[up.int.sam] Stuff thats happening... and stuff

[Lars Johansson]

Yay on LSU network thingie!
Yay for FUF seminar thingie!

As for the PPI thing we're waiting to hear more about the status of
the venue and financing from their part.

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Max Gnipping <max.gnipping at ungpirat.se> wrote:
> Yo everybody!
>
> Thought I'd get out a bit of a status update about some things thats going
> on. Also I'll do it in English cuz it's good practice.
>
> So first thing:
>
> I just got a welcome letter about the LSU European Network-thingie
> (http://www.lsu.se/adimo4/Site/LSU/web/default.aspx?p=2818&t=h401&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1)(link
> in Swedish). So yay me \o/
>
> I'll try hard to abuse it for anything we need to make YPI bigger better
> and more awesome. If anyone has any thought or ideas how to best plunder
> that resource just let me know, the first meet is on Wednesday the 17th.
>
> Numero dos:
>
> Remember me bitching about a joint seminar with the Swedish development
> forum (FUF)? Well, it looks like its gonna happen after all!
>
> Having put together a more awesome group of schemers consisting of an ICT
> and democracy researcher/student/dude living both in Africa and Sweden, a
> senior ICT-policy expert working at Sida and a very humble me we've reached
> pretty final plans of having an evening seminar-thingie in Stockholm 22:d
> of April.
>
> The theme will be something like ICT+Democracy=true? and we're aiming
> towards exploring some pretty deep issues about what new technology does to
> the power balance of state vs. citizen.
>
> Basically, what new tools for democracy has been made available for
> citizens and grass-roots movements around the world (sousveillance) and
> whats been given to governements? And how can we best stimulate and support
> ICT being used for "good" and discourage it being used for "evil".
>
> Sofar we've got three external participants, Walid Al-Saqaf (who's working
> with a news-site providing non-state controlled journalism to the people of
> Yemen), Amara Thiha (A burmese student who's been working with these
> issues) and Carl-Fredrik Wetterqvist (ICT-policy expert for
> näringsdepartementet (the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and
> Communications (woah, way flashier title in english))
>
> Also: we'd like a (preferably young) pirate to participate, so any thoughts
> on suitable young pirates please forward to me :D.
>
> Also also: Looks like FUF will be paying for everything this time so, yay
> no hole in the budget :D
>
> And three:
>
> Did we get anywhere with who's going to Brussels for the PPI thingie? I'll
> probably go either as the Ung Pirat rep. or just as a regular guest because
> it sounds like fun and I feel rich :P. But travel companions are
> appreciated :D.
>
> Stay awesome
> /Max
>
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