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Hamilton based UrbanLAN is taking shape, Don’t forget! Saturday 25th June at 1:00pm till Sunday 26th June at 1:00pm If you haven’t registered and paid, then What the hell are you waiting for! Go here =>http://www.urbanlan.co.nz/urbanlan-14/

See Ed Linklater’s original post here

Our statement
Ed Linklater stood down from his positions of director and crew shortly after UrbanLAN 11 (Held 26th – 27th June) citing personal reasons and a loss of passion for the job. He agreed to sponsor the LAN as developer/host for the website in exchange for advertising Techlust.
Jase/PinguWaaWaa was voted in as the new director and brought back David/Anthrax to help run events. As part of the transition UrbanLANs bank account details were changed.
After some initial uncertainty Ed attended UrbanLAN 12 in the invite only room so he could not be mistaken as part of the crew. As he was a sponsor he attended free of charge.
Claims of crew requests for him to be no longer involved are untrue and come as a surprise.
Typically we would support new LANs and many of the crew have either attended or helped other LANs in the area. However, given Ed’s actions and statements we will not be supporting his new venture (inFLUX).
We hope you continue to support our LANs.
Questions

What’s up with Ed?
That’s not something we can answer.

Why did the site go down?
Ed took the site down after a disagreement concerning his attendance at the crew meeting for UrbanLAN 13. He invited himself to attend and wished to ask crew for suggestions on improvements to the site.
Given his distancing since UrbanLAN 11 and conflicts with other crew members, crew felt his attendance wasn’t required but if he’d like he could email a list of questions to ask about the web-site and an email would be sent back providing answers.
This was taken personally and as a result the site was taken down.
David negotiated its return and for it to be moved to a new host in exchange for a one off popup displaying Eds message.

Do you mix personal issues with business?
No. UrbanLAN have always had a form of democracy and with the change in leadership even more so, so such a feat would be difficult to achieve. Attempts have been made in the past but have met stiff rebuttal.

Why speak up now?
We didn’t have control of the site before and didn’t want another takedown. Those who spoke their mind on the forum had their posts removed by Ed.

Kind Regards,
The UrbanLAN Crew

Merry Christmas!
Greetings all,

First of all on behalf of the Crew here at UrbanLAN we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year and safe travels for all those who are going away during this busy part of the year.

Now for some UrbanLAN related news; We’ve picked up a new sponsor and also secured a top prize.

We would like you all to welcome our newest sponsor – Avid/Pinnicle, Go check them out. We’re still in the process to find out exactly what they’re going to do for us.

We’ll give you a hint on exactly what the top prize is; On PriceSpy the cheapest you can pick this item up for is $1081.70 and it retails for $1485. We’ll leave it up to you to figure out what it is.

As per Jase’s last post.

The UrbanLAN Crew are now able to officially announce the dates for UrbanLAN 13!!!

UrbanLAN 13 will be held at Waikato Institute’s School of IT (Wintec) as per usual.

Mark these dates in your calendars.
UrbanLAN 13 will be held over Waitangi Weekend.
From Saturday February 5th at 1:00pm
till Sunday February 6th at 1:00pm.

Registrations will open in January

Please keep an eye on the following for any additional information or should the website be unavailable.

Facebook | Twitter | Steam | temporary website | Also any emails we send.

Kind Regards,
David – aka Anthrax
Co-Director/Sponsorship

The following announcement has been placed on the UrbanLAN site.

A Message from Ed Linklater
UrbanLAN Founder
On the 10th of December, the current crew of UrbanLAN unanimously requested that I no longer be involved due to personal conflicts. While I do not agree with their decision, I respect the democratic process and therefore no longer have any involvement in this event.

Myself, along with a group of other respected LAN organisers, will be launching a new LAN Party in early 2011. This event will support 100+ participants in a single room and have a network designed and supplied by a major switch manufacturer.

If you would like to receive news and updates about this LAN, please join our mailing list.

http://www.urbanlan.co.nz/