[committee] Computer Clubs Camp 2011

[Bob Adamson]

Oh hey, looks like Matt and I can't count! Friday night, Saturday night, 
Sunday night is THREE nights not two. WHUPS. That takes the cost up to 
141.80 per person. Eugh. We're seeing what we can do to get that price 
down.

Andrew Adamson
UCC President
bob at ucc.asn.au

|"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live."     |
| ---Peter's Laws                                                        |

On Wed, 29 Jun 2011, Bob Adamson wrote:

> In case it wasn't already clear, the total cost per person is $118.80 
> assuming we don't have to pay for power and nothing else rears its ugly 
> head.
> 
> Clearly this is too high a number for there to be much attendance, so I 
> suggest each club chips in on a per-member-attending basis. For UCC, I 
> think we could afford to get the price down to $70 for freshers, and 
> discriminate against everyone else by charging them $80. 
> 
> Please, let me know what you think, including liklihood of it working for 
> your club, how many people are likely to attend (if any), and any other 
> opinions/ideas.
> 
> Andrew Adamson
> UCC President
> bob at ucc.asn.au
> 
> PS: I was off by 10c on the cost of food, it's $72.80 per person
> 
> |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live."     |
> | ---Peter's Laws                                                        |
> 
> On Wed, 29 Jun 2011, Bob Adamson wrote:
> 
> > Hey all,
> > 
> > Our enterprising VP and I have been plotting! We've come up with a draft 
> > plan for a combined Cassa/UCC/ComSSA camp. Why combined? Read on...
> > 
> > Timing:
> > Start on a Friday night. Stay Saturday and Sunday, and then leave Monday 
> > morning. This means the camp can happen over a weekend and we don't have 
> > to line up holidays/long-weekends across 3 universities. We have yet to 
> > sit down and work out an official date, seeing as we need some more 
> > confirmation of numbers and interest first.
> > 
> > Location:
> > Ern Halliday Recreation Camp, Hillarys. Probably the Commodore dormitary 
> > area on the south side of the camp. We went with this for connectivity 
> > reasons, as well as the fact that Matt has contacts who _may_ be able to 
> > help us out with some things. This area also has two halls, so we could 
> > set up one area for lanning, and use the other for meals.
> > 
> > Meals: 
> > Unfortunately Ern Halliday doesn't permit you to do your own catering. 
> > This is because the company that normally does the catering there has 
> > fitted out the kitchen with all their own gear. Anyway, for now we're 
> > assuming this doesn't preclude us from ordering pizza or asking people to 
> > fend for themselves for lunch on Saturday.
> > 
> >  Friday dinner: pizza, $6
> >  Saturday breakfast: cooked and continental breakfast, $16.90
> >  Saturday lunch: people wander down to the shops/bakery
> >  Saturday dinner: hot dinner, no dessert, $13.50
> >  Sunday breakfast: cooked and continental breakfast, $16.90
> >  Sunday lunch: pizza, $6
> >  Sunday dinner: hot dinner, no dessert, $13.50
> >  Monday morning: people get breakfast themselves on the way home or at 
> > home
> > 
> >  Total Cost per person for meals: $72.70
> > 
> > Accomodation:
> > Dorms, $23 per person per night. Minimum charge of $1300 per night. For 
> > this reason we need as many people as we can to make this economical, with 
> > a minimum of 50.
> > 
> > Power:
> > We need to check power availability around the camp, and we may need to 
> > supply our own generator.
> > 
> > Andrew Adamson
> > UCC President
> > bob at ucc.asn.au
> > 
> > |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live."     |
> > | ---Peter's Laws                                                        |
> > 
>