0x0n HackLab

Oxford, 10-11 April 2010
Taking place at the OARC on the 10th and 11th April, this is a working hacklab for a book sprint on the Hacktivista book and also for planning for the summer Tech Tools for Activists Camp. If you're interested in coming please add your name here and for questions, get in touch via our mailing list.

Spring 2010 HackLab Agenda

Saturday

09.00 - 10.00: Breakfast
10.00 - 10.30: Welcome, planning
10.30 - 13.00: Tech tools for Activists book sprint.
13.00 - 14.00: Lunch
14.00 - 18.00: Book sprint continued.

Sunday

10.00 - 11.00: Brunch
11.00 - 13.00: Planning for Summer HackCamp.
13.00 - 14.30: Other stuff....

Agenda points and proposals

Book sprint

Perhaps two parallel workstreams on the day?

Content finishing group
Design, format & publishing group

Back cover - advert for summer HL

We ought to discuss financing of the book, how to do it, whether to charge for it, how much and sources of funding (e.g. APE) to pay for it.

Camp planning

Finalise date (https://labs.riseup.net/decider/issue/view/eeshaephiemekahwoogo)
Define target audience / attendees
No kids?
Maximum numbers?
How will people register to attend? Deadline so we can get right amounts of food?
Make a list of electronic & in-person ways to reach these people, including where to distribute the book
Finances

What is the overall cost estimate?
How much will it cost per person, how can we pay for it up front?
Do we want to raise money for the project? For example: to pay for the booklet?

Make lists of what content we think should be delivered at the event and by whom

Overview of different communication channels
Communicating securely
Producing & disseminating information
The politics of information - free software, creative commons, DIY ethic etc.
How to get involved in tech projects

Any parallel sessions?
Have one or two spare sessions planned in case of non-attendance / critical tech failures
Crew roles & volunteer coordinators - including sharing of these skills:

"Marketing"
Meeter / greeter
Bar coordinator
Signwriter
Toilet / handwash / waste-dipsosal / hygiene enabler
Meals coordinator
Pyro's & campfire wizard
Advanced coffee technician
Overall curator / facilitator / timekeeper / banger of gong in the camping field?
Entertainment coordinator
Artist-in-residence to make video/photos/audio report of what goes on
Data network coordinator
Power engineer (12v & 240v - remember last time we kept losing our supply & having to reboot stuff?)
Feedback gatherer & analyst
People to gather up minutes and training materials to put on the wiki afterwards
Set-up and tat-down volunteer coordinator
Bat-phone rota

Minutes

Planning for BARNCAMP 2010/02

Objectives

We brainstormed this and picked out some highlights:

Happy Gathering
Shared work & shared knowledge
Raising awareness of free network services
Barndance
Sunny
Openness
- nonjudgemental to different ways of working
- creating an inclusive and outwards-facing fathering, publicity & attendance
Movement building - bring together, socialise, network, strengthen & reinforce
Empowerment - putting the tools in peoples' hands
Knowledge sharing - peer-learning
Pipes of Peace
Paradigm adjustment facilitation - with respect to knowledge of free software, * DIY ethos, community orientation
Socialising - nice carrots
Healthy tech - rocket stove, nature walk, foraging
(Self)-discipline - being up on time, keeping the show on the road

Target Groups

People & Planet
Schnews
hacktionlab (part of)
seeds for change
climate action groups
people that attend barcamps
people that attend social media cafes
student activist groups
no borders
indymedias
visionon.tv video activist groups
NUJ new media members
radical social centres
permaculture groups
radical roots
travellers
campaigners (NGO)
Oxfam fundraisers

Date & location

Highbury farm 11-13 June 2010
any alternatives? discussed and discounted 2

Roles

We agreed that everyone who comes to the event should expect to contribute work during the event, but we need some coordinators to make sure that delegation happens when spontaneity falls short.

Job	Volunteer
Production manager/s (preferably one per day?)	Mike H (+?)
Spaces coordinator	Ben G
Facilities	Andy Acesabe?
Promotion, meeter & greeter	volunteer needed
Finance & Bookings	Mike H
Kitchen	Becky and John
Entertainments/Bar	?John
Workshop coordinator	Mick Fuzz
Site management	Woodsy
Childcare coordinator	volunteer needed

Spaces

The Barn - one workshop space
John's Marquee - 20'x30' - second workshop space - 4-6 to erect
Bristol Wireless tent - 6mx4m - Kitchen - 4-6 to erect

Types of workshop

People suggested these types of workshop:

Show & Tell
Discussion-based
Blatant self-promotion
Lecture Task-based (we are going to set up a crab-face group)
Practical (this is how you use a piece of software)
BarCamp (including show & tell)

We then talked about it and reached a decision: We will have 6h barcamp & 8h practical

Titles of Workshops

These were the first things we thought of. The list needs more work & allocating people to topics.

12v theory & practice
overview of communication techniques
synfig
liberating your laptop - dual boot
food forage
social media
strategy for activists inc. aggregation
OSS DTP - Gimp & Scribus
rocket stove
permaculture ICT
collaborative authoring
the leaflet

Timings

Sat

10-11 plenary
11-13 workshops
13-15 lunch
15-18 workshops

Sun

12-14 workshops
14-15 plenary

Total=7h x 2 spaces = 14h workshops

Spring 2010 HackLab