[PLUG] Anyone heading to HOPE?

[Stephanie Alarcon <steph.alarcon@gmail.com>]

Hi!

I just joined because a colleague at work, Randall, cleverly suggested 
that I post some info about the Next HOPE conference coming up this 
weekend.  (Yes, they thought the last one was truly The Last HOPE, but 
it turns out that the site, Hotel Penn, didn't get turned into condos 
because the economy is in the crapper.)  I'm part of Hive76 and a stack 
of us are headed to NYC for the Hackers on Planet Earth conference, 
sponsored by 2600 magazine.  I've been twice before and always been 
impressed with the quality and quantity of speakers and activities. 
It's actually a really good bargain, like $85 now, $100 at the door. 
I'm doing a talk about electronic waste on Friday night.  Anyone else 
doing a talk and feel like getting together to practice?

 A bunch of Philly people are going, and Hive76 is helping to setup the 
Hackerspace Village and a neat OpenAMD project starting this Thursday. 
If you're up for volunteering, see 
http://thenexthope.org/2010/06/the-next-hope-needs-volunteers/ or 
http://www.hive76.org/next-hope-is-next-weekend or email me and I'll 
tell you what I know about what's needed.

Also, my sources tell me that PLUG into Hive76 is looking a little 
anemic these days.  I'll talk to folks and find out if anyone at Hive 
has energy to revive it, but please feel free to get in touch with us if 
you want to help make it happen.  People are really, really busy over there.

Best!

Stephanie
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