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Erica Packington

@ericapackington active 1 week, 3 days ago
Making moves to start the Geek Militia – who fancies coming and trying out Krav with my self defence peeps? I have a vision of Sheffield geeks being both smart and kiss ass :) Thinking Meersbrook Park, one evening soon. About 45 mins cardio (more than you think you can do) then learning how to shout and strike. Fancy unleashin the power of […] View
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    Erica Packington posted a new activity comment: 1 week, 3 days ago

    In reply to: Andy Halsall posted an update in the group Open Rights Group Sheffield: Do we have a thread on ’what’s next’ in relation to the discussions about Richard O’Dwyer that I am not seeing? If so then please ignore this […] View

    Also, as there is existing pressure on teh govt with regards to extradition from lots of quarters, 38 Degrees might find it’s an issue that brings together several strands of their active communities. The challenge is that they are pretty wedded to online petitions, letters to MPs and reserve the billboard thing for massive campaigns (NHS…[Read more]

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    Erica Packington posted a new activity comment: 1 week, 3 days ago

    In reply to: Andy Halsall posted an update in the group Open Rights Group Sheffield: Do we have a thread on ’what’s next’ in relation to the discussions about Richard O’Dwyer that I am not seeing? If so then please ignore this […] View

    I think it would be great to get something that we could put in front of the 8 million people using the PP proxy. Think this is perhaps where linking with 38 Degrees might work well? So, we have a clear call to action that we ask them to do something about?

    The challenge with the “RT THIS FOR XYZ” is that anyone with any drop of sense isn’t…[Read more]

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    Erica Packington posted a new activity comment: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

    In reply to: Richard King posted an update in the group Open Rights Group Sheffield: The Government Digital Service has published its draft identity and privacy principles, and is soliciting comments. A tip of the hat is owed […] View

    my first reaction is “oh for fuck’s sake, can we maybe make this less staid?” I’d want the starting statement to be the one that appears in brackets as a translation into actual English – so the first thing we read is for e.g. “My request or transaction only uses the minimum data that is necessary to meet my needs” then the name of the…[Read more]

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    Erica Packington posted on the forum topic GIST Mag mix tape in the group Group logo of The GIST CommunityThe GIST Community: 1 year, 6 months ago

    we could get a collaborative playlist up on Spotify, maybe??

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    Erica Packington posted an update in the group Group logo of Geek Girls AllowedGeek Girls Allowed: 1 year, 10 months ago

    Hi All, I’ve set up a Doodle for us to put our availability into for a Geek Girls Allowed planning session.

    find it here:

    http://www.doodle.com/chscg3dakuh6zmth

    Essentially, at the last meeting we felt we needed a bit of a shot in the arm – what do we want Geek Girls Allowed to be “for” and what are we collectively going to do to make it…[Read more]

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    Erica Packington joined the group Group logo of Open Rights Group SheffieldDigital Economy 1 year, 11 months ago

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    Erica Packington posted an update:   1 year, 11 months ago ago ·   updated 1 year, 11 months ago ago

    Making moves to start the Geek Militia – who fancies coming and trying out Krav with my self defence peeps? I have a vision of Sheffield geeks being both smart and kiss ass :) Thinking Meersbrook Park, one evening soon.

    About 45 mins cardio (more than you think you can do) then learning how to shout and strike. Fancy unleashin the power of the…[Read more]

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      Ian Ibbotson replied 1 year, 11 months ago

      Heya Erica, sounds like fun to me – Tues and Thurs are tricky, but otherwise I’ll be there :) see if you can save @richardrixham before he joins a judo club too :) and I know @richardathome is a secret ninja, been trying to get him to teach a bo session for ages (@brabster and @mikecroucher) are good secret-ninja candidates too!

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        Richard Allsebrook replied 1 year, 11 months ago

        A not so secret ninja now! >.<

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        Richard Rixham replied 1 year, 11 months ago

        I’m away quite a lot over the next 4 weeks but if I’m around I would love to get involved. :-)

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      Erica Packington replied 1 year, 11 months ago

      awesome. I’ll get hold of some dates from the Ronin lot and provide options. Would be great to get a gang together and give it a go. It is hard work, but really v cool.

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    Erica Packington posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 11 months ago

    In reply to: Erica Packington posted an update: Making moves to start the Geek Militia – who fancies coming and trying out Krav with my self defence peeps? I have a vision of Sheffield geeks being both smart and kiss ass :) […] View

    awesome. I’ll get hold of some dates from the Ronin lot and provide options. Would be great to get a gang together and give it a go. It is hard work, but really v cool.

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    Erica Packington posted a new activity comment: 2 years, 1 month ago

    In reply to: David JM Emmett posted an update in the group The GIST Community: I’m still wondering, is GIST an abbreviation for something? If so my guess is something like ”Geeks into Social Technology”. View

    I like it :)

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    Erica Packington and Paul Webster are now friends 2 years, 1 month ago

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