The last major round of tickets sold out very quickly again!
We will be offering refunds on a first-come-first-served basis if people are unable to come, and there will likely be a little more capacity released, so there will be a few smaller sales in the coming months.
Also, if you have a talk or workshop proposal accepted, you're guaranteed a chance to buy a ticket. https://www.emfcamp.org/cfp
We're always excited that so many people want to come to EMF, but sad that we can't offer everyone a ticket. So, some frequently asked questions:
There's no fair way of allocating tickets. Any kind of lottery would require verifying people's identity to prevent abuse, and we don't want to be collecting that level of personal data.
We set the event size based on our capacity to run the event. We're all volunteers, so the only way we can grow EMF is if more people volunteer to help run it. (Plus, volunteering guarantees you a ticket to the next event.)
Also, we're not sure we want to grow infinitely. There are logistical and regulatory challenges to growing, and growth invariably changes the event.
We'd really like to encourage people to run their own camping events - there's certainly demand! They don't have to be as big as EMF to be enjoyable - here's Hackaday writing about CampGND:
https://hackaday.com/2019/06/15/the-smallest-hacker-camps-are-the-most-satisfying-and-you-can-do-one-too/
@emf
This i a completely serious question about your part
> We'd really like to encourage people to run their own camping events - there's certainly demand! They don't have to be as big as EMF to be enjoyable
But HOW do i find events like this, or get informed by "the right people" who set up such an meetup, #camp, #hackercamp whatever event
Im watching Mastodon since good 6 years, as well as many german forums, and there seems to be never any mentioning. My friends i have are disinterested
@Laberpferd @emf yeah, the problem is that there aren't many! At least that is the problem in the UK.