Hi,
I've been asked to spread the word about this movie screening and I believe it's relevant to this list. I first heard about this movie today but it sounds interesting and I'll be there Friday evening. (the speakers are Friday, the screenings are Fri-Thu except Sun. (1 week only); see the eventbrite link below for more details)
Thanks, Jeremy
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 18:17 Subject: Barbershop Punk -- New York premiere
Hi, I'm glad you'll be able to come to the Brooklyn screening of Barbershop Punk Friday night! It's a compelling movie about keeping the Internet free. It tells the story of Robb Topolski, a network engineer and a barbershop quartet singer who learned that Comcast was throttling his Internet file transfers…and did something about it. It's a compelling story, and also informative about the importance of net neutrality. I will be on a brief panel discussion immediately after the 10:00pm screening (there is also a 7pm screening, with a different set of panelists). Below is my bio, and those of my co-panelists, in case you want to pass the invitation around. The screening costs $7, and it should be a blast -- I expect lots of fun and interesting people will be there! More info/buy tickets: http://barbershoppunk.eventbrite.com/
PETE FORSYTH began writing Wikipedia articles in 2006, focusing on the history of his home state of Oregon. He helped found WikiProject Oregon, a dynamic group of Wikipedians which coordinates collaborative projects and engages with local institutions. Pete was a key architect of the Wikimedia Foundation’s Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative, a broadly acclaimed outreach project. Designed to help the academic world engage with the Wikipedia production process, this Initiative's programs are now increasingly driven by volunteers and being replicated around the world. Pete’s projects have ranged from improving a single Wikipedia article to designing programs that engage Wikipedia volunteers. He has also spoken about Wikipedia to a variety of audiences, from Ivy League universities to community groups, and from Poland to California.
JOSH LEVY is the Associate Campaign Director at Free Press. He develops and implements Internet- based campaigns, programs and projects to encourage online activism, advocacy and fundraising. Before joining Free Press, Josh was managing editor of Change.org, a social action network where he supervised the launch of more than a dozen issue-based blogs. He previously worked as an associate editor fortechPresident.com and Personal Democracy Forum, and was an adjunct lecturer in media studies at Hunter College in New York City. Josh holds a B.A. in English and religion from the University of Vermont and an M.F.A. in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College.
THOM WOODLEY is aWebby and Streamy nominated writer, filmmaker and web video entrepreneur, helped usher in the online video revolution with the launch of his hipster comedy The Burg, one of the first scripted and professionally produced web series. He then went on to create the webseries The All- For-Nots, a co-production with Michael Eisner, All's Faire, and Greg & Donny, which won the New York Television Festival IFC Award and is slated to premier on IFC in late 2011. In his spare time, he works in advertising, and was the lead writer on the famous campaign for Dos Equis, the Most Interesting Man in the World, for which he has won the Effie, Oneshow, DNAD, Radio Mercury and Cannes Lions awards. He is the creator of DIORAMA, a new web video channel dedicated to web video with a Brooklyn edge.