We're co-sponsoring, OpenCamp and I would love to see more nonprofit organizations and libraries actively involved in open access, open software, open government, public domain, and other 'open' issues. The details are below. ... OpenCamp: An Open Everything Event 10am - 6pm, Saturday, 18 April 2009 Grainger Hall, UW Madison, 975 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706 Cost: Free Invite: Open to the Public RSVP: To Reserve Space Web: http://madison.openeverything.us "It's about thinking, doing and being open." On Saturday, April 18, 2009 individuals from Madison, Milwaukee, and surrounding areas will gather at UW Madison's Grainger Hall to challenge the future. From the economic meltdown, to access to research, to remixing content, there is a rising tide of rebellion against the confines of the inapplicable growth of property protection versus the freedoms to innovate. OpenCamp is that collective voice. OpenCamp: An Open Everything Event is a unique opportunity that gathers people interested in using 'openness' and provides the ability to network, discussion, teach, and learn on how to create, improve, and make more accessible— art, education, software, government, media, neighborhoods, workplaces— the very society we live in. Sponsored by Open Madison Group (OMG!), Students for a Free Culture @ UW, and Madison's Nonprofit Technology Group (MadTech) aspires to take the challenge of Barack Obama to heart, "We must use all available technologies and methods to open up government, to create new levels of transparency in the way business is conducted." See Press Release: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df64pb8f_68f3z79kcj (Google Doc) -- ...................... Alnisa Allgood Executive Director Nonprofit Tech t. 608.241.3616 e. [log in to unmask]