[hackerspaces] Fwd: boy scouts suing hacker scouts

[Mike Outmesguine]

It is important to note that there are dozens of other "scouting"
organizations. Hacker Scouts is the latest in a long line of groups
supporting kids that don't follow the Boy Scouts model. Some of these
non-aligned groups also use the term _blank_ scouts. (For example,
SpiralScouts is a non-Christian scouting group.)

Here is a wiki entry about these other groups:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aligned_Scouting_and_Scout-like_organisations

And a list of these non-aligned scouting groups:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_non-aligned_Scouting_organizations


-Mike


On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Sean Bonner <sean at seanbonner.com> wrote:
> 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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