AlaveteliCon in Oslo, let's try and make it happen!

[Gemma Humphrys]

Hey everyone,

Just to give you an update. I applied to the Fritt Ord Foundation for
support for AlaveteliCon. I'm afraid I heard back from them this week that
my application was not successful.

Back to the drawing board! Any other ideas of possible Norwegian sponsors?

Thanks a lot,
Gemma.

On 4 May 2017 at 11:12, Gemma Humphrys <gemma at mysociety.org> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Really sorry for not getting in touch again sooner. As you might or might
> not know, we have just hosted the 3rd Impacts of Civic Technology
> Conference (TICTeC) in Florence, so I have been working on that pretty
> solidly for the last few months :)
>
> Thanks Petter for your suggestions of next steps. I think it looks like it
> would be well worth applying to Fritt ord. I am happy to do that, based on
> funding applications I sent to NUUG and to the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
>
> Did you manage to speak to Holder de ord about their ideas?
>
> Thank you for checking out Teknologihuset as a venue. As you say, it would
> be great to be able to use a space for a cheaper price, or even for free.
> As you know, The Internet Foundation In Sweden offered to host the
> conference in their offices in Stockholm after I contacted them about the
> conference, which was very generous. But it's a shame that's not in Norway!
> I wonder if there are similar organisations in Norway we can approach?
>
> Would anyone like to have a call to discuss ideas further?
>
> Cheers!
> Gemma.
>
> On 6 March 2017 at 19:35, Petter Reinholdtsen <pere at hungry.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi.  Very glad for this initiative, and hope we can pull it off. :)
>>
>> [Gemma Humphrys]
>> > Hi everyone,
>> >
>> > Petter suggested that I write to you all, regarding our plans to hold
>> > another AlaveteliCon
>> > <https://www.mysociety.org/freedom-of-information/alaveteli/
>> alavetelicon-2015/>.
>> > He also said that you're happy to help where you can, so I really
>> > appreciate that.
>>
>> Absolutely.  So far Hans-Petter and Gorm have raised their hand to help
>> organize such conference, and I expect others to join once they learn
>> about the idea. :)
>>
>> > This is a real help, but we still need to raise more funds to make the
>> > event happen. I am still waiting to hear back from a couple of Finnish
>> > funds that we have applied for, but in the meantime I'd like to approach
>> > potential Norwegian sponsors to ask for their support.
>>
>> I'm not quite sure who we should talk to.  I suspect we should talk to
>> Holder de ord (a Norwegian theyworkforyou) and see if they have any
>> ideas.
>>
>> Perhaps Fritt ord might be a good place to apply?  Any other ideas?
>>
>> > Regarding venues, we're looking for somewhere that will be suitable for
>> up
>> > to 60 people in 'theatre' style.
>>
>> We checked with the location where we normally hold our member meetings
>> in the evening, Teknologihuset.  They mentioned a list price of NOK 18
>> 000 for a work day (free in the evening), and thus the total for two day
>> (before we start negotiating for a better price) is NOK 36 000 (about
>> EUR 4000).  I suggest we also check if we can use a room at the
>> University and Mesh, to see if we can get it any cheeper elsewhere.  Any
>> other suggestions for a good location?  Perhaps it do not need to be in
>> the center of Oslo?  There are conference hotels (NUUG held one at
>> Sundvollen many years ago), but I do not know which one are relevant.
>>
>> --
>> Happy hacking
>> Petter Reinholdtsen
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Gemma Humphrys
>
> *Events Manager /** Alaveteli Partnerships Manager *
>
> mySociety | mysociety.org <http://www.mysociety.org/>
>



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Gemma Humphrys

*Events Manager /** Alaveteli Partnerships Manager *

mySociety | mysociety.org <http://www.mysociety.org/>
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