This may be of interest to any of you techheads out there with activist leanings...
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 09:37:02 -0700 From: Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Erik Curiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fwd: (Fwd) Ruckus Tech Toolbox Action Camp Update you might also be interested in this.... >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Received: 12 Oct 2001 15:57:03 GMT >From: "jim thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Organization: Greenpeace >To: Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 08:49:59 -0700 >Subject: (Fwd) Ruckus Tech Toolbox Action Camp Update >Priority: normal >Status: U > >Hi > >I figured you three might be interested in this... > >Ruckus society as you probably know are a group of activists who >run proffessional training camps for activists (usaully on NVDA, >media, climbing etc).. Gunnar is their techie guy and has been >putting togetehr a 'tech- camp" where activists, geeks and new >media types can get together and develop new ways of doing >online activism and so forth as well as looking at hacktivism, >electronic civil disobedience and maybe even some critical >technology discussion... anyway for more details of the camp >which was gonna be this past month but got cancelled with >everything else see www.ruckus.org.. the discussions in the >meantime might be interesting tho... > >Jim >------- Forwarded message follows ------- >Date sent: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 12:36:29 -0700 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Allen Gunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Ruckus Tech Toolbox Action Camp Update > >Howdy, > >If you're getting this email, you have signed up online or at some time >expressed interest in staying informed about the camp formerly known as >'eGenius', The Ruckus Society's Tech Toolbox Action Camp. If this is in >error, you can remove yourself from this list by following the instructions >at the bottom of this message. > >This is the first general update, and we've got important news to get out! > >As many of you may have heard, the camp has been rescheduled to June 2002. >We have a tentative location in northern California, but are still >investigating other venues which may have better facilities. > >In the meantime, we are pressing ahead with curriculum development, >fundraising, and partnering. To that end, we have set up two public >discussion lists at riseup.net. Given the additional lead time for the >camp, we want to invite all interested participants to share their thoughts >and knowledge in helping us create the most effective and complete camp we >can. The first list is for general discussion about the camp and the second >list is for discussing issues relating to the "digital divide" as it >applies to technology in activism. > >The general discussion list is <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. This is a public, >open discussion list for anyone who wants to post thoughts or questions >about the action camp. > >The following questions are already posted to the list as a means of >jump-starting the discussion: > >* What would you like to get out of the Tech Toolbox camp? >* Who would you like to hear speak at the Tech Toolbox Action Camp? >* What should we cover at the Tech Toolbox camp? >* What should we NOT cover at the camp? >* What are the coolest and most useful activism web sites and why? >* What are the coolest and most useful technologies being applied to >activist causes and direct actions? >* What web resources, technologies and tools do you wish existed (or can't >find) for use in activism? > >To subscribe to this list, send email to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with the subject line > > subscribe techcamp > >The homepage for the list can be found at > > http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/techcamp > >The digital divide discussion list is <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. This is a >public, open discussion list for anyone who wants to post thoughts or >questions about the "digital divide" as it applies to technology in >activism. This list will also be used to address questions of access and >privilege around technology: who has access to these technologies, who is >online, and who do we leave out when we use these methods to work for change? > >The following questions are already posted to the edivide list as a means >of jump-starting the discussion: > >* Who's addressing the digital divide that we should be talking to for this >camp? >* Where have you experienced the digital divide in your activism? >* What discussions of digital divide, access, and privilege would you like >to see at the camp? > >To subscribe to this list, send email to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with the subject line > > subscribe edivide > >The homepage for the list can be found at > >http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/edivide > >Please take a moment to check out the lists, share your thoughts, and help >us steer the Tech Toolbox Action Camp towards its greatest possible >realization! > >That's all for now; please let us know of any questions and/or issues. > >peace, >gunner > >TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS LIST, reply to this message with "REMOVE" in the >subject line. > > >------------------- >Allen Gunn >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.ruckus.org >------------------- >------- End of forwarded message -------
