[Noisebridge-discuss] "Hack Politics" -- still going on?

[jim]

    (more opinion and advice) i think there's no necessary 
conflict with the Guidelines. It's a matter of focus and 
action: mainly if the topics are kind of academic in a 
researchy kind of way and don't advocate actions that might 
affect the obvious political interests, there should be no 
problem. e.g. education is a topic that's tightly coupled 
with politics, so is nutrition, so is habitat and issues of 
living, making a.... 
    what can we individuals do to improve our lots and/or 
affect the power structures that ostensibly serve the public? 
    i.e., don't get partisan. 



On Sun, 2011-05-15 at 22:13 -0700, Praveen Sinha wrote:
> Hey there --
> 
> I have to fess up to this one.  I created this event after some
> chatter on the list, and while I am very passionate on the topic and
> have a long term interest in it, I've been just too overcommitted this
> year to maintain it and haven't been able to find someone else to keep
> it going.  
> 
> I completely spaced taking down the event from the wiki -- if you want
> to take it on, please feel free.  I may otherwise try to revive it
> sometime in the future after I get over my current hump.  I could even
> work with you for a couple of sessions if you want to pair  on it  for
> a bit (there may be some other people that could be interested in
> leading this as well).
> 
> Some words of advice (on my todo list):
>    -- the combination of "hacking" and "politics" is a potential
> magnet for crazies.   Make sure you keep focused and find ways to weed
> out people who just like to hear themselves talk early on.   One
> conspiracy theorist that doesn't shut up is worth 10 right wing
> infiltrators
>    -- there is a lot of interest in this topic, but keep the topics
> simple and focused and harness data and multimedia as much as
> possible.   Political discussions that go no where are exhausting, but
> sharing stories, numbers, and tactics help take politics from a
> theoretical stance to a grounded hackable sphere.  
> 
> Cheers,
> Praveen
> 
> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Danny Colligan
> <dannycolligan at gmail.com> wrote:
>         Hello Noisebridge mailing list,
>         
>         I was wondering if the "Hack Politics" meetup which is listed
>         as a
>         recurring event on the following two wiki pages is still going
>         on.
>         
>         https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Events
>         https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Hack_Politics
>         
>         I came to the Noisebridge space today at 7pm (when the pages
>         say it
>         would be happening) but no one present seemed to know anything
>         about
>         it.
>         
>         Thanks,
>         
>         Danny Colligan
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