Off topic cultural insight into the hackfest location:
Actually in Yorkshire, we call it t'shop but I said t'store for t'sake o' daft foreign buggers.
Shops are still called shops, and "off-license", though I've lived here for 8 years and I still don't know why that confusing term persists. I asked several Brits on-the-spot, and no one knew what it actually meant without Googling it. "I think it means they sell alcohol." Was a common reply. :)
In Widnes we'd call em the offie' although in Boston they're called "packie" which sounds offensive until you learn it's from "Package Store" and not "Pakistani shop"
But they're off-licenses because they have a license to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises. I don't know why people don't know that, it's required to be posted on a sign above the door.
I hope the event will not have us buying alcohol for off premisis consumption and that instead we'll be taking advantage of one of the many pubs. Matt Lee (former FSF) recommended a few places at Libre Planet.
Best Regards, Martin Owens