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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:15:57 -0400
To: announce@isoc-ny.org
From: ISOC-NY announcements
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...8-461b017d4590

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/200...g-webcast.html
or more particularly
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...27F10BB97869DF
(note the first segment is listed last)

.nyc
http://nycbroadband.blogspot.com/200...g-webcast.html
(audio only)


Joly MacFie
212 608 1334
http://isoc-ny.org
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