[JornadaFreeSoft-Info] Hola / What the hack

[Chris Fanning]

Que temía? una epidemia de libertad?

On 5/24/05, yann bona <yannbona at yahoo.es> wrote:
> Hola a tothom,
> 
> A veure com ho administrem...
> 
> De moment un petit missatge sobre la possible no
> celebració del What the Hack
> http://www.whatthehack.org/
> 
> Preguen en fem difussió així que...
> 
> Abraçades,
> 
> Yann
> .
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [Announce-whatthehack] Emergency
> WTH-newsflash: mayor wants
> to ban  What The Hack !
> Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 08:52:40 +0200
> From: Rop Gonggrijp <rop at gonggri.jp>
> To: announce at whatthehack.org
> 
> (You can help. Read on for details)
> 
> We still find it hard to believe, but we have to
> accept the fact that
> it
> is true. The mayor of Boxtel, the municipality under
> which the location
> for 'What The Hack' resides, seems to be refusing a
> permit for our
> gathering, citing "grave fear that the organisation of
> this event will
> endanger law and order as well as public safety".
> 
> Previous instances of this event have seen no
> incidents of any kind. We
> feel this matter needs public attention to get
> resolved, and we issued
> a
> press statement today.
> 
> 
> The letter (dutch):
> http://www.whatthehack.org/news/boxtelbrief
> 
> A fairly literal (and by no means legally approved)
> translation would
> say:
> 
>     Dear Sir, Madam,
> 
>     I have received word that you intend to organize
> an event "What The
>     Hack" from July 28th 2005 through July 31st 2005
> on Landgoed Velder
>     in Liempde.
> 
>     In order to organize such an event, you will need
> to obtain a
> permit
>     ex art. 2.2.2. of Boxtel local ordinance 2004.
> 
>     In light of the fact that there is grave fear that
> this event will
>     endanger law and order as well as public safety,
> I, in my capacity
>     as an authorized official,  am herewith informing
> you that I will
>     not issue such a permit.
> 
>     A copy of this letter will be sent to the owners
> of the Landgoed
>     Velder estate.
> 
>     I assume that I have sufficiently informed you.
> 
> 
>     Yours truly,
> 
>     MAYOR OF BOXTEL,
>     J.A.M. van Homelen
> 
> 
> We have since mobilised our legal team and
> communicated with the
> municipality some more. The entire exchange can be
> found here, and will
> be updated as more communication happens.
> 
> We're preparing to take this matter to court, and we
> have strong
> reasons
> to believe this will not stand.
> 
> 
> What you can do
> 
> We issued press releases in english, dutch and german.
> Maybe you have
> means at your disposal to get this matter some
> attention. Please
> forward
> the message to any and all journalists you know, both
> at the corporate
> and at the alternative media. Put it on your weblog.
> Talk about it on
> online forums. If you happen to live or work in
> Boxtel, talk to people
> and make sure they understand we're good people and
> that their mayor
> seems uninformed. Make sure people understand what we
> are and aren't
> all
> about.
> 
> Keep watching this space for news: things should be
> moving at a fairly
> high pace for the next few days and weeks.
> 
> 
> What you probably shouldn't do
> 
> Please remember that for now we assume this is all
> somehow a big
> mistake, and if anything, we want to charm the local
> community of
> Boxtel. We currently do not believe we have an actual
> disagreement. We
> believe instead that the mayor does not understand
> what kind of event
> What The Hack is. We do not want to be seen as radical
> or pushy. Maybe
> it's an oldfashioned or conservative notion, but we
> simply feel our
> community has a right to gather peacefully.
> 
> Getting angry or even vindictive towards the mayor,
> the municipality or
> anyone else is always counter-productive.
> 
> 
> Refunds
> 
> Have no fear: What The Hack will happen. Now what
> comes next hurts to
> say, but we'd rather say the unspeakable before anyone
> else does:
> 
> Feel secure in the knowledge that in the extremely
> unlikely event that
> 
>    1. we will not be allowed to gather near Boxtel
>    2. we cannot find another location
> 
> all ticket fees paid to us will be refunded in full.
> Period.
> 
> In fact: this is your chance to show that it takes
> more than
> misinformed
> public servants to scare you. Buy your ticket today!
> 
> 
> Smile
> 
> Perhaps most importantly: Don't let all of this get
> you down: a good
> mood and a sense of humor have always been powerful weapons.
> 
> 
> 
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