[hackerspaces] Fwd: boy scouts suing hacker scouts

[Sean Bonner]

Passing this on to the greater Hackerspace community to think about. A few things:

1 - The Boy Scouts have shown they don't give a fuck about public opinion so not sure this will make an impact
2 - That said, getting the word out can't hurt and the more people that know about this the better
3 - This is so fucked up

xo
-s


Begin forwarded message:

> From: phillip torrone <pt at adafruit.com>
> Subject: boy scouts suing hacker scouts
> Date: August 19, 2013 7:49:20 PM MDT
> To: "mitch at CornfieldElectronics.com Altman" <mitch at CornfieldElectronics.com>, Sean Bonner <sean at seanbonner.com>
> Cc: Samantha Cook <sam at hacker-scouts.org>
> 
> hey mitch and sean,
> 
> the boy scouts are suing the hacker scouts, i believe public pressure can get them to back off.
> 
> are you able to email all hackers spaces and do a hacker scout day? this would be a day we celebrate together sending a clear signal that the boy scouts are not going to sue and bully people. we could all change our sites for one day too to get the word out.
> 
> here's a post about this:
> http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2013/08/19/hacker-scouts-is-served-cease-and-desist-letter-from-boy-scouts-of-america-boyscouts/
> 
> hacker scouts post (site is down right now):
> http://hacker-scouts.org/blog/hacker-scouts-and-bsa
> 
> contact info for folks to write in and comment:
> 
> Boy Scouts Google+ page:
> https://plus.google.com/u/0/+BoyScoutsofAmerica/posts
> 
> Boy Scouts Facebook page:
> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Boy-Scouts-of-America/113441755297
> 
> Bot Scouts on Twitter:
> https://twitter.com/boyscouts
> 
> Boy Scouts on YouTube:
> http://www.youtube.com/bsa100years
> 
> Email:
> PR at scouting.org
> 
> The official publication for the adult volunteers site:
> http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org
> 
> On Twitter:
> http://www.twitter.com/scouting
> 
> On Facebook:
> http://www.facebook.com/scoutingmagazine
> 
> Email:
> scoutingmag at gmail.com
> 
> Boy's Life Magazine:
> http://boyslife.org/
> 
> On Twitter:
> https://twitter.com/BoysLife
> Email:
> boyslife.mag at scouting.org
> 


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