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Hi Tim,
> Happy New Year.
Thanks - same to you!
> Ben Edwards, who is sysadmin at the Trinity Centre in Bristol

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> [ http://3ca.org.uk/home ] is interested in hosting a UK libre multimedia

> conference this year.

Bristol is not a bad location, as it goes - better than the Isle of

Wight, which I had thought about. It would be more difficult/expensive

for most people to get to, wheras Bristol is quite accessible.
 > He reckons the Trinity Centre could be made available

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> for little or nothing and is after an idea of suitable dates. Obviously we

> don't want to clash with the ZKM LAD conf or any of the London Linux Expo

> type stuff

April has both the Sounds Expo and the ZKM conference - probably too

early as well. There is only one Linux Expo this year and it is in

October. A good resource for planning events is

http://www.linuxcalendar.com/
If you want to attract students and other young people, it might be a

good idea to hold it over the summer holiday period, as long as it

doesn't clash with any of the festivals.
> I'd really value your thoughts on the matter
It might be a good idea to bill it as a user-focused event with some

acessible talks from developers. The ZKM conference is primarily a

developer event and there isn't much point in duplicating that, even if

it is in a different country.
I'd have the main sessions over a weekend so that people with jobs they

can't get away from will be able to attend at least some of the

sessions. There should also be a jam session/DJ'ing/VJ'ing event.
> We have a mailing list here :

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> http://lists.serverone.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/3avc-discuss

> that Ben has set up for group mailings.

Right, I'll join that today. Are you aiming to get sponsorship for this

event?
Cheers
Daniel