As someone who's planned this conference before - I know how much work it takes, so major, major props. Congrats!
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Jennifer Baek <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Things are chugging along and we're making progress by the day. > > *Conference Speakers* > > We have several speakers confirmed for the conference so far: > > *Open Access Panel & Workshop*: > > - Adi Kamdar (Moderator) > - Nick Shockey (Panelist & Workshop Moderator) > - Nicole Allen (Speaker) > - Matt Cooper (Panelist & Workshop Moderator) > > *Copyright Reform Panel*: > > - Parker Higgins (Moderator) > - Pat Aufderheide (Panelist) > - Sherwin Siy (Panelist) > > We're still in talks with other speakers for the conference. Other panels > and workshops currently in process include: > > - Free Culture and Maker Culture (Panel) > - Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Program (Workshop) > - Collective Online Activism (Workshop) > > If anyone has additional workshop ideas, please feel free to email > [email protected]. > > *Conference Fundraising & Sponsorship* > We've raised *$11,500* for the conference! A big thank you to our > financial sponsors--*Google, Public Knowledge, and QuestionCopyright.org*for > generously donating money to make this conference a reality, and > another big thank you to the fantastic organizations providing us with > institutional support: *Cardozo Cyberlaw Society, Center for Social > Media, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Free Culture Alliance, Free Culture > @ NYU, Institute for Information Law and Policy, New York Law School, New > York Legal Hackers*,* *and *Wikimedia NYC*! More sponsors are still TBD. > > The money will first and foremost be used to subsidize student travel > costs for attending the conference! We'll be conducting a chapter roll-call > in the next two weeks, and in the process let our chapters know about the > conference and funding that is available. We're sending out a save the date > in a few days and in the next few weeks, we'll be opening up registration > and an online form for travel stipends. > > If you have any questions, feedback, or concerns, let your voice be heard! > > Cheers and many thanks, > Jennifer > > > _______________________________________________ > Board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/board > >
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