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# TOWN CON INFORMATION
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TOWN CON is a celebration of tilde.town's 10 year anniversary featuring 24 hours of talks, art, and music by townies.
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TOWN CON begins at 0:00 UTC on October 11, 2024 and ends 23:59 UTC on October 12, 2024.
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There is an additional day of TOWN CON on October 12th for townies attending TOWN CON MEAT EDITION in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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## DIGITAL EVENT
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TOWN CON's primary locus of reality will be here on the server in a text-mode environment. This environment will be supplemented with audio/video feeds as needed.
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Works submitted by townies will all be slotted into a viewing schedule to run throughout the 24 hours of the event. The text-mode environment will either show the submitted work or have a pointer off to where it can be consumed in a browser.
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The text mode environment will either be a HERMETICUM instance (if I finish the project in time) or just IRC.
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### JAMS
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Throughout the event townies are encouraged to cluster and collaborate on various creative **JAMS**. Re-run this tool and select _Propose a creative jam_ if you want to suggest one. Suggested jams:
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- 88x31 badge jam
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- forum software jam
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- game jam
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- dos jam
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## PHYSICAL EVENT
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TOWN CON MEAT EDITION takes place October 11th and 12th in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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On the 11th we'll be plugged into the digital event together and on the 12th we'll do something in meatspace.
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### live music jam
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Meat edition guests are encouraged to bring small sound or music emitting devices. We'll set them up with recording system and do some jamming. Some synthesizers and a sampler will be provided.
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### VENUE and LODGING
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The venue is a converted warehouse loft located at:
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Loft 606
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2605 W Armitage Ave,
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Chicago, IL 60647
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The venue has enough sleeping space to lodge everyone who expressed interest in coming in person, however some people will need to volunteer to sleep on couches. I have the venue reserved for:
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- the evening of October 10th (feel free to arrive this day!)
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- all day October 11th
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- all day October 12th
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- the morning of October 13th (feel free to leave this day!)
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The total cost to book this venue was **$8,637**. I've paid for it out of pocket and would love if townies could help chip in for the cost. As of right now (`2024-08-31`) I have received **$0** of chip in and will update this as I get donations.
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To learn more about the venue you can visit their website: https://www.loft606.com/
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### FOOD
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I'll arrange food throughout the event.
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- 10th
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- **dinner**: local restaurant food for dinner
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- 11th
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- breakfast: bulk order from Colectivo
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- lunch: sandwich fixins
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- dinner: vegan deep dish pizza from Kitchen 17
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- 12th
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- breakfast: bulk order from Colectivo
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- lunch: sandwich fixins
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- dinner: vegan mexican food from Quesadilla Del Reina Del Sur
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- 13th
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- breakfast: bulk order from Colectivo
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There are also plenty of restaurants around the venue if people want to get their own food.
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### TRANSPORTATION
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The venue is accessible from rail, bus, and cab/uber/lyft. I have a car and can make myself available to pick people up and get them to the venue once they have made it to Chicago if they need. Depending on timing I might not be able to help, however. Contact via my cell phone (`~vilmibm/phone.txt`) to ask about my availability for a ride during the event.
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If you are driving parking might be tough in the area--I can offer a few spots by my place in Forest Park if you want to put a car there and then get a ride over to the venue.
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### ACTIVITIES
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I'd like to do a field trip on the 12th...Some potential ideas:
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- go to the nearby thrift store
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- go out to minigolf
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- go to a museum
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- go into the woods
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- just hang out and play synths (field trip of the mind)
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!!! TBD !!!
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## COMMS
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For any kind of emergency during the event please contact me via my cell phone. My number can be found at `~vilmibm/phone.txt`.
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