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

[Gemma Humphrys]

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
>



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Gemma Humphrys

*Events Manager /** Alaveteli Partnerships Manager *

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