.xX INVITATION TO A PLUG'N'POLITIX/CONNECT CONGRESS IN BCN - 2004 Xx.
"Plug'n'Politix" [1] is a network of groups dedicated to merging politics and technology through squatting and free software. It brings together those involved in open-access spaces, anarchist computing collectives and hacklabs, through the 'connect@squat.net' mailing-list [2] and occasional congresses.
In October 2001, a number of such groups and individuals gathered in the Egocity squat [3] in Zürich, Switzerland, for 3 days of discussions, debates and workshops. This was the first "Connect Congress".
The second "Connect Congress" will be held in Barcelona, on December 3rd, 4th, 5th 2004. It is being hosted by the Cyberforat squatted cybercafé/hacklab [4], and collectively organized through the connect mailing-list and wiki [5].
It is meant to be complementary to hackmeetings and other public activist tech events, by being private and work-focused. Because of this, and because of the limited number of resources, we need people willing to participate to register beforehand, by filling up the following form, and send it back to connect@squat.net. In addition to this, individuals should add themselves to the "summary of people present" on the wiki page [6].
Notes:
[1] More on http://squat.net/pnp/.
[2] To subscribe: https://squat.net/mailman/listinfo/connect/ (this is a private mailing-list, so please send a presentation message)
[3] Egocity was evicted in January 2004. See http://egocity.net/.
[4] See http://cyberforat.net/.
[5] https://squat.net/pnp/wiki/.
[6] http://squat.net/pnp/wiki/moin.cgi/PnpBcnRegistrationForm
(GROUP) REGISTRATION FORM
1 - Which group are you affiliated with?
2 - How many of you will be coming?
3 - When are you planning to come/leave?
4 - What hardware can you bring (if any)?
5 - Do you want to propose a workshop/discussion/action/performance?
6 - Do you need a translation (primary language will be int. english)?
7 - Is there anything else everyone should know?
GROUP PRESENTATION
A moment is planned for each group participating to present itself. In order to facilitate the process, we suggest you use the following questions as a skeleton for your presentation:
brief history of your group?
main projects/current point(s) of focus?
problems/questions/things to share/debates/perspectives?
See you in Barcelona!