Kilkenomics 2012

[elvizzzzzzz]

Hi All,

I'm planning to attend the Kilkenomics festival, at Kilkenny in November 2012.

http://www.kilkenomics.com/

If anyone is interested in meeting up to discuss Bitcoin informally, I'd be happy to
try to put some sort of structure together. If you intend going, please add
a comment, just so I get some idea of the interest :-)

[Monkey1]

What is this?  The link has last years details?

[elvizzzzzzz]

What is this?  The link has last years details?

Last year's festival seemed quite successful, judging by the number of people staggering about at 3am ;-)
On that basis, I'm assuming something will happen this year also, and with the London Bitcoin Conference
happening in September, this seemed a good time to test interest in Kilkenomics.

The festival is an idea of David McWilliams on the theme that if you didn't laugh at what was happening
in the Irish Economy, you would cry. Cue presentations by panels of stand-up comedians and economists.

I'm not connected with the festival in any way, and have no details of their plans for this year, other
than the text on their website.

[lonelyminer (Peter Šurda)]

I'm leaving Ireland in October, talk about bad timing.

[BitTech]

wheres the 2012 program details?

could only find 2011 

[elvizzzzzzz]

wheres the 2012 program details?

could only find 2011 

The programme will run from Wednesday Oct 31st to November 4th
The full programme details will be online "before the end of September"

[elvizzzzzzz]

The www.kilkenomics.com website has been updated with this years program details etc.

Seems that the dates have reduced to Thursday 1st through Sunday 4th November, with most activity on the Friday and Saturday.

I'd asked about Bitcoin, but no response yet on that.

If anyone is interested in modelling a Bitcoin economy, maybe some kind of workshop, let me know.

[elvizzzzzzz]

SNIP
Like many festivals they are issuing their own vouchers/currency called the Marble, which you can spend in local businesses and get a 10% discount.
SNIP
 I would be willing to do the leg work and cold calling, if someone else could help with the technology side. I live near kilkenny and I have some free time this month.

I'd guess the festival organisers have invested lots of time and reputation to convince the local Kilkenny retailers to accept the Marble. In their shoes, I would not put that at risk by introducing somenting new, and to them, perhaps unknown.

The New Mexico Tea Company has several posts on the Trading Discussions Form explaining the problems and risks retailers may face when adding Bitcoin commerce to their business. Their views may help with your preparations for your legwork. 

[elvizzzzzzz]

Looking at the programme of events, Saturday seems quite full, Sunday is probably too late, Thursday may be too early, so Friday seems the best option. 

The first show on Friday kicks off at the Ormonde Hotel at 6pm.

I'm suggesting a meeting at 5pm in the Ormonde Hotel reception area.
(Saturday morning seems the next best alternative.)

If thousands indicate they may turn up, we'll have to tweak that a little ;-)

[elvizzzzzzz]

It was good to meet a fellow bitcoiner, we managed to cover a lot of topics very quickly,
and I discovered that there were different 'styles' of bitcoining.

I attended several shows over the next few days, but the format never really offered the
opportunity to pitch bitcoin there as a solution to problems. Where I had the opportunity to
mention bitcoin in one on one situatons I found that either there was no curiousity re that
area, or I found myself putting together a five minute explanation of bitcoin - usually
referred to as the "elevator pitch." 

There is a huge gap between that pitch and explanations of fiat currencies, privacy, and
legal issues such as censorship, all of which might be needed to encourage the wider
use of bitcoin for events like Kilkenomics.

Borrowing from Dr Michael Hudson, if you find that anything you might have done would have
produced a worse outcome, you have reached an optimal solution.