[HacktionLab] BarnCamp2019 CANCELLED

Paula Graham-Gazzard paula at fossbox.org.uk
Wed Jun 12 21:36:25 UTC 2019


I wouldn't have been able to make it personally but I'm sorry it won't
happen this year - but thanks to everyone who put in so much effort! 

On Wed, 2019-06-12 at 12:02 +0100, Charlie Harvey wrote:
> Hi all,
> Aww. That's a shame.
> However, I just wanted to thank everyone involved in what seems to
> havebeen a quite fraught process.
> Organizing an event at such short notice for the first time was
> alwaysgoing to be a challenge and getting close enough that it nearly
> happenedwas no mean feat.
> Hats off to you all :-)
> Cheers,
> 
> On 12/06/2019 09:31, BarnCamp wrote:
> 
> To all those who were hoping to come to BarnCamp this year, we're
> sorryto have to announce that we've been forced to take the very
> difficultdecision to cancel BarnCamp this year.
> We've been beset by a number of difficulties, some human and
> sometechnical. For the last few weeks it's felt as if no sooner had
> we founda solution to one problem than another one would appear. In
> the end,despite a huge amount of work being put in, we've had to
> admit thatthere was just no way to make it work this time.
> Of course those who were expecting to come will be disappointed
> -including ourselves. You will no doubt want to know what went wrong
> andwhy it couldn't be fixed. In order to maximise what we can learn
> fromwhat happened, there will be a post-mortem announced soon on
> thehacktionlab mailing list, after which we will report more fully.
> If youaren't already a member, please join so that you hear about
> furtherdevelopments by visiting this web page:
> https://lists.aktivix.org/mailman/listinfo/hacktionlab
> We will refund all payments that we've received back to the bank
> accountthey originated from. This will take a few days to process as
> eachpayment has to be processed manually. If you haven't received
> yourrefund within a week of this email, please 
> contactbarncamp2019 at hacktionlab.org with your account details, what
> payment youwere expecting, and the six-digit code you were issued
> when you registered.
> The good news is that Highbury Farm and our caterer Becky are
> stillhappy to work with us next year, and we have the benefit of the
> learningfrom efforts this time and previous BarnCamps.
> All the best,Members of the BarnCamp2019 collective
> 
> 
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