Hi all.

As many of you know GIMP will be attending the Chaos Communication Camp 2015 near Berlin, Germany.

https://events.ccc.de/camp/2015/wiki/Main_Page

You're welcome to join us among the crowd. We will be part of the "Chaos West" village pretty much in the center of the camp area. Have a look around for the wilber flag.

http://campmap.mazdermind.de/

If you don't have a ticket yet you unfortunately need a bit of luck to get one, since the available tickets already have been sold. However, there will be a sale of tickets that have not been paid in time. The sale will be announced 24h in advance at

https://events.ccc.de/

(there are also tons of useful information in this blog as well as in the Wiki).

I have attached another informatino mail from the camp organization team.

Looking forward meeting you at the camp!

Bye, Simon

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Subject: village information mail for cccamp15 Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 23:32:34 +0200 From: lacce
To: undisclosed-recipients: ;

Dear Villages,

we hope you are as excited about camp as we are. And it's coming close now! We've compiled some relevant information for you:

First Come First Serve …is valid only for the ticket shop, on the camp itself we are living together in friendship and harmony and share all our valuable resources for a lovely experience. If you place your tents with large gaps you may have to move them again or accept tents in between. If all the power sockets are gone you may have to unplug some of your fancy equipment for your neighbours and so on. And always, be excellent to each other!

Space We've tried to find a suitable place for all the big villages that registered in the wiki with a focus on their special demands and the rented tents. In the end the actual situation on site will be the main factor, as there are many obstacles on site. Don't forget that space is limited in the physical world.

Your placement You might have found this map already: http://campmap.mazdermind.de/ (Be aware that people are contributing their own stuff to that map already. If you do so do it at your own risk, changes made there may be ignored on site if need arises.)
The assigned area is only a rough spot, not any kind of private area only used by you and your village. It all depends on how much people you guys are actually (and really!) going to be and what fancy equipment is beeing brought to the camp. We have tried to keep spare spaces in all areas for dynamic growth and shrinking and for all those small, unplaced villages and people without any village.
Keep in mind, that your tents should be anchored with stakes shorter than 30cm/11.5 inches. Also digging deeper than 30cm / 11.5 inches is not allowed due to safety reasons.

Village isn't placed yet? We don't want to dictate all the space and placements, so we only helped the big villages in finding a place - and especially those villages with a rented tent (that isn't able to move). If your village isn't placed yet, you have free choice from the spots left. We left some space everywhere on the whole campsite.

Cars on the campground As a rule of thumb: we don't like cars on the camp site. Cars will be permitted during daytime for buildup or resupply, but the access will be restricted by the entrance crew.
Caravans (or other cars used for sleeping) will be allowed on the designated caravan area or, if actually used for housing children, on the caravan area near the family camp ground.
Cars on other areas, for example in your village, are ONLY allowed if they are an integral part of the village setup or design. For example: A camper packed full with a mobile radio station with roof integrated antennas is allowed, or your mobile hacker/makerspace in that old firetruck of yours. Any car that is used only for storing stuff, cooking on that small integrated kitchen or beeing the anchor for your tent or flag pole shoud definitely park outside.
If your car is a part of your village please keep in mind that you should arrive during buildup time and leave only after the end of the camp.

Power and Water Please don't forget that we are still camping on a field. Yes, we are hackers and therefore there will be power (how can one be without?). But all that power is produced on site. Help us and reduce our ecological footprint (and costs). Don't let it stop you from bringing cool stuff, but please make it power efficient. Similar with water, every liter of water that stays unused will reduce the amount of waste water we have to buffer, process, dispose and pay for. Our infrastructure is limited, so check the needs of all those people around you for a pleasant camp experience. (If you blow one of the big fuses or even bring down a generator your neighbours will probably notice it.) As for now at least one hackerspace is providing rental power equipment [https://events.ccc.de/camp/2015/wiki/Static:Power/Distribution].

Supplies We will provide an option for buying crates full of water, Mate or beer [https://events.ccc.de/camp/2015/wiki/Static:BOC/Central_Ordering]. You can buy single crates on site or, if you or your village is interested in buying more than 10 crates, please contact boc@lists.ccc.de for large orders. There are many stores[https://events.ccc.de/camp/2015/wiki/POIs] in Zehdenick, and we do have bars[https://events.ccc.de/camp/2015/wiki/Static:BOC#Bars] and different varieties of food on site. Btw, as it apparently wasn't clear for everyone: There is no problem if your village is cooking for yourself, like one usually does in a hackerspace: Everyone gives a bit, everyone gets a bit. Please keep in mind that you should not cook for the purpose of generating money. Do not sell any stuff to refinance anything. So please make sure that every moneyflow in your village is a donation for whatever consumed, and not a way to pay your camp tickets or tent rental (amongst other things) ...

Sessions/Workshops Workshops are sessions, and sessions can be many more things. Please use the wiki [https://events.ccc.de/camp/2015/wiki/Static:Self-organized_Sessions] to publish whenever your village plans to do any kind of session.

Tickets At the moment no tickets are available any more. Please keep an eye on https://events.ccc.de/ to get to know when there will be a last batch. Please tell your village-members who haven't ordered a ticket so far to do so, too.

Be excellent to each other!

lacce from your village team

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