[Committee] Preparations for Prof MacKay's talk tomorrow.

[Steve Stretton]

Hello Everyone,
This will be the last email before the talk (I think).
We shall be meeting at two times:

6pm, Advanced party at Caius Porter's Lodge to Set Up Signs

6:45pm COMMITTEE TO MEET outside Caius Porter's Lodge (bring a coat)  
to discuss final preparations for talks. Collect key from P'lodge when  
it is available.

(7pm) Set up Bateman Room for prior talks.

(7:15pm) Meeting starts.(Bateman Room)
At present, we won't have any refreshments. However, IF YOU CAN HELP  
WITH REFRESHMENTS PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL ON 07879625706. We still need  
all the items below.
(If you are a at Caius, also give me a ring!)

(8pm)
David's Talk (Bateman Auditorium). He will bring his own laptop.

Its a very tight schedule so please be prompt!

Thanks and Best wishes,
Steve

Quoting Steve Stretton <steve at zerocarbonnow.org>:

> Dear Committee Members and Caius People,
>
> Our first major event approaches! We are looking forward to great
> turnout on what should be a fantastic night in the Bateman Auditorium.
> We are looking for some help to make our event work smoothly.
> Please let me know if you might be free around 5:45pm to help get
> refreshments and put up signs and then from 6:45 for final preparations
> for our first event (7:15) and then our main talk at 8pm.
>
> We especially need a few people to help set up and a few people from
> Caius to help us organise refreshments. Thanks!
>
> Please email coordination at zerocarbonnow.org if you can help!
> Thanks and best wishes,
> Steve
>
>
> Schedule for tomorrow evening:
>
> REFRESHMENTS
> This will involve:
> Someone buying 2-3 bottles of wine from Threshers. ()
> Someone to bring a corkscrew and 50 plastic cups ()
> Someone to buy & bring 5 bottles of local apple juice (SJS)
>
> A few (2-3) people from Caius to each buy 3 bottles of Wine on their
> College bill. (what we don't use, we can return without charge - if we
> do use the wine you will of course be reimbursed by the society). (,)
> Someone from Caius asking the bar/kitchen for 50 wine glasses ()
> Someone from Caius asking the kitchen office for some jugs of water. ()
>
> From 5:45pm a group (including some Caius-based people) will meet to
> get any final refreshments and to set up signs.
>
> SIGNS
> Someone to provide direction signs within Caius and put them up from 6pm. ()
> Someone from Caius put up a sign on the board outside the college. ()
>
>
> LAPTOP
> Someone to provide a PC laptop. This should have a monitor out port and
> a USB port. ()
>
>
> ARRANGING THE ROOMS
> 5:45pm - Arrange signs and drinks
>
> 6:45pm, the committee will arrive, open the two rooms and ensure
> everything is working correctly.
> One group will set up the laptop on the projection system in the
> Bateman Auditorium. The other group will ready the Bateman room for a
> drinks party.
>
> 7:15pm I will give a short introduction to the society and there will
> also be a short introduction to CAMACAG, a town-based group that will
> meet in the CB1 cafe every month (Philip Slater). (Venue: Bateman room
> - or Bateman auditorium if the Bateman room is not ready)
>
> 7:40pm, (Bateman Room) there will be a short break and a chance for
> people to mingle.
>
> 8pm, (Bateman Auditorium) David's talk will begin
>
> 8:50pm: technical questions (BA), followed by time for further
> refreshments and discussion (BR if necessary).
>
>
> -----------
> 'Sustainable Energy-Without the Bullshit'
>
> Prof. David MacKay
> Professor of Natural Philosophy
> and Gatsby Senior Research Fellow,
> Department of Physics,
> University of Cambridge.
>
> Thursday 26th October
>
> Bateman Auditorium,
> Gonville and Caius College,
> Cambridge CB2 1TA
>
> 7:15pm An introduction to the  Cambridge Zero Carbon Society (Cambridge
> University) and
> to the Cambridge Atmospheric Carbon Action Group.
> 7:40pm Break
> 8pm KEYNOTE TALK: PROF DAVID MACKAY
> "SUSTAINABLE ENERGY- Without the Bullshit"
>
> Prof David MacKay is the Senior Treasurer of the Cambridge Zero Carbon
> Society. He is writing a book on Sustainable Energy.
> His website is available here: http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/