[dorkbotpdx-blabber] ToorCamp

[Jared Boone]

Hey Dorkbot-PDXers,

A few of your fellow members are conspiring to attend ToorCamp, a  
"hacker" camp modeled after famous European camps -- Berlin's Chaos  
Communication Camp and The Netherlands Hack series ("Hacking In  
Progress", "...At Large", "...At Random").

This first-ever US outdoor camp takes place in Eastern Washington over  
the long Fourth of July weekend -- in an underground Titan missile silo!

	http://www.toorcamp.org/

Many of the anticipated talk and workshop topics are purely in the  
technical realm, and will be a good opportunity to pick up some new  
skills. This is also precisely the sort of crowd that would react with  
great interest to Dorkbot themes -- technology as applied (or  
misapplied) to human intellectual, creative, social, aesthetic, and  
political existence. So if you want to go, you should also consider  
giving a talk or workshop!

Camping is involved and will take place on the surface (not in the  
silo). Weather there is typically in the 80s and the high 50s in the  
evening. Perfect camping weather, if you ask me... The basics will be  
provided -- 110V AC, Internet, food/water/toilets. I'm not sure if  
"food" means food vending or that food is part of the deal (I suspect  
the former).

I'm intending to organize a Dorkbot camp with some electronic  
equipment (meters, scopes, soldering irons) in hopes people will use  
the opportunity to collaborate on projects with their Dorkbot  
colleagues. I'd also like to plan carpools and some community meals of  
some sort.

Registration is $150 at present. The organizers increase the  
registration cost $50 at the beginning of each month. So come April  
1st, it'll be $200, and $350 if you wait until July to register.

Please post to the list or e-mail me directly if you're interested.  
I'd like to keep track of who's attending because we can get a 10%  
discount if we assemble ten or more attendees into an official camp  
group. We're already at five!

	- Jared