________________________________________________________________________________ FIRST FAQ on BORDER CAMP 99 - please complete! send questions to > Where exactly is the camp? The camp will be situated in Lückendorf, a socalled climatic health resort some hundred meters from german-czech borderline and two kilometers from german polish-borderline. The next bigger city is Zittau, about 7 km away. > How do I get there? is it possible by public transport and how much > does it cost? You can reach the camp from e.g. Berlin in about 3 hours by car or 5 hours by train. If you will arrive on weekend 7./8. august it is possible to get a special offer from german railways ("Schönes Wochenende-Ticket"), which costs only 35 marks for up to five people. For detail informations about arrivals and departures please check . From Zittau it is only 5 km to campsite. By train it is only possible to get to Kurort Oybin, which takes about 50 minutes and then half an hour walking. So we suggest you to come by train and take a bicycle with you. This costs 12 marks plus. It is possible as well to rent a bicycle at railway stations. Actually we try to check out prices and places. From Praha to Zittau it is about 8 hours by train. > Must I bring a tent? Definetely, this would be the best solution. Of course you have the chance to share the night with a unpredictable number of people in big tents. Or you can stay in a small hotel in Lückendorf some hundred meters from campsite. > What other essentials will I need to bring? Essentially you should bring a portable radio receiver and your own crockery. Food will be cooked by different groups in a special mobile kitchen and it will be provided for lowest prices. But the main thing is to bring your ideas and experiences, the will to exchange them and a certain affinity to spontaneous activities. > What visas do I need? It depends from where you are. Citizens of the EU do not need visas. People from neighboured countries such as Poland, Czech Republik, Hungary, Slowenia or Croatia as well. All others, who cannot enter Germany without visa have to apply for a Schengen Visa. > Is it possible to get an official letter of invitation? Sure. To make visa procedure a little bit easier we can give you an invitation for cultural purpose. Please contact us as soon as possible and send to us your passport data and postal adress! > How many people are you expecting at the camp? This is very difficult to say actually. Last year there were about 600 or 700 people, but most of them for half period. This year we assume that the amount of campers will increase and we guess there should be always about 400 or 500 people in camp. > Which other organisations/events are already organised to be there? The camp is organised by very different people: antiracist groups from no one is illegal campaign, anitfascists from the local area and all over germany, ecologists and media activists and artists, such as the former Wohlfahrtsausschüsse (a germanwide assembly of dj's, musicians, writers) or the Teleportacia Crew. A lot of people we met at next five minutes conference announced to come. But who axactly will come and how the people look like is somehow unforseeable. > How will the activities in the camp be organised and scheduled? The organising group tried to set up a iunfrastructure, which allows all participating groups ande individuals to use it for bigger or smaller events. This includes basics such as soundsystems, big tents for meetings, a certain level of protection, kitchen, a kindergarten, but also some media capacities such as camp radio, press conferences, camp newspaper etc. Some activities are organised by several groups, e.g. a move with dj's from Germany and Poland on august 7, others are prepared by local groups or organisations. A first version of the program will be out soon. Anyway, there will be a lot of changes and spontaneous or last minute actions, which should be discussed in common meeetings every evening. > Will any of the actions be technically illegal? What plans do you > have in the event of police intervention? Last years experience was that neither we nor the authorities have got any interest in a police intervention on the campsite. We have no reason to assume, that this could change. Camping is not illegally, even at borderline, and the area there is a very touristic region, which shouldn't have desire to get negative headlines. But people, who do any kind of action outside the camp have to be aware of possible consequences, even if they are not very hard or likely. There is a consensus that no action should endanger others, who maybe do not agree or participate on it. Since a lot of people from abroad and refugees are invited to participate, planning and doing an action means a certain moral responsibility for all those who are not in posession of a german passport. > How can i participate remotely on the camp? Spreading the call, forwarding the camp reports, checking the web-journal, sending messages to the campers, listening to the camp-radio are very likely possibilities to participate remotely. But you can also plan actions in your city or along the next borderline during the time of the camp. Or even a camp in your country next year! -- hacking the borderline camp 7-15 aug 1999 http://www.contrast.org/borders/camp ________________________________________________________________________________ no copyright 1999 rolux.org - no commercial use without permission. is a moderated mailing list for the advancement of minor criticism. more information: mail to: majordomo@rolux.org, subject line: , message body: info. further questions: mail to: rolux-owner@rolux.org. archive: http://www.rolux.org