The Open Rights Group Conference 2017 is taking place over the first weekend in November (Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th).
The conference is going to be a fantastic opportunity to get the low down on the current state of affairs and policy objectives of all things digital rights!
The conference will be fairly equally split between talks and workshops with Day 1 being filled lectures and Day 2 all about ORG campaigns and workshops. Day 2 will be super interesting for local groups.
A good idea might be for a group of ORG Brightoners to head down to the conference together.
For full details and tickets (ORG members get a discount) visit the website: https://orgcon.openrightsgroup.org/
Also please note that the venue for Day 1 is not the same as Day 2. The venue and time listed on this meetup are for Day 1 (Saturday).
All Member Meeting - come and organise ORG Brighton!
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These meetings are for us to come together and review what we have been up to in the previous month and plan our upcoming events over a drink!
We will be discussing ORGs upcoming national campaign and planning our first cryptoparty.
However there will be time for people to discuss any other ideas they have. This is because we use the Lean Coffee format which is democratic, easy and fun. We would also love to hear from anyone who could help with filming our events!
We hope to see you at the meeting - we chose the Victory as its central, serves good beer and is accessible. If you have any suggestions for venues for future events just let us know!
Hey! Do I have to attend these meetings to have a say in what our group does?
No. You can suggest anything at any time by contacting your organisers direct here on Meetup (Damian and Obs), by email: [masked] or Twitter: @ORGBrighton. You can also start a discussion with the whole group via our email list: https://lists.openrightsgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/org-brighton (the meetings minutes and actions will be shared via this list too).
Anything proposed via these methods by people who cannot make the meeting will be proposed on your behalf by the organisers.
Put digital rights and human rights on the agenda on June 8th. Quiz your candidates on what they will do to protect rights online. Find candidates that will ensure Brexit does not mean losing your civil liberties.
Don't go into the polling booth without knowing which candidates are going to protect your rights!
The event is free and open to all. All views and questions will receive a fair hearing - we only ask that everyone respects one another.
The venue is accessible in terms of physical access and we are committed to making our events open to all regardless of any support need so please contact us directly to let us know how we can help: brighton AT openrightsgroup.org
Impartial Chair
We are delighted to announce our Chair for the evening will be Wendy M Grossman.
A member of our Advisory Council, Wendy is a freelance writer and former full-time musician who writes for the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, ZDNet UK, and Scientific American (she has also written for New Scientist, Wired, and many other publications as well as policy reports and research). She is author of six books including net.wars (1998, NYU Press) and From Anarchy to Power: the Net Comes of Age (2001, NUYU Press), Why Statues Weep: The Best of The Skeptic (2012, Philosophy Press), and writes a weekly column, net.wars, that appears on Friday's at www.pelicancrossing.net/netwars. She is founder and former editor of The Skeptic magazine. Her Web site pelicancrossing.net includes an extensive archive of her articles and MP3s.
Candidates
We invited a candidate from all parties from the constituencies of Brighton Pavilion, Brighton Kemptown and Hove and an independent candidate.
Confirmed so far are:
• Green: Phélim Mac Cafferty (Hove)
• Independent: Nicholas Yeomans (Pavilion)
• Labour: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Kemptown)
• Liberal Democrats: Paul Chandler (Former candidate for Pavilion)
• UKIP - Nigel Furness (Press/Political Officer for UKIP Brighton & Hove)
The Conservatives were invited (repeatedly) but have not put forward a representative.
About Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group is the UK's only digital campaigning organisation working to protect the rights to privacy and free speech online. With almost 3,000 active supporters, we are a grassroots organisation with local groups across the UK.
We work across all political parties to ensure the digital rights of people in the UK are protected.
Put digital rights and human rights on the agenda on June 8th. Quiz your candidates on what they will do to protect rights online. Find candidates that will ensure Brexit does not mean losing your civil liberties.
Don't go into the polling booth without knowing which candidates are going to protect your rights!
The event is free and open to all. All views and questions will receive a fair hearing - we only ask that everyone respects one another.
The venue is accessible in terms of physical access and we are committed to making our events open to all regardless of any support need so please contact us directly to let us know how we can help: brighton AT openrightsgroup.org
Impartial Chair
We are delighted to announce our Chair for the evening will be Wendy M Grossman.
A member of our Advisory Council, Wendy is a freelance writer and former full-time musician who writes for the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, ZDNet UK, and Scientific American (she has also written for New Scientist, Wired, and many other publications as well as policy reports and research). She is author of six books including net.wars (1998, NYU Press) and From Anarchy to Power: the Net Comes of Age (2001, NUYU Press), Why Statues Weep: The Best of The Skeptic (2012, Philosophy Press), and writes a weekly column, net.wars, that appears on Friday's at www.pelicancrossing.net/netwars. She is founder and former editor of The Skeptic magazine. Her Web site pelicancrossing.net includes an extensive archive of her articles and MP3s.
Candidates
We invited a candidate from all parties from the constituencies of Brighton Pavilion, Brighton Kemptown and Hove and an independent candidate.
Confirmed so far are:
• Green: Phélim Mac Cafferty (Hove)
• Independent: Nicholas Yeomans (Pavilion)
• Labour: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Kemptown)
• Liberal Democrats: Paul Chandler (Former candidate for Pavilion)
• UKIP - Nigel Furness (Press/Political Officer for UKIP Brighton & Hove)
We are still waiting to hear which candidate will be joining us from the Conservatives. Their B&H office have been helpful and are eager to have a Conservative candidate present.
About Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group is the UK's only digital campaigning organisation working to protect the rights to privacy and free speech online. With almost 3,000 active supporters, we are a grassroots organisation with local groups across the UK.
We work across all political parties to ensure the digital rights of people in the UK are protected.
Brighton & Hove All-Party Hustings - Human Rights, Digital Liberties and Brexit
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Put digital rights and human rights on the agenda on June 8th. Quiz your candidates on what they will do to protect rights online. Find candidates that will ensure Brexit does not mean losing your civil liberties.
Don't go into the polling booth without knowing which candidates are going to protect your rights!
The event is free and open to all. All views and questions will receive a fair hearing - we only ask that everyone respects one another.
The venue is accessible in terms of physical access and we are committed to making our events open to all regardless of any support need so please contact us directly to let us know how we can help: brighton AT openrightsgroup.org
Impartial Chair
We are delighted to announce our Chair for the evening will be Wendy M Grossman.
A member of our Advisory Council, Wendy is a freelance writer and former full-time musician who writes for the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, ZDNet UK, and Scientific American (she has also written for New Scientist, Wired, and many other publications as well as policy reports and research). She is author of six books including net.wars (1998, NYU Press) and From Anarchy to Power: the Net Comes of Age (2001, NUYU Press), and writes a weekly column, net.wars, that appears on Fridays at NewsWireless.net and at www.pelicancrossing.net/netwars. She is founder and former editor of The Skeptic magazine and editor of the forthcoming book Why Statues Weep: The Best of The Skeptic (Philosophy Press). Her Web site pelicancrossing.net includes an extensive archive of her articles and MP3s.
Candidates
We invited a candidate from all parties from the constituencies of Brighton Pavilion, Brighton Kemptown and Hove and an independent candidate.
Confirmed so far are:
• Green: Phélim Mac Cafferty (Hove)
• Independent: Nicholas Yeomans (Pavilion)
• Labour: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Kemptown)
• Liberal Democrats: Paul Chandler (Former candidate for Pavilion)
• UKIP - Nigel Furness (Press/Political Officer for UKIP Brighton & Hove)
We are still waiting to hear which candidate will be joining us from the Conservatives. Their B&H office have been helpful and are eager to have a Conservative candidate present.
About Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group is the UK's only digital campaigning organisation working to protect the rights to privacy and free speech online. With almost 3,000 active supporters, we are a grassroots organisation with local groups across the UK.
We work across all political parties to ensure the digital rights of people in the UK are protected.
Put digital rights and civil liberties on the agenda on June 8th. Quiz your candidates on what they will do to protect rights online. Find candidates that will ensure Brexit does not mean losing your civil liberties.
Don't go into the polling booth without knowing which candidates are going to protect your rights!
The event is free and open to all. All views and questions will receive a fair hearing - we only ask that everyone respects one another.
The venue is accessible in terms of physical access and we are committed to making our events open to all regardless of any support need so please contact us directly to let us know how we can help: brighton AT openrightsgroup.org
Impartial Chair
We are delighted to announce our Chair for the evening will be Wendy M Grossman.
A member of our Advisory Council, Wendy is a freelance writer and former full-time musician who writes for the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, ZDNet UK, and Scientific American (she has also written for New Scientist, Wired, and many other publications as well as policy reports and research). She is author of six books including net.wars (1998, NYU Press) and From Anarchy to Power: the Net Comes of Age (2001, NUYU Press), and writes a weekly column, net.wars, that appears on Fridays at NewsWireless.net and at www.pelicancrossing.net/netwars. She is founder and former editor of The Skeptic magazine and editor of the forthcoming book Why Statues Weep: The Best of The Skeptic (Philosophy Press). Her Web site pelicancrossing.net includes an extensive archive of her articles and MP3s.
Candidates
We invited a candidate from all parties from the constituencies of Brighton Pavilion, Brighton Kemptown and Hove and an independent candidate.
Confirmed so far are:
• Green: Phélim Mac Cafferty (Hove)
• Independent: Nicholas Yeomans (Pavilion)
• Labour: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Kemptown)
• Liberal Democrats: Paul Chandler (Former candidate for Pavilion)
We are still waiting to hear which candidates will be joining us from:
• Conservatives - their B&H office have been helpful and are eager to have a Conservative candidate present and we hope to have one for the event diaries permitting.
• UKIP - we have made repeat invitations but received no reply.
About Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group is the UK's only digital campaigning organisation working to protect the rights to privacy and free speech online. With almost 3,000 active supporters, we are a grassroots organisation with local groups across the UK.
We work across all political parties to ensure the digital rights of people in the UK are protected.
Put digital rights and civil liberties on the agenda on June 8th.
Quiz your candidates on what they will do to protect rights online.
Find candidates that will ensure Brexit does not mean losing your civil liberties.
Don't go into the polling booth without knowing which candidates are going to protect your rights!
Candidates
We have invited candidates from all parties that stood in the Brighton area in the 2015 general election from the constituencies of Brighton Pavillion, Brighton Kemptown and Hove.
Confirmed so far are:
• Independent Candidate: Nicholas Yeomans (Pavilion)
• Labour: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Kemptown)
• Liberal Democrats: Paul Chandler (Former candidate for Pavilion)
We are still waiting to hear which candidates will be joining us from:
• Conservatives
• Green
• UKIP
The event will be impartially chaired and is open to all.
All views and questions will receive a fair hearing - we only ask that everyone respects one another.
About Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group is the UK's only digital campaigning organisation working to protect the rights to privacy and free speech online. With almost 3,000 active supporters, we are a grassroots organisation with local groups across the UK.
We work across all political parties to ensure the digital rights of people in the UK are protected.
Put digital rights and civil liberties on the agenda on June 8th.
Quiz your candidates on what they will do to protect rights online.
Find candidates that will ensure Brexit does not mean losing your civil liberties.
ORG Brighton is organising a hustings on the theme of digital rights, civil liberties and Brexit.
Don't go into the polling booth without knowing which candidates are going to protect your rights!
Candidates
This election has taken all political parties by surprise. As a result, many have yet to put forward candidates for the nearby constituencies of Brighton Pavillion, Brighton Kemptown and Hove and Porstlade.
We have invited candidates from all parties that stood in the Brighton area in the 2015 general election. Confirmed so far are:
• Independent Candidate: Nicholas Yeomans (Pavilion)
• Labour: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Kemptown)
• Liberal Democrats: Paul Chandler (Former candidate for Pavilion)
We are still waiting to hear which candidates will be joining us from:
• Conservatives
• Green
• UKIP
The Socialist Party of Great Britain and the Trade Union Socialist Coalition were also invited as they fielded candidates in the 2015 election locally but are not standing in this election.
The event will be impartially chaired and is open to all.
All views and questions will receive a fair hearing - we only ask that everyone respects one another.
About Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group is the UK's only digital campaigning organisation working to protect the rights to privacy and free speech online. With almost 3,000 active supporters, we are a grassroots organisation with local groups across the UK.
We work across all political parties to ensure the digital rights of people in the UK are protected.
Put digital rights and civil liberties on the agenda on June 8th.
Quiz your candidates on what they will do to protect rights online.
Find candidates that will ensure Brexit does not mean losing your civil liberties.
ORG Brighton is organising a hustings on the theme of digital rights, civil liberties and Brexit.
Don't go into the polling booth without knowing which candidates are going to protect your rights!
Candidates
This election has taken all political parties by surprise. As a result, many have yet to put forward candidates for the nearby constituencies of Brighton Pavillion, Brighton Kemptown and Hove and Porstlade.
We have invited candidates from all parties that stood in the Brighton area in the 2015 general election. Confirmed so far are:
• Independent Candidate: Nicholas Yeomans (Pavilion)
• Labour: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Kemptown)
• Liberal Democrats: Paul Chandler (Former candidate for Pavilion)
We are still waiting to hear which candidates will be joining us from:
• Conservatives
• Green
• Trade Union Socialist Coalition
• UKIP
The event will be impartially chaired and is open to all.
All views and questions will receive a fair hearing - we only ask that everyone respects one another.
About Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group is the UK's only digital campaigning organisation working to protect the rights to privacy and free speech online. With almost 3,000 active supporters, we are a grassroots organisation with local groups across the UK.
We work across all political parties to ensure the digital rights of people in the UK are protected.
Put digital rights and civil liberties on the agenda on June 8th.
Quiz your candidates on what they will do to protect rights online.
Find candidates that will ensure Brexit does not mean losing your civil liberties.
ORG Brighton is organising a hustings on the theme of digital rights, civil liberties and Brexit.
Don't go into the polling booth without knowing which candidates are going to protect your rights!
Candidates
This election has taken all political parties by surprise. As a result, many have yet to put forward candidates for the nearby constituencies of Brighton Pavillion, Brighton Kemptown and Hove and Porstlade.
We have invited candidates from all parties that stood in the Brighton area in the 2015 general election. Confirmed so far are:
• Independent Candidate: Nicholas Yeomans (Pavilion)
• Labour: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Kemptown)
• Liberal Democrats: Paul Chandler (Former candidate for Pavilion)
• Socialist party of Great Britain: Howard Pilott (Pavilion)
We are still waiting to hear which candidates will be joining us from:
• Conservatives
• Green
• Trade Union Socialist Coalition
• UKIP
The event will be impartially chaired and is open to all.
All views and questions will receive a fair hearing - we only ask that everyone respects one another.
About Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group is the UK's only digital campaigning organisation working to protect the rights to privacy and free speech online. With almost 3,000 active supporters, we are a grassroots organisation with local groups across the UK.
We work across all political parties to ensure the digital rights of people in the UK are protected.
General Election 2017 - Digital rights, civil liberties and Brexit
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Put digital rights and civil liberties on the agenda on June 8th.
Quiz your candidates on what they will do to protect rights online.
Find candidates that will ensure Brexit does not mean losing your civil liberties.
ORG Brighton is organising a hustings on the theme of digital rights, civil liberties and Brexit.
Don't go into the polling booth without knowing which candidates are going to protect your rights!
Candidates
This election has taken all political parties by surprise. As a result, many have yet to put forward candidates for the nearby constituencies of Brighton Pavillion, Brighton Kemptown and Hove and Porstlade.
We have invited candidates from all parties that stood in the Brighton area in the 2015 general election. Confirmed so far are:
• Independent Candidate (Pavilion): Nicholas Yeomans
• Liberal Democrats: Paul Chandler
• Socialist party of Great Britain: Howard Pilott
We are still waiting to hear which candidates will be joining us from:
• Conservatives
• Green
• Labour
• Trade Union Socialist Coalition
• UKIP
The event will be impartially chaired and is open to all.
All views and questions will receive a fair hearing - we only ask that everyone respects one another.
About Open Rights Group
Open Rights Group is the UK's only digital campaigning organisation working to protect the rights to privacy and free speech online. With almost 3,000 active supporters, we are a grassroots organisation with local groups across the UK.
We work across all political parties to ensure the digital rights of people in the UK are protected.
All Member Meeting - come and organise ORG Brighton!
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These meetings are for us to come together and review what we have been up to in the previous month and plan our upcoming events over some nice food and drink :) They are normally on the first Wednesday of the month.
We will be planning our two upcoming events this month. Pupil privacy and school census on the 9th and a hustings on the 16th for local candidates in the general election.
However there will be time for people to discuss any other ideas they have. This is because we use the Lean Coffee format which is democratic, easy and fun. We would also love to hear from anyone who could help with filming our events!
We hope to see you at the meeting - we chose the Fountain Head as its central, serves nice food and drink and is accessible. If you have any suggestions for venues for future events just let us know!
Hey! Do I have to attend these meetings to have a say in what our group does?
No. You can suggest anything at any time by contacting your organisers direct here on Meetup (Damian and Obs), by email: [masked] or Twitter: @ORGBrighton. You can also start a discussion with the whole group via our email list: https://lists.openrightsgroup.org/mailman/listinfo/org-brighton (the meetings minutes and actions will be shared via this list too).
Anything proposed via these methods by people who cannot make the meeting will be proposed on your behalf by the organisers.
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