http://www.eclectictechcarnival.org/
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Inviting All Women-
Including gender minorities and female-identified
persons.
The seventh Eclectic Tech Carnival will be held from
Sunday the 25th until Saturday the 31st of May in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The /ETC is a unique tech skill-share that has been
held annually since 2002. The emphasis has always been
women sharing their experiences, knowledge and skills
around free software, open hardware and universal
interoperability of systems in a fun way.
We are calling all women who are interested in the
Eclectic Tech Carnival to register via the following
form:
https://eclectictechcarnival.org/register
Registration closes at 23:59 on 1 April 2008.
Participate! Whether you want to follow the content of
the event or whether you want to present a workshop,
lecture, performance, playlab, intervention,
exhibition, you name it (to a certain degree) at the
/ETC you're welcome.
In addition to the skill-share program, this year the
Eclectic Tech Carnival will be focusing on a number of
specific political issues: the "life cycle" of
hardware - from mining, to labour practices in the
manufacturing industry, to waste management. In
addition we will explore why there seems to be so
little public interest in Privacy, or lack of, on the
Net. And what can we learn from the Creative Commons
movement?
The participation fee of /ETC 2008 is as follows:
For all seven days: a sliding scale of 30/60/120 Euros
(at your own discretion).
Per single day: 6 Euros.
The evenings will be open to the public and free of
charge.
Our graded, scaled fee system aims to take into
account that women are from varying contexts. This
includes income, country of origin and personal
priorities.
The registration fee is collected from all
participants: attendees, contributors and organisers.
It covers, among other things, vegan food for all.
We cannot accept payment on-line so please be prepared
to pay cash, in Euros when you arrive.
We have reserved a limited number of beds in a Youth
Hostel, which will be filled on a first come, first
served basis. If there are more people in need of
accommodation, we will do our best to find a bed among
our friends and acquaintances in Amsterdam.
There is a discreet amount of money for those who need
a travel grant. Please keep in mind that we do not
reimburse flights but only [cheap] 2nd class train or
bus tickets. One condition is that you need to
register before April 1st 2008. We will look at each
request individually.
Please feel free to contact us at any time starting
immediately.
C o n t a c t :
The /ETC 2008 is organized by the Genderchangers and
EYFA.
www.genderchangers.org
www.eyfa.org
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