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*October 7th BIG UPDATE: we've got the [http://www.mediamatic.net/ mediamatic] space for free!* - picture can be found at http://flickr.com/photos/mies/tags/barcampamsterdam/

*October 6th UPDATE - have tentative venue!* - Looks like we might have a space for 40 from mediamatic. Mies will see venue on Friday and post photos and hopefully we'll get it for 24 hours for a reasonable price. 

=== MUSTS

* WiFi - or the ability to add it easily which is not a big deal these days. A broadband connection and a bunch of Airport Expresses or cheap LinkSys routers!
* Room for about 50 people at any given time
* White boards
* Available October 20th at 4p.m. to coincide with the end of Euro OSCON
* Centrally located in Amsterdam

=== WANTS (but not essential)

* place for people to sleep
* like to have the venue available for 24 to 48 hours in a row, this is a camp after all, if not no worries, we can go somewhere else when our venue gets shut down
* kitchen

=== BUDGET

There is no budget :-) We hope to get the venue sponsored for free in exchange for PR, etc. But we have some sponsors who probably can put in some money. We should therefore be able to pay for a nice venue if it is not sponsored or free but obviously we can't afford anything outlandish! 

People have been asking for numbers! I *think* we could probably get 500-1000 Euros per day or so for the venue. So please don't let money be an issue . Obviously the more we spend on the venue, the less we can spend on food, drinks, and swag and remember this is run by volunteers so we won't have oodles of cash! 

That's about it! 

If you know of such a venue, please don't hesitate to contact Roland, roland AT bryght.com, +1 604 729 7924 or update this wiki or Skype rtanglao 

=== Potential Venues

(obsolete since Mediamatic has agreed to donate their space; kept around for historical purposes)
* Mies has went to see the CEO of mediamatic (Willem Velthoven) and we've got the space. Mediamatic is willing to sponsor us their workshopspace, kitchen and hall! Picture can be found here: [http://flickr.com/photos/mies/tags/barcampamsterdam/"> http://flickr.com/photos/mies/tags/barcampamsterdam/%22%3Ehere%3C/a%3E%21]
* Mies has an appointment with the CEO of mediamatic on friday 06-10-05, mediamatic has space for 40people wifi and a kitchen and they're willing to help. More to come!
* Chris is communicating w/ John Lorance who has friends in AMS.
* Chris has emailed some AMS contacts of Stewart Butterfield and will follow up Tueday.
* Chris has emailed Sjoerd of VOIPster. Please followup Chris on Tuesday.
* Ton is in Holland but not in Amsterdam but has organized events in Amsterdam. He is looking for venues for us.
* Mies has emailed Mediamatic who has organized cool flickr on huge screens controlled by SMS nights in AMS. Mies please follow up on Tuesday. Mies emailed the CEO on Tuesday rather than the general address. October 6th - Looks like we might have a space for 40 from mediamatic. Mies will see venue on Friday and post photos and hopefully we'll get it for 24 hours for a reasonable price.
* Mies also emailed The Waag Society, the venue of the [The blender conference http://www.blender.org/cms/Venue__travel___housin.374.0.html] - Update 06 October. They want 6 months notice! As if :-) !
* Bèr is looking to see if the DrupalCon venue would be suitable. Roland will followup. Pinged on 03 October 2005.
* Roland has emailed Michael Fergusson of Blast Radius about using their Amsterdam offices and will ping Michael on Tuesday. Pinged on 04 October 2005.
* Roland has emailed Arthur Lemmens who organized a recent Lisp conference in AMS to see if he can help. Will ping on Tuesday. Pinged on 04 October 2005.
* Roland pinged Avi Bryant on 04 Oct about his contacts at bars/cafes in AMS. Avi responded that he hasn't heard of anything
* Roland has pinged his brother in law who is not Internet savvy but is based in Rotterdam, an hour from AMS. Update 05 October - he doesn't know anybody
* Breyten is looking into the [De rode Hoed http://www.rodehoed.nl/index.php?pagina=contents.php&titel=De%20Rode%20Hoed%E2%8C%A9=en] - thanks! -- I just got a call from the people there, they have one of the rooms avaiable in the Thursday afternoon, and two are available on Friday morning.
* Roland emailed Rop Gonggri (contact via Alex Samuel) who is Dutch and in Amsterdam about findng a venue.
* Roland emailed Rolf Kleef (another Alex Samuel contact) who is also Dutch and based in AMS