[okfn-discuss] OK2 date/venue

Tue Aug 21 16:08:31 UTC 2007

Thanks for pushing this on. I agree that 5 April sounds best.

BCS have a 120 person capacity room, including 'breakout areas' (for
smaller discussions). But even with ORG's 50% discount the day-rate is
£950. Ouch.

As Saul says, an industrial / institutional space seems the better
option. Limehouse was good, if a little scruffy and hard-to-find. I'm
sure some of the London universities have great and cheap spaces, but
don't have the connections to investigate...

On 8/21/07, Saul Albert <saul at theps.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Thanks for the OK2 recap Jonathan,
>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 05:43:07PM +0100, Jonathan wrote:
> > > 15th March: SXSW potential conflict
> > > 29th March: People may go on holiday Easter week
> > > 5th April: ?
>
> Well '?' is the best so far, so why don't we go for the 5th April
> provisionally?
>
> > Options for the venue so far are:
> >
> >   * LSE: Possibly quite high rates. Rufus is looking into this.
> >   * Imperial Union Building: I'll look into this.
> >   * BCS: Michael mentioned this.
>
> I'll look into the University of Westminster premises. The ICA might
> also be good - I'll find out if we could slip it in under the auspices
> of their education programme.
>
> I could also enquire about Westbourne Studios where I've been working.
> It's quite cheap (500 quid or thereabouts for the day) - but not very
> central. It's pretty well equipped though.
>
> http://www.westbournestudios.com/
>
> I think it might actually be a pretty good location.
>
> > I'll also look into a few disused industrial/institutional spaces that I
> > know of, but not sure how fitting this would be.
>
> I think this would be ideal. I guess there's always State 51 - but that
> might be pushing the boat out in terms of punk aesthetics. Still, I
> prefer this option and will look into similar. There's a couple of
> options in East / Central London I could look into. I'll report back
> soon.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Saul.
>
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