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The Eclectic Tech Carnival

Since we're not sure if an Eclectic Tech Carnival will be happening this year, here you have a list of all the tech events where we can have BOF corners.

UPCOMING EVENTS
April 10-11 in Antwerp, http://loadays.org/
April 15-17 in Rennes, http://www.breizh-entropy.org/
May 27-30 in Brussel, http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2010/
June 2-6 in Bracciano, http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV3
June 6-11 in Bordeaux, http://2010.rmll.info/?lang=fr
July 10-18 in Oegstgeest, http://opencommunitycamp.org/site/
July 22-25 in Dudelange, http://events.hackerspace.lu/camp/2010/wiki/HaxoGreen
August ?? Place ??, http://eth-0.nl/
September 22-15 in Brussel, http://2010.brucon.org/
November 6-7 Eindhoven, http://t-dose.org/

and DOWN UNDER ...
http://sistero.org/mdhhh/

The Eclectic Tech Carnival is a gathering of women with a critical interest in Free Information and Open Standards technology. The event creates an opportunity for women to network, exchange skills and have fun! It's been held at least once a year since 2002, each time in a place where there is a group of women interested and willing to host and organise it. Its roots are in the Genderchangers hardware and FLOSS courses.

Women from all over the world organise the /ETC through mailing lists, IRC chat and IRL (in real life) meetings. While the main focus is to attract local women to participate, the reality is that participants travel from all over the world to attend the Eclectic Tech Carnival.

The week-long festivities include workshops on installing open source and free software, taking a computer apart, building websites, soldering, playing puzzle games, learning to programme and discuss the meaning of it all. In addition there are art exhibitions, presentations and performances.