Tuesday, August 12 2008

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Open Community Camp 2008

Date:
11 Aug 08 - 17 Aug 08
Venue:
Roughly between Amsterdam and the Hague, near Schiphol aiport and the town of Leiden at an easily reached outdoor site.

Learn and play with empowering open source technologies. A wonderful week of camping gaining and sharing knowledge. The Wifisoft Foundation organizes Open Community Camp 2008. A week of camping, hacking and social gatherings in the Netherlands. We’re offering a camp site (with an indoor area), power, a solid internet feed, lots of wifi, electricity and, with your helping hands, basic breakfast, meals and barbecues. Depending on the number of groups and logistics we’ll also help to make sure there are additional large tents, chairs and tables. From thereon – it is entirely up to you to make things interesting. We’ve got some 10 confirmed talks and speakers already; on a wide range of topics – from Drupal to Routing to OLPC to ZFS. And of course – there will be a boat trip again through the lakes and canals which surround Leiden.
Spend time on:

  • opensource software,
  • opensource hardware
  • opensource content
  • electronics,
  • wireless,
  • open community building,
  • Meet more geeks, techs and grasroot organisations

Upcoming events

Zimfest 2008

Date:
30 Aug 08

Every year at Zimfest time, thousands get together to celebrate their love for Zimbabwe. In defiance of losing what it means to be Zimbabwean, every year we make Zimfest bigger and better. This year there’s a kaleidoscopic program of Zimbabwean music, sport, food and culture, headlined by the Godfather of Zimbabwe Music…Oliver Mutukudzi.

It is important to remember that ALL Zimfest proceeds are ploughed back into projects that support the youth of Zimbabwe and victims of the current situation, via WEZIMBABWE, the charity that organises Zimfest.

Growing Home Harvest Celebration

Date:
6 Sep 08

Local non-profit Growing Home will offer its annual Harvest Celebration at the Les Brown Memorial Farm in Marseilles, IL. Enjoy refreshments, live music, cooking demonstrations, and chatter about local food with Dennis Ryan and Megan Munitz of Fraiche Kitchen. There will be activities for kids and guided tours of our 10-acre certified organic farm. Come learn about our non-profit job training program for needy Chicagoans while enjoying fresh organic produce and a day on the farm.

70th Birthday gig for Music in Hospitals

Date:
5 Oct 08

from 7.30pm onwards

with

  • LETSwing
  • Bonnington 4 (plus singers from the musical)
  • Steve Barbe
  • Gabriele Gad
  • Jezzer
  • The Rich List (Bruce Richmond and Gary Richardson)
  • Ceri Jones Gemma Rowland Hanna Heissenbuetel Hugh Harris Jane V.