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Subject: BJC 2000 Business Meeting (Long but snappy) Author: Charles O Donoghue Date: 20 Apr 2000

A Quick Run down of the business meeting for those who could not make it and a reminder for those who were there.

1. Brief summary of individual points of BJC 2000 York

Site = Excellent Halls = Excellent Catering/Food = Acceptable if expensive. Choice available (?better than usual) Toilets/Showers = Good Parade/Busses = Good Bars = Good (?English times a bit restrictive) Campsite = Good Bins = Fair Rooms = Excellent Registration = Excellent Information/Signs = Excellent Workshops = Good Parking = Excellent (if you were not stickered) Passes = Excellent Cost = Good (?normally much more contentious) T Shirts = Good Weather = Fair (?Weakest point of convention) Shows = Awesome

Not discussed: Games = ?Excellent Renegade = ?Good Security = ?Good Traders = ?Good Ceilidh = ?Fair (?too far South) City = ?Good Children's Science = ?Excellent Website = ?Excellent

2. General feeling re BJC 2000 York

The general vibes were that the convention had been a great success. THERE WERE REALLY NO COMPLAINTS! The show and the organisation were given special praise. Special touches were highlighted: Flyer for parade, signage, passes, aspects of the show, welcoming booklet etc..

The organisers suffered from a dearth of ordinary volunteers during the convention. Many problems could have been avoided and the convention could have run more smoothly had more jugglers volunteered to help. They felt that just a little time from more people would have been an enormous help.

3. Next Year BJC 2001

Belfast and Chester who had both offered to host BJC 2001 last year were keeping a low profile.

Cardiff offered to host BJC 2001. This however is dependent upon their securing the proposed site. This means that Cardiff is not 100% definite.

This raises the possibility that if Cardiff withdraws there will be no BJC 2001. Others seriously wishing to host this event should consider this and remain in contact. The BJC 2K web site will continue in operation meantime to act as an information and contact point.

4. Future Years

There are various tentative plans for BJC 2002. The meeting encouraged all those considering hosting to prepare their bids and present them next year.

5. Thanks

There appeared to be a general feeling that BJC2K was perhaps one of the best conventions of all time. There was a great appreciation of the organising team. Specific thanks were given to the following:

Rob Stone = Da Boss Lorri Reese = No. 2

Sam Vines = Registration Information = Jenny Main Music etc. = Steve Carter Pre Reg = Mini & Nicole Site = Mike Armstrong

Rob Stone then introduced the organising team which included I believe:

Rob = show, Uni liaison, circus science, fight prevention and bossy bastard Lorri = finances, legal company stuff, and everything else!

Everyone else : in no real order....

Mike A = site management - fences, tents, wood chip panic, NFS generators etc. Mini + Nicole = Prereg and general hard working from Mini during the set up Sam Vines = registration supremo Jenny Main = information desk and registration with Sam Steve Carter = parade supervision, games, clock, Spanish peeps, musics, signs .... Pete Bradshaw = Clock + show teching and fence monkey Matt Shacklady = merchandising, graphics, flyers, signs bits of paper show tech, powerpoint touches in the show ! Kev UU = accommodation + show tech Eclair = Accommodation with Kev and general worrying for all of us Martin Burton = traders Ewan Crichton = workshops and a great job he did little Dave = Gateau's minder. Paul + Claire Gibbs = press n pub. Unicycle the solar system (www.solar.york.ac.uk), steward supremo's

then these Yorkies (and honourary) who chipped in and were great

Miark = unicycle bits n bobs Laura = food- she kept us alive and was a star big time. Tim F = wood, jenga, clock site things general carpenter Collin D = Raffle, passes, bits n bobs Micheal W = flyers and general slave Garry B = general, help and computing Lizzie = registration and giving us her house. Jim and Anna = fire show John Cosham = Parade organisation/council liaison and band booking little Mike = tourist info and bits n bobs

then this lots of helpers who were stars

Lee + Ian = selfless devotion to registration for hours & tills! Stacy + Kerry = more registration slaves Alan Mackenzie = Ditto James Soper = T-shirts n stuff Johnny Hopper and Andy = renegade organisation renegade comperes = all of them UoY SU + AV people = for teching the show. Colin E. = for help with circus science.

All the people who did a bit of registration desk and helped clear up!!!

They were applauded for 2 years of preparation and a week of no sleep. (and it showed). A hard act to follow.

The loudest cheer was given to Rob Stone who was felt by the meeting to have been a father figure for the convention, a mentor, and a source of inspiration to us all.

6. The Meeting was then followed by a raffle of second hand equipment.

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I hope this is a fair representation of the views of the York BJC 2K Business Meeting.

Charles O Donoghue