Sneakernet
Sneakernet provides a volunteer-run postal service to the EMF campsite. Use the postboxes dotted around the site to send a postcard to anyone on site or to the outside world!
Delivery is best effort and not guaranteed. Messages are unencrypted and may be read by carriers. All communications must follow the Electromagnetic Field Code of Conduct.
Sending a postcard
To the campsite
To a person
When addressing postcards to a specific person, it is helpful to include some way of tracking them down, such as an internal phone number, village, etc.
To a village
Postcards can be delivered to any village that can be found on the map. For villages not yet listed on the map, please ask the village admin (the person who registered the village) to log in to the website, go to the map, and use the plus button to add the village location.
Village names must not contain punctuation to avoid errors in our highly advanced computer systems. (/jk)
To the future
Thanks to innovations in flux capacitance, postcards can also be sent to future occurrences of Electromagnetic Field. Remember to think ahead to what we might need in order to find your recipient in the future!
To anyone!
You can also send a postcard to non-specific person, such as ‘person with cool hair’, ‘a volunteer’. We'll do our best to find a suitable recipient.
To the outside world
Postcards addressed to outside the camp require an appropriate stamp. Postcards within the UK require a 1st or 2nd Class stamp, while international postcards require a £2.50 stamp. See the Royal Mail pricing guide for more information.
Stamps for both UK and international postage can be purchased from the shop.
Sending a fax
In collaboration with CuTel, you can send a fax to anyone on the campsite.
Follow the instructions on the CuTel wiki to send a Telemessage!
Ideas for what to send
- A thank you to a volunteer.
- A thank you to the organisers.
- A thank you to a speaker.
- A poem to a random person.
- A note to a friend.
- A love letter to an enemy.
- A warning to your future self.
- The entire script of The Bee Movie.