Projects

Starting a Project
Bring any project idea you have to a meeting or the mailing list, and we'd love to help you make it happen. Be prepared to take charge of your project, however. Nurture it, respect it, and watch it grow.

Active Projects

 * Periodic Hack-A-Thons and FreeCulture Labs. Contact Nick at nlaracu1.


 * Recording and distributing music by student bands. Also building a media server to house this content. Contact Ben at bmazer1.


 * Publishing student writing and zines. Additionally, National Novel Writing Month activities. Contact bmazer1.


 * Working with the library to ensure all textbooks are available. Contact bmazer1.


 * Periodic LAN parties. Contact eastor1.


 * Promoting CreativeCommons and copyright reform. This is a group-wide effort.

Possible/Discussed Projects
If you're interested in pursuing these, bring it up on the mailing list or at a meeting.


 * Swat-specific Wiki.


 * Encouraging professors to use Open Access journals.

Old Projects

 * Book list -- An ongoing list of books to suggest that the library aquire.  They are either freely licensed, about free culture, or subjects of copyright-related legal difficulties.


 * Library display - The library display has been entirely dismantled, rather than only partially dismantled while leaving the bookcase intact, as originally planned. This should be fixed at some point... let's get that free culture bookshelf back!


 * FCS Parrrty!!!


 * LAN Party 2006


 * Free Culture Summit 2006 -- Here's a postmortem summary of the Summit of 2006.


 * Webcomic Symposium 2006 -- Who came, what went down, etc.