Tim B and I have been along to the venue and have now booked it. Subject to the usual stuff - earthquakes, venue falling down, total global economic meltdown (imagine… *cough*), we will be hosting the event on Saturday 13th - Sunday 14th September 2008 (24 hours from early Saturday morning to early Sunday morning - yes, we can stay at the venue - bring sleeping bags…) at the Invention Studios in Bath. More links at the end of this post.
It’s a lovely venue, slap in the middle of the city - near to the train and bus stations, pubs, coffee and pasty shops (vital). Upstairs there is a big church hall, downstairs a second room, kitchen, toilets etc.
Very shortly we’ll be putting together an EventWax page to grab attendees - for now if you’re interested in coming along, please fill in the form at http://bathcamp.org if you haven’t already.
Looking forward very much to seeing you there…
FWIW I’m quite put off by comments like “Ideally you would have an interest in cultural heritage content, audiences or applications”.
http://openobjects.blogspot.com/2008/04/calling-geeks-in-uk-with-interest-in.html
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Phil - it’s a good point and I’d just like to clarify…
The original idea for the event came out of a museums conference a couple of months ago. Obviously the core group of organisers were museum/web types and so that started off as the focus for BathCamp.
I think it’s safe to say now that - as Frankie points out there is no set theme or agenda. The community is wider than we originally envisaged (what with Bristol BarCamp II on board) and I’m keen that we’re not offputting to people like you, and others…
Cheers
Mike