BarnCamp 2013 ideas scratchpad

Overall themes

Overall ideas for theming the event, such as current trends, emerging technologies, etc.

Workshop ideas

These are workshops/talks of between one and two hours in length.

Longer, half-day hack sessions

Sessions to be held on the Thursday or Friday that are 3-5 hours in length.

Events and entertainment ideas

Stuff to do in the evenings.

Anything else

Anything else you can think of.

Areas for production aspects

(adelayde)

Areas that need sorting I can think are:

• workshop spaces: tables, chairs, pens, flip charts, plug sockets, projectors, screens, laptops, structures
• toilets: straw bales, tarps, structures, lighting, loo roll.
• kitchen: food, tea and coffee, structure, cooking equipment, washing up facilities, crokery and cutlery
• fire: fire pit, wood, fire extinguishers, etc.
• site: flat land for camping, proximity to toilets, fire precautions, sign-posting, transport
• welcome desk: table, chairs, pens, booking system, finance and payments, contact telephone numbers, volunteers
• workshop/barncamp/hack session planning
• ents: stage or no stage, sound system, DJs, campfire entertainment, etc.
• bar: beer, cider, soft drinks, float, cashbox, physical bar space, staffing.
• infrastructure: on-site internet and wifi, ethernet cabling, mains cabling
• promotion: graphic design and concept, flyers and posters, web site, distribution of materials, mailing to lists, promotion at other events, getting the word out there generally.