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"Free as in what? A debate on open source vs. free culture" at Eyebeam 10/29/09

Submitted by jenna on Sat, 10/24/2009 - 12:41pm

October 29, 2009
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Eyebeam - 540 W 21st Street, NYC
http://upgrade.eyebeam.org/2009/10/free-as-in-what

RR-NYC salon: Google Books Settlement

Submitted by jenna on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 2:36pm

Friday October 16 2009
8-9:30pm
Sixth Street Community Center
638 East Sixth Street (between Avenues B & C)
Free, but attendees will be asked to donate a few bucks to help pay for the space rental

The NYC collective of Radical Reference will host a "people's university" style salon to discuss the Google Books Settlement.

Participants will be strongly encouraged to sign up to read one of the articles posted below, and be prepared to report on it at the meeting. See the bibliography from the OCLC salon discussion we held in January for an example of how this works.

  1. Please add items you think people should read ahead of time.
  2. Please keep them in anti-chronological order.
  3. Feel free, encouraged even, to provide some annotation.
  4. Please volunteer to summarize one item for the group at the salon by putting your name after it in parentheses, like this: (Farfel)
  5. If you can't/don't want to edit the page to add a citation or claim an article, just say what you want in a comment.

NYC Local Collective Meeting Notes, September 2009

Submitted by jenna on Sat, 09/12/2009 - 5:14pm

RR NYC Collective Meeting, Friday, September 11, 2009

Attendance: Alycia, Angie, Becky, David, Denise, Ilya, Jenna, Jerome, John, Jonny (facilitator), Karen, Melissa, Myron, Natalie

  1. Intros
    In attendance were new and graduating LIS students (including an RR PDX transplant), library groupies, an ABC No Rio artgoer, a library project practitioner, and returning collective members.

NYC Collective August Meeting Notes

Submitted by Alycia on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 2:36pm

Location: NYC AIDS Housing Network
Attendees: Melissa (facilitator), John, Jenna, Alycia, Ray

NYC Collective August Meeting Notes

Submitted by Alycia on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 2:36pm

Location: NYC AIDS Housing Network
Attendees: Melissa (facilitator), John, Jenna, Alycia, Ray

Free talk about the Google Books settlement

Submitted by jenna on Thu, 07/23/2009 - 12:21pm

FREE EVENT: Understanding Google Settlement's Impact on Independent Presses

Thursday, July 30th, at 6:30 PM
The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen Library
20 West 44th Street, New York, NY

Meeting minutes July 2009

Submitted by jenna on Tue, 07/07/2009 - 4:15pm

Location: Natalie's apartment in Brooklyn
Attendance: Cherie, Emily, Jenna, John, Melissa (facilitator), Natalie

Radical Reference Unpanel: Alternative Materials in Libraries

Submitted by jenna on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 4:20pm

Skillshare offered at the Grassroots Media Conference
Saturday, May 30, 2009
2:45-4:15
Hunter College, 68th & Lexington
Register for the whole conference

QUESTION: switching political parties in nyc

Submitted by eric on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 10:07am
question / pregunta: 

I was just looking at new york city election laws. I am registered to vote, but am not registered in any political party. I was thinking of switching to be a democrat for this election so I could vote in the primary.

From what I read on the Board of Elections site ( http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/register.html )"You cannot CHANGE your enrollment and vote in the NEW PARTY of your choice in the same year."

I take that to mean that even if I was to switch party affiliation now, I can't vote in the upcoming primary. I would have to wait until next year's primary to vote.

This got me thinking. My main questions is this: How far ahead of the rebublican primary did Bloomberg change his party affiliation?

Is it really the case that I could change affiliation and run in the primary but I'm barred from voting in the primary?

My secondary questions are in how this relates to other places rules on primaries and has an issue like this, a restriction on voting in a municipal primary, ever been resolved in the courts?

NY Area Spring 2009 Radical Events Page

Submitted by Alycia on Sun, 03/22/2009 - 11:52am
  1. Bronx Anarchist Fair
    April 4th, 11am-6pm, Brook Park
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