[hackerspaces] Fwd: boy scouts suing hacker scouts

[matt]

how about... hacker youth!


On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Dr. Glass DPM <glass.dpm at gmail.com> wrote:

> I couldn't agree more.  Thanks Mitch
>
> Sent via mobile (so I'm not responsible for autocorrected words which make
> no sense)
>
> On Aug 21, 2013, at 11:43 AM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> We really need to put pressure on the F*!&^#(&-ing  A*!&^#(&-holes.  They
> really do not seem to care about the world we all inhabit, and need to be
> put in their place.
>
> MAKE, Sparkfun, Adafruit are into pressuring the BSA.  If we can get a
> bunch of hackerspaces to do the same, we will make an impact.
>
> "no matter what happens, how we all react to a group like the BSA will
> define "us" fighting and losing is ok, but i think you need to fight it all
> the way… think of a world where there are hacker scouts, learning sharing
> and it would all start with a shared victory together over an old
> oppressive scared group trying to get in the way of the future." -- Phil
> Torrone, of Adafruit
>
> Here are just a few places to add some well-placed comments:
> >>>>>> 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
>
> Best,
> Mitch.
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: isdale at gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 21:56:52 -1000
> To: discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
> Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Fwd: boy scouts suing hacker scouts
>
> Unfortunately "The Boy Scouts have held a congressional charter since 1916
> that gives the organization the "exclusive right to use emblems, badges,
> descriptive or designating marks, and words or phrases" that it adopts.
> Groups such as the Girl Scouts of the USA, Red Cross and Little League
> Baseball have similar protection."
> (LA Times
> http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-boy-scouts-threaten-hacker-scouts20130819,0,2398209.story
> )
>
> It is interesting that there are many other groups (noted in earlier
> emails) that include the term 'scout' in their name.  Why have they not
> been threatened by BSA? or perhaps they have been?
>
> Jerry Isdale
> http://mauimakers.com
> http://spaceGAMBIT.org
>
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