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Lloyd Cohen

It is with saddened hearts that receive the news of the death of fellow hacktionlabber Lloyd Cohen, who died on the 26th August 2009. Lloyd was a supportive member of HacktionLab, whose contribution to the first edition in 2008 was much valued. He worked for several years for Bristol Wireless providing the majority of the current network infrastructure and provided dedicated and indispensable support for Indymedia UK at 2007's Camp for Climate Action at Sipson. Lloyd will be sorely missed by all friends and colleagues that knew him. A Facebook group has been set up in his memory.

Next Event: HacktionLab 2009/02 An urban hack meeting somewhere in the north of England in Autumn 2009

The aim of HacktionLab is to have a convergence where people interested in and/or working in the areas of alternative media, renewable energy, on-line video distribution, free software and any other form of activism that utilises technology can get together an plan how to better use the technology to support the activist movement. We have had three successful gatherings so far, a rural hack meeting in the Wye Valley in June 2008, an urban one in Leeds in October 2008 and another rural one in June 2009.

Up-coming Hacktivista events and activities

August: Camp for Climate Action 2009
Autumn: HacktionLab Urban 2009/02

Previous Hacktivista events and activities

July/August: Big Green Gathering 2009 - cancelled

The last rural HacktionLab took place between 11 - 14 June 2009 in the Wye Valley on the Wales - England border.

The last inner-city HacktionLab took place between 24 - 25 October 2008 in Leeds. click here for more information about the event and what happened

With other campers we helped to set-up the so-called media village at last year's Camp for Climate Action 2008 in Kingsnorth, Kent.

The 2008 rural HacktionLab took place between 13 - 15 June 2008, click here to view a slide-show of photos from the weekend. There are more photos posted here and this exciting short video too.

Contact Details

To get in touch please use our mailing list:

Email list - http://lists.psand.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hacktionlab
Email address - use the list!

Interesting Links

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-<big><big><strong>Big Green Gathering 2009 Announcement</strong>
+==Lloyd Cohen==
-Under intense pressure with the threat of a court injunction hanging over them, the directors of the Big Green Gathering were forced to hand the licence for the event back to Mendip District Council on Sunday 26th July: the event was therefore canceled.  We are looking into preparing a replacement Be the Media event sometime in the future, and deeply lament what may well lead to the demise of the Big Green Gathering.  Many people have either lost or come close to loosing their livelihoods over what can only be described as wholly irresponsible action on the part of Mendip District Council.
+It is with saddened hearts that receive the news of the death of fellow hacktionlabber Lloyd Cohen, who died on the 26th August 2009.   Lloyd was a supportive member of HacktionLab, whose contribution to the first edition in 2008 was much valued.   He worked for several years for Bristol Wireless providing the majority of the current network infrastructure and provided dedicated and indispensable support for [http://www.indymedia.org.uk Indymedia UK] at 2007's [http://www.climatecamp.org.uk Camp for Climate Action] at Sipson.   Lloyd will be sorely missed by all friends and colleagues that knew him.  A [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=151811969337 Facebook group] has been set up in his memory.
-Here are some relevant links:</big></big>
+==Next Event: HacktionLab 2009/02 An urban <em>hack meeting</em> somewhere in the north of England in Autumn 2009==
-* [http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/690741 Bristol Indymedia post of cancellation] and [http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/690757 on closure of Facebook group] and [http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/690762 Memories of this year's Big Green]
-* [http://www.mendip.gov.uk/NewsArticle.asp?id=SX9452-A782DAC6 Statement sent from Mendip District Council with regards to the shut-down of the festival]
-* [http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/mendip_district_council Make a Freedom of Information request to Mendip District Council for full disclose of why the gathering was shut down]
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-<big><big>HacktionLab 2009/02: An urban <em>hack meeting</em> somewhere in the north of England in Autumn 2009</big></big>
 The aim of HacktionLab is to have a convergence where people interested in and/or working in the areas of alternative media, renewable energy, on-line video distribution, free software and any other form of activism that utilises technology can get together an plan how to better use the technology to support the activist movement. We have had three successful gatherings so far, a [[HacktionLab 2008/01|rural hack meeting in the Wye Valley in June 2008]], an [[HacktionLab Leeds 2008/02|urban one in Leeds in October 2008]] and another [[HacktionLab 2009/01|rural one in June 2009]].
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 ==Up-coming Hacktivista events and activities==
-* July/August: [[BGG_Promo|Big Green Gathering 2009]]
 * August: [[Camp for Climate Action 2009]]
 * Autumn: [[HacktionLab Urban 2009/02]]
 ==Previous Hacktivista events and activities==
+* July/August: [[BGG_Promo|Big Green Gathering 2009]] - cancelled
 * The [[HacktionLab_2009/01|last rural HacktionLab]] took place between 11 - 14 June 2009 in the Wye Valley on the Wales - England border.