<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">If you keep up with BoingBoing or the EFF, you've probably heard about HOPE Number Nine, 2600 Magazine's conference happening 13-15 July 2012 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. You might even have asked yourself "how can I contribute?"</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div><br>This year's badge is going to be an extra special collaborative art project, an homage to the work hackers have been doing since HOPE began in 1994. We'd love for you to be part of it. We're asking for hackerspaces and similar groups all over the world to contribute something that represents their community-- logos, posters, schematics, and other visual mementos with which you identify-- to be included in a conference-wide display that will represent activism, technology, art, and anything else about which you're passionate. The badge will be extremely visible, and you'll be able to wear it with pride.<br>
<br>If you want to share your passions in a very simple and easy way, send your art sample to <a href="mailto:hackerspace@hope.net" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(28,81,168)">hackerspace@hope.net</a>. Please use SVG format for images, and include a paragraph about why your project or community is awesome. <br>
<br>Additionally, we've put a call out for cool projects your hackerspace might want to show off, such as trans-continental balloons, DNA computers, cube satellites, open-source lathes, mills, 3D Printers, laser cutters, and more! We'll also have a 24/7 workshop area where people can collaborate at the conference. Email <a href="mailto:hackerspace@hope.net" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(28,81,168)">hackerspace@hope.net</a> for more information, or check out <a href="http://www.hopenumbernine.net/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(28,81,168)">http://www.hopenumbernine.net</a>.<br>
<br>PS: for the month of April, HOPE will donate 10% of ticket proceeds to the EFF to further the fight for digital freedom.</div></div>