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EMF Arcade Pledge

2014-09-09T12:21:41Z

Nigle:

== Have a small arcade at EMF ==

tldr: I was wanting to bring arcades and pinball to EMF. Costs are horrifically expensive. Do people actually want the machines there and is anyone able/willing to help me out?

After getting back from helping [http://http://www.northeastretrogaming.com/ North East Retro Gaming]'s second event ([https://plus.google.com/110911748620153984067/posts/isQP1xLLJk4 Photo's here]), I had the crazy idea of bringing some arcade machines camping with me.

[http://awesomeretro.com/ Awesome Retro] are already bringing a van load of consoles over from the continent, so there's going to be plenty to play with, but I do kinda feel that some dedicated cabs and hopefully a pinball machine or two would be an immense addition.

I have managed to beg and borrow enough machines from friends (mostly the lovely [http://www.retrogamesparty.co.uk/ Retro Games Party] lot) to fill a van, but logistic costs have rapidly gotten out of hand.

I have been looking at using a tail-lift Luton box van, as it's the largest thing available without special license, and I'm hoping to squeeze between 9-12 machines into it.

Renting a van + fuel for the week and hiring a man with a van, both work out about £660 to start in Leeds, head to Bolton to meet RGP and then down to EMF -and back again. The rental van has the downside of not coming with straps, which would potentially be a whole other megillah.

EMF have very kindly to help out with some of the costs, but even with that, I'm still looking at being out of pocket £400 + ticket, which is somewhat out of my budget.

After a [https://lists.emfcamp.org/pipermail/general/2014-August/000197.html very quick post and a couple of replies on the mailing list] it looks like other people think it's a crazy idea, and based on that, it should be done.

'''''I'm asking people to pledge support for this mad plan, and hopefully even some money to help make this happen.'''''

I'll leave off making a decision until the 13th (so that gives us a week) to gather pledges to confirm this is a very silly idea and that I'll actually be able to afford it.
Massive thank you in advance for your support :)

'''Plan:'''
''Shove a minimum of 9 arcade machines and at least 1 pinball into as large a van as I can find and have them all on freeplay for the weekend.''

'''Costings:'''
''£660 - Van + Fuel to get them delivered and collected from site.''

We're funded! The van is paid for and Retro Games Party have the machines ready and waiting. More details to come shortly :)

Pledges (please edit to add your support)
* <s>£250 -- EMF Camp Budget</s> Paid :)
* £ 50 -- GMC from Awesome Retro
* £ 50 -- JontyW
* £ 20 -- [[user:NAB|NAB]]
* £ 20 -- [[User:JasperWallace|Jasper]]
* £ 20 -- [[User:Jay|James]]
* <s>£ 20 -- [[User:JimM|Jim M]] </s> -Paid with thanks :)
* <s>£ 20 -- [[User:w1bble|w1bble]] </s> -Paid in cash; with thanks :)
* £100 -- [[User:RJ|RJ]]
* £ 13,37 -- [[User:Stitch|Stitch]] from Awesome Retro
* <s>£100 -- nigle</s> Paid

'''Total: £663.37'''

User:Nigle

2014-08-27T15:45:12Z

Nigle:

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User:Nigle

2014-08-27T15:44:14Z

Nigle: Created page with "{{Attendee |name=Nigel Worsley |Arrival=2014/08/29 13:00 |Departure=2014/09/02 15:00 }}"

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EMF Sci Fi Film

2014-08-25T13:32:18Z

Nigle: /* Let's make a collaborative Sci-Fi film at EMF! */

{{Sci fi navbox}}

== Let's make a collaborative Sci-Fi film at EMF! ==

The committee have accepted a proposal to make a collaborative Sci-Fi film at EMF!! Rather than get in peoples faces whilst they're enjoying the festival, I thought it would be cool to use the festival as a backdrop and let people who want to join in take part. We're working on a [https://wiki.emfcamp.org/wiki/EMF_Sci_Fi_Film_Script script!].

[https://vimeo.com/63572559 Here's an example] of the sort of thing I've done before with friends in 48 hours from script writing to final product.
To make this happen I need to find some money to pay the actor and also some how get them up to the event, as well as find a few last items of kit.

Since so much of this film is going to be arranged in a bit of a rush now, I want to make sure we have a great actor available from the outset. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3359696/ James Sobol Kelly] is on board and dead keen, but I do need to find enough money to make sure he can afford to do this with us.

Some people have already very kindly offered to help out with costs, if you are able to get involved with this please edit the text below to make pledges.

'''Pledges''' (Please edit below if you would like to help make this happen) (To get involved in a non-financial sense, please see [[EMF_Sci_Fi_Film_Production_Coordination]])

"Do we get Executive Producer credits ?" Yes!!:)

* £amount -- [[User:ID|Credited Name]] "Any text you would like against your credit ''(!)'' "
''(!)Right of veto retained. Eg 'The Phantom Menace wasn't that bad' is not an acceptable statement. Ever.''

* £ 50 -- me (Alia)
* £ 50 -- AV
* £ 50 -- Sam Cook "can't sleep, Jonty'll eat me"
* £ 30 -- Crypt "Can't sleep I might miss something"
* £ 50 -- Tom Bird "Marmots for Culture"
* £ 50 -- Will Hargrave
* £ 50 -- Fearghas McKay
* £ 20 -- Stuart Ward
* £ 20 -- Peter Jackson "no not '''*that*''' Peter Jackson"
* £100 -- Nigel Worsley

'''Current Total''' £470 ''

== Budget Breakdown ==
We need '''Total''': £467.18 <strike> £600 </strike>

* £42.18 for the tent and other costume bits.
* £100 to cover sound kit items (which I'm doing my best to get for free, but no guarantee yet)
* £300 to pay Actor
* £25 to cover travel for actor
* <strike> £100 to pay for fabric (Our costume designer is working for free but desperately needs money for materials)</strike> The excellent guys at [http://profabrics.co.uk/ Point North] have donated lots of fabric - far nicer than we were going to be able to afford!
* <strike> £50 emergency fund (batteries, disaster recovery) - I hvent ever made a film where this wasn't needed.</strike> Oh what the hell. It'll be fine.

- Materials donations are also very helpful.

== £ spent ==

* £21 on costume materials

* £21.18 on tent (http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CKRJPU2/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item)

== Donated ==

* £150 of outdoor materials for costume donated by http://www.profabrics.co.uk/ (please send them some love on twitter!! https://twitter.com/PointNorth1 )

* 2 dead tents from Marekventur

* Silver ripstop / Interfacing from Magda

EMF Milliways Dome Pledge

2014-08-22T21:13:44Z

Nigle:

At every hacker/maker camp in europe you'll find Milliways, the restaurant at the end of the universe. Or in our case the end of the field.

Milliways are a volunteer run kitchen who tour around the camps cooking for anybody who wants food in return for donations. They have a full kitchen and even bake bread in the middle of the camp! This year Milliways are helping EMF by providing food and cooking equipment to all our set-up and tear-down volunteers, as well as reprising their usual role as a fun place to hang out and get fed. In return, EMF is providing a large marquee for them.

Milliways have an AWESOME giant geodesic dome they bring to the camps to use as shelter - both for people eating, and for people to relax under in the evening. They're bringing it over from Germany but it costs a lot of money to do so. We'd really like to help them out but the EMF budget is totally exhausted, so we're having a whip-round to try and raise a bit more money.

If you'd like to sit under a massive geodesic dome and drink beer next weekend, please donate a little money to the cause.

'''Plan:''' Try and raise some money to help cover Milliways costs bringing over a huge geodesic dome

'''Costings:''' They're already paying for it, but we'd like to raise £500 to help them out

'''Pledges''' (please edit to add your support)
* £25 - Jontyw
* £20 - Jane C
* £5 - --[[User:Msemtd|Msemtd]] ([[User talk:Msemtd|talk]]) 14:53, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
* £50 - [[User:Ms7821|Mark]]
* £20 - [[User:ens|ens]]
* £30 - Crypt
* £20 - [[User:gmc|Users:User:gmc]]
* £10 - [[User:Markp]]
* £25 - Cathy A
* £20 - Rich C
* £10 - [[User:Dpslwk|Matt L]]
* £20 - SleepyCal (Cal Leeming)
* £25 - [[User:Sde|Steve E]]
* £50 - Nigle

'''Total: £280'''

EMF Arcade Pledge

2014-08-11T14:40:10Z

Nigle:

== Have a small arcade at EMF ==

tldr: I was wanting to bring arcades and pinball to EMF. Costs are horrifically expensive. Do people actually want the machines there and is anyone able/willing to help me out?

After getting back from helping [http://http://www.northeastretrogaming.com/ North East Retro Gaming]'s second event ([https://plus.google.com/110911748620153984067/posts/isQP1xLLJk4 Photo's here]), I had the crazy idea of bringing some arcade machines camping with me.

[http://awesomeretro.com/ Awesome Retro] are already bringing a van load of consoles over from the continent, so there's going to be plenty to play with, but I do kinda feel that some dedicated cabs and hopefully a pinball machine or two would be an immense addition.

I have managed to beg and borrow enough machines from friends (mostly the lovely [http://www.retrogamesparty.co.uk/ Retro Games Party] lot) to fill a van, but logistic costs have rapidly gotten out of hand.

I have been looking at using a tail-lift Luton box van, as it's the largest thing available without special license, and I'm hoping to squeeze between 9-12 machines into it.

Renting a van + fuel for the week and hiring a man with a van, both work out about £660 to start in Leeds, head to Bolton to meet RGP and then down to EMF -and back again. The rental van has the downside of not coming with straps, which would potentially be a whole other megillah.

EMF have very kindly to help out with some of the costs, but even with that, I'm still looking at being out of pocket £400 + ticket, which is somewhat out of my budget.

After a [https://lists.emfcamp.org/pipermail/general/2014-August/000197.html very quick post and a couple of replies on the mailing list] it looks like other people think it's a crazy idea, and based on that, it should be done.

'''''I'm asking people to pledge support for this mad plan, and hopefully even some money to help make this happen.'''''

I'll leave off making a decision until the 13th (so that gives us a week) to gather pledges to confirm this is a very silly idea and that I'll actually be able to afford it.
Massive thank you in advance for your support :)

'''Plan:'''
''Shove a minimum of 9 arcade machines and at least 1 pinball into as large a van as I can find and have them all on freeplay for the weekend.''

'''Costings:'''
''£660 - Van + Fuel to get them delivered and collected from site.''

Pledges (please edit to add your support)
* £250 -- EMF Camp Budget
* £ 50 -- GMC from Awesome Retro
* £ 50 -- JontyW
* £ 20 -- [[user:NAB|NAB]]
* £ 20 -- [[User:JasperWallace|Jasper]]
* £ 20 -- [[User:Jay|James]]
* £ 20 -- [[User:JimM|Jim M]]
* £ 20 -- [[User:w1bble|w1bble]]
* £100 -- [[User:RJ|RJ]]
* £ 10 -- [[User:Stanto|Stanto]]
* £ 13,37 -- [[User:Stitch|Stitch]] from Awesome Retro
* £100 -- nigle

'''Total: £673.37'''