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| 1.About ETC/
| 2.INVITATION

|
|
| 1.About ETC/

|
| WHAT
| ====
| Eclectic Tech Carnival 2006, a carnival of

exchanging
| computer-related skills, ideas and art. By women and

for women.
| /etc2006, 4-8 September, Timisoara, Romania

|
| HISTORY
| =======
| Since 2001, the network of women who help organize

the
| Eclectic Tech Carnival or /etc has grown both far

and wide.
| We are geographically some-what diverse and we have

varied
| experiences and expertise in computing, technology,

art
| and activism. We are an eclectic bunch. Since the

northern
| summer of 2002, we (or some subset there of) have

successfully
organized
| an annual Eclectic Tech Carnival.

|
| To connect, to network in real life. The global

village
| has come at the price of community. We are

interested in
| tech things and like to play with it. We know there

are
| other women who are also interested. There is little
| opportunity for us to get together. And there is

even
| less open space for women to learn new skills. It is
| especially hard for those with little resources to

make
| a start.
| We want to change that!
| We want to help women feel confident enough to

'hack'
| their own way into northern and male domination of

digital
| technology.
| We can do it!
| We want to help women learn to use Free/Libre and
| Open Source Software.

|
| Why the name /etc?
| ==================
| Well, /etc is a directory of the linux file system.

In
| this directory called /etc (short for etcetera) are

all
| the important configuration files for your computer

and
| its networking (hostname, hosts, networks). We asked
| ourselves, "If we were part of the linux file

system,
| what would we be?" The /etc directory seemed the

best
| place for a carnival of ideas and then the name

Eclectic
| Tech Carnival or /etc for short was born.

|
| Organisation
| ============
| All people involved work as volunteers. We rely on
| donations and accept them with glee ;-) In 2004, we
| received funding from HIVOS for the /etc in

Belgrade.
| In 2005 we received funds from Mamacash and HIVOS.

This
| year NCDO and hopefully also Global Fonds for Women

will
| help out too.
| The project is a collective action. We think

computers and
| technology are not only vital tools in today's

world, but
| also a lot of fun. We want it to be fun for those

who come
| to the carnival. If you would like to come to the

carnival
| or to facilitate a workshop, please contact us or

fill out
| our registration form.

|
| www.eclectictechcarnival.org (subscriptions till 20

August)
|
| By using and teaching others to use Free/Libre and

Open
| Source Software we have more freedom and control

over our
| work and projects in whatever we do, be it activism,

art
| or technology or a combination thereof. "Free and

Open
| Source" basically means that the code that makes up
| software or applications is not kept secret. Users

and
| programmers have access to the "source code". This

allows
| the community of users to adapt, modify and improve

the
| software itself - sometimes at an astonishing rate.
| We believe that to be independent of the experts and

so
| called authority figures you need to be autodidactic

and
| DIY. Fixing your bicycle, car, computer. In fact

women are
| already very technical. They use sewing machines,

weave,
| spin and knit (it was weaving that lead to the first
| computer programs).
| There will be communication barriers, a good

metaphor for
| ICT. We will become Information and Communication

Teachers
| in order to break these barriers.
| By asking what women want and what they have to

offer we
| strive to be inclusive. Please contact us if you are
| interested in the carnival.
| It will be okay to break things.
| It will be exhausting.
| Come join us!

|
| /etc2006 Romania and Partners
| =============================
| The fifth Eclectic Tech Carnival will take place in
| Timisoara, Romania, in collaboration with h.arta
| (a group of three artists) and D Media (NGO for
| independent media www.dmedia.ro).
| Other participating organizations and individuals

are
| Feramenta (women's hackers collective in Italy),
| SysterServer (web hosting and learning server

project
| run by an international group of women), Gender

Changer
| Academy (locally based computer hardware training

for
| women by women), Creative Catalyst by Helen Varley
| Jamieson (NZ) (playwright, writer, web developer,

cyber
| former) and SisterO by Nancy Mauro-Flude (AT)
| (performing artist and associated researcher at
| Institute Network Cultures [INC])
|

________________________________________________________________
|
| 2.INVITATION

|
| The Eclectic Tech Carnival 2006: "The Learning

Bazaar"
| http://eclectictechcarnival.org/
| Five days and nights of learning,

sharing, creating and
experimenting with
| computer technology - by women, for women.
| DATES: Monday 4th - Friday 8th September
| PLACE: Youth House, str.Aries nr. 19, Timisoara
| COST: sliding fee scale in ecorates - see the web

site for
details
| REGISTRATION: until 20 August
| THEME: The Learning Bazaar
| LANGUAGE: English, with Romanian translations
| CONTACT: tali@???
| The Eclectic Tech Carnival (/etc) is an annual

nomadic event
organised by
| an international collective of women into free

technology and
free
| culture. Workshops, seminars and cultural and social

activities
and held
| in a friendly women-only space.
| What's it about?
| - women learning with women
| - using and understanding FLOSS (Free/Libre Open

Source
Software)
| - DIY culture and knowledge sharing
| - gender and technology
| - creating and distributing our own content in our

own cultural
space
| What will be happening?
| The /etc features a programme of computer workshops

during the
day and
| cultural activities in the evening. The full

programme will be
on the web
| site closer to the time of the festival and will

include the
following:
| - computer hardware: take it apart and put it back

together
again
| - Linux: learn the basics or share and extend your

skills
| - FLOSS: what is it and how you can use it?
| - HTML: hand-coding web pages
| - other scripting languages: Perl, Python, Java,

Ruby, etc
| - computers as creative tools: UpStage, Keyworx,

streaming
audio and video
| - lecture on Creative Commons
| - hands-on woodwork workshop
| - "Creative Cocktail Bar"
| Public Presentations - everyone invited:
| Tuesday 5th, 18.00 - 20.00: 'Open Discussion'
| Friday 8th, from 18.00: 'Closing Carnival'
| More information and programme:

http://eclectictechcarnival.org/
| Subscriptions at:

tali@???
| Presented by the WAITS Foundation in collaboration

with D Media
and H.Arta
|
|
|
|

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