Social Tech Brewing: re-loaded for 2006

[Joe Murray]

Of interest to those in the Toronto area.

Joe Murray, PhD
President, JMA Consulting
57 Grandview Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  M4K 1J1
416.466.1281, 416.466.1277 (f)
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Skype: josephpmurray

-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Smith [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: January 20, 2006 2:29 PM
To: [hidden email]; Discussion list for wirelesstoronto.;
Drupal Users Group Toronto; [hidden email]
Subject: [webofchange] Social Tech Brewing: re-loaded for 2006

Dear friends of Social Tech Brewing,

After a few months off, I'm happy to share with you that we will be back to
meeting regularly in 2006. We've been working hard behind the scenes to
re-tool the Social Tech Brewing series to be more dynamic than ever before,
and we've partnered with some great people to make that possible.

Gatherings will begin on February 2nd - the first Thursday in February - and
continue every *other* month until the end of the year. So please join us
for our 2006 launch event on February 2nd, 6:30PM, at the Centre for Social
Innovation to find out more about what we have in store for 2006. February's
theme is presented below and the location details, directions, map, and an
RSVP form can be found here: http://upcoming.org/event/51961

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DUDE, IS THAT YOUR SPYWARE IN MY NEW CD?

It's timely that the night after the $250-a-plate fundraiser for Sarmite
Bulte (http://snipurl.com/lrkx) and the "balanced meal"  
counter-dinner hosted by Online Right Canada (http://snipurl.com/
lrky) - and just days before a federal election that has brought Canadian
copyright issues back into the media spotlight - Social Tech Brewing should
have opportunity to bring you such an incredible line- up of voices for
freedom and fair use.

These "copyfighters" are in the trenches working to help protect the rights
of Canadians and to defend our public domain. As corporate lobbyists and big
money recording interests scramble to get their buddies into power on
Monday, Social Tech Brewing Co. brings you the vanguard of the grassroots
copyright/copyleft activism movement in Canada! Sharing their stories,
experiences, and ideas with us on Feburary 2nd will be:

Ren Bucholz

Online Rights Canada Web Organizer & Electronic Frontier Foundation  
Policy Coordinator, Americas (http://onlinerights.ca, http://eff.org)

Damien Fox

CIPPIC/Canadian Software Innovation Alliance (http://www.cippic.ca/,  
http://www.softwareinnovation.ca/, http://wirelessnomad.ca)

Neil Leyton

Fading Ways' Director & Founder Musician, producer, indie label  
entrepreneur, and copyleft activist (http://www.fadingwaysmusic.com/)

(FULL BIOS ARE BELOW)

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As always, our format will be fast and fun and will provide ample  
time for questions, answers, followed by drinks and conversation at a  
nearby bar. Please take a moment to either RSVP to  
[hidden email] or to indicate your attendance on our  
event page at Upcoming.org (http://upcoming.org/event/51961).

I look forward to seeing you there!

Phillip on behalf of the Social Tech Brewing coordinators

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BIOGRAPHIES

Ren Bucholz

ORC Web Organizer & EFF Policy Coordinator, Americas

Ren Bucholz is based in Toronto, Ontario, where he works on  
international policy for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (http://
www.eff.org). His primary focus is on Canada and South America, but  
he often finds himself in other places as well. He moonlights as the  
webmaster for OnlineRights.ca (www.onlinerights.ca), a grassroots  
activism initiative sponsored by EFF and CIPPIC (www.cippic.ca).  
Before EFF, Ren managed a noncommercial radio station and worked for  
one of the first Internet broadcasters. He has also helped start a  
political action committee (http://www.ipaction.org) that works on  
many of EFF's issues and a monthly social night for copyfighters  
(www.copynight.org). Ren majored in journalism at the University of  
Colorado at Boulder, where he graduated with honors.

Damien Fox

CIPPIC/Canadian Software Innovation Alliance

Damien completed undergraduate studies in International Relations, a  
Master's degree in Political Theory, and an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall  
Law School. Currently, he is the Copyright Outreach Coordinator for  
the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic in Ottawa,  
focusing on open-source copyright issues and starting the Canadian  
Software Innovation Alliance. He is also a cofounder of Wireless  
Nomad, a user-owned, 100% open-source ISP providing high-speed  
Internet with free public WiFi to homes and businesses, and the  
organizer of the Toronto Wi-Fi Meetup Group, a wireless technology  
user and developer group that meets monthly.

Previously, he worked in Canada, Japan and the Philippines as a crew  
leader with a geophysical exploration company, worked at the  
University of Toronto fundraising department, and served as an intern  
with the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco.

Neil Leyton

Fading Ways' Director & Founder Singer/songwriter and founding  
director of Fading Ways Records (Canada) and Fading Ways Music UK,  
indie labels using Creative Commons licences on their album releases  
and Share sampler series. Leyton has spoken at conferences in Toronto  
(U of T Law School's Sound Bytes, Sound Rights), London (MusicTank),  
Helsinki (Arcada CC Workshop), and Berlin (Popkomm) exposing the  
inequities of the music business and pointing the way to a friendlier  
music industry with a much brighter future. Fading Ways Music will  
have released its 50th music title by the end of 2006 and its fan-
based street teams support Creative Commons throughout Fading Ways'  
distributed territories. His new album "The Betrayal of the Self",  
recorded in Stockholm last October, will be released in May.


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