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Hi! I'm new to this community, but I'm a Cal alum and am presently working as an admin assistant on campus. A good friend of mine, Dan Silverstein (cubesebuc -- he's brand new to LJ), is giving a talk in Soda Hall tomorrow entitled Hacking the ASUC: What Political Hacks can Learn from Hackers and Vice-Versa, He's asked me to spread the word to this community, and I'm happy to do so. Dan's a great guy, with some very interesting views on the topic at hand. Here's a note from him with some detailed information on the talk:
Howdy,
I am presenting a talk this Tuesday, 4/25 that may be of interest to UC Berkeley community members. The talk is entitled Hacking the ASUC: What Political Hacks can Learn from Hackers and Vice-Versa, and it is co-hosted by CalLUG and the Computer Science Undergraduate Association.
The talk draws on my observations of the interaction between ASUC political hacks and hackers from the CSUA and OCF during the 2003 and 2004 ASUC elections. I have a unique vantage point because I led a team that hacked and, subsequently, helped secure the 2003 ASUC elections. The following year, I recruited and led the team that wrote the replacement election server. Members of the 2004 elections council called upon me to do this less than 24 hours before balloting opened.
Hacking the ASUC is written for non-technical audiences, but will feature elements of interest to techies, including the 2003 exploit code.
Time, Date, and Location:
6:00 PM
Tuesday, 4/25
306 Soda Hall (aka that big bathroom-green tile building on North Side)
CalLUG's announcement:
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~linux/
Dead tree format flyer:
http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~dans/misc/hacking_asuc/did_you_know.pdf
Please pass this on to anyone you feel would be interested. Cheers.
Howdy,
I am presenting a talk this Tuesday, 4/25 that may be of interest to UC Berkeley community members. The talk is entitled Hacking the ASUC: What Political Hacks can Learn from Hackers and Vice-Versa, and it is co-hosted by CalLUG and the Computer Science Undergraduate Association.
The talk draws on my observations of the interaction between ASUC political hacks and hackers from the CSUA and OCF during the 2003 and 2004 ASUC elections. I have a unique vantage point because I led a team that hacked and, subsequently, helped secure the 2003 ASUC elections. The following year, I recruited and led the team that wrote the replacement election server. Members of the 2004 elections council called upon me to do this less than 24 hours before balloting opened.
Hacking the ASUC is written for non-technical audiences, but will feature elements of interest to techies, including the 2003 exploit code.
Time, Date, and Location:
6:00 PM
Tuesday, 4/25
306 Soda Hall (aka that big bathroom-green tile building on North Side)
CalLUG's announcement:
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~linux/
Dead tree format flyer:
http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~dans/misc/hacking_asuc/did_you_know.pdf
Please pass this on to anyone you feel would be interested. Cheers.