[Air-L] IT support for Occupy Seattle during AoIR?

[Jeffrey Keefer]

I think the question of what they want is more of an issue. I am in New York where it all started, though it is still rather unclear what the protesting hopes to accomplish--downfall of capitalism? a realignment of resources? more jobs? As they do not have a slogan or clear message that points to a future vision, I am still scratching my head what it is all about outside of blowing off steam about a political and business system that increasingly seems disconnected with its society. 

Even so, those folks have been here, and growing in numbers, for the past 3 weeks now . . . 

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On Oct 10, 2011, at 4:13 AM, Peter Timusk wrote:

> The Occupy Wall Street group is doing non-violent protest. The reason is
> because 1 % of the people control most of the wealth in the world and that's
> wrong. I hear it is being kept out of the news.
> 
> Peter Timusk
> at571 at ncf.ca
> ptimusk at sympatico.ca
> web: www.crystalcomputing.net
> blogs www.cyborgcitizen.org
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of live
> Sent: October-10-11 2:42 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Air-L] IT support for Occupy Seattle during AoIR?
> 
> What are they doing and why?
> 
> 
> On Oct 9, 2011, at 11:11 PM, qCentral wrote:
> 
>> hi folks,
>> 
>> this is a little off-topic (for some) so apologies in advance:
>> 
>> i spent the evening at the "Occupy Seattle" camp in Westlake Park @ 401
> Pine St., just a few blocks from our conference hotel.
>> 
>> their new website is: www.occupyseattle.org and they are also on Facebook
> (but trying to shift traffic to the website as well).
>> 
>> if you are: 
>> 1) interested in helping them with tech support while you're here in 
>> Seattle for AoIR
>> 
>> 2) interested in donating hardware/software to the camp, specifically:
>> 
>> 	. deep cycle batteries
>> 	. solar cells
>> 	. teach-ins: 4:00-6:30pm
>> 	. networking gear: routers//switches/access points
>> 	. load balanced web hosting
>> 	. social media endorsements
>> 	. access to any data on current internet trends
>> 	. projector
>> 	. fast wi-fi everywhere 24/7
>> 	. useful information/reports on how the internet can be used to help
> movements/effective tactics from other protests (eg, Egypt) 
>> 	. information on mesh networking
>> 
>> and/or
>> 
>> 3) a local to the Seattle area and interested in helping with ongoing 
>> IT support
>> 
>> PLEASE contact me OFF-LIST.
>> 
>> i'll coordinate drop-offs of equipment 2x this week (end of the day,
> Tuesday and Thursday) and put people in touch with the working group
> handling IT for "Occupy Seattle" while i'm in town for the conference.
>> 
>> the camp also needs some basic supplies for people who've come from out of
> state for the protest:
>> 
>> Blankets (at least 40)
>> Coats (any rain gear)
>> Storage containers (plastic bins for organizing supplies) Cleaning 
>> supplies (brooms, dustpans, mops, buckets, and disinfectant) Epsom 
>> salts EPI pens (if you're a super allergic to bees, this is a special 
>> shout out to you!)
>> 
>> If you would like to donate cash at the AoIR (you can email me @
> qcentral at indiana.edu and I'll meet you anywhere to pick it up), I would be
> happy to go shopping for the items above and get them to the camp (I'll make
> a run Tuesday and Thursday). My personal goal is to help them get another
> portable toilet out there for overnight campers. They don't have PayPal set
> up on their website yet but they hope to soon so that's another option if
> you'd help out down the road.
>> 
>> : )
>> 
>> Thanks for considering this request for help while we're all citizens of
> this fair city (apologies, again, to those who feel the list is not the
> proper forum for this request).
>> 
>> Best,
>> Mary
>> _______________________
>> On sabbatical until January 9, 2012
>> 
>> Mary L. Gray, Ph.D.
>> Associate Professor
>> Communication and Culture
>> Affiliate Faculty, Gender Studies
>> Adjunct Faculty, American Studies
>> Adjunct Faculty, Anthropology
>> Indiana University
>> 800 E. 3rd Street
>> Bloomington, IN 47405
>> 
>> Email: mLg at indiana.edu
>> URL: www.indiana.edu/~qcentral
>> Phone: 812-855-4379
>> Fax:  812-855-6014
>> 
>> 
>> BLOG for "Out in the Country, Youth, Media, and Queer Visibility in 
>> Rural America" (NYU Press 2009) @ 
>> http://queercountry.fromthesquare.org/
>> 
>> 
> 
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