Camp for Climate Action 2008
Power Requirements
Previous years have proved that this space is by far the single biggest user of power on site. We are estimating that the space will consume between 200 and 800 watts of power during the whole time.
That means 200 watts at minimum times running the satellite conx, some wifi, voip phones, and a couple of laptops for newswire or for the media team in a kind of back office set-up. And 800 watts on a day of action with lots of public access and lots of people editing and uploading and newswiring.
| Provider | Type/set-up | Max hours @ 200w | Max hours @ 800w |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Van built-in | 12volts x 220Ah, 2 x 85w panels | ||
| Ben | 6 x 100Ah 12v batteries, 2 x 80w pv, 2 x 30w pv, 4 x 10w pv, 20amp pv regulator, 600w cont invertor, 300w cont invertor, wind turbine 200w@6m/s plus dump regulator, | ||
| Sam | UNTESTED - Brand new rig, Batteries in a slightly unknown state. 24v/ 240v x 2000ah. 340w panels. 1kw wind turbine. Inverter rated 3kw. |
Be The Media Workshops
Workshops can be run daily from the media space at the camp. Days of the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and/or 9th August.
These include the media training workshops run by the media team.
Please put your availability in dates when you are putting down details of workshops. Also please only put down workshops that are confirmed when you know for sure that you or the person leading the workshop can definately do them.
Workshop Times
- 4th Monday 11 am: Security, privacy and encryption.
- 5th Tuesday 11 am: 12 volt workshop
- 6th Wednesday 11 am: Free Space
- 7th Thursday 11 am: Digital Photography Workshop
- 8th Friday 11am: Putting your Media online and explore alt.media Distribution Channels
Proposed Workshops
Security, privacy and encryption
Facilitator: Mike Harris
Length: 60-90 mins
Description: a workshop to cover concepts such as computer security, logins, passwords, mailing lists, wikis and forums, what is and isn't private, how to encrypt your data using GNU Privacy Guard (GPG), secure connections using ssh and SSL. Will focus on Linux, but also consider Windows and Mac.
Taking, editing & publishing better direct action photographs.
Facilitator: John Kriptic
Length 2 hours
Description: Improving the quality of DA pics for Indymedia & other DIY sites & publications. How pics of even tame actions can, with more thought to composition, viewpoint, framing & technical camera knowledge can be turned into interesting & dynamic pics, avoiding common faults. Many examples of good & bad pics.
Putting your Camcorder video online - a basic guide
Faciliator: mickfuzz
Length: 60 mins
Description: A short guide to capturing and getting your video online. Using Avidemux and other appropriate capturing tools.
Creating a Video Channel
Faciliator: mickfuzz
Length: 45 mins
Description: A short guide to distributing your video work with a Video podcast. Looking at the Miro player and Channel guide, RSS2 (with enclosures), Wordpress.com, Blip.tv, and Archive.org. We'll look at these free online resources and talk about strategy for getting video work more audience.
12 volt and renewables workshop/walkabout
Facilitator: Ray-Mundo
Length: 1 hour approx
Description: Ray will talk about solar panels, wind generators, different types of batteries, accessories, strategies for getting the charge-storage-usage equation right (e.g. how many panels, how many batteries, how much supply for how long). This workshop may well involve a short introduction at the Be The Media tent followed by a walkaround site to look at the various installations from a practical viewpoint.
Space
Currently we have access to two 6m x 4m tents that could be buttressed together with some form of guttering kit. We are looking at obtaining a 10m x 10m space for the event.
For the Be The Media / Media space, we were hoping to have a single public space, sufficient the following to be inside (this is just an idea here, not actual consensus):
- public internet space
- photo/video/news desk for grass roots media groups
- contact point for camp media
- meeting space / daily news papers
To do this, we discussed that a marquee about 30' by 30' or 20' x 40' in size would be ideal.
Then one of those party tents that is 6m x 4m and which we used last year and was thinking of putting this up effectively behind the main tent to use as the 'back stage', private area for media meetings, interviews, and escaping.
At the end of the day if it's really not possible to get a big enough marquee, we could go back to using two tents again, not ideal, but not the end of the world I think.
CCA Web portal
The CCA web portal will be served out on site from a web server running on the BW LTSP server laptop. It should contain the following information skinned to match the CCA website itself:
- Indymedia UK newswire CCA 2008 feed
- Feed of recent photos from the camp
- Feed of recent videos from the camp
- Usual set of useful links: CCA website, Indymedia UK, BW, other IMC sites and portals relating to climate change etc.
- Google search box
- Important camp information feed
- Camp press releases
- Lastest share price ticker of E.ON
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Comms
public phone lines
Info line number
Mostly used in early days with recorded info such as directions to camp, shuttle bus locations and times, tide info etc. It is unlikely that this would be updated much as the sms systems are better for dynamic up-to-date info. Additionally there would also be the option to be forwarded from this number to the others mentioned below.
The caller would pay their standard call rate for making these calls. There would be no cost incurred by the camp.
Press enquires number
For mainstream media press enquires which forward to the mobiles of the media team. It will allow multiple simultaneous incoming calls to the single number and ring whichever phones are not already engaged, one of which will hopefully be answered.
Ideally, the number would be a premium rate number so that the caller (the corporate media) cover the cost of forwarding the call and the camp doesn't pick up any of the cost.
Reporting line number
Used by activists in the field to report or update on actions/incidents. This incoming info is used by alt media coverage, sms alerts and keeping the media team informed etc. Callers have the option to leave a recorded message for publication on indymedia and use by the radio team etc. ie. audio reports/interviews. Callers may also hop across to the options provided by the info line. Additionally there would be the option to be forwarded to the legal support number for reporting arrests etc.
The caller would pay their standard call rate for making these calls. Any calls forwarded to mobile phones would incur call charges to the camp amounting to roughly 10 pence per minute.
open SMS alerts
(using twitter.com)
camp bulletins
People sign up to this to receive bulletins relating to on site news such as changes to programme, emergency meetings, call outs for volunteers by working groups, etc.
action alerts
People sign up to this to receive bulletins about actions / incidents taking place (mostly) outside of the camp. It would be useful to anyone needing to stay informed about the big picture during actions days, be it people on the media team, legal support, journalists, or anyone else to whom up-to-date information would be useful or desirable.
working group sms systems
(probably using twitter)
legal support
An sms group for the legal support team which would enable them to effectively contact each other with things like requests for help/replacements etc.
media team
An sms group for the media team which would enable them to effectively contact each other with things like requests for somebody to speak to a camera crew at the main gate for example.
police liaison
An sms group for the police liaison team which would enable them to effectively contact each other with things like requests for liaison at an emerging confrontation/incident.
spokescouncil sms
An sms group of all the neighbourhood dedicated phones in order to alert on call spokes to come to a spokes meeting (this might be duplicated by the camp bulletin alerts).
On site phone system
A system of hard wired phones will be installed in key spaces to compliment the onsite two way radio system. This will consist of phone extensions located in key central infrastructure spaces; comms, the gate, media space, legal support, and the site office etc Use of this system will reduce clutter and traffic on the two way radio which means less stuff for the cops to listen with and less crap the people with radios need to listen to which is irrelevant to them.
There are no costs involved in using the on site radio unless we choose to provide facilities to dial an outside line in which case calls would be the same as whatever the cheapest pay as you go mobile phone tariff available.