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The BMV Web Development Team is proud to announce the launch of phase one
of our community website
BurningVan.org
BurningVan.org will be a valuable community web resource for many reasons. Perhaps most importantly, the site is created by the community,
for the community. It is owned and directed by volunteer members of the
BMV (Burning Man Vancouver) community, hosted on a local server generously
donated by a participant. Our web services will no longer be subject to
the whims of large corporations, or have to endure annoying advertisements. It is in our hands.
BurningVan.org will be the primary information portal for BMV. This centralization process creates a single jumping off point for all local
resources. This will make information gathering more convenient, and
increase online social interactivity within the community.
Mailing lists will still be used as a more private means of communication
for planners & organizers of our local events. The existing Topica and
Yahoo email lists may eventually be migrated to our own mail system, and
are, in the meantime, linked from the site. We will be working to migrate
content from this site to the forums over time.
The BMV Forums section is the most prominent feature of the site
right now. The goal is to channel the various discussion lists into
the forums. Discussion groups include local event news, Burning Man-related
chat, and friendly discussions on a variety of popular topics. Everyone
is encouraged to sign up, create a personal profile, and try it out!
There is a forum allowing people to give feedback to the BMV Web
Development Team. Let us know how you feel. If you have experience with phpbb, we'd love to hear from you as we learn
to tweak the product.
Enjoy!
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THE CORPORATION
is now playing in other cities - check the website
for details.
THE CORPORATION'S Canadian launch couldn't be going better. From a festival favorite, to a box-office success story, the film is also creating a buzz in the US as it sells out all it's screenings at the prestigious Sundance Festival.
The documentary takes a look at the nature of The Corporation, arguably today's most dominant institution. By law, it's considered a "person". Filmmakers Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan then ask: "What kind of person is it?" According to the FBI's top consultant on psychopaths, (interviewed in the film) if you put the corporation on the couch, it meets all the diagnostic criteria of a psychopath. The impact on society, the planet and democracy is what gets explored in the film, as well as what individuals and groups are doing about it. The film interviews an impressive collection of corporate insiders, as well as critics and activists, Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva, Noam Chomsky and Michael Moore (to name but a few of the rabble rousers.)
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