get people to volunteer to give workshops / talks
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* optional: with wiki/digital option (d/w Publicity / outreach)
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* manage timetable
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** rearrange things according to what's on offer
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** "produce" each day, i.e. prompt anyone who needs prompting to do something, make sure workshop spaces are equipped and ready, timekeeping
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* overall facilitation and allocating new roles as required
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====Beancamp branch====
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* DIY adhoc timetabling (need open space board)
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* Anyone with extensive/specific workshop requirements, discuss on list?
  
=Driving=
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===Team===
*Task: Driving stuff around in vans
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* Naomi
*Volunteers
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* Frederica
*Comments
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*
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<br />
  
=Network=
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==Bringing of stuff==
*Task: Providing equipment and skills to set up on site network
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People in this team should be able to get to the site with the stuff on Wednesday
*Volunteers
 
*Comments
 
  
=Programme=
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Let use: [[Table of who's bring things to Barncamp 2019]] to coordinate.
*Task: Planning (however loosely) the programme and enabling people to submit talk/workshop proposals
 
*Previous methods: A few hour-long slots per day in each space dedicated to talks/workshops. Proposals were sent in on the mailing list and I think they were all accepted. Some time was also set aside for short talks, which were proposed at the time
 
*Volunteers
 
*Comments
 
  
=Roles=
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===Tasks===
*Task: Decide what roles will be required at the event and have a plan for them to be filled
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Beg, borrow or steal...
*Previous methods: IIRC there was a Production Manager each day, for general co-ordination, and also a manager of each space, ensuring that things started on time and that workshops etc had the equipment they needed. Also welcomers at the desk ... probably more
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* Power distribution equipment
*Volunteers: Naomi
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** 3-phase splitter
*Comments: I think it might be worth having more than one person in a welfare/conflict resolution type role. Not sure if this has been a role before. Obviously hope won't be needed but worth assigning just in case.
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** C-type terminated 16A cabling, some long runs - Sam has 10m 16cable
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** lots of 4-way extensions - Brent has a couple
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* Entertainment
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** Sound system of some kind / speakers / PA
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* Networks
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** router
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** switch
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** wireless access point x 2
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** ethernet-over-power
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** long runs of ethernet cable
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* Projectors & screens - Sam has projector, powerful but slightly noisy fan
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* "burner" phone & SIM
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* Structures
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** OARC marquee and a party tent
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* Kitchen
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** Cooking facilities
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** Cleaning facilities
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* Driving a van (or two) to get the stuff to the site
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* Buying anything we're missing (discuss budget/expenses with Registration Team)
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* Plan & deploy power & data networks on-site
  
=Entertainment=
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===Team===
*Task: organise music, performances, fun things
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*   [[Special:EmailUser/Thebrentc|Brent]] (Helper, rather than super-knowledgeable)
*Previous methods: Open mic, Raveoke, shamanic laptop healing (??)
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*  Mike D
*Volunteers:
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*   [[Special:EmailUser/Brie|Brie]] (Could help with driving in a pinch. Can't actually make the dates, but could probably be talked in to a road trip from Oxford to drop off/pick up supplies in a pinch. I don't have a van though, just a car)
*Comments:
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=Stuff=
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==Registration & Welcome desk==
*Task: working out what kit is needed over and above what working groups will take their own responsibility for, and arranging for it to appear (see https://mbharris.co.uk/articles/barncamp-a-diy-skillsharing-event/#crucial-things-to-organise)
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===Tasks===
*Volunteers:
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* Reanimate registration site
*Comments:
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* Set start & end dates for registration
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* Set prices (d/w farm liason)
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* Set & keep on track budget
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* Keep track of payments received
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* Set up & oversee [[Welcome_Desk| welcome process]]
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* Laptop (and screen?) for BAMS welcome desk system
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* Info board
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====Beancamp branch====
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* Registration system
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* Collect payments at camp (d/w farm liason)
  
=Dosh=
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===Team===
*Task: sourcing money to buy things that are needed, working out what to do about expenses, setting ticket prices / recommended donations / whatever the nice way to say it is
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*
*Volunteers:
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* [[User:Sean_K|Sean]]
*Comments:
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* [[Special:EmailUser/MaRk|Mark]]
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=Liaison with Highbury Farm=
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==Fun things==
*Task:
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===Tasks===
*Volunteers: Mark
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* Musical entertainment
*Comments: Mark has started this process but has asked for another person to be main contact going forward
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* Film screenings
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* fire - check wood supply with farm liaison
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* booze - buy & haul cider boxes & ale casks
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* borrow or blag some glasses (or biodegradable plastic) pint / half vessels from which to drink
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* set up and run bar - Richard (TBC)
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* fire
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* provide & manage entertainments
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* set noise curfew
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====Beancamp branch====
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* Adhoc
  
=Facilitation of the planning process=
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===Team===
*Task: keep an eye on things to ensure everything needed has someone taking responsibility for it; keep on eye on decision making to ensure it is happening and is equitable
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*Volunteers: Naomi
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* Rich
*Comments:
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* Woodsy
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==AOB==
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* ...

Latest revision as of 10:46, 24 May 2019

If you are interested in any of the following tasks please see this invaluable resource for info and ideas: https://mbharris.co.uk/articles/barncamp-a-diy-skillsharing-event/#getting-things-going

Please enter more tasks below as you think of them.

Feel free to start a wiki page for each task and break it down into subtasks - some of them are very big!

For tasks that involve making decisions, obviously very small decisions can be made by individuals or working groups but for larger ones the task involves enabling the wider group to come to a consensus

Working Groups

Each of these groups will take on a set of related tasks. Please join a team by adding your name at the bottom of each section


Liaise with farm

Tasks

Talk about...

  • Food
    • Ascertain numbers to feed, dietary requirements
    • Ensure there are enough plates, utensils etc (not single use plastic of course)
    • Ensure the farm thinks of all the things, like coffee and milk etc
  • straw bales
  • payment
  • compost toilets / pissoir
  • seating & tables
    • Last time there were no seats when we turned up so we had to do a costly last-minute deal with a chair-hire guy - we need to be super-certain that the farm have access to a suitable number of safe seats well in advance
  • level of clutter in the barn
  • requirement for firewood - Confirm with farm whether we can collect wood/firewood from surrounds?

Beancamp branch

  • Liaise with farm: straw bales/seating/tables, payment, toilets, firewood?

Team

Publicity / outreach

Tasks

  • wiki editing & content refresh
  • update booking site blurb (mostly same as wiki)
  • find social media channels / mailing lists / blogs to publicise

Beancamp branch

  • Informal outreach only

Team

  • Sean
  • Brent (If help needed, let me know)
  • Mike D


Programme

Tasks

  • in advance and at the event...
  • get people to volunteer to give workshops / talks
  • optional: with wiki/digital option (d/w Publicity / outreach)
  • manage timetable
    • rearrange things according to what's on offer
    • "produce" each day, i.e. prompt anyone who needs prompting to do something, make sure workshop spaces are equipped and ready, timekeeping
  • overall facilitation and allocating new roles as required

Beancamp branch

  • DIY adhoc timetabling (need open space board)
  • Anyone with extensive/specific workshop requirements, discuss on list?

Team

  • Naomi
  • Frederica


Bringing of stuff

People in this team should be able to get to the site with the stuff on Wednesday

Let use: Table of who's bring things to Barncamp 2019 to coordinate.

Tasks

Beg, borrow or steal...

  • Power distribution equipment
    • 3-phase splitter
    • C-type terminated 16A cabling, some long runs - Sam has 10m 16cable
    • lots of 4-way extensions - Brent has a couple
  • Entertainment
    • Sound system of some kind / speakers / PA
  • Networks
    • router
    • switch
    • wireless access point x 2
    • ethernet-over-power
    • long runs of ethernet cable
  • Projectors & screens - Sam has projector, powerful but slightly noisy fan
  • "burner" phone & SIM
  • Structures
    • OARC marquee and a party tent
  • Kitchen
    • Cooking facilities
    • Cleaning facilities
  • Driving a van (or two) to get the stuff to the site
  • Buying anything we're missing (discuss budget/expenses with Registration Team)
  • Plan & deploy power & data networks on-site

Team

  • Brent (Helper, rather than super-knowledgeable)
  • Mike D
  • Brie (Could help with driving in a pinch. Can't actually make the dates, but could probably be talked in to a road trip from Oxford to drop off/pick up supplies in a pinch. I don't have a van though, just a car)


Registration & Welcome desk

Tasks

  • Reanimate registration site
  • Set start & end dates for registration
  • Set prices (d/w farm liason)
  • Set & keep on track budget
  • Keep track of payments received
  • Set up & oversee welcome process
  • Laptop (and screen?) for BAMS welcome desk system
  • Info board

Beancamp branch

  • Registration system
  • Collect payments at camp (d/w farm liason)

Team


Fun things

Tasks

  • Musical entertainment
  • Film screenings
  • fire - check wood supply with farm liaison
  • booze - buy & haul cider boxes & ale casks
  • borrow or blag some glasses (or biodegradable plastic) pint / half vessels from which to drink
  • set up and run bar - Richard (TBC)
  • fire
  • provide & manage entertainments
  • set noise curfew

Beancamp branch

  • Adhoc

Team

  • Rich
  • Woodsy


AOB

  • ...