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  ...--== announcing the raww.org birthday party ==--...
  ````---........  information file 0.1  ........---''''

-= Index =-
. Introduction
. Dates
. Location
. Programme
. Competitions
. Directions
. Contacts
. Versions


-= Introduction =-

February 7th 2005 marks the 5th birthday of raww.org, the ZX Demoscene
news site. It's a great excuse to have a scene party, and there's not
been a party in the UK for... uhm... a long time. So that's it basically
- it's a ZX demoscene party in the UK.


-= Dates =-

The party will be held from Friday 4th February 2005 until Sunday 6th
February 2005. That's 3 days (or two-and-a-half). I realise that England
in February isn't the nicest of places, but it's the birthday of
raww.org, and having a party in February means there's little chance of
it clashing with the other parties that will be taking place in 2005.


-= Location =-

The party will be held in Yeovil, a town in Somerset, England. It's in
the South West of the country, about an hour from Bristol. At the moment
the party will be held in the home of icabod, but if there are too many
people to fit (he doesn't have a big house) then an alternative
party-place will be found. Accomodation will probably consist of
sleeping bags on icabod's floor (there's one spare bed, which will go to
the highest bidder - or the cutest girl ;]). For this reason it's
important to let the organisers know if you're coming to the party - we
don't want to be too cramped.


-= Programme =-

04/02 @ 18:00 - Party starts
06/02 @ xx:00 - Party ends


-= Competitions =-

:: ASCII Logo
:: ZX ASCII Logo

.: ASCII Logo Competition :.
As you can see, icabod's attempts at ASCII art are very poor. So this
competition will be run before the party. The aim is to create an ASCII
art logo for the raww.org party. The limitations/rules are:
 - Dimensions must be no greater than 80 x 60.
 - Logo will be displayed in something like Courier New.
 - Only use ASCII chars from 0x20 to 0x7e.
Other than that, it's a fairly free game. You can use variations on the
name (I was considering calling it the "raww.orgy" ;p), you can mention
the dates, mention it's the 5th birthday party, or the 1st raww.org
party... whatever.
The dates of this competition are from now until... Christmas 2004.


.: ZX ASCII Logo Competition :.
This is basically the same as the ASCII Logo Competition, but with an
important difference - it's for the ZX Spectrum. The limitations/rules
are:
 - Dimensions must be no greater than 32 x 24.
 - Logo will be displayed in the standard ZX Character Set.
 - Legal ASCII chars are 0x20 to 0x7F.
 - Legal "graphical" chars are 0x80 to 0x8f.
 - "User Definable Graphics" chars (0x90 to 0xa4) are not allowed.
Entries will be accepted as runnable .tap files and BASin BASIC files.
The dates of this competition are from now until... Christmas 2004.


All competitions will have a prize for the winner (the organisers
reserve the right to change their minds on this according to mood). Even
if it's just some crappy "raww.org" T-Shirt. If the winner is not
present at the party, the postal address will be required for sending
the prize.


-= Directions =-

Full details on directions will be provided at a later stage.
If you're flying to the UK, it would help to fly to Bristol or Exeter
airport, that way you can easily be collected.
The party-place is not far from the A303, and there's a train link to
London locally too.


-= Contacts =-

A website will soon be set up with information on the party. Until that
point, check the http://raww.org/ for news, or email the organisers:
  icabod_at_raww_dot_org


-= Versions =-

v0.1 - The first version of this information file. Expect it to evolve a
lot during the run-up to the party.