HacktionLab 2009/01: A rural hack meeting in the beautiful Wye Valley

south west | miscellaneous | event notice Sunday March 29, 2009 19:51 by adelayde - HacktionLab

Following on from the two successful gatherings so far, a rural hack meeting in the Wye Valley in June 2008 and an urban one in Leeds in October 2008, HacktionLab is pleased to announce its next rural gathering taking place between Thursday 11th and Sunday 14th June 2009 once again in the Wye Valley.

Road to HacktionLab 2008

The aim of HacktionLab is to have a convergence where people interested in and/or working in the areas of alternative media, renewable energy, on-line video distribution, free software and any other form of activism that utilises technology.

The idea for the gathering has come from a number of years of experience gained by activists working for organisations such as Indymedia and includes specific experience from involvement in the Horizone Eco-Village in Stirling (2005), the Camps for Climate Action in Drax (2006), Heathrow (2007) and Kingsnorth (2008) as well as the No Borders camp at Gatwick (2007) and recent experience from the G20 protests in London in March and April 2009.

The convergence is primary aimed at folk who need to learn or share info on doing mobile media access and video work in situations like G8 and G20, no border camps and climate camp convergences.

Please come if you have experience(s) to share will others in order to encourage the amount of shared knowledge in the UK-wide media, free software and alternative technology activist network. The weekend is most suitable for activists using media, geeks and hackers (as opposed to crackers) but would also be of interest to anyone else that is interested in attending is most welcome.

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