| Duple Time Weather |
[Feb. 1st, 2012|05:30 pm] |
The weather for Grantham this weekend is forecast to be cold and cloudy with temperatures hovering around zero degrees C. There is a low probability of snow on Saturday.
So, it looks ok for travel - but bring warm clothes - layers are probably best. |
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| Duple Time PR3 and Hotel Booking Reminder |
[Dec. 22nd, 2011|11:22 am] |
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Email and snail-mail versions of the above are on their way. Just a reminder that the hotel booking deadline is the end of this month - your absolute drop dead deadline is close of play January 3rd, as I shall be taking the list up to the hotel for a chat first thing on the 4th. Also, if you haven't joined yet (and I'm sure some of you know who you are!), the forms are on the website at http://www.contabile.org.uk/ Mike P.S. Huge thanks to Chris for his cracking job on PR3. |
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| 2013 bids |
[Dec. 11th, 2011|10:07 pm] |
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This seems to be an annual ritual, and I'll happily take it on /in perpetuo/. Would any prospective 2013 bid or bids like to make themselves known to me (privately or not, as they prefer), please? This allows me to answer the question when asked by others (and help the 2012 concom plan how much space/time we need to allocate for a bidding session) :D |
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| Duple Time |
[Dec. 5th, 2011|05:47 pm] |
I am posting in my new role as ConCom Co-ordinator to remind you that the time for asking for a programme slot has ended.
There are only 26 days left for you to get your hotel request form in. *If at all possible*, please do this online as it goes straight on to the database.
If you haven't paid yet, please send your dues to Soir. At the moment we are looking as though we might break even, but we might not.
The ConCom has been expanded to handle the jobs Keris was going to do. We now have:
Mike Whittaker - Hotel Liason and Guest Liason.
Rika - Programming
Paul Bristow - Programming and related duties.
Simon and Deborah are seeing to Tech, with the help of Keris' equipment!
Any problems, please email c24@contabile.org.uk
Hilary |
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| Duple Time PR2 is out |
[Nov. 1st, 2011|11:11 pm] |
Duple Time PR2 has been emailed. Those who requested snail mail will be later -- I won't be able to print out the hard copy until the weekend, and then I'll have to put it in envelopes etc. and get it mailed, which won't be until the Monday following at earliest.
If you think you have joined, and haven't had the emailed PR when you requested one, please contact the concom at c24@contabile.org.uk (or me directly). If you haven't joined yet, then that's why you didn't get one. If you see that there is an error in your hotel booking, or a query (or indeed in other things, like if we've got your badge name wrong), please contact us with the updated information.
Please check these carefully. They include statements of whether you have booked a hotel room, with whom you are sharing (if anyone), and your badge name and number.
Note that hotel bookings are now open, the forms are on the website (http://www.contabile.org.uk) under both Publications and Hotel, please use the online form if you can (again, snail mail is slower, get picked up infrequently, and sometimes gets lots or mis-delivered).
I intend to send out another set of hotel booking confirmations (and if you haven't booked) near the end of the month and again before Christmas, remember that the hotel booking has to be in by the end of December because the list has to be worked out and the information given to the hotel.
There is still space on the programme, so please make programme requests. Again, please use the online form. Closing date is November 31st.
And we'd still appreciate volunteers, especially for the reception desk.
Incidentally, if there are any bids for the following filkcon, number 25 in 2013, we'd like to hear about them. If only so that we actually schedule a bidding session...
Thanks,
Chris C (Duple Time con chair and almost everything else) |
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| Duties change |
[Oct. 29th, 2011|08:41 pm] |
I think it is only fair to Keris to tell you all that I have had to drop out of doing publications because of bad health. This means that Keris is virtually running things at this time single handed. Soir is, thank goodness, still being Treasurer.
I am still Official Nagger and will continue to function in this role right the way through the convention itself. :)
I hope to take my share of the work at the Con.
Please support Keris by getting paperwork etc. in on time.
Hilary Ann |
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| Footloose Filker 2012 - Announcement |
[Oct. 4th, 2011|08:06 pm] |
The UK Filk Fund (FF) committee have again decided that it would be a
good idea if some of the upcoming talented European Filkers were able to
come to the British Filk Convention so that they could benefit from
exposure to the wider circle of filkers present at the UK con and also
for UK filk fandom to get to meet some of the newer talent coming out of
Europe.
To make this possible The FF offers a grant/bursary to one or two such
"Footloose Filkers" as such are identified and decided upon by the FF
committee. The grant is intended to cover part of the cost of travel to
the convention and the majority of the accommodation costs.
Next years convention organising committee have also allocated a free
membership and a short performance spot as part of the award.
Footloose Filkers will *not* be guests of the convention, rather they
will be there to learn more about filking and to gain experience in a
convention environment that is different from their home convention.
For the 24th British Filk Convention (Duple Time) to be held in Grantham
from February 3rd to 5th 2012 we are pleased to announce that Sebastian
Kinder has been invited to be our "Footloose Filker".
Sebastian says about himself:
"I am a 17 year old guy, a filker and roleplayer, from Bielefeld in
Germany. I am a little crazy, music is an important part of my life and
that's all 'cause of my parents (thank you!). Ah! and I like cookies and
cakes!!!"
We hope you will enjoy meeting and listening to him and we look forward
to seeing Sebastian at Duple Time.
For the FF Committee
Lissa Allcock & Colin Tuckley |
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| UK Filkcon 2012 |
[Feb. 7th, 2011|08:57 pm] |
Just to make it official, as a few people have mentioned it already:
The UK national filk convention for 2012 will be
Duple Time 2/4(A Well Tempered Con)
at the Grantham Ramada Hotel, Grantham, UK (same place as the last few UK filkcons) from Friday 3rd February to Sunday 5th February.
Guests:
Mary Crowell (US)
Lissa Allcock (UK)
Cost (for a few weeks, then it will go up):
Adult waged: UKP 32
Adult unwaged: UKP 24
Child (6 <= age <= 17): UKP 1 per year of age (so from UKP 6 to UKP 17)
Infant (under 6) / toy: UKP 1
Note that for age-related prices this will be the age at time of joining.
The costs above will be held until at least two weeks after online signup and payment go live (we hope; definitely until the end of February 2011). Prices will probably rise again nearer the con -- buy early, buy often!
http://www.contabile.org.uk (currently a simple placeholder -- thanks Mike! -- until I get more stuff on it, so bookmark it and check back occasionally) |
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| Route from Premier Inn to Ramada, Grantham |
[Jan. 22nd, 2011|03:57 pm] |
For people who may want to stay / be staying at the Premier Inn in Grantham, and walk to the Ramada for the filkcon, the following link (to Google Maps) shows how close they are. They say about 0.4 miles, call it half a mile actually from one hotel to the other.
http://goo.gl/maps/tbtb
(The Premier Inn is just off the bottom, below point A, and the Ramada is just above the top, point B, on my screen. Adjust the scale to fit...) |
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