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Fwd: [Camp2013] Info-Activism Camp: Who's Coming?

by Eddan Katz

Of possible interest ... > From: "Updates for Info Activism Camp 2013" <camp2013(a)lists.tacticaltech.org> > Date: March 21, 2013, 10:28:53 AM PDT > To: camp2013(a)lists.tacticaltech.org > Subject: [Camp2013] Info-Activism Camp: Who's Coming? > > Hello everyone, > > If you haven't seen it on Twitter or somewhere else yet, this is to let > you know that we have opened the applications for our upcoming Info > Activism Camp. > > Applications for our camp on Evidence & Influence in advocacy are now > open. We're seeking curious and creative individuals – working in > advocacy, data, technology, design and journalism – to join us for a > week of discussion, debate and skill-share. Together for one week, we > will explore the art of evidence-based campaigning, share skills and > inspiration and develop new projects. > > Participants will have the opportunity to meet and build connections > with people working across the world, in different practices, and build > their knowledge and skills in evidence-based advocacy. > > The camp will run from 23-30 June at Centro d'Ompio, a retreat centre in > Northern Italy (read more: https://camp2013.tacticaltech.org/location). > > Places are limited. We only have 80 spots and plenty of interest! So > please do share this with suitable candidates. The application deadline > for those who require visas to come to Italy is 2nd April (24:00 CET) > and 15th April (24:00 CET) for those who don't. > > Applications are open to anyone. To get a sense of the type of > participants we are looking for please read the important information: > https://camp2013.tacticaltech.org/content/important-information > > Questions? Please send them to camp2013(a)tacticaltech.org > > thanks, > > Faith > > > -- > Evidence & Action program coordinator > Tactical Tech > Berlin > > > pub key id: A12E74D812380802 > Skype: faithbosworth > tel: +49 306 096 1816 > > _______________________________________________ > Camp2013 mailing list > Camp2013(a)lists.tacticaltech.org > http://lists.tacticaltech.org/mailman/listinfo/camp2013

12 years, 5 months

Launch of "Funding Your Science Idea" Edition 2

by R. Krishan

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12 years, 5 months

How do I get a Sudoroom sticker?

by Cyrus Farivar

Who has them? -- Cyrus Farivar "suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var" Journalist and radio producer | cyrusfarivar.com Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere" | internetofelsewhere.com US: +1 510 394 5485 (m) | Twitter/Skype: cfarivar "Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the Internet." cfarivar(a)cfarivar.org

12 years, 5 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Bio Fridge

by Craig Rouskey

Excellent! Is it still there? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 21, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Eddan Katz <nonamebar(a)clear.net> wrote: > there was one left in the earlier Sudo Room office on the second floor. Not sure how well it works, but it's not broken. > > On Mar 21, 2013, at 12:03 PM, Craig Rouskey <craigrouskey(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Everyone! >> We have reagents for the Gonorrhea project (http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Phage_therapy) coming in and I was wondering if anyone has, owns or would be willing to donate a minifridge to this awesome bio hacking project.... >> >> Craig >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> sudo-discuss mailing list >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss >

12 years, 5 months

Bio Fridge

by Craig Rouskey

Hey Everyone! We have reagents for the Gonorrhea project (http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Phage_therapy) coming in and I was wondering if anyone has, owns or would be willing to donate a minifridge to this awesome bio hacking project.... Craig Sent from my iPhone

12 years, 5 months

Hosting a community calendar, need a rails developer!

by Max Ogden

Hi all, I'd like to repurpose Calagator, the open source community calendar from Portland: http://calagator.org/ The goal is to set up a calendar for Oakland that lists educational + public events. The problem is that I'm not a very good Ruby on Rails developer (the technology that the calendar is written with). It can be deployed to Heroku but I had some issues. Is there anyone that has some Rails skills willing to help deploy + babysit the app (patch occasional rails security vulnerabilities :D)? If so, please email me. Here is an issue on Github that summarizes the problems I had: https://github.com/calagator/calagator/issues/25 Thanks! Max

12 years, 5 months

Fwd: [spaghettinight] [ot] BIKES ON BART (if you didn't already know)

by Morten H. D. Fuglsang

Let's give BART some data for making the decision to allow bikes on BART all hours of the day. See below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Wild <davidnorbertwild(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [spaghettinight] [ot] BIKES ON BART (if you didn't already know) To: spaghettinight(a)tentacle.net oops ok so that survey link doesn't work cause i already submitted a response. woops. but you can find the survey link as the first link on the bart site http://www.bart.gov/guide/bikes/index.aspx On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 4:41 PM, David Wild <davidnorbertwild(a)gmail.com>wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > This week, we are all allowed to bring our bicycles on Bart during all > hours! The only rule is to not bring your bike on the first three cars of > any train during rush hours. > > > > Please be on your best civic behavior and do try not to squish people with > your bike just because you are allowed to! We need to set a good example > and show the Bay Area that we cyclists are courteous and responsible > transit riders just like the rest of those saintly pedestrians! > > > > For more info: > > > > · https://www.ebbc.org/blog > > · http://www.bart.gov/guide/bikes/index.aspx > > > > Be sure to fill out the surveys as well so that Bart can have great data > to work off of (*data-driven decisions* anyone?)! > http://www.research.bart.gov/se.ashx?s=6011868E14FA520D > > > > So for anyone thinking about trying the bicycle thing, now’s a great trial > period for your new bicycle-lifestyle that will surely bring you to work > with a :) smile :) to start your day! > > > > If you have any questions about bicycle safety, bicycle parking, bicycles > in general, and anything related to getting yourself on a bike--please ask! > I love to talk about bicycles. > > > > Ride on, > > David > > > > > > _______________________________________________ spaghettinight mailing list spaghettinight(a)tentacle.net Rabbit administers this list; email them at rabbitface(a)gmail.com if you have questions To unsubscribe send an email to spaghettinight-leave(a)tentacle.net https://tentacle.net/mailman/listinfo/spaghettinight

12 years, 5 months

Fwd: Join us March 26th for the Bay Area Tech Teach-In

by Matthew Senate

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12 years, 5 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] Spiritual analysis of last weeks Meeting

by rusty lindgren

Fair enough, And, I mean, I'm on board with that. One other thought: I think one way we could look at that is similar to a requirements phase on an agile project: You have a tiger team up front(political philosophy people, people with expertise in community org, et all) to set parameters, and then you make the people who write the document the content owners, and overall product owners. Intake comes from all users via email to the product owners, goes into the document, and most of that could happen offline, and if people object we take a vote on issues. I'm a big fan of voting, and don't know why we don't do it. If it keeps the meetings under 45 mins, I won't miss a meeting. -Rusty On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Naomi Most <pnaomi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > OK, so, because it seems to have been assumed that I think > rules/guidelines/articles/whatever are unnecessary, I shall > paraphrase. > > The people who should be working on the > rules/guidelines/articles/whatever are the people who are interested > in these things. > > The people who come to general meetings shouldn't be expected to care > as deeply (or at all). > > General Meetings, in general, set the tone for the culture. Watch how > you apportion time, because the most time-expensive things you make > everybody do are the things people come to expect more of. > > Start as you mean to go on. Embrace the awesome. Backchannel the tedious. > > That's pretty much all I'm saying here. > > --Naomi > > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 3:28 PM, rusty lindgren <rustylindgren(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > Naomi, > > > > I understand where you are coming from, but I think hackers are sometimes > > very naive and get taken advantage of, and have no way out. > > > > So, while those are certainly good foundations for a good group of people > > that you mention, I do think it's short-sighted to assume we don't need > any > > protections. As a point of fact, this all started with our first problem > > between members, and with no process, it could have been worse, even > though > > we don't see it that way. Mob rule is also scary. > > > > Where I will side with you is not that this is ego driven, but that not > > everyone has the same writing skill-set, so this seems a bit ivory tower > of > > us to keep going to this extent, and I guess I missed that angle in > > Patrick's response. Everyone owns their discourse, and I think the > mistake > > is to write one off for the other, and instead we should be focusing on > how > > other people can get involved and how we can make this process more > > achievable for everyone, documenting perspectives rather than going down > > that road. But, I don't think this is an intentional thing by any of the > > members, and we shouldn't be trying to put strain on eachother. > > > > I also think having a formal process isn't necessarily different from > hacker > > tools are effectively leveraged against problems. Why even build > frameworks > > for coding, if in "real life" we can't also use frameworks. > > > > -Rusty > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Naomi Most <pnaomi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Representation is just another bureaucratic process that takes up time > >> and doesn't ultimately matter. > >> > >> All that matters is creating a culture where people respect each > >> other, where everyone feels safe, and where improper behaviors come > >> with real consequences. > >> > >> Rules can create explicit delineations around cultural standards -- a > >> bit like setting yourself reminders to take your vitamin C and brush > >> your teeth -- but without the spirit in place to WANT to "become" > >> those things, the rules are pointless. > >> > >> And when you have the spirit in place, the rules become redundant. > >> > >> --Naomi > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Anon195714 <anon195714(a)sbcglobal.net> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > Case in point of the cultural item I wrote about yesterday in this > >> > thread, that most hackers are more interested in hacking than in > >> > political/administrative tasks. > >> > > >> > Which to my mind supports the case for a representative structure > rather > >> > than trying to engage everyone in tasks that many will find are > tedious > >> > and even incomprehensible. Those who have the expertise and the frame > >> > of mind to take on issues such as revisions of bylaws and so on, > should > >> > be encouraged and formally recognized to do so. > >> > > >> > Re."rules": There's rules and there's rules, and there's agreements > >> > among consenting adults. > >> > > >> > Nobody here would think it amusing to try to hack a rule that forbids > >> > physical aggression against others, e.g. "Hmm, if I just discretely > push > >> > someone so they fall down, and then claim it was an accident, can I > tie > >> > up the group with a six-hour meeting about this and still end up > keeping > >> > my membership?" Or rather, it would be a paradigm case of the most > >> > obnoxious kind of trolling. > >> > > >> > Same case about serving alcohol to people under 21 who might be at > >> > events. That carries the risk of the place getting shut down or > >> > otherwise subjected to external legal sanctions. > >> > > >> > In the end, we're self-governing, so the "rules" we make are > _agreements > >> > among consenting adults_. > >> > > >> > -G. > >> > > >> > > >> > ===== > >> > > >> > > >> > On 13-03-19-Tue 2:28 PM, Naomi Most wrote: > >> >> Look, here's the problem with deliberating long hours over > bureaucracy > >> >> in a hacker organization: > >> >> Greetings lovelies, > >> >> > >> >> If I may step in with some perspective based on about a decade of > >> >> hanging out in hacker groups... > >> >> > >> >> Hackers' primary M.O. is GETTING AROUND RULES. > >> >> > >> >> So, if you, on an individual level, enjoy making up rules and getting > >> >> semantics perfect, you should do that... as a project... on your own > >> >> time. > >> >> > >> >> Because I guarantee you that *at least* those 11 people who abstained > >> >> last week, plus several more I'm sure, were sitting there completely > >> >> disengaged from that special interest project, because it is not > >> >> fundamentally interesting. > >> >> > >> >> Why is it not interesting? Well, for something to be interesting, it > >> >> has to feel as though it actually affects you. > >> >> > >> >> If you believe that rules are made for getting-around, then of what > >> >> interest is it, really, what the content of those rules actually is? > >> >> > >> >> I can make some strong arguments as to why front-loading your > >> >> rules-making in a hacker culture is a waste of time at best, and > >> >> dangerous at worst. (One example: some of the people who are most > >> >> interested in the letter of the law turn out to be the most > interested > >> >> in twisting it to their own ends.) > >> >> > >> >> But to be honest, I'd rather get back to hacking. > >> >> > >> >> I'll see some of you tonight for sudo room radio stuff. Many of you > I > >> >> will not see for radio stuff, because it may not be of interest. :) > >> >> > >> >> Cheers, > >> >> Naomi > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Naomi Theora Most > >> naomi(a)nthmost.com > >> +1-415-728-7490 > >> > >> skype: nthmost > >> > >> http://twitter.com/nthmost > >> _______________________________________________ > >> sudo-discuss mailing list > >> sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > >> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > > > Rusty Lindgren > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Naomi Theora Most > naomi(a)nthmost.com > +1-415-728-7490 > > skype: nthmost > > http://twitter.com/nthmost > -- Cheers, Rusty Lindgren ** -- Cheers, Rusty Lindgren **

12 years, 5 months

Membership dues and such! (more things in the interest of our basic continued operation)

by Tommy York

Hey everyone, I'm going to arrive at our meeting tomorrow relatively early - and plan on leaving relatively late - so that I can collect membership dues in the form of checks and hopefully discuss with people the best method for setting up a physical dropbox... or continuing to encourage people to use WePay, or something else we can collaboratively figure out. In the interim, I've collected very few memberhip dues for April and grow concerned that we won't even meet our rent obligations, unless there's some kind of donation collection I'm not aware of. (... is there?) I'm counting these WePay donations, done in the month of March (link, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlKk2X9KKqlFdDJqRHBYaWRiUDZhRX…) : 3/1/2013 Julie Sammons 3/6/2013 Romy Ilano 3/8/2013 praveen sinha 3/12/2013 Juan Caballero 3/13/2013 Hilary Naylor 3/17/2013 matthew harbowy 3/18/2013 Naomi Sorbet And one check, from Marina Kukso. According to the budget timeline (link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlKk2X9KKqlFdFZJUy12ZUhDUmx2N3… on spreadsheet "budget timeline"), this coming Wednesday would optimally be the last of two Wednesdays of collecting membership dues / donations / whatever we want to call them ("rent-share"?), with next Wednesday as a buffer. This would keep us from grinding as close to the metal as possible... With love, Tommy ----------------- Thomas Riley York (杨德民) 510.926.0510 http://www.linkedin.com/in/tommyyork

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