[AktiviX] Media Hacklab open meeting this Sunday

[asa at custard.org]

An open meeting for the Media Hacklab is taking place this
Sunday the 9th of May at Freedom Press Bookshop, Whitechapel. 
Sunday's meeting will be more about the long term direction of the 
Hacklab, such as how we prefer to fund it and our attitude towards 
non-free/proprietory software in the lab. All are welcome to 
attend.

Freedom Press Bookshop address: Angel Alley, 84b Whitechapel High
Street, London E1 7QX. The alley is next to the KFC near Aldgate
East tube, Whitechapel Art Gallery exit.

We are preparing for this meeting by collaboratively creating an
agenda using our wiki. Please add any points you'd like to raise
at the meeting:
 http://wiki.hacklab.org.uk/index.php/Agenda_9th_May_2004

There will also be a benefit night at the ex-Grand Banks Social 
Centre, Saturday the 15th of March at 8pm. There will be food, a 
cafe, a juice bar, DJs and live music. Suggested donation at door: 
£2 waged, £1 unwaged. There will be another PC building workshop 
at 5pm, before the main event. If you've ever wanted to learn how 
to build your own PC from scratch (either from new parts, saving 
yourself money or from reused parts, saving even more money!) then 
this is the place to learn. No experience required! You can even 
bring your own parts and we will help you to get your PC working. 
There will also be other possible stuff happening like the selling 
of cheap GNU/Linux CDs and a workshop on the politics of Linux vs. 
Windows.

Social centre address: Grand Banks, 156-158 Fortess Road, Tufnell 
Park, NW5 - just opposite Tufnell Park tube. Bus: 4, 134 or 210.
http://www.wombles.org.uk

About the Hacklab

A new Media Hacklab is getting started in the east end of London.
Based at the Freedom Press bookshop and social centre, it will be
an open access computer lab with internet access. Going beyond the
preponderance of internet cafes, a Hacklab is a political space
used for alternative media, the use and development of free
software and other emancipatory technologies, skill sharing and
collective learning, community projects and anything else we can
organise. The projects that happen there will depend on the
commitment of those involved.

Media Hacklab at Freedom Press Bookshop:
 http://www.hacklab.org.uk

Or if you can help at the next benefit, please let us know on the
mailing list and sign up on our wiki:
 http://wiki.hacklab.org.uk/index.php/Benefit_May_2004

Contact us on the mailing list:  freedomlab at sinroot.net
Or subscribe:  http://sindormir.net/mailman/listinfo/freedomlab

Please circulate widely.