Entrance
As for every year, entrance at Hackmeeting is free, but always keep in mind that Hackmeeting has a cost and subscriptions are necessary to the survival of the event!
Who is organizing?
Hackmeeting is a yearly meeting of a community that communicates through a mailing list. There is no distinction between organizers and users. Everyone can subscribe and partecipate in the organization by visiting the site www.hackmeeting.org and entering the community.
What is an hacker?
Hackers are curious persons, always eager to discover how things are done. Be it technology or less, hackers reclaim freedom to experiment, disassemble and reassemble things or concepts, to understand how they are done and how to repeat and improve them. Hackers solve problems and build things, believing in freedom and sharing. They do not love closed systems. Hacker’s forma mentis is not restricted to the field of software hacking: there are people that keep the hacker mentality in every existing field, driven by their creative impulse.
Who helds the seminaries?
Whoever wants. If someone wants to propose a seminar, he just has to propose it on the mailing list. If the proposal is well received, it gets on calendar. If there are some problems, the community will be happy to help improve the proposal.
What’s in there, besides seminars?
There is a LAN space, as to say an area dedicated to the web: everyone can plug their laptop, forming a web with the other partecipants. In general, this is the right place to meet other attendees, to ask for help in installing Linux, to solve a doubt, or just to have a chat. Hackmeeting is an open-air festival, a meeting, an hacking party, a moment of consideration, an occasion to learn something together, an act of riot, an exhange of ideas, experiences, dreams, utopies. How much does the entrance cost? How is the event financed?
Traditionally, entrance in Hackmeeting is totally free: always keep in mind that organizing the event has a cost. Expenses are sustained through voluntary contributions, selling shirts and other gadgets and sometimes through the earnings of the bar.
Where to sleep
Hackmeeting will be held near to an open green space: we suggest to bring sleeping bags, mattressess and tents to camp. For those who prefer to sleep inside there will also be the chanche to sleep in some rooms, still sleeping bags and mattressess are suggested.
If you want to arrive before Hackmeeting’s beginning, see the call for support.
Where and what to eat
There is a self-organized kitchen, and we invite everyone to partecipate. As for every year, alimentary necessities of every type will be respected, so there will be vegetarian and vegan meals, gluten-free meals and so on. If you have some necessity, write it in the list.
What can I bring
If you want to bring a computer, take a power strip too. Do not forget web devices (like Ethernet cables, switches, wi-fi). Remember to bring the hardware that you will want to hack in company, and do not forget sleeping equipment (see “Where to sleep”). No Internet connection is guaranteed during the event so, if you think that you need it, bring a 3G stick with you and the necessary to share it with friends! Try to be as independent as possible regarding your hardware.
May I arrive before Friday?
Do you want to arrive sooner? Wonderful! In the preceding days there is always much to do (prepare web infrastructure, prepare seminar halls and many other things) so any helping hand is well accepted. See the call for support to know more.
How are people expected to behave
Hackmeeting is a self-managed space, a temporary independent space and whoever passes through is expected to behave according to the principles of antisexism, antiracism and antifascism. If you are victim or witness of an act of oppression, aggression, brute force, port scan, ping flood and other nonconsensual DOS and you do not know how to react, always count on the community’s support and do not hesitate to attract attention and ask for help.
May I take photos, make videos, post, tag, share, upload?
We think that the freedom to choose the dimensions of one’s own private sphere and public profile must be guaranteed to every participant: in this spirit, photos and/or videos are admitted only if explicitely pointed and autorized by every person that appears in the media.