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Geek Day Out 2000

Notes & Bolts
17 May 2000

Meeting convened on 17th May.Those present at this meeting were Andrew, Campbell, Nicole and Katherine. The Dastardly Details for Geek Day Out were discussed.

  • Date and Time for the Geek Day Out tentatively finalized: 8th July, 4:30pm - 2:30am. Venue at Scienceworks approved.
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  • Booking is to be made with a deposit. 200 people would be optimum. 


    


  • Perhaps cancel if less than 100 people interested.
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  • A smaller venue may be required as a back-up. Nicole was to look into the
Collingwood Town Hall as a possible venue.
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  • Costings for the party must be made.
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  • The important matter of the style of t-shirt was brought up. The desperate
need for chicken logo shirts being the final consensus.
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  • A list of geek food requirements for the party was discussed in full. The
meeting decided on a list which includes: pizza, coffee, coke, Mars Bars,
chippies, sandwiches, cake.
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  • Musical categories were also decided. Mp3/CD-ROMs of Retro,
Dance, Wacky, Heavy, Goth and World Music should all be played during the
party. Perhaps get Maynard to DJ.
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  • Advertising places at computer swapmeets, Multiverse and LUV. Slashdot
advertising.
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  • Enquiries should be made on site about vacationing celebs.
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  • A full list of possible sponsors came from a brainstorm. The list including:
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    • Computer Trader,
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    • CyberSource,
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    • LUV
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    • Hudson's Coffee,
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    • Mars,
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    • Coke,
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    • Lego,
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    • Myer,
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    • Booth Sales,
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    • KDE,
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    • Ericsson,
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    • Optus,
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    • Caldera,
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    • BSD,
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    •  VALinux,
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    •  Gnome,
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    • Technology recruitment,
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    • Comtech,
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    •  IBM,
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    •  LexMark,
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    • Sun,
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    •  Multimedia Technology,
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    •  Compaq,
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    • Xenon,
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  • Perhaps have an antique computer gear show.
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  • Paul Kidd is a possibility as a guest and Furry
MUCKers could be asked for demo.
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  • Next meeting Wednesday 31 May 7pm.
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