[okfn-discuss] OK2 date/venue

Tue Aug 28 17:07:06 UTC 2007

Hi,

So it seems like Saturday 5th April 2008 seems like a good date?

Regarding the venue, I've just made a few phonecalls and discovered the 
following:

  * University of London Conference Facilities (based around Senate 
House) are being refurbished and will probably not be available until 2009
  * A 145 person capacity lecture theatre at SOAS costs £540 for 
academic purposes, they have a 290 person hall for £820. They are 
sending me further details about all the 5 halls they have available 
ASAP. Haven't yet investigated possible breakout rooms, or 
reception/coffee areas.
  * Imperial have a lot of potential venues and academic rates seem to 
be around £720 for 150 people. Around £145 for half day sessions.
  * The relevant contact (Emma Jane Taylor) at the ICA is away until 
early September. I'll get back to the list after I've managed to get 
through to her.

I've also contacted the RSA but have not yet managed to ascertain rates 
for not-for-profit organisations.

Regarding ex-industrial/institutional spaces, one of the places I had in 
mind is probably off the cards (due to terms of use), and another is  
probably not central enough (its near Hackney Wick). Also, I'm inclined 
to think that if we can find a central public/academic facility that 
people are more likely to be familiar with, that might be better...

Saul: have you managed to find out anything else about the University of 
Westminister?

Any thoughts?

Regards,

Jonathan

Michael Holloway wrote:
> 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:
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>> 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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