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UCC is running a camp in 2014, from July 18th to July 21st. Holy mackerel, people, that's really soon!

Let's put a whole heap of computer nerds in one place for a weekend and see what happens! We'll make sure there's (guaranteed dial-up speed) internet, the rest is up to the people attending. Lanning will definitely happen, but there will also be some people there who are doing hardware/software hacking and coding. Besides that, it's just a great chance to meet some like-minded people and network.

This is a NON ALCOHOLIC event, any alcohol found will be dealt with appropriately.

Contact [email protected] with any inquiries.

Tickets

Cost: $80 for members, $115 for non-members.
Member discount is only available to those signed up prior to the 1st May 2014.
To obtain the discount a ticket must be purchased by Monday, 14th July.
Payment must be received by Wednesday, 16th July.

Attendee Forms and Payment

All attendees must submit an attendee form before they are provided with a ticket by Monday, 14th July.
18+ Form. Under 18 Form.
Forms are to be scanned and emailed to [email protected] or handed to any door member in the clubroom.
Please then pay for your camp ticket through dispense or EFT.
You will receive a confirmation email once an attendee form AND payment have been received.

Camp Scholarships

FUCC Scholarship provided thanks to Coxy and Lionel.

Camp Promotion

Tux 2014

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/254243931436879/

Location & Date

The camp will be run for four days and three nights from Friday, 18th July to Monday, 21st July.
The arrival time on the Friday is 3pm, and attendees must leave the venue by 10am on the Monday.
Transport will not be provided to or from the camp venue, if you are unable to make your own way, many attendees will carpool to the event.

Camp Leschenaultia, same location as UCCCamp2013
400 Leschenaultia Place, Chidlow
http://www.camplesch.com.au/

Map: http://goo.gl/maps/lfbBT

Itinerary

The draft itinerary for the camp can be viewed here.

Activities that took place at camp:

Ideas that are struck through didn't actually happen in 2014.

What Attendees Should Bring

Please note that internet at the camp will be limited, so please get any downloading done at home, and disable any high-bandwidth applications before arrival.

All main meals will be catered for at the event.

Tea, Coffee, Milo, Cordial and Water were available at all hours for attendees.

Trevor (housemate of [BG3]) was the Chef for the Camp and did an excellent job, he should be approached again for next year. Final costings and recipes to be obtained.

Trevor and [BG3] purchased food for the camp on the Thursday before the event. Meat and non-perishables were purchased Thursday Morning and then frozen to make transportation easier. Dry food was loaded into cardboard boxes for transport. Just before the shops closed Thursday night, all fruit and vegetables where purchased and put into styrofoam eskies with ice. On Friday morning, right before heading out to Chidlow, the remaining food, Eggs, Milk and Bread, where purchased and transported in milk crates.

Things to make sure are taken for the kitchen:

Accomodation

Dormitories, $25 per person per night. The capacity of the venue is 80, and it's slightly cheaper if we have more than 50 people.

Exactly 22 people attended; slightly less than attendance in 2013.

Camp Organisers

Volunteers

Camp Internet Connection

More information on the Camp Internet connection/Network is available.

No wireless network will be provided, be sure to bring a computer with an ethernet port.

[BG3] provided the mast which was secured to the outside verandah of the venue and other bits. [BOB] provided the antenna. Skywhale and dongle worked. [BG3]'s J-Pole is really useful as an antenna. It sits off the end of the verandah meaning it is close and leaves the oval free. It also means you don't need to run cables along the ground everywhere. Also, swapping sims becomes a breeze as you can stand on the roof and do it. Note this requires a ladder.

[BG3] also provided a weatherproof box and assembled everything in it. Next year we may want a better power supply setup. Consider PoE.

[GOZ] has proposed buying all the parts so we have them on hand next year and for ODay/other events.

Two Sims (a 9GB and an 18GB) were used at the camp, one for was redundancy in case the connection was hammered and no one noticed. The 9GB sim was used first, and swapped out after about 24hrs when we hit 8GB used. The 18GB sim only had about 12GB used when the camp ended, so 1GB per person is a good amount.

Money

Planning

Good Stuff

To be improved

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