English below.

Español (resúmen): La ONG estadounidense Profesionales de Computadores por
la Responsabilidad Social (perdón por la traducción, pero no se me ocurre
otra mejor!) está organizando un taller muy interesante sobre la
participación ciudadana en negociaciones de acceso a las tecnologías de
información y comunicación (TICs), especialmente el cable.  El taller se
realizará en Seattle, EEUU el 25 de octubre con ponentes como Manuel
Castells y Dirk Koning(President, Alliance for Communications Democracy y
miembro de OURMedia). La idea del taller es concientizar a la sociedad civil
de esta zona sobre la necesidad de luchar por la re-apropiación de los
medios por parte de las comunidades. Hay posibilidad de participar en la
discusión sobre cuestiones del espectro electromagnético y acceso a TICs en
la discusion virtual previa a la conferencia en la siguiente lista
(desafortunadamente la discusión será sólo en inglés).
>To subscribe, use https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/cpsr-broadband


English: 

If anyone attends this conference could they please tape Manuel Castells'
presentation for me (clemencia)?


CPSR's 2003 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
>and NORBERT WIENER AWARD DINNER FOR MITCH KAPOR
>http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/annmtg03/index.html
>
>Getting the Technology You Deserve:
>Community Participation in Regional Cable Franchise Policy
>
>and
>
>Norbert Wiener Award Dinner for Mitch Kapor
>
>Saturday, October 25, 2003
>
>Daybreak Star Cultural Center, Discovery Park, Seattle, Washington
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>
>Getting the Technology You Deserve:
>Community Participation in Regional Cable Franchise Policy
>8:30 am - 6 pm
>
>Join us for a day of policy, practice and ACTION for community
>broadband access in Seattle and King County. Experience the
>"real thing" with the Seattle case study and the CPSR 2003 Annual
>Conference.
>
>We will engage you and inspire you with a series of interactive
>discussions and presentations from the top practitioners in the field,
>including:
>
>*  Mike Apgar, Founder and Chairman, Speakeasy Networks
>*  Sue Buske, The Buske Group
>*  US Senator Maria Cantwell (tentative)
>*  Manuel Castells, Ph.D., Univ. of California, Berkeley (invited)
>*  Mark Cooper, Ph.D, Research Director,
>      Consumer Federation of America
>*  Sue Diciple, Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission
>*  Represetantive Jay Inslee (invited)
>*  Dirk Koning, President, Alliance for Communications Democracy
>*  Washington State Represenataive John McCoy,
>      Tulalip Tribes LEAP Project
>*  Sean Stokes, the Baller Herbst Law Firm, Washington D.C.
>*  and many other local experts from the Silicon Forest, active in
>      designing and building community networks!
>
>This conference will focus on teaching you how to take back the
>media, in your own community:
>
>*  National, International and local experts framing the policy issues -
>      why is community broadband access important and what are the
>      ways to get it.
>*  Activists share how broadband access impacts social change,
>      cultural diversity, and supports community goals
>*  Native and Rural community leaders telling how it can be done
>      even in "impossible" situations.
>*  Building a coalition for change in Seattle and King County.
>     Join our 'hearing' as we ask our elected leaders: why not the best
>     from our local cable franchises?
>
>Be part of the solution!
>
>*  Participate in a mock Public hearing on our technology future
>*  Walk away with strategies and tools to Improve your cable
>      franchises and get the technology infrastructure you need in
>      YOUR community.
>*  Get involved in helping to plan our future, and make it happen
>
>If you will live in the FUTURE, then attend this Conference!
>
>Pre-conference discusions of broadband issues will take
>place via CPSR's Broadband discussion list.
>To subscribe, use https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/cpsr-broadband
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>
>CPSR's Annual Meeting - - Free and open to the public.
>6:30-7:30 pm
>
>Members and the public are invited to learn more about Computer
>Professionals for Social Responsibility.
>
>Please RSVP by noting your planned attendance via the
>conference and dinner registration form.  We need to know how
>many members to expect.
>
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>
>Dinner for Mitch Kapor, internet pioneer and philanthropist
>CPSR's 2003 Norbert Wiener Award Winner
>7:30-9:30 pm
>
>"Mitch has long been a role model for anyone seeking to succeed
>in the cut-throat world of high tech business without sacrificing
>integrity and conscience. There are too few people who even
>attempt to combine these two kinds of contribution, and even
>fewer who succeed. Mitch Kapor is the best role model I know
>of for bright young engineers and scientists seeking to make a
>positive difference in the world."
>- Nathaniel Borenstein, CPSR President.
>
>Information about Mitch Kapor and his work
>http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/annmtg03/wiener.html
>http://www.kapor.com/
>
>Learn more about the Norbert Wiener Award at
>http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/wiener.html
>
>See Past Wiener Award Winners at
>http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/wiener-award.html
>
>Dinner registration is available for those not attending the conference.
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>
>NOTE: Space and food will be limited. After Monday,
>October 20th, registrations will only be accepted on-site at the
>conference. We highly recommend registering by October 20th
>to avoid possible disappointment.
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>
>Details, details, details....
>
>Location: Daybreak Star Conference Center in beautiful Discovery
>Park, Saturday October 25, 2003. The conference center will help
>us focus our energies on a plan of action. Please note that there are
>no restaurants or other facilities nearby. We will arrange shuttles
>from the hotel for people staying there. Bus service drops nearby.
>There is free parking at the conference center.
>
>Acomodations: A limited number of discounted rooms are available
>at the new Watertown Hotel  <http://www.watertownseattle.com/>
>in Seattle's University District. Rooms at the "CPSR Conference Rate"
>are guaranteed, if still available, until September 22nd at $119 a
>night plus taxes. After September 22nd the rate may be honored,
>if rooms are available. This is a small European-style hotel that
>includes many amenities - such as in-room free DSL, free bicycles
>to explore the neighborhood, fitness room, free parking, free brekfast,
>and free local shuttles. The Watertown is 100% non-smoking.
>
>To make reservations at the special rate, contact the Watertown:
>toll free at (866) 944-4242, direct or international at (206) 826-4242,
>fax to (206) 315-4242, or by email [log in to unmask]
>and ask for the "CPSR Conference Rate".
>
>Rooms could be very limited, in general, because of a
>University of Washington football game that weekend.
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>For more information and conference details, send a message to
>Mike Weisman at  [log in to unmask]
>
>The early registration deadline is Friday, September 26th.
>The Secure Online Registration Form will be available soon.
>In the meantime, or if you prefer, you can print and fax or postal
>mail the registration form at
>http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/annmtg03/am2003regs.html
>
>***
>Related Recommendation:
>
>New America Foundation's "Citizen's Guide to the Airwaves" -
>an attempt to educate opinion leaders and the public about the
>tremendous value and high-stakes battle for access and ownership
>of the nation's airwaves with a poster/map of the airwaves and a
>50-page Explanation Report.  See  http://www.spectrumpolicy.org
>
>*********
>CPSR-SEATTLE CHAPTER MEETING
>Tuesday, September 23rd - 7 pm.
>
>At the Still Life Cafe in Seattle's University District (not Fremont)
>at 1405 NE 50th just east of the Grand Illusion movie theater
>(on the corner of NE 50th and University Way)
>
>The plan is to get to know/reacquaint and talk about what
>chapter members are interested in and might want to do with CPSR.
>(Feel free to invite others who might be interested!)
>
>Subscribe to the CPSR Seattle list -- the online communication
>channel for CPSR Seattle members. You can subscribe at
>https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/cpsr-seattle.  The Chapter will
>use this list to see what members' concerns are, and talk about how
>to address them.
>
>
>---------------------------
>Mike Weisman
>please respond to [log in to unmask]


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