Aaron Swartz Memorial Day and Internet Governance Discussion
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Aaron Swartz a well known internet hacktivist birthday is on the November 8, 1986. While he met a tragic fate, his legacy in supporting the open access movement is noted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
Designing Open Democracy has suggested that Linux Users Victoria host a topic on Aaron Swartz's birthday relating to the internet governance which would also include how democracy relates to the cyberspace dimension as well.
A short talk and remembrance will also be held for him as well on this event. Full details on this Linux Users Victoria's internet governance is in this page https://www.meetup.com/linux-users-of-victoria/events/288898015/
## Topic: Internet Governance
We are dedicating the November discussion to Internet Governance following the Australian Internet Governance Annual Conference a.k.a NetThing on October 27th and 28th.
You may explore the conference program on the NetThing website: https://netthing.org.au/program
## Schedule
19:00 Meet and greet
19:30 News and announcements
20:00 Group discussion
21:00 Closure and networking
## How to Join
Electron Workshop eVenue:
https://venue.electronworkshop.com.au/r/linux-victoria
(We use a self-hosted BBB instance for video conferencing)
Designing Open Democracy:
[Main Website]: https://www.designingopendemocracy.com/
[Telegram Chatroom]: https://t.me/joinchat/HNk_UBX8A7jBPJPbAZU5Zg
Linux Users of Victoria, [LUV] is a sub-committee of [Linux Australia].
[LUV]: https://luv.asn.au/
[Linux Australia]: https://linux.org.au/