[Hacktionlab-announce] Only 2 days left to save BarnCamp2019 - ACT NOW

[HacktionLab and BarnCamp news and details over upcoming events]

Hi Hacktionlab,

Just over a week ago, we wrote to say that we needed to get a move on 
with our organising, if BarnCamp 2019 was to stand a chance of going 
ahead.

Since then we've also been in touch with lots of people individually to 
ask for help. We'd like to say thanks very much to those few who have 
volunteered, but sadly we're still nowhere near the level of volunteer 
commitment that we would need for the event to work. Even if we simplify 
and cut-back on some things, there are still lots of essential tasks 
that don't have enough people signed up to them.

So, we've decided to give us all one last chance to volunteer. It's a 
participatory event, and that means you need to figure out how you will 
be contributing if you want the event to go ahead, and let the rest of 
the group know.

The page where you sign up to tasks is on our wiki here: 
https://hacktionlab.org/2019_Tasks

If you don't have a wiki account, ask mark at aktivix.org or 
naomi at aktivix.org to create one for you.

The weakest areas at the moment, which could really do with more 
person-power, are:

  - liaising with the farm
  - sourcing & bringing equipment
  - arranging night-time entertainment

Remember if you're writing someone else's name down in a group that they 
need to have given their permission, and contact details to other people 
in the group.

We've set a deadline of lunchtime on Wednesday 24th April. We'll then 
re-assess whether BarnCamp can go ahead, even in a reduced form. If we 
still haven't seen enough viable working groups form, we'll call it off.

I hope we don't have to...

Cheers,
Mark and Naomi