LetterBGG

Dear Green Gathering organisers

We, the HacktionLab would like to join and contribute to the Big green gathering 2011.

Who are we?

HacktionLab was born to help the skill gap in technology seen in general in activism and in particular in the Climate Camps during 2005/2008. The idea was to start having skill shares so environmental activist would have the chance to fill the gaps in their technical/computer abilities. Since them we have been gathering few times a year all over the country to do workshops and from it very good projects have been born. To learn more about us please visit our wiki:

http://hacktivista.net/hacktionlab/index.php/Welcome_to_HacktionLab

What do we do?

We specialise in computers and other technical activities such us internet media (video, blogs, radio...), low power DIY solutions, non corporate internet services, etc.. We have offered workshops in very varied subjects from Ecological and Social Costs of IT Hardware, to Renewable energy and 12 volt, lighting a tend with LEDs, solar power panels, email security, different internet tools, DIY radio... For the BGG we would like to focus the workshops or talks to very specific environmental subjects. For more information on what workshops we could potentially offer:

http://hacktivista.net/hacktionlab/index.php/BarnCamp_2010_Workshops

http://hacktivista.net/hacktionlab/index.php/BarnCamp_2011_Workshop_Proposals

How can we contribute to the success of BGG?

After the success of many different gatherings (Barncamp2010 and Barncamp2011) we have been recently looking to have a road show and join some other events or groups to contribute and work along with them. We think the BGG would be the prefect place to start. We can contribute to the BGG in few different ways:

- We have a low power mobile internet suite we can bring to the festival so people can access the internet. (The internet suite belongs to Bristol Wireless which some members are involved with the HacktionLab, all of them have been in previous BGG in the past.) - We can also offer to deliver many of the workshops mentioned above.

How can we do it?

We can offer the low power internet suite and deliver few interesting workshops but we would not be able to pay the fee or the tickets of the crew since we are not a running business. To provide daily 7 hours of internet access and 2/3 workshops in different subjects a day we would need about 12 to 15 people on site an a space for the tend. We are happy to negotiate this of course.

At this point we all have lots of questions and things to clarify. If we are going to reach an agreement and go ahead below are some of our initial questions: - Do you have a internet connection on site we could connect to or should we bring our satellite internet dish? - Do you offer any source of power, maybe from some solar panel business on site we could connect to or would we need to cater for our own power needs?

Please get in touch for any questions or concerns you might have or to have a chat by phone as well if that makes things easier. My number is: 00000000

Looking forward to your answer. Cheers

The HacktionLab