Sydney Autumn 2012

[pkvk9122]

Hey guys

weekends just came so we'll have to wait till next Monday :/ till I can ask


btw daryl, what/who is usyd?

@dene petersham has trains as well as buses. I'm a student at fortstreet
and I always catch the train its also easier by train from the city.

oh and because of the fact that this competition is probably gonna be
held during the holidays, the chances of getting a venue might be lower.

ill also have to find a way to persuade my school. btw I'm only in year 9 ...
:/
the only reason I can think of is sorta making this onto a half charity
activity... where a ton of ppl come along...

I think it would be better if one of the higher ppl write and email me so I
can hand it in... cos for a year 9 to ask for a hall on a holiday will be sorta awkward...

sorry for all the trouble but I really want to see a comp in Sydney :/
btw I typed this on a touch screen phone... may be a few errors

thanks!

pick9122

 

[Cube Equation]

btw daryl, what/who is usyd?

USyd is the University of Sydney.

 

[Daryl]

@Dene

I look in the train timetable, petersham is about 10 minutes from the city.
I think it's quite alright if we don't get other venue closer to the city.

Petersham also better than Penrith I think

 

[kirtpro]

petersham and univesity of sydney are close to me

 

[Dene]

@Dene

I look in the train timetable, petersham is about 10 minutes from the city.
I think it's quite alright if we don't get other venue closer to the city.

Petersham also better than Penrith I think

Sounds good to me. If he can get it then let's get it done.

 

[pkvk9122]

Uhhh, Im not sure if i can do it... If you read my previous post it says that it would be better if one of you guyz write a letter so i can hand it in to the office.... I dont think a year 9 is good enough to gain their trust.... maybe one of the WCA officials would be good... =\

tiantianguo

 

[MadeToReply]

Well see how it goes i mean this is the first comp in sydney and your principal would probably brag about it but if he/she says no then we dont have a venue but if they say yes then we have a venue or just show this forum page... maybe.

 

[pkvk9122]

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I dont think that showing them this forum is enough D:

pkvk9122

 

[ohlookmonkeys]

I dont think a year 9 is good enough to gain their trust....

but it's not like senior student are more trustworthy

 

[J0hnnyH4ck3r]

I can do any Saturday, and I might be bringing a plus one. Has any venue been chosen yet? Can wait for my first cubing competition...

 

[TimMc]

=\
I dont think that showing them this forum is enough D:

pkvk9122

Hmm, don't worry about the school at this stage.

If I get some free time in the next couple of weeks I'll try to talk with C&A and Ventura games to see if they'd be interested in sponsoring a venue around Darling Harbour (suitable area?). Anyone else local is welcome to continue the conversation with them too as a dialogue was already started between myself and Gerry (C&A), and David (fazdad) and Nick (Ventura) a few months ago.

Tim.

 

[pkvk9122]

=\ =\ =\

@ohlookmonkeys true but borrowing a school hall for the whole day, during the holidays, to a year 9 student, for a 'rubiks cube competition' is probably not enough..
Still think that a letter would be better =\

@J0hnnyH4ck3r plus one? what does that mean? No venue has been chosen yet... and im also waiting for the rubiks cube comp

pkvk9122

 

[thatkid]

BUMP

any updates on venues?

 

[pkvk9122]

=\ not really...

pkvk9122

 

[megaminxwin]

Darling Harbour sounds pretty good. Might be a bit busy, but hopefully that won't be too annoying.

 

[pkvk9122]

UPDATE!!!

This wednesday im going to go and tell the school about it, i got an SRC (not sure if ur familiar with it, student representative council)
to ask for me, and they want me to give in more details! two more days and i need some more facts! Heres what i have so far:

1. its going to be held on the 14 of April, during the holidays and on a Saturday,
2. going to borrow the school hall for about a day, from 8? till 4 or 5? or something...

Please add more details so i can give them more details

pkvk9122

 

[kirtpro]

UPDATE!!!

This wednesday im going to go and tell the school about it, i got an SRC (not sure if ur familiar with it, student representative council)
to ask for me, and they want me to give in more details! two more days and i need some more facts! Heres what i have so far:

1. its going to be held on the 14 of April, during the holidays and on a Saturday,
2. going to borrow the school hall for about a day, from 8? till 4 or 5? or something...

Please add more details so i can give them more details

pkvk9122

Hey, TimMc said this to CubeSoc about what the basic things are needed for a competition

"find a suitable venue, find three trestle tables and 6 chairs for 6 competitors, one scramble table, establish a crew of helpers, and read the WCA regulations. "

Competition normally starts at 9am and ends at about 6/6:30pm

Edit:
Ideally, It'd be good to have a lot of extra chairs and tables for competitors to practice and chairs for audience.

 

[pkvk9122]

okay.....

The chairs and tables are not a problem...lol we can fit 500 people if we need to!
the crew of helpers?? im not really sure what u mean by that... If its by the mini judges (the people who watch
the people solve the cube) i dont think i can get that many.. responsible people.. *cough cough*

so yea... will change time from 8 till 5 to 8 to 6:30!

plz add to the list!

thanks

pkvk9122

 

[kirtpro]

Crew helpers are people who help out with scrambling, judging, setting up tables, stuff like that. That was just Tim saying things a competition would consist of. The experienced cubers would be able to do that and I/others can show non-experienced cubers what to do in judging and stuff. (Plus reading the WCA rules and regulations is highly important. Shows all the protocols)

 

[megaminxwin]

Wait, there's a chance we might actually be getting a competition? o.O

(not complaining, just find it hilarious that they've all been in melbourne (except for that one in perth (i don't think there were any others (NESTED PARENTHESES FTW))))