While I agree that the "how to start" topic has been done, I still believe there should be some kind of Hackerspaces talk at DefCon. Inspiration comes in many forms, and it seems there's a lot of places out there that might need a boost of inspiration. <div>
<br></div><div>Remember, a lot of people from the *same town* end up meeting at talks at conferences and get the ball rolling from there.<div><br></div><div>In terms of evolving, what kind of a presentation would appeal to both those involved in an active space an looking to build one? Would it be valuable to give a panel discussion on the incredibly great things hackerspaces have spawned and the role they hold in the future of the overall global hacker community?</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:03, Bryan Bishop <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kanzure@gmail.com" target="_blank">kanzure@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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From: Leigh Honeywell <<a href="mailto:leigh@hypatia.ca" target="_blank">leigh@hypatia.ca</a>><br>
Date: Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:59 AM<br>
Subject: Re: [austin-hacker-space] Defcon Talk<br>
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</div>Matthew McCabe wrote:<br>
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> To clarify, I am looking for members of the Austin Hackerspace who are interested in speaking at Defcon. I want to figure out who from Austin would like to sit on a panel and talk about forming a hackerspace in the early stages. I will reach out to both the Defcon organizers and other hackerspaces to see if there is interest in having a cross-hackerspace panel on starting hackerspaces. But I want to first figure out who in Austin is interested and what exactly we are going to talk about first...<br>
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> Martin: do you want to sit on the panel?<br>
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> Also, I want to stress that if you are on the panel, you will need to talk. I need people who are willing to contribute to the discussion...not just warm bodies on stage ;)<br>
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> Thanks,<br>
> Matt<br>
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Not to be a wet blanket here, but "how to start a hackerspace" has<br>
been done multiple times before at Defcon, including a panel last<br>
year.<br>
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You're going to need a more interesting angle than "we did it too!" to<br>
get a talk accepted about hackerspaces this year, I think. For<br>
example, the panel I was on last year<br>
(<a href="http://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-archives/dc-17-archive.html#Beth" target="_blank">http://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-archives/dc-17-archive.html#Beth</a>)<br>
focused on projects that the various hackerspaces panellists were<br>
involved with had accomplished, rather than just talking about<br>
starting a space - which has really been done to death.<br>
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