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    <title>Old Events</title>
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      <name>Aldon Hynes</name>
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    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>These are old events from my calendar and what actually ended up happening:</p>
<h2>2005</h2>
<p>Jan 21-23 Progressive Democratic Summit, Washington<br />
<a href=http://www.pdamerica.org/tools/events/jan_summit_2005.pdf>http://www.pdamerica.org/tools/events/jan_summit_2005.pdf</a><br />
(I'm supposed to lead a workshop there)<br />
The Summit was great.  The workshop was well attended.</p>
<p>Feb 10-12 DNC Meeting, Washington<br />
(I thinking about getting press credentials to cover this.  It is when the DNC will elect their new chair)<br />
I had obligations in Connecticut, so I watched parts of it on CSpan.  </p>
<p>Feb 9-23 <a href=http://socialnets.org/>OSN 2005</a></p>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>These are old events from my calendar and what actually ended up happening:</p>
<h2>2005</h2>
<p>Jan 21-23 Progressive Democratic Summit, Washington<br />
<a href=http://www.pdamerica.org/tools/events/jan_summit_2005.pdf>http://www.pdamerica.org/tools/events/jan_summit_2005.pdf</a><br />
(I'm supposed to lead a workshop there)<br />
The Summit was great.  The workshop was well attended.</p>
<p>Feb 10-12 DNC Meeting, Washington<br />
(I thinking about getting press credentials to cover this.  It is when the DNC will elect their new chair)<br />
I had obligations in Connecticut, so I watched parts of it on CSpan.  </p>
<p>Feb 9-23 <a href=http://socialnets.org/>OSN 2005</a><br />
I am on a panel.  This is an online conference.</p>
<p>March 10-11 IPDI - Politics Online Conference, Washington<br />
<a href=http://www.ipdi.org/politicsonline/>http://www.ipdi.org/politicsonline/</a><br />
(I went last year, it is a good conference, however given its closeness to SXSW, I'll probably miss it this year)</p>
<p>March 11-15 SXSW - Austin<br />
<a href=http://2005.sxsw.com/>http://2005.sxsw.com/</a><br />
I am on one of the panels there.</p>
<p>March 17-20 2005 Annual CAR Conference<br />
(Computer Assisted Reporting, part of Investigative Reporters and Editors)<br />
<a href=http://www.ire.org/training/hollywood05>http://www.ire.org/training/hollywood05</a><br />
(I need to work on a proposal to present at either this, and/or the IRE conference below)<br />
(actually, again, due to its closeness to SXSW and my schedule, I probably won't be there)</p>
<p><b>March 30-31</b> F2C: Freedom to Connect<br />
An isen.com production<br />
<a href=http://freedom-to-connect.net/>http://freedom-to-connect.net/</a>.<br />
This looks like a great conference which I really look forward to attending.</p>
<p><b>April 16</b> Grassroots Use of Technology<br />
<a href=http://www.organizerscollaborative.org/conference.html>http://www.organizerscollaborative.org/conference.html</a><br />
I've heard lots of good stuff about Organizer's Collaborative.<br />
Let's see if it makes sense for me to go.</p>
<p><b>May 13-15</b> National Conference for Media Reform<br />
St. Louis<br />
<a href=http://www.freepress.net/conference/>http://www.freepress.net/conference/</a><br />
This looks very interesting.  I probably won't make it, but it looks interesting.</p>
<p><b>May 16</b> Personal Democracy Forum, New York<br />
<a href=http://www.personaldemocracy.com/conference>http://www.personaldemocracy.com/conference</a><br />
(I went last year.  It was pretty good.  Being in New York, I will try to make it again this year)</p>
<p><b>May 20</b> YK2005, Chicago<br />
<a href=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/24/92856/518>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/24/92856/518</a><br />
(First I've heard of it.  I don't know....)</p>
<p><b>June 2-5</b> 2005 IRE Annual Conference, Denver<br />
<a href=http://www.ire.org/training/denver05/>http://www.ire.org/training/denver05/</a><br />
(See comments about NICAR conference)</p>
<p><b>June 10-11</b> 25th College Reunion at <a href=http://www.wooster.edu>Wooster</a></p>
<p><b>June 17 - 19</b> DeanFest 2005, Austin<br />
<a href=http://myvoteismyvoice.com/Texas/index.html>http://myvoteismyvoice.com/Texas/index.html</a><br />
(Went to DeanFest last year, although only caught a day of it between a folk festival<br />
 and the National Convention.  Hopefully I can make more of it this year)</p>
<p><b>July 21-24</b> FalconRidge, Hillsdale New York<br />
<a href=http://www.falconridgefolk.com/>http://www.falconridgefolk.com/</a><br />
(Our family goes to this just about every year)</p>
<p><b>October 5-9</b> AoIR 6.0 Internet Generations.<br />
<a href=http://conferences.aoir.org/index.php?cf=3>http://conferences.aoir.org/index.php?cf=3</a><br />
I made it to AoIR 1.0 and AoIR 4.0.  We'll see if AoIR 6.0 is in the cards this year.</p>
<h2>2006</h2>
<p><a href=http://neworganizing.com>New Organizing Institute</a><br />
Feb 24-Mar 2.  I helped with trainging.</p>
<p><a href=http://www.ipdi.org/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=12118>Institute for Politics, Democracy &amp; the Internet </a><br />
March 7-8  Went one year.  Missed it since.</p>
<p><a href=http://2006.sxsw.com/interactive/>SXSW Interactive</a><br />
March 10-14.  I went last year as a speaker.  Didn't make it in 2006.</p>
<p><a href=http://pulver.com/f2c>Freedom to Connect</a><br />
Apr 3-4  Went in 2005.  Didn't make it in 2006.</p>
<p><a href=http://www.personaldemocracy.com/conference>Personal Democracy Forum</a><br />
May 15th. New York City.  So far, I've made everyone.</p>
<p><a href=http://www.organizerscollaborative.org/index.php>Organizers Collaborative Conference</a><br />
June, sometime....  Spoke last year.  Didn't make it in 2006.</p>
<p><a href=http://www.californiafordemocracy.com/demfest06/DemfestCApublic.html>DemocracyFest 2006</a><br />
July 13-16.  Made it each year.</p>
<p><a href=http://www.falconridgefolk.com/>FalconRidge Folk Festival</a><br />
July 20-23  An annual event.</p>
<h2>2007</h2>
<p><a href=http://www.freepress.net/conference>National Conference on Media Reform</a>  Jan 12-14, Memphis, as well as at the <a href=http://www.mediagiraffe.org/jtm/>Journalism That Matters</a> conference immediately before.  Attended both.</p>
<p><a href=http://freedom-to-connect.net/>Freedom to Connect</a>  Mar 5-6, Silver Springs, MD.  I went two years ago.  Couldn't go last year.  Attended online.</p>
<p><a href=http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive>South by Southwest Interactive</a>Mar 9-13 Austin TX.  I spoke at SXSW in 2005 couldn't make it in 2006-2007</p>
<p><a href=http://polc.ipdi.org>Politics Online Conference</a>  Mar 15-16 Washington DC.  I in 2005.  Haven't been able to make it back since.</p>
<p><a href=http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/mit5/index.html>Media in Transition</a> Apr 27-29, Cambridge MA.  I was on a panel there.  It was a great event.</p>
<p><a href=http://www.personaldemocracy.com/conference/2007>Personal Democracy Forum</a>.  May 18 in New York City.  Last year's conference information can be found at <a href=http://www.personaldemocracy.com/conference/2006>http://www.personaldemocracy.com/conference/2006</a>  Attended with a Google Scholarship.</p>
<p><a href=http://www.democracyfest.com>DemocracyFest</a>  June 9-10 Manchester NH.  I've been at every DemFest since they started.</p>
<p><a href=http://www.organizerscollaborative.org/conference>Organizers Collaborative Annual Conference Grassroots Use of Technology 2007</a>  Jun 22-23 Lowell, MA  I spoke there in 2005 and couldn't make it in 2006 or 2007.</p>
<p><a href=http://www.falconridgefolk.com/>Falcon Ridge Folk Festival</a> July 26-29 Hillsdale NY.  Yeah, it is four days of camping and listening to folk music.  I've gone just about every year since 1994, usually camping out, sometimes just for a day.</p>
<p><a href=http://www.yearlykosconvention.org>YearlyKos</a>  Aug 2-5 Chicago.  Attended via Second Life.</p>
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