[isoc-ny] Fwd: Spots still available for Karen Sandler's Sept 16 talk on the implications of software running in your body.

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From Brian at NYLUG. This is a topic I'd like to do more on - let me
know if you have suggestions. - David

We have spots available for this talk. We'd love it if you could
spread the word as Karen is a great speaker.  (Please make sure people
RSVP, so we don't accidentally overfill the room.)

Thanks,
Brian


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Brian Gupta <brian.gupta at brandorr.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 11:48 AM
Subject: Spots still available for Karen Sandler's Sept 16
talk on the implications of software running in your body.


Please note that if you haven't seen Karen [1] speak before, this talk
will cross many boundaries, and will be sure to fascinate. Her story
is quite powerful.

In addition to Karen's current role running the SFC (Software Freedom
Conservancy), she previously ran the Gnome Foundation, and launched
the Outreach Program for Women, which is now known as Outreachy, a
program she still helps to run.

The SFC is home to over 30  Open Source projects including, git,
busybox, darcs, pypy, twisted,  and mercurial.

If you haven't already done so, you can RSVP here:
http://rsvp.nylug.org/223305658 (Meetup redirect).

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Sandler
[2] - https://sfconservancy.org/members/current/

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Brian Gupta <brian.gupta at brandorr.com>
wrote:
> Should be a great talk, and a great introduction to "Software Freedom"
> [1]. (The movement that created all the Open Source software we all
> know and love.)
>
> -Brian
>
> [1]- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 12:15 PM
> Subject: RSVP open, Wed Sept 16: Karen Sandler on Freedom in my Heart
> To: NYLUG Technical Discussion <nylug-talk at nylug.org>
>
> RSVP here:
> -----------------
> http://rsvp.nylug.org/223305658 (Meetup redirect)
>
> When:
> --------
> Wednesday, Sept 16, 2015, 6:30 PM
>
> Where:
> ----------
> Civic Hall - 2nd Floor
> 156 5th Avenue, New York, NY
>
> Karen Sandler
>
> -on-
>
> Freedom in my Heart
>
> Note: WE ARE MEETING AT CIVIC HALL!! We'll need names, and you will need IDs.
>
> When Karen discovered she had a life threatening heart condition, the
> last thing she expected was to have to worry about software. Now, with
> a heart device implanted in her body, she has come to understand not
> only how vulnerable medical devices are but how as a society we are
> making critical choices about all of our software. Karen will talk
> about the hacks which show how essential free and open source software
> is and will discuss her professional and personal view of the issues
> as a patient and as a cyborg lawyer.
>
> Afterwards:
> -----------------
> Join us afterwards at The Storehouse Pub where we'll continue the
> discussion over drinks and/or food. The Storehouse Pub is located at
> 69 West 23rd St, between 5th at 6th Avenues.
>
> Speaker Bio:
> -------------------
> Karen M. Sandler is Executive Director of the Software Freedom
> Conservancy, the nonprofit home of dozens of essential free software
> projects. She is known for her advocacy for free and open source
> software, particularly as a cyborg lawyer in relation to the software
> on medical devices. She co-organizes Outreachy (formerly Outreach
> Program for Women) and is a lawyer, providing pro bono legal counsel
> to the FSF, GNOME and QuestionCopyright.Org.
>
>
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