[Adminsysters] Invitation

[Helen Varley Jamieson]

it sounds really great; but i'm not the person to go, i don't know
enough about what they want to be able to give a workshop. (& am also
really busy, as usual).

i hope one of the others can go ...

h : )

On 05.03.19 18:26, obaz wrote:
> Hi!
> I've received this invitation to an event in Ukraine. I can't go, so
> Xenia asked me if I could forward it to you all adminsysters.
>
> If any of you is interested, please let me know and I will forward you
> Xenia's email and PGP key.
>
> Ciao :)
> obaz
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> ++++++++
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> Hi!
>
> Xenia here
>
> So, we are organizing a gathering of hackers and activists in Kyiv,
> Ukraine, between April 23 and April 30, with the Delta.Chat team, but
> also other folks from decentralized messaging projects.
>
> I met with Jenny and we discussed about making a feminist workshop
> there, for all those feminist activists who are interested in diving
> into system administration and also for those women who want to talk
> about tech in a safe and non-mixed environment.
>
> In Kyiv there's a very curious situation: it's in the same time a very
> progressive space, with active community, lots of IT specialists, lots
> of Internet service providers, active civil society, but it's also the
> rise of right-wing, patriarchical trends, and many feminist activists
> are finding themselves lonely and unprepared, also from the point of
> view of communication infrastructures.
>
> So we are looking forward to organize a half-day or even 2 times half a
> day workshop for those women, and with them, to give some basics on
> administrating email servers, may be also IRC and or Jabber or Riot or
> Mastodon - anything that we would like to focus on. But also to talk to
> them, listen about their needs and desires, and decide how we can
> actually support them or build things together on a longer-term.
>
> Practically speaking, we will rent a few flats where people can stay,
> and I think there will be a special non-mixed flat, where we can hang
> out. We will also have a base camp -- a bigger place in a nice district
> of Kyiv, called Podil, which is kind of central but not bourgeois, the
> district where many anarchists and artists live. In the base camp we
> will hang out, hack around, cook food together, share some drinks,
> smokes and other.
>
> On Sunday we will have a big Game, where we will test the new Delta.Chat
> release, in the city. We will have two teams and many fun tasks - from
> reporting on police and mapping them (with our function of secure
> location streaming), to finding hidden dead drops in the city.
>
>
>
> I really really really would love someone from Syster Servers to Come
> and Join us!! The Heart of Code will come, at least Jenny said they
> would try to bring two people from the collective.
>
> If you consider coming, we can talk about how we can reimburse your
> flights, and we will take care of the accomodation.
> Everything is very cheap once you're in Kyiv, it's like 50 cents for a
> beer, and 2 euro for a full meal. We will also have many things at the
> base camp, so you will never starve ;)
>
> Please let me know if you or some other people from Syster Servers can come!
>
> You can connect us over email. Would be great.
>
>
> I rreally think this is important -- it's that rare situation when we
> can actually help bring knowledge and empowerment to many beautiful
> creatures!
>
>
> Here's the cryptpad with more details on what will happen:
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> https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/aJV1sq4rYX0b2gVl1l3egPKN/
>
> Please consider this invitation and let me know if you need any other
> details!
>
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>
> many hugs
>
> xenia
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helen varley jamieson

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