NYC LOCAL: Tuesday 21 October 2008 Internet Society NY Meeting and More

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 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:15:57 -0400
 To: announce@isoc-ny.org
 From: ISOC-NY announcements <announce@isoc-ny.org>
 Subject: [isoc-ny] ISOC-NY coming events / recent webcasts

 ISOC-NY Meetings

 ISOC-NY is not having it's regular monthly meeting this
 month. However there will be two working group meetings.

 TONIGHT! Tue Oct 21 Event planning meeting 7-8pm
 - rm 317 251 Mercer st (Warren Weaver Hall - NYU)

 THURSDAY! Oct 23  ISXubuntu working group      7-8pm    - location tbd

 Check  http://isoc-ny.org/wiki/Current_events for details.

 The November Monthly meeting will be at NYU on Nov 18th
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 Internet Freedom Bash

 On Thursday Oct 23 freepress are holding the 1st Annual Internet
 Freedom Bash at the Maritime Hotel.  Star-studded line up. Tix
 are $50. Details are on http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=446

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 Evan Korth's Computers and Society @ NYU - Fall 2008 Series -
 co-sponsored by ISOC-NY

 Three sessions have been held thus far.


 Tim Westergren - The Future of Music
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REdIEs01tVs&fmt=18 

 Fred Benenson - Brief History of Copyright
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-BPinwvthI&fmt=18 

 Fred Benenson - Creative Commons & Free Culture
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXmhXJ0pddI&fmt=18 

 Supposedly John Perry Barlow is up next but he is yet to
 confirm. After that we have

 11/5/2008               Douglas Rushkoff
 11/9/2008               Lawrence Lessig
 11/19/2008              Andrew Rasiej

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 One Web Day 2008

 Video of the Sep 22 Washington Square event is now available at 
 http://dotsub.com/view/05bde6ad-9e45-4877-bf38-461b017d4590

 It needs to be transcribed in English, so that it can be
 translated to other languages. Volunteers?

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 City Council Hearings

 There have been two hearings of interest recently. Both were
 somewhat contentious, and are well worth reviewing as the issues
 continue to reverberate.

 White Spaces
 http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/2008/09/white-spaces-hearing-webcast.html
 or more particularly
 http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=1027F10BB97869DF 
 (note the first segment is listed last)

 .nyc 
 http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/2008/10/dot-nyc-hearing-webcast.html
 (audio only)


 Joly MacFie 
 212 608 1334
 http://isoc-ny.org 
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Jay Sulzberger <secretary@lxny.org>
Corresponding Secretary LXNY
LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization.
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