@kestral hey! Come volunteer and you’ll make friends! Given you’re academia-aligned you might like to help out in the green room or info desk or as a herald for stage stuff. That’s how I started and then suddenly I’m running things, idk how that happened. Bring whisky for whiskyleaks. That’s a good one too!

@kestral You can come hang out with the Hat Village idiots, we're quite friendly

@kestral I arrived at EMF 2012 knowing literally nobody else who was going. It was fantastic, one of the best impulsive decisions I’ve ever made.

@jon That's reassuring, thank you 🙂

@kestral also, you should absolutely volunteer. Great way to meet people and you get free food as well. https://emfcamp.org/volunteer

@CatherineFlick @kestral I have the same newbie-worries; whisky is good advice

@hans @CatherineFlick I hope it's not an alcohol-centric event though, as a relative non-drinker I can't make friends with whiskey!

@kestral @hans oh yes definitely! Loads of things on. I think that is the only specific alcohol event that I know of! But yes, volunteer, go to a workshop early in the weekend, you might make some new friends!