We should have a LibreBus in the USA! I could imagine a northeast corridor chinatown-type bus arrangement to facilitate regular circulation of movement activists to rotating cities on select weekends.
Thanks, Richard On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 4:05 PM, Patrick Gibbs <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > > Hello from Argentina, > > LibreBus Cono Sur launched last week on its five-week, four-country > tour of events related to libre software, freedom of expression, > freedom to share, open/libre educational resources, biodiversity, and > gender: > http://www.librebusconosur.org/ > > Last year the first LibreBus visited countries in Central America: > http://www.librebus.org/ > > I have been invited to join part of the route starting in the next few > days, and I'm considering whether to join. Part of my question is > where I might raise US$ 800 in order to cover my travel and related > costs, so if you have any ideas, encouragement, or otherwise, I'd like > to hear. For more about me and why anyone would sponsor me to get on > the LibreBus, see my website: > http://www.MutualGift.net > > My message/activity on the LibreBus would likely focus on: > - - using the Internet for social change works better when we understand > how the Internet works, and that understanding is also the basis for > digital security. > - - inviting "the free/libre culture community" to expand our sense of > community to include the people who work in computer factories, the > rivers by those factories, the trees on contaminated ground near > "recycling" facilities, and generally the whole community of life. In > other words, "Hey free culture, who's that freedom for?" And "Let's > make libre software to help us understand our ecological reality." > > ~ Patrick > > > > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iF4EAREIAAYFAlBHsH0ACgkQwrXQHOcmxrtLUAD/QVL/eqt5LjIbNR9BEqCySvhx > lpk53bFLWv2DmOOuX9wBAJCnPVJnqPvog3Wefxe155ekRv56g6Ti0G/Psy7uSZlJ > =ZrLl > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
