[HacktionLab] Fwd: Re: Digital Tools For Activists Event Sat. 10 Jan. 2015

[Charlie Harvey]

Hi All,

Here's an email from a pal at Peace News -- it sounds like it might be
something that people on these lists could help out with. I can't that
weekend.

Cheers,


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Digital Tools For Activists Event Sat. 10 Jan. 2015
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 17:10:33 +0000
From: Charlie Harvey <charlie at newint.org>
To: benjamindiss at googlemail.com

On 30/10/14 16:21, Benjamin wrote:
> Dear Charlie,
>      I hope that you are well. It has been way too long since our
> paths crossed. I do hope that you are still at New Internationalist
> (otherwise this email is unlikely to reach you). I am still in
> Brighton I'm involved with a weekly drop in clinic here trying to
> promote free software.
> 
> I have also just taken on the organisation of an event for Peace News,
> to take place on Sat. 10 Jan. 2015. Peace News are developing a suite
> of online tools to be called Zylum. Basically its for the least tech'
> savvy campaigners out there. People who understand email but would
> otherwise just post everything about their campaign on Facebook. PN's
> vision is to provide an integrated, public email list rather like
> Mailchimp. Plus an organisers email list rather like Riseup. Plus a
> really basic template based website for folk who find even Wordpress
> too complicated. Plus a really basic online WP document sharing thing
> a bit like Google docs, Basecamp or Dropbox. All this without selling
> your data to advertisers.
> 
> So, partly to launch this set of tools and partly just to get people
> together to talk about tech' in activism - I am organising a kind of
> day-school of workshops to be hosted at Greenpeace in London.
> 
> I need to schedule workshops for the least technical, the kind of
> medium ground people who already use Wordpress - sort of thing, and
> for the more experienced folk who want to talk about PGP, TOR, etc.
> 
> At the moment I am trying to figure out the best people to invite. and
> which workshops to have people deliver. Would you like to come? Would
> you like to present a workshop? Can you think of anyone else,
> individuals or collectives whom I should invite, either to share their
> expertise or because they are still haven't grasped the importance of
> free software and online security for their campaign(s) - and they
> really need to learn about some of this stuff.
> 
> Some time next week I should have a budget, after that I shall be able
> to say what we can pay in terms of expenses to anyone who delivers a
> workshop, or anyone who really should be there to learn but cannot
> afford the train fare.
> 
> Oh, and we are still trying to think of a catchy name for the event,
> so let me know if you have any ideas.
> 
> Do let me know ASAP if you have any thoughts, as January is creeping
> up shockingly quickly and I need to begin inviting people now.
> Speak soon,
> Benjamin.
> 
> ----------------------------------------
> 


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