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== Planning ==
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 * Check what time we have to be out of there by, the place needs to be left pretty clean to avoid being slugged with extra charges. Tables/chairs stacked like they were previously, etc.

General UCCCamp ideals, planning, etc.

Historical Info

  • UCCCamp is generally held in late November or early December, after the exam season has ended.
  • It has been held at the Darling Range Adventure Camp more than any other place, due to
    • Pretty cheap
    • Large pool (pool use costs extra though)
    • Good cooking facilities
    • Dorm rooms with camp beds
    • Large area for LAN
    • Campy stuff luke bush to roam in, oval, sporting equipment
    • Nobody can be buggered finding another place
  • Generally people rock up with carloads of switches and stuff from UCC mid-afternoon Friday, spend a while setting up benches, the network, power, and modem/DHCP, then go through to Sunday afternoon.

Planning

  • Probably the hardest event type to plan!
  • Highly recommend having one person as the go-to guy, entirely responsible for the planning and delegation of roles.
  • Set a firm date as early as possible
  • Get a booking for the location as early as possible
  • Food generally consists of breakfast both days, light lunch one or both days, and dinner Saturday night.
    • Friday night dinner has traditionally been a pizza run.
    • Matteo's pizza in Kalamund is expensive but 'boutique'. 8.3 km away. Order early because they struggle with large orders!
    • For sweet sweet cheap pizzas, Dominos Forrestfield is the closest at 10.7 km away.
  • For a "success" we need 15-20 people to show up. Get confirmations and payments early.
    • See http://camp.ucc.asn.au/ for some info

    • $45/50 has been the price for a while, might have to go up now. Food an extra $5 pp, also might have to go up.
  • Attendee Registration script: http://www.ucc.asn.au/cgi-bin/ucc_camp_register.py

Setup

  • Ascertain who can bring carloads of people/gear/soft drinks/computers up from UCC.
  • Some dedicated experts will hopefully setup the network while the average person is more interested in setting up their sweet gaming rig,
    • Make sure we have a long (10-20m?) telephone cable to reach the phone outlet, plenty of the heavy-duty extension cords and powerboards.
    • Gaffer tape too!
  • Desks in a large square shape with network and power in the middle is a pretty safe bet.
  • Check what time we have to be out of there by, the place needs to be left pretty clean to avoid being slugged with extra charges. Tables/chairs stacked like they were previously, etc.