[sudo-discuss] Riotcon? Who's interested

[Jenny Ryan]

I've also been ideating around and planning a conference at the
intersection of culture, technology and activism, but I'm not really a fan
of the language of 'riot' and 'rupture'. Can you explain the premise a bit
more?

I'd be interested in collaborating with others to put on a conference
that's hands-on, unconference-style, and innovatively done as DIY and free
as possible. Donation-based conference in which any profit made goes to the
Omni in pursuit of buying the building, in which we crowdfund to pay for
flights for some rad speakers/workshop facilitators, and create a system
for coordinating couchsurfs, rideshares, bikeshares, etc... in which we
collaborate with Food Not Bombs to feed ourselves over the course of the
event...

In particular - and I am a big fan of HOPE - I'd like to encourage an
inclusive model of 'technology' and 'hacking', wherein social and political
problems are addressed through the sociocultural application of technology
(which always shapes and is shaped by, y'know...)

If this is way too different from what you had in mind, I'm confident we
could host separate tech/activism conferences. If it sounds aligned, then
let's continue the conversation! I'm 90% confident we'll have our permits
in place for group assembly by early next year.

Cheers,

Jenny
http://jennyryan.net
http://thepyre.org
http://thevirtualcampfire.org
http://technomadic.tumblr.com

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 "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-Laurie Anderson

"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
 -Hannah Arendt

"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
-Stéphane Mallarmé
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On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Gregg Horton <greggahorton at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> I just got back from HOPE last week and i have some renewed energy to
> bring back a hackmeet type event. There will be a name change, now known as
> RiotCon. The emphasis will be on art, society, hacking, and rupture.
>
> I'd love to host it at sudoroom, but i don't know if that viable yet.
> Looking at doing it early next year most likely.
>
> If you're interested in helping plan it, let me know.
>
> Hurray!
>
> Gregg Horton
>
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