[pp.int.general] Call for ideas

[Amelia Andersdotter]

dear pptn,

try get a hold of rafik dammak at dynamic youth coalition of the igf.
he's been involved with global internet governance issues for a number
of years, he is supercool, and is currently a phd at tokyo university.

he's also been an avid defender of tunisian blogger rights through
global voices, i think.

he is @rafik at twitter.com if you don't already know him

/a

> Hi Pirates,
>
> We're the Tunisian Pirate Party, many of us have been involved for a
> long time already in net freedom, civil rights and hacktivism. For
> years now, we're having this project about doing an international
> conference on the subjects with speakers from countries where internet
> is censored and governments/dictatorships are very oppressive  against
> freedom of speech and civil rights along others from countries were
> the political situation permits free speech, political opposition or
> some sort of it. 
>
> We've advanced on the content of the conference and the way it'll
> include offline and online submission (broadcasted live hopefully). We
> did not do alot of promotion yet as we want this event to be
> relatively small in size nevertheless we've planned to launch a
> website, engage press relations and build up a buzz online. If you
> feel to join, help or have ideas we'd really appreciate that, the
> tentative dates are December 31st, Jan 2nd. 
>
> We're looking for 
>  + speakers from pirate parties that could contribute ideas and
> analysis on the above mentioned topics.
>  + an offline venue with reliable internet connection that fits around
> 50 people, accessible by airplane, free or inexpensive (west or east
> europe, africa, mediterranean islands). 
>  + help in organisation, marketing, housing, connectivity, PR,
> bringing local sponsors (some bucks and ingredients to organize a
> closing party could be helpful). 
>
> Well I think that's it, we've got many motivated and talented people
> that  are willing to travel and volunteer. We've got the slides,
> talks, translation resources in arabic, french and english
> and cheerful ideas to spread.  We were thinking of organizing the
> event in an african country (with no cyber censorship) but the travel
> costs are quiet an issue for most of us so europe would be fine. Last
> but not least we could get some talented artists to join in as special
> guests so that we spend a happy new pirate year.
>
> I'm sorry if this email doesn't fit well the list, but we'd really
> appreciate it if you can join us, do something or spread the word.
>
> SuX
> Parti Pirate Tunisien
> sux at partipirate-tn.org <mailto:sux at partipirate-tn.org>
>  
>
>
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