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Joe Murray on
Jan 26, 2006; 9:42pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/Social-Tech-Brewing-re-loaded-for-2006-tp187.html
Of interest to those in the Toronto area.
Joe Murray, PhD
President, JMA Consulting
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From: Phillip Smith [mailto:
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Sent: January 20, 2006 2:29 PM
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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***********************************
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)
***********************************
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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