A little assistance PLEASE

[Seth David Schoen]

Richard Hecker writes:

> I plan to be at Laguna Seca on Sunday watching the races, but the
> rest of the weekend is open.  I was expecting to head home on 
> Monday but I may change my plans to catch the 'BayFF' meeting at
> the UC Berkeley Law School Monday night.  Please take a moment
> to reply with an indication of when and where I could meet with
> you.  If you know someone else who might be able to help in this
> regard, please foreward a copy of this email to them.

I'm not a Debian maintainer so my seeing you or signing your PGP key
doesn't do you any good in Debian, but I do encourage you and local
Debian folks to show up at BayFF.

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WHO: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Pam Samuelson, John Perry Barlow
and music by Matt Nathanson
WHAT: `BayFF' Meeting on EFF's DVD Litigation
WHEN: Monday, July 10th, 2000 at 7:30PM
WHERE: UC Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall) rm 140 www.law.berkeley.edu/bclt/
Directions are forthcoming on the EFF website: www.eff.org

In honor of its 10th Anniversary of defending civil liberties online, EFF
presents a series of monthly meetings to address important issues where
technology and policy collide. These meetings, entitled "BayFF" will
kick off on July 10th, with two renowned speakers, EFF co-founder John
Perry Barlow, and UC Berkeley Law Professor Pam Samuelson. Barlow and
Samuelson will discuss the current litigation climate over intellectual
property and raise public awareness about the important First Amendment
implications of EFF's DeCSS defense efforts. EFF is coordinating the
defense of the first trial to be brought under the controversial DMCA
which begins on July 17th in New York.

[JP Barlow and Samuelson bios]

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EFF hasn't announced it very widely yet, but it looks to be a nice
event.  If you all just show up there, you can solve the "eyeball
loop" problem.

I could be more ambitious and even propose a pre-BayFF dinner in
Berkeley for Debian developers, Debian users, and other random people
who may like the EFF.  I know that there are a number of Debian people
in Berkeley, and I do plan to be over there for the event.  I could
probably find some local Berkeley Linux geeks, no matter what.

-- 
Seth David Schoen <schoen@loyalty.org>  | And do not say, I will study when I
Temp.  http://www.loyalty.org/~schoen/  | have leisure; for perhaps you will
down:  http://www.loyalty.org/   (CAF)  | not have leisure.  -- Pirke Avot 2:5