PAC to support copyright reform, DMCA reform, net neutrality, and other technology issues
GeekPAC (http://www.geek-pac.org/), a group of concerned citizens formerly known as BytesFree.org, has relaunched under a new name to reflect its new focus. GeekPAC will form a political action committee with the goal of building grassroots political support for copyright reform, DMCA reform, net neutrality, patent reform, and other hot-button political issues. Additionally, GeekPAC has launched its first fundraiser at Fundable.org ( https://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2008-07-22.8448851451 ) to cover the initial startup costs.
GeekPAC will be a grassroots, member-driven organization with an emphasis on educating the public at large on how these issues affect daily life. Said John Mark Walker, GeekPAC Founder, “Many of us in the technology community have done a poor job of communicating to the general public why they should care about these issues. With GeekPAC, we hope to change that by driving thought leadership in this area and building a critical mass of concerned citizens who will be able to get the attention of their local politicians.”
GeekPAC’s first action under its new name will be a birds-of-a-feather (BOF) session at LinuxWorld Conference and Expo (http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/) under the topic “Hacking the Election.” The session will take place at 6pm PDT on Wednesday, August 6 in room 301 at Moscone Center in San Francisco and will be open to all LinuxWorld Expo attendees.
Another work in progress is a voter information project, designed to gather data for every member of Congress pertaining to their voting records on relevant bills. The voter information project can be found at http://deki.geek-pac.org/Voter_Information_Project
**To contribute to GeekPAC see http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2008-07-22.8448851451
(GeekPAC is not yet incorporated and donations are not tax deductible.)
**Visit http://www.geek-pac.org/