Global Contact Meetups

To support and synergize work already being done online and offline, organizers of the Contact Summit are coordinating resources for various conversations and projects (distributed Global Contact Meetups) to become aware of each other so that a network will emerge with a life of its own. To be part of the network, nodes should

self-identify on this wiki page
describe your focus (project or affinity),
identify a contact person or project lead, and
explain the help you need and/or the resources you have to offer.
post a link to your Meetup Everywhere group

Remote Meetup groups

Germany, Berlin

This event is cancelled http://www.meetup.com/Contact/Berlin/

Germany, Dresden

Selected sessions of this event are to be blogged in English http://datenspuren.de/
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Contact/Dresden-DE

Germany, Karlsruhe

We are currently (8/18/2011) three individuals trying to spread the word about Contactcon and the Freedombox. We have access to a meeting room and some technical equipment to link to NYC.
Contacts: thomas AT thomasruddy.org hannes AT stressinduktion.org
Need: correction of the following page to read "Karlsruhe"
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Contact/Stuttgart-DE/

New Zealand, Wellington

Retake the Net is an initiative connecting people with concrete projects to help keep the net free and open. We were inspired by the Contact Summit but have a special Kiwi-focus. More about us: http://retakethe.net/about/faq
We have a ~35 member meetup group who is getting together every 6 weeks or so to share updates on the projects: http://www.meetup.com/Contact/Wellington
On 29 October 2011 we'll hold the inaugural Retake the Net Barcamp in Wellington: http://wiki.retakethe.net
Our website: http://retakethe.net
Contact: sibylle AT retakethe.net, or on Twitter at @retakethenet