Soooo the names are all very appealing – I know! A few people have asked me though:

“What’s exactly is the line up for this week then?”

So here it is:

Saturday 7th- get-to-know and look ahead.

11am-3pm Arrivals

There is no set plan for Saturday, arrive anytime between 11am and 3pm for this informal day where we’ll all get to know each other a little more, start to tell one another our back stories and maybe do some omming together or something. By Friday we will have established and be part of our own fully autonomous Space Pirates Squat! – no pressure ! : )

>3pm Dorming

From 3pm you’ll be given your space in the cabin, a 6 person dorm with the other 5 proto-pirates. There’s a shared locker in the cabin you can keep any valuables in but you’ll need to have everything you personally need for the week in a rucksack.

Sunday 8th, The Pirates Code

Sunday is dedicated to the Pirates Code – the foundation of Space Piracy.

12-2 Origins & Background

After an early lunch/late breakfast we will look at the origins of the Space Pirates Code. Beginning with a brief recap of the Pirate’s code, we’ll go on to cover how it was discovered at consentframework.org and how it’s been adapted from that text-based document. We’ll also look at ways in which the Pirates Code can be used: as a treasure map, as a personal mnemonic for navigating consent and accountability, and so on.

3-3:45pm Treasure-map for our week

During this brief session we’ll set out a treasure map for the week ahead which we’ll adapt and use to guide us through the rest of the week.

4-5:30 pm Pirate’s Code public session (optional)

This is a public session where people will be able to come and learn more about the Pirates’ Code. You’re welcome to join in and observe, but this session is dedicated to others who have expressed an interest in learning more about the Pirates Code.

Monday 9th, Navigating

Monday is dedicated to Navigating – Plotting buildings on maps and ways into them.

10-12 Route planning

We’ll be learning all about plotting our way into buildings, this will be an intensive session in which we will select 6-8 buildings, start doing some desk based research on them and plan a route for the afternoon.

3pm & 3am – Recce tours 1 & 2

Prepared for quick in-n-out internal inspections with very minimal kit, we will go together on a group tour to shortlist the 3 best options that afternoon, and aim to get inside for a look around. This may be repeated in the early hours of Tuesday morning if necessary. Once safe rentry has been secured message the general chat saying “We’re in! Come round for a house warming on Friday!”

Tuesday 10th, Scrolling

Tuesday is dedicated to administration and organising

10am-1pm – Pirates Code presentations.

Tuesday begins with confirming today’s timings and reviewing the treasure map so far, Then we’ll share our thoughts on our organisational strategies in pairs present the Pirates code to an imaginary audience. We’ll wrap up by starting to prepare for the Compass sharpening session later today.

3-7pm – Compass sharpening

During this session we will agree exact coordinates of our compasses on the treasure map and prepare for the rest of the week’s action.

Wednesday 11th, Squatting

Wednesday is dedicated to Securing the building setting-up and maintaining safe occupation

<10am Special Breakfast Check-ins & Final prep

This will be the most intense day so far, so we’ll start off with a special breakfast check-in and final preparation meeting.

asap – Occupation begins

According to logistics, we will begin occupation of the building at the earliest opportunity on Wednesday. Beginning by securing the perimeter we’ll go on to ensure the safe supply of services such as water and electricity and assess and mitigate for any new risks, not obvious from our initial inspection on Monday.

<10:30pm Check-outs

Having been the most intense day so far we will settle down and rest well for an early start and another busy day ahead making our new home place comfy cosy!

Thursday 12th, Domesticity

Thursday is about settling in, getting comfortable and making sure everyone’s got somewhere to rest

>10 am Scavenging

This will be another highly practical day starting with this morning session where we’ll buddy up into pairs, two of which will go out and scour the neighbourhood’s dumping grounds, skips, Olio collections and generally locate any other resources to collect from. The remaining pair will hold down the building and show around any other set-up volunteers who’ve made themselves known by this point.

!!Bonus session!! – Court for the Flower Pot!! 11am

12 noon – Scheduling meeting

According to the building and numbers of people involved at this point there will be a meeting at 12 noon to establish what affinity groups have formed by this point and what their priorities are.

Friday 13th, Welcoming

Friday is about welcoming our friends over and starting to think about who else we’d like to share the place with

Friday morning will begin with another review of the treasure map and affinity groups will continue sharing offers requests of assistance and duties according to their own rotas etc.

>12 noon House-warming prep begins

Preparations for the house-warming party will begin to get underway from midday depending on the amount of work involved

6 pm Final checkouts and last supper!

This marks the end of our keelhauling and the beginning of a whole other set of stories…

>8 pm house-warming party

From 8pm guests will start to arrive and perhaps there’ll be a new group of proto-pirates meeting for the first time somewhere among them…