N2k7 Planning Meeting Agenda

To be held at Steve's gaff, 11am, Saturday 23rd September. Email steve(at)double-whammy.com for directions

• Review of 2006 event:
  • What worked?
    • Fire show
    • Middle of Nowhere
    • First Camp
    • Nacho's taxi service
    • Tools?
  • What didn't?
    • Too many holes to dig
    • The wind
    • Dealing with locals who visit site
    • Things were left in storage
    • Despite there being twice as many attendants, the event seemed half as full. This requires management.
  • What about the art?
    • Was rebuilding art from last year a good move?
• Feedback from BM 
  • Regionals meeting: A Grace / S Rasper
• Date for N2k7
  • Move date to avoid fire ban?
• Fire
  • If we are allowed to burn then what should be burnt?
  • If we can't what are the alternatives?
  • What are the limits of the ban? Can we burn within a spark-proof cage? What about more gas burners (flamming lotus style)?
• Financial statements and bank balances / financial report from N2k6
  • Ltd company report
  • Spanish bank balance
  • Outstanding debts
• Recces
  • What can the group afford to contribute?
  • Possible sites for N2k7
• Storage
  • What is our policy? Can we store people's stuff in future?
  • If not can we suggest ways for people to arrange their own storage?
  • Will we need to hire the lorry both ways in 2007?
  • Can we store more stuff in 2007? Should we?
• Kids
  • Are we going to allow them in 2007 as we siad we would?
  • What do we tell parents?
  • Do we limit numbers?
  • Do we charge?
  • If so how much?
• Site security (more in the safety/trash sense)
  • Should we build a trash fence this year?
  • Were measures to stop people driving on to site effective?
• Event capacity
  • Budget for 250?
  • Be prepared for 300+
• Need more Spanish speakers / Spaniards to help with or be part of crew
• Art 
  • Increase budget for 2007?
  • How to get more/better art at Nowhere?
  • There was talk of art funding for Nowhere perhaps from the regional council. Is this likely? Do we want it?
  • What can we offer artists?
• Purchase/hire of construction equipment (hole digger/rebar puller/industrial ice maker etc.)
• Re-design of The Middle of Nowhere
• Toilets
  • Will we need to hire for 2007 or can we dig another year?
• Decompressions
  • Paul Vazo?: Suggest we make this part of the meeting short. Decoms need their own meetings and are not directly related to Nowhere,
• Promotion and PR 
• Group formation
  • Recap the current situation with Ltd. company and Spanish cultural association
• New crew for 2007: define roles and look for people to fill them
• Ticket prices
• Website
  • Removal of dead Wiki pages
  • Re-design and traffic
  • Add images of 2006 event
  • Translation into French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian etc?
  • Nowheredays.com
• Fellow travellers [what's this?] [other Orgs we may or may not like to work/make contact with... Faceparty, Lost Vagueness, Rocket Festival, Mutoid Waste Co. etc etc]
• Theme
  • Should we have one? If so what?
  • Could link to allowing kids eg “the child within”
• Provisions for bad weather

Feel free to add or amend the above