[AG Liquid Democracy] Anfrage nach einem Vortrag über Liquid Democracy auf einer Konferenz in Amerika

[Semon <semon3496 AT arcor.de>]

Hallo,
gestern bekamen moonopool und ich einen Tweet von Christopher Walsh aus Cambrige:  Er ist "Clinical Instructional Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School" - was immer das genau ist und Pirat :-). Der Kontakt kam wohl vermutlich über die AG Liquid Democracy Wiki-Seite zustande.

Er sucht für eine Konferenz in Boston am 12. Juni jemanden der einen Vortrag über Liquid Democracy halten kann. Logischerweise in Englisch. Nach dem Thema von Darkzahn morgen, können wir das ja auch mal ansprechen. Bzgl. Kosten usw. wollte er sich noch einmal melden (siehe unten).
Gruß
Semon

Wer auch immer das hin fahren möchte - lasst es bitte nicht Julia Schramm sein :-) - Dann fliege ich lieber selbst auf eigene Kosten.

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Re: Liquid Democracy Datum: Wed, 09 May 2012 09:49:19 -0400 Von: Christopher "Kit" Walsh
An: semon3496 AT arcor.de Kopie (CC): Dirk H. <the.moonopool AT googlemail.com>

Thank you. Please feel free to make this request public.

As for funding, I am working with the USENIX organizers to determine to 
what degree they can subsidize or cover the costs of travel but do not 
yet have a sense of what the budget is. Some money is available for this 
purpose.

On 5/9/2012 1:38 AM, Semon wrote:
> Hello Chris,
> very interesting proposal. We will discuss this tomorrow in our AG 
> Liquid Democracy working group and also forward it to our Bundesvorstand.
>
> Can we make your request public on our mailing list ?
> What about costs ?
>
> Apart from your topic: I would be interested to hear about the 
> activities of the Pirate Party in the USA.
> Kind regards
> Jörg
>
> Am 08.05.2012 22:42, schrieb Christopher "Kit" Walsh:
>> Hi Mr. Witzel,
>>
>> I am a Fellow here at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at 
>> Harvard Law School and I am also an officer of the Massachusetts 
>> Pirate Party.
>>
>> P-) <------ pirate face
>>
>> I am helping to organize a series of events for a conference in June. 
>> The theme of the events is "Cyberlaw," and we will cover a variety of 
>> topics touching on law and technology. One of the topics is 
>> "Technology and Democracy," which includes technological tools for 
>> democratic decision-making, such as Liquid Democracy, as well as 
>> discussions of "principled hacking" for political goals (e.g. 
>> Anonymous).
>>
>> Our Cyberlaw events will take place on June 12, 2012. During that day 
>> and the rest of the week, related technology conferences will be 
>> taking place, organized by "USENIX" - an association of users of 
>> Unix. The various programs are described at usenix.org
>>
>> The audience for the conference will be mostly technologists and 
>> computer science academics, and the speakers will be a mix of legal 
>> experts and technology experts.
>>
>> Because the audience is very technologically sophisticated, speakers 
>> should feel comfortable going into technical detail. However, the 
>> exciting concepts of Liquid Democracy seem clearly understandable to 
>> a non-technical person, as well.
>>
>> Please let me know if someone is available to come and speak to us 
>> about the German Pirate Party's experiences with Liquid Democracy or 
>> other innovative technologies relating to democracy. Do not hesitate 
>> to ask me if you have any questions.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>
>

-- 
Christopher Walsh
Clinical Instructional Fellow, Cyberlaw Clinic
Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School