Team:PartyArea

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PartyArea
1st line contacts: Aim, Inframan
Is an exclusive team: Yes
Contact e-mail:
Responsible for:
Contact at projectleiding: Netsmurf

Team Members

This page is under construction and not final.

What we do?

-chatgpt- Team PartyArea is responsible for creating a welcoming and friendly atmosphere on the main field at the event. While they do not set up amenities such as food stands—since these are provided—they play a crucial role in enhancing the overall environment. Their focus is on orchestrating activities and ensuring that the area remains attractive and engaging for attendees. By managing the vibe and interactions in the chill areas and around the drink and food stands, Team PartyArea encourages event-goers to come, relax, and enjoy the facilities, making the main field a popular and lively spot. Also there will be lots of fire, lasers and of course a stage! -end-

Team

Who are we looking for?

People with experience in the field of:

  • Stage building
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Lighting
  • You?
Members
Username Previously involved Role
Yes Stage support
Yes Team lead
Yes Team lead
Yes Fire master & Special FX
Yes contact at projectleiding
Yes Fire professor
Yes nerd

How to contact us

Signal -> @Xenobyte.93 Signal -> @inframan.42


What we do

The Team:PartyArea is an exciting addition to the Why 2025 hacker event, designed to provide a vibrant and immersive experience for attendees. As a space where technology, music, and creativity come together, the party area aims to foster networking, relaxation, and entertainment after an intense day of hacking, discussions, and workshops.

Goals and Vision

  • Immersive Experience: Combining electronic music, light shows, and interactive installations to create an unforgettable atmosphere.
  • Community Building: Providing a space where hackers, tech enthusiasts, and creatives can meet and connect in a more relaxed setting.
  • Sustainability: Reusing infrastructure from the previous event to reduce waste and optimize resources.

Help Us

We are looking for volunteers, artists, and sponsors to help bring this vision to life. If you're interested in contributing, whether as a performer, technician, or organizer, please reach out to us!

Stay tuned for updates as we finalize the details of the Team:PartyArea!


Activities

Last time we did:

  • Silent Disco
  • Music -> together with music team
  • Guest Artists

We can do for instance:

  • Cinema

Finance/Budget

Our previous budget/finance sheet is on google drive. If you want/need access, please ask us. We are in the

We need budget for:

  • Stage
  • Lights
  • Music
  • Aankleding

Stage:

We are exploring the possibility of taking over the stage setup from the Liquicity Festival, which takes place just before Why 2025. While we will have access to the stage itself, all equipment will be removed, meaning we will need to install our own sound and lighting systems. This allows us to customize the setup to best fit our needs while still benefiting from an existing stage structure.

Buildup:

For buildup we need:

To be determed

During event:

Teams we need to talk to

  • Terrain
 Afstemmen waar we komen te staan
  • Horeca
 Afstemmen stretchtenten
  • Deco <3
 Banners + aankleding
  • Power
  • Network
  • Lighting
  • Content
 during the day what could we do with a podium, also, kids karaoke? kids dance lessons?
  • Moebelhaus
 Afstemmen wat we daar kunnen bestellen
  • Permits
 permit for laser
 permit for fire
 permit for drones?
  • Music
 make an evening program with team Music, what is needed, where to publish program, etc
  • Speakerdesk/Ticket & Entrance
 For 1 day visitors (artists) we would like to arrange access and transport
  • Fire
 Team fire probably wants to know about our setup
  • Productiehuis
 We will rent as much as we can and is needed together with productiehuis
  • Security
 For the late evenings and "kleine uurtjes" we probably wants some sfeerbeheer :-)  
  • First-AID
 Again, probably team First-AID will probably want to know what fire/laser shows will be there, and how safe things are.

Meetings

2024-04-24: kickoff meeting with: Harm, Frank, Dennis, Jeroen

2025-01-31 meeting with: Jeroen, Arjen, Dimitri, Harm

Next meeting: Hacker Hotel 2025 tba

Todo

* Contact team music 
* Create list of needed volunteers (build, break, AV volunteers)
* Harm to do handover to Arjen
* Contact Production house on needed materials
* Contact team Deco
* Contact team Bar/Food to make arrangements for bar/foodcourt around party-area
* Contact team Power about requirements for the stage
* Ask for permits for buildup (So we can easily come on and off the terrain
* When artists are visiting, make sure the are "on the list"
* Contact team safety on fire/lasers etc.
* Make sure village Area42/DIVD is somewhat near partyarea, to best support it.