[Adminsysters] Invitation

[Helen Varley Jamieson]

yay donna! great if you can represent us there :)

On 06.03.19 10:21, Donna Metzlar wrote:
> Hi Obaz, all,
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> I am interested in going and will contact Xenia, thanks :).
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> Donna
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> On 3/5/19 6:26 PM, 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.
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>> 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.
>>
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>> 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.
>>
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>> I rreally think this is important -- it's that rare situation when we
>> can actually help bring knowledge and empowerment to many beautiful
>> creatures!
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>> Here's the cryptpad with more details on what will happen:
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>> https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/aJV1sq4rYX0b2gVl1l3egPKN/
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>> Please consider this invitation and let me know if you need any other
>> details!
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>> many hugs
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>> xenia
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