In happy news…
Sex 2.0 is progressing nicely!
We have a good summary paragraph describing the overall goals of the conference. (We’ll need more detailed literature, such as a media kit, of course.) We have 320 MySpace friends as of this writing. We have a wiki (soon we’ll have a separate domain name pointing to the wiki); email me for the password.
We tentatively have a venue; I’m just waiting to hear back from the owners re: cost.
We have the dates narrowed down to two possibilities: April 5, 2008, or April 12, 2008. (We’ll be choosing one shortly.)
Laura Ross is working on logo designs.
Audacia Ray is lined up as the keynote speaker. Steve Eley has confirmed that he’ll lead a session titled “How not to be the creepy guy.” (Heh.) Several other people have expressed interest in speaking, presenting, or moderating panels, and we’ll be working out the details in the coming months.
Interested in helping plan and coordinate? Please join the Google group! Remember, this is a community-driven effort, following the unconference model as much as is possible due to the somewhat sensitive nature of some topics and participants. This is YOUR conference!
I am so excited about this! :D
You should webcast/videocast the Steve Eley seminar so all the boys willing to change can watch the presentation without being stigmatized by walking into a room with a sign saying “How not to be the creepy guy.”
Any man who genuinely thinks they are creepy will have too much self-loathing to have a sense of humor about their situation. Even if you have free snacks.
Heh. Well, the snacks might not be free, so at least that won’t be a problem!
Vidcasting it is a good idea, but not because I give a shit about whether or not some of ‘em are embarrassed to walk into the room.
You’ll be there, right? (The conference as a whole, I mean, not the how-not-to-be-creepy room!)