Capital Bockering 2010

[Locky]

11 o'clock, tomorrow, down the bay

This post is based on my own opinion and assumptions so please respect that.
I would like CB 2010 to be in cardiff next year on the basis that it changes from previous years.
I am more than willing to put in the leg work but this is what I want:

1. Still have the oval basin (location for CB 08) but for a freestyle, group meet hangout.

2. Hire either Cardiff indoor arena or the millenium stadium to make an indoor bocking centre, including a public workshop area where members of the public can come and try bocking for free. There would also be a market area where stilt companies can have a stall and also those members who have anything to sell/swap etc.
The bocking area will be designed by us to the best possible effect we can. Gym equipment, foam pits, blocks of all kinds and sizes. You get the picture.

3. Camping at Cardiff Campsite, restricted to 100 people (not 100 tents), subject to agreement with the campsite management.

4. Most of us stay at nearby hotels, within walking distance of the bay. This would allow a night bocking session and allow us to chill out and have a drink etc for those who wish.

I know this seems impossibly ambitions and maybe it is but if we dont aim high, we wont get any results. If we dont change the way CB is run then it will probably dwindle each year as more bockers will chose to go to the bigger events. For that to happen we need money and lots of it.
I am in talks with one company that are interested in backing us and have experience of something very similar already. They also have excellent marketing links to get some serious media coverage.
There is also this option which we could apply for, though this could lead to complications.

I would also like to see the whole event sponsored by several companies. Some would be big national brands and some would be smaller.

With the exception of travelling and camping/hotel (which deals could be made) I do not want the event costs to be passed on to the bockers attending.

I would ask all bockers attending be willing to volunteer 30 mins of their time over the 2 days to staff the public workshop. This will be done in a logical manor, with those most experienced with bocking and workshops being asked first.


I do not want this thread to turn into a 20 page ramble about crap. For that reason, on the new Capital Bocking website - www.capitalbocking.co.uk I am going to open up a public chatroom for next Monday night at 8pm where everyone can come and have their say. A summary of the chat can be posted up later.

If anyone has any valid points to make, please save them for the chat session or afterwards as we'll have a much clearer picture on what we want to happen then.

I am well aware that some of these goals are a far stretch but please do not dismiss them out of the water. If we dont take CB up to the next level then I dont see much point in continuing with it at all.

[raverkyle]

i got a few funding ideas the weekend will help me think them through a little bit I don't know if it would be a waist of time but that is why they are ideas lol 

[XarnuSonci]

i think this is exactly what the sport needs to progress.  If you can pull off even half of what's listed above I'll make sure to be there.

[PikKirby]

Argh!

You all fear it.

You all are annoyed by it.

My 2 cents.


SOUNDS GREAT =D

[davidtheamazing1]

Go locky!  Step up and make it happen... its the only way.

[dominion]

i think this is exactly what the sport needs to progress.  If you can pull off even half of what's listed above I'll make sure to be there.

I Second this motion.  Please alert me 6 months prior, so that I can book plane tickets and my time off of work.

[raverkyle]

i am so their and will be a little more seasoned then also

[Locky]

Just a reminder that this chat will take place tonight at 8pm at www.capitalbocking.co.uk

you wont need to register or log in, just use your forum name or your first name.
This chat is open to everyone and if you cannot make it  tonight then we can probably have another one in a few weeks time hopefully with some development progress.

[Locky]

For those waiting for me to post up the after-chat stuff, I'm going to wait a few days and actually have some progress on some of the ideas discussed

Should have something by monday at the latest.

[trundler]

Bump... Any further info/updates on this now. I'd like to come along and stay in a hotel instead of zipping back and forth like a crazy thing in 2008.
I'll bring my sandwich boards, or maybe bigger billboard thingies if I can get them developed in time.

[Locky]

Well I'm definately not going to be able to go ahead with what I had planned for this year due to some pretty big stuff happening in my life which you'll either know about or you wont.

I do hope something can get organised and not the last minute rather poor CB of 2009.

Trip, how would you know what goes on in facebook land? I thought you left it twice

[NathanCooper]

this seemed like an amazing idea too , is there any ideas what could be done for CB, its clear everyone on here wants another meet, you can see that by looking at posts and what people dont want is a little meet, so we need something thats gonna be very public, reasonably big but most of all bringing the bocking family together? this site is like, the mothership of bocking, this site has the best bockings possibly in the world, there must be something we can all work together at to make a meet happen

nathan

[Dark Knight]

I was looking for what plans we have for CB10 and found this old topic !
Did anything come off it or any part of it ??

Have we got any idea for this years CB10 in the UK ? What colour are the t-shirts going to be ? I've brought the last three, I think I must be the only one with the full set 

Has for the future I'm aware of at least one group that is already thinking towards CB11 and another for CB12 ! But back at CB10 these meets started much like any meet idea but now CB has become a major event  in it's self and where ever it is I'll be there 

[Athoul]

Well I'm definately not going to be able to go ahead with what I had planned for this year due to some pretty big stuff happening in my life which you'll either know about or you wont.

I do hope something can get organised and not the last minute rather poor CB of 2009.

I think that answers one of your questions DK

[davidtheamazing1]

Honestly, last-minute stuff can work if someone steps up to lead.  Although having a definite schedule in advance would make it possible for international folks to come to the meet.