Power to the PEOPLE! I think that's a great project. So many people have the wrong idea. Dispel the doubt! Ah, the power of one (or a few).
And I LOVED Amer. Her. It's not awful! (You've got what's-his-bucket, right? The one that shows all the great film clips... he's super funny. DANG, what is his NAME? ... Of course, I took it when I was a SUPER SENIOR, along with a great deal of other GENERALS! (<slight sarcasm>I just couldn't wait to get through all my physics classes, and left the generals for last.</slight sarcasm> Maybe you just appreciate it more when you take it later.) -Danelle ;D who else? gots a lots to say tonite --- ---------------------------------- "I'd like to be an explorer, like the great Magellan." "Oh, you're too late. There's really nothing left to explore." -The Truman Show --------- Original Message --------- DATE: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 13:39:34 From: Andrew McNabb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: >I'm taking American Heritage this semester (just about the worst class >I've ever taken, but that's beside the point), and as many of you know, >students are required to complete a "citizenship project." Most people >in the class are doing retarded stuff, but I figured I might as well do >something worthwhile, something that I'd be interested in doing even if >I weren't in the class, something that other people might want to >participate in. > >So here's the project (which due to nepotism will be officially >sponsored by the UUG): let's educate BYU students about digital >freedom--in particular the DMCA. Utah has been getting a bad name with >the likes of McBride, so maybe we can help educate some small number of >people about what's going on in our world. > >I don't want to impose too much on the resources of the UUG, so I'm >planning small, though if I get a lot of feedback from UUG-ers that >they're interested in participating I'd be more than happy to expand my >plans. > >The idea is to reserve a table at the Wilk where a lot of students in >general will be passing by and distributing a flyer or two about the >DMCA, digital rights, and related issues. If the club is interested, we >could distribute SSS CDs and talk about free software, too. My hope is >that at least a couple of UUG-ers would be able to come help man the >table. > >Based on the number of people that would like to help, we'll determine >how long to have the table set-up. At minimum it will be most of a day, >though we could make it longer. > >The current date I'm thinking of is Tuesday November 18 (two weeks from >yesterday). I'm going to start working on concepts for flyers, and if >any of you have ideas about what would hit home for BYU students feel >free to let me know (but don't send a finished product as I'm required >to do some work, too). > >Please let me know if you're interested or if you have any ideas about >how to improve the project. > >Thanks. > > >-- >Andrew McNabb >http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ >PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 > ____________________________________________________________ FREE ADHD DVD or CD-Rom (your choice) - click here! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;6413623;3807821;f?http://mocda2.com/1/c/563632/131726/311392/311392 AOL users go here: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;6413623;3807821;f?http://mocda2.com/1/c/563632/131726/311392/311392 This offer applies to U.S. Residents Only ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
