Re: Digest for wordcamp-melbourne@googlegroups.com - 21 Messages in 4 Topics

[Thene]

Hi Anthony,

Not sure if you received my last message, but we would like to be involved and meet up on Tuesday if you're still looking for volunteers.

Cheers,
Thene

On 17/06/2010 1:29 PM, wordcamp-melb...@googlegroups.com wrote:

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Group: http://groups.google.com/group/wordcamp-melbourne/topics

• RMIT Capitol Theatre [4 Updates]
• Live chat/ IRC [11 Updates]
• Digest for wordcamp-...@googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 1 Topic [5 Updates]
• Venue Options [1 Update]

�Topic: RMIT Capitol Theatre

Chris Higgins <chrishi...@gmail.com> Jun 16 07:38PM +1000 ^
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RMIT Captiol Theatre might be worth checking out as a venue. It's in the
heart of the city, only two blocks from Flinders Street station, and seats
600. Website says it's been recently renovated.
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http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse/Industry%20and%20Business%2FVenue%20hire/
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While we're at it, is there any way we can reply to topics within the Google
group? It seems a touch unproductive to have to wait for topics to be
e-mailed to us the following day before we can reply to them. The help
section says this function is available, but it appears to be switched off
for this particular group.


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"Dion Hulse" <dd...@dd32.id.au> Jun 16 07:42PM +1000 ^
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> e-mailed to us the following day before we can reply to them. The help
> section says this function is available, but it appears to be switched off
> for this particular group.
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You should be able to opt for as-it-happens emails, So you dont recieve a digest or a bunch of emails every evening.
Just head over to http://groups.google.com/group/wordcamp-melbourne/subscribe and change it to 'Email'
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But yes, Email from web would be nice to enable.. not that I'd use it.
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Anthony Cole <ant...@radiopicture.com.au> Jun 16 10:12PM +1000 ^
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I've got connections at RMIT - so I'll see what I can do. We might not have to pay for it, but regardless - it would be great to have something central.
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I know LUV meets at Melbourne Uni - so we could go that direction as well, but I love RMIT as it's so central.
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On 16/06/2010, at 7:38 PM, Chris Higgins wrote:
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Brent Shepherd <brent.e....@gmail.com> Jun 17 01:06PM +1000 ^
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That would be great if you can get an RMIT venue gratis!
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From memory, both RMIT & Melb Uni hire venues free to students/faculty. I
know for Melb Uni though the event had to either be for the University or
something that "raised the profile" of the uni.
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�Topic: Live chat/ IRC

WP Kick Start- Conorp <con...@wpkickstart.com> Jun 16 07:50PM +1000 ^
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Would it be worth having some sort of live chat or irc at some stage
where we can all discuss ideas etc?
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Web: WP Kick Start <http://www.wpkickstart.com/>
Email: con...@wpkickstart.com <mailto:con...@wpkickstart.com>


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Dan Milward <d...@instinct.co.nz> Jun 16 11:32PM +1200 ^
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Most def... Or skype conference?
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Sent from my iPhone
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Anthony Cole <ant...@radiopicture.com.au> Jun 16 10:04PM +1000 ^
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Totally... What time works for everyone?
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I can probably do next week sometime, preferably in the PM.
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On 16/06/2010, at 9:32 PM, Dan Milward wrote:
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Dan Milward <d...@instinct.co.nz> Jun 17 12:12AM +1200 ^
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Same.
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Sent from my iPhone
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On 17/06/2010, at 12:04 AM, Anthony Cole <ant...@radiopicture.com.au>
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Sarah Stokely <sa...@foxforcefive.com> Jun 16 10:36PM +1000 ^
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I'm interested, if there's an agenda or a specific goal/set of decisions we
need to accomplish. Not so much if it's a random free for all with no
outcomes.
I don't use IRC but can Skype.
I would like to hear more about the research/planning that's already been
done by the previous organiser/s, so we don't waste time redoing stuff
that's already been done. Is this something that can be shared before the
meeting? I noticed the venue info had already been posted, thank you to
whoever posted that.
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Cheers,
Sarah
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Anthony Cole <ant...@radiopicture.com.au> Jun 16 10:40PM +1000 ^
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I think there was just a few things in regards to the venue - and that the linux association guys would be willing to help out with insurance.
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I'll set up and agenda and a wiki so we can have a meeting. I'm not one for using google groups for anything besides emails - we can set up a public wiki fine.
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There's also alot of services around - and we need to have a discussion as to how those are going to be passed around. I think we have something like 5 twitter accounts that need to be amalgamated.
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Should we say next Tuesday, PM? If some of us want to meet up in the city beforehand and have a chat I'd be keen - don't know my way around the city that well, but if someone has a board room or office space, I've got a 3G card for my laptop and we can skype around.
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Dan Milward <d...@instinct.co.nz> Jun 17 12:51AM +1200 ^
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Somebody should gather all the prices and post them here on the list.
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My experiance with the UK mailing list + Wiki is that things get
posted to the list and then moved to the wiki once they have been
discussed / voted on by the members.
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Not sure how that applies to us. But I'm sure there is something wise
that can be taken from that.
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Hi Sarah!!! :))
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Ciao,
Dan
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Sent from my iPhone
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On 17/06/2010, at 12:40 AM, Anthony Cole <ant...@radiopicture.com.au>
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Sarah Stokely <sa...@foxforcefive.com> Jun 16 10:50PM +1000 ^
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Thanks Anthony.
I'd be happy to meet up on Tuesday pm. We could meet at my office at
Melbourne Uni if people are willing to go to Carlton (a few tram stops from
the CBD) or I'm happy to come into the city.
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Cheers,
Sarah
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Anthony Cole <ant...@radiopicture.com.au> Jun 16 11:09PM +1000 ^
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Unless someone has something better, then that would probably work best :) Let's see if someone else has anything, and then we can go from there?
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Is there a time that wouldn't work for anyone, and can we get a tally of who would be attending?
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Brent Shepherd <brent.e....@gmail.com> Jun 17 11:03AM +1000 ^
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Regarding previous research planning, sounds like you've already seen the
venue stuff posted. I'll get in touch with Jason to see if he can export the
comprehensive todo list he did up in basecamp. It was a great outline of
everything we'd need to consider for holding the event and we can add it to
the new wiki or whatever service is used for organisation.
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The only other major consideration was the insurance issue, which is where
we were at when Dan proposed to move the even to Feb. Most venues require
Public Liability insurance so we contacted Linux Australia about using
theirs (as had been done with the 2008 event). We received quotes from
insurance companies which ranged $800-1500 for an annual policy and did get
a few phone numbers for places that will do single event, but haven't
bothered calling them now that date/venue is changing.
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Anthony Cole <ant...@radiopicture.com.au> Jun 17 11:15AM +1000 ^
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Linux Australia sponsored us last time - and yeah, that sounds about right for insurance.
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Is anyone else keen on meeting up on Tuesday?
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�Topic: Digest for wordcamp-...@googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 1 Topic

Chris Higgins <chrishi...@gmail.com> Jun 16 02:41PM +1000 ^
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I'm in Melbourne, and would love to get on board. Would be great to see an
event like this running here in 2011. I've done a fair bit of work in live
theatre and plenty of corporate gigs, so I know Melbourne venues reasonably
well. What kind of venue are you looking for? Capacity, features,
location?
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Cheers,
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Dan Milward <d...@instinct.co.nz> Jun 16 04:45PM +1200 ^
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I think we need to allow for 200 people. Maybe 250 (but its unlikely).
We need wifi.
2 rooms for 2 concurrent tracks?
Or 1 track plus a genius bar in a separate room.
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Location. I'm not sure. Somewhere close to good coffee ;)
I think we can get Supreme coffee as a sponsor by the way.
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Best,
Dan
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Dan Milward <d...@instinct.co.nz> Jun 16 05:03PM +1200 ^
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I'm really excited about all this. Wellington and Melbourne are kinda
sister cities - dual WCs like this will be a first and I'm sure we'll
get good international attendance! Hoorah!
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Ciao,
Dan
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On 16/06/10 4:41 PM, Chris Higgins wrote:


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Anthony Cole <ant...@radiopicture.com.au> Jun 16 03:05PM +1000 ^
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Rather conservative there dan :)
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Personally, I think we're going to attract around 300 if we do this right. There's so much interest from different web firms that I've talked to in the past - I mean, seriously - and if we get people coming from Perth, Sydney, and Adelaide and Brisbane, then we can easily get 300 without a sweat.
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It's going to be massive.
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I think the venue needs to be very central - RMIT would rock, but Melbourne would be just as good. I'm a fan of Universities - they're cheap, generally welcoming, and have a pretty sweet
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Might be good to have a meetup - I'm in Sydney at the moment, but when I get back if we can all meet in person somewhere it would be great to get talking.
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For those of you in Syd willing to help out - I'll probably be up here in and out and I'm sure there's something we can get you guys to do. It would be cool to have a contribution or something from each major city - but not sure about how viable that is.
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PS - I'm giving a lecture on WP at IEEE Vic later this month - anyone keen on coming? We're also trying to get a local meetup going, but I've just got a bit on right now so it's a bit hectic on my end of things. The group is wpub-melb on google groups if you want to join.

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Brent Shepherd <brent.e....@gmail.com> Jun 16 06:56PM +1000 ^
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300+ sounds good too me. I've never attended/organized a wordcamp so perhaps
I'm naively optimistic, but I think we can get at least 300 if we do things
right. :)
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Dan, did you know Webstock is on in Wellington the 14 - 18th February? It
would be great to have the NZ camp fall on a weekend next to that!
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�Topic: Venue Options

Brent Shepherd <brent.e....@gmail.com> Jun 16 06:53PM +1000 ^
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Before we go re-researching every venue in Melbourne, I thought I'd send out
notes from the work Jason et. al. previously undertook for finding a venue.
See notes below for your time-saving pleasure.
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*Storey Hall *
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The main auditorium seats 450 on main level + 250 upper level and is about
$2,500 for 8 hours. If we want an additional lecture theatre (for an extra
stream for example) the extra cost is $750.
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The cost includes on site staff, audio visual equipment, dais,microphones,
projectors, seats, tables, projection screens etc. but not the cost of an
audio visual technician (we would have to do it ourselves or pay a bit extra
for someone). We�d also need to sort out wifi but that is to be expected �
hopefully we can get a sponsor for this.
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The venue is in Melbourne City (about 4 blocks from the river), there is
plenty of accommodation around, and it�s easy to get to.
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This is a personal fav due to the spectacular design, as seen here:
http://www.architecture.rmit.edu.au/About/Storey_Hall.php
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*State Library of Queensland*
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Centrally located with reasonable rates and multiple venues for hire.
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/services/venue-location-hire
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The most suitable option is the Conference Centre, which offers the 210-seat
"Village Roadshow Theatrette" and five seminar rooms with a capacity between
15 and 60 people - perfect for niche streams.
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The theatre hire price is $1,760 per day with the smaller seminar rooms
starting at $400 per day.
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Full prices, capacities and other details can be found in PDF here:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/Conferencecentre_kit_120110_0.pdf
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*University of Melbourne*
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Uni Melb has a number of venues:
http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/venuehire/general/rooms/index.html
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The most interesting and suitable was "The
Spot<http://www.ists.unimelb.edu.au/images/110.jpg>"
which had two suitable lecture theatres:
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The Basement Theatre, which seats 400 with price around $2,300+ GST for a
full day as outlined here:
http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/venuehire/downloads/VenueHireRates2010.pdf
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Level One Theatre, which seats 100 with a price around $1,100 + GST for a
full day.
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You can view the details for each theatre by selecting them under "The Spot"
on this page: http://www.ists.unimelb.edu.au/asp/ltpick.asp (thanks to abuse
of ASP.Net view state, I can't simply copy & paste a link for you).
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*Other Venues
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*These were recommended by friends living in Melb, but most were deemed
unsuitable, either because of cost, capacity (too large generally) or lack
of conference facilities.
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- The New Convention Centre
- The Old Convention Centre on Clarendon st
- Shed 14
- The Arts Centre on Southbank
- Town Hall
- Crown Casino
- Royal Exhibition building in Carlton
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Neither Jason nor myself are local so these were based on recommendations
and a bit of a Googling. If any locals know of other good venues, do tell.
:)
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