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Call for Interpreters: Translate 39C3!

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Planning for Congress, unsure what to do there, interested in applying your impressive language skills? If you are multilingual and fluent in German, English and maybe other languages, please consider joining the interpreters team, c3lingo.

We interpret ALL talks in the four main halls live and in real-time. German talks are interpreted into English, and vice versa. Our work is streamed to the Internet and transmitted as audio-only streams in the halls, and recordings are published on media.ccc.de. We have another channel where we interpret into more languages, this is transmitted and published in the same way.

That is a lot of material to interpret and in order to succeed, we need YOU. With the “more languages” channel, you have the chance to contribute in an even more special way if you can interpret into another interesting language (from English or German). We mostly feature the French or Spanish language on this channel, but if your skills differ, just let us know – especially if you can bring along a few interpreters for the same target language. Sometimes, we might even use this channel for interesting things that are not (strictly) interpretations.

Don’t be shy. If you are uncertain whether you’re good enough, chances are that you’ll do just fine. In case you‘re struggling, we will take over from you and talk it over later, no harm done.

Here are the steps to join us:

Subscribe to our mailing list: use this form or send an empty e‑mail to “talk-subscribe(at)lists.c3lingo.org”. Write a quick intro to the mailing list after you’ve completed your subscription.
If you are new to interpreting, with us or in general, we invite you to give it a try online before the Congress. Meet us on Senfcall, a popular German BigBlueButton instance. Any web browser will work, but please use a headset or headphones at the very least. Also, be sure you know how to use your audio equipment with your browser. We look forward to welcoming you in our “tryout” meetings at
- 30 November (Sunday), 19:00
- 12 December (Friday), 19:00

So, take this opportunity and help us bring C3 to an even wider international audience.

For more information, you can contact us on Mastodon at @c3lingo@chaos.social and #c3lingo, or via mail to talk(at)lists.c3lingo.org (after subscribing).

See (and possibly hear) you at 39C3!

Image by stb, CC0

Call for Interpreters: Translate 38C3!

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 06:00:00 +0000

We interpret ALL talks in the three main halls and the two community stages live and in real-time. German talks are interpreted into English, and vice versa. Our work is transmitted live in the lecture halls, streamed to the Internet, and recordings are published on CCC sites and YouTube. We have another channel where we interpret into more languages, this is transmitted and published in the same way.

Here are the steps to join us:

Subscribe to our mailing list: use this form or send an empty e‑mail to “talk-subscribe(at)lists.c3lingo.org”. Write a quick intro to the mailing list after you’ve completed your subscription.
If you are new to interpreting with us, join one of our onboarding meetings. These will be on Mumble. Some details on Mumble setup can be found on wiki.c3lingo.org/remote. We meet on the server mumble.c3lingo.org in the channel c3lingo-team/interpreters-c3lingo-meeting. Join us there at one of these times:
- 4 December (Wed), 19:00 CET
- 7 December (Sat), 11:00 CET

So, take this opportunity and help us bring C3 to an even wider international audience.

For more information, you can contact us on Mastodon at @c3lingo@chaos.social and #c3lingo, or via mail to talk(at)lists.c3lingo.org (after subscribing).

See (and possibly hear) you at 38C3!

Image from Chaos TV: Frag die Teams – c3lingo. Video by c3voc, still image by sebalis. CC-BY 4.0.

21. Gulaschprogrammiernacht

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

ch(ea|i)p alternatives

The time has finally come: We want to invite you to the 21st Gulaschprogrammiernacht!

Save the date: 08.06.2023 - 11.06.2023 at HfG and ZKM, Lorenzstr. 15, 76135 Karlsruhe, Baden, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Europe, Earth, Sun, α-Quadrant, Milky Way, Laniakea.

Registration: https://join.gulas.ch
Submissions: https://cfp.gulas.ch (Deadline: 07.05.2023 23:59)

You will find anything the hearts of hackers and haecksen long for at the Gulaschprogrammiernacht: talks, workshops, a demo show, blinkenlights, a big hackcenter, Karlsruhe’s yearly supply of mate and Tschunk, an epic lounge, a wonderful lava meadow, and of course … wonderful goulash! As always, four days of hacking, lecturing, tinkering, and discussing await you. Everybody is welcome, from the usual suspects to the (as of yet) inexperienced first-timers.

Lectures and workshops

The amount of talks and workshops that are going to be held is completely up to you, as is their content! We are looking forward to a wide range of topics for talks and workshops aimed at all participants. You can submit your very own proposals through Pretalx. If you do not want to get up on stage yourself, but know people you would enjoy to see as speakers at the GPN, please forward this call for participation to them. Remember to make your presentations and workshops as accessible and understandable as possible. Presentations will be recorded by default and posted online at media.ccc.de, opt-out is possible at any time.

“lack (noun, singular/uncountable) A situation in which you do not have any, or enough, of something that you need or want.” (from: Macmillan Dictionary) The increasing lack of computer chips puts all of us electronic machines wielding people in a difficult place: On the one hand, we wish to source cheap hardware, on the other hand we strive for better supply chains so as to not aggravate the environment’s condition any further. In call, switching to alternatives that serve both goals is an inevitable development. Notably, open-source based projects have proven to ameliorate our society, even if the majority of people are unaware of this manner of collaboration. It is our responsibility to rethink, redraft, and rebuild our prior designs and come up with solutions suited to current challenges. Raise a Mate to more affordable and sustainable hardware—let us develop ch(ea|i)p alternatives!

We would very much like to encourage you to hand in talks, even if you consider yourself an inexperienced speaker. Should you be in need of any help, simply reach out to us and we will provide you with assistance as best as we can!

Trolling

The GPN, like all other Chaos events, is only possible thanks to the energetic efforts of many helpers who keep everything running, from the info desk to the live-streams. If you want to lend a hand, you can pre-register starting now by joining troll system. Those amongst the most diligent and active will receive a thank you in form of our iconic bowl with the GPN21 design—an item reserved exclusively for helpers. But that is not all: Let us surprise you with other goodies as well. For certain specialised activities, newcomers will be receive a brief introduction, so that no previous knowledge or special qualifications are necessary even for the fanciest of shifts.

For anything else, consult the Internet: Follow the goulash.

Mini-FAQ

“How much is a ticket?” — There are no tickets and admission is free. GPN is donor-funded and prices for drinks and food are deliberately kept as low as possible. We rely on your donations to make this year’s (and any further) event a reality.
“Why should I register?” — It helps us plan how many chairs, tables, goulash, and tschunk ingredients we have to provide for. Textile swag must be reserved at the time of registration. Also, by registering, you will get a free public transport ticket for the duration of the event.
“What are trolls?” — That is the name of our helpers, comparable to “angels” at other chaos events. Come by and be a troll!
“I have other questions!” — If you have not found your answer in our detailed FAQ, drop us a message.

Picture: CC-BY-SA 2.0, Mitch Altman.

DiVOC Bridging Bubbles – Call for Expertise

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 08:00:00 +0000

tl:dr:

The CfP has been extended until 20.3.2022
We’re making Putins Ukraine war the topic for a whole day (Saturday 16.04.)
Looking for: qualified contributions about help for refugees, OS intelligence, fact checking, open flow of information, protection against cyber attacks, hacker ethics, reconciliation
Contributions to other serious and fluffy topics still welcome!

We are devastated by Putins military invasion of Ukraine. We could have never wanted our theme - bridging bubbles - to be as urgent. Because we will need to build bridges between Ukrainians, Russians and the international community; for the sake of every peaceful creature that has suffered due to the war.

This is why we will be dedicating Saturday, 16.04.22 to this topic.

We are looking for qualified reporting on the information and power bubbles that are shaping the conflict.

We stand in solidarity with out Ukrainian friends and the reports leave us restless. But many technical aspects are also on our minds.

We are a collective of hackers. What does that mean when there’s a war happening right at our doorsteps that is also being fought on the Internet?

What are constructive contributions we can make as civilian hacktivists for the people of Ukraine? How should we debunk propaganda? Can freedom of information help in the process of reconciliation?

If you can contribute a talk or a discussion on Saturday, we’d be happy for your proposal in Pretalx in track “Resilience and Education” or a mail to our content team via divoc@neanderfunk.de until 20.03.2022!

We are also looking forward to performances and works of art dealing with the topic. You can also contribute to an educational short on hacker ethics and debunking “cyber war”.

But by dedicating a day to this topic, we deliberately chose to not make it a theme for the whole event. There’s other subjects needing to be addressed and bunnies wanting to be illuminated with LEDs. These submissions will always be welcome.

Be excellent to each other! бути відмінними один до одного! Будьте замечательные друг к другу!

20. Gulaschprogrammiernacht

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

factory reset … done: hello, world

You have been eagerly awaiting it, a few panic-stricken inquiries have already reached us. Now the time has finally come: We want to invite you - one week earlier than usual - to the 20th Gulaschprogrammiernacht!

Save the date: 19.05. - 22.05.2022 at HfG and ZKM, Lorenzstr. 15, 76135 Karlsruhe, Baden, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Europe, Earth, Sun, α-Quadrant, Milky Way, Laniakea.

This GPN will take place under new and special conditions. Probably we will have some clarity of the actual local regulations regarding the COVID19 pandemic at some point in April 2022.The regulations of the state of Baden-Württemberg are decisive for us.

Registration: https://join.gulas.ch
Submissions: https://cfp.gulas.ch

More of the same

At the Gulaschprogrammiernacht there will be everything what the heart of a hacker or a haeckse longs for: talks, workshops, demo show, blinkingthingies, music that - as always - will be way too loud or too quiet for at least two people. A big hackcenter, Karlsruhe’s yearly supply of mate and Tschunk, an epic lounge, a wonderful lava meadow and - of course - lots of wonderful goulash! For four days there will be hacking, lecturing, tinkering and discussing again that ones and zeros will fly. Everyone’s welcome, from the usual suspects to the (still) inexperienced and firsttimers.

Lectures and workshops

How many talks and workshops are going to be available and how interesting they will be is completely up to you! We are looking forward to a wide range of topics for talks and workshops for all participants. You can submit your proposals in the Pretalx. If you don’t want to offer something yourself, but know people you would like to see as speakers at the GPN, please forward this call to them. Please make your presentations and workshops as accessible and understandable as possible. Presentations will be recorded by default and posted online at media.ccc.de, opt-out is possible at any time.

Trolling

The GPN, like all other Chaos events, is only possible thanks to the energetic efforts of many helpers who keep everything running from the info desk to the livestreams. If you want to participate, you can soon register in the troll system. For some special activities newcomers will be instructed so that no previous knowledge or special qualifications are necessary.

For everything else, there’s the Internet: Follow the goulash.

Mini-FAQ

“How much is a ticket?” - There are no tickets and admission is free. GPN is donor-funded and prices for drinks and food are low. We rely on your donations to make this year’s and next year’s event possible.
“Why should I register?” - So we know how many chairs, tables, goulash and tschunk ingredients we have to order. Textile swag must be reserved at the time of registration. Also, by registering, you will get a free public transport ticket.
“What are trolls?” - That’s what we call our helpers, comparable to the angels at other chaos events. Come by and troll with us!
“I have other questions!” - Then first check our detailed FAQ and if you don’t find an answer there, write us a mail.

DiVOC Bridging Bubbles – Call for Participation

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

tl;dr Talks, art projects and music for the stream of DiVOC bb3. Deadline for submissions: 13.3.2022, Event 15.–18.4.2022.

During the pandemic, the bubbles and echo chambers all of us inhabit seem to have gotten even tighter and more impermeable. We look forward to your talks about technology, science, politics and society. We’re particularly interested in talks addressing current social debates, questions of participation, accessibility, science education and science denial, and “fake news”.

And this time we would like to try out a new format: each day, we want to a have panel on a range of topics, with experts and different viewpoints. You are an expert and you would like to contribute? Or you have a suggestion for a topic and know people who are specialists? Then submit your suggestion, please!

Talks can have a length of either 30 or 60 minutes (plus a Q&A). If you have something special in mind, we can diverge from that. Art projects and music are coordinated individually.

All formats are streamed live and are recorded for later viewing; if you prefer, you can pre-record your talk. In any case, we would love to do a live Q&A with you. If the situation permits and you’re game, you can hold your talk from one of the participating spaces. We’re happy if you appear in front of the camera, but we’ll find creative solutions if that is not appropriate. We’ll discuss all details with you in time for Easter.

Submissions: https://pretalx.c3voc.de/divoc-bb3
Deadline: 13.3.2022
Event: 15.–18.4.2022
More Info: https://di.c3voc.de/bb3:en:start

DiVOC Bridging Bubbles – Call for Collaboration

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 10:00:00 +0000

tl;dr A hybrid event: online and in your hackspaces. Do weird things to coax people out of their bubbles and to connect them with others. Contribute on the Wiki and IRC #divoc-bb3, to help plan this. From 15.-18. April 2022.

During the pandemic, the bubbles and echo chambers all of us inhabit seem to have gotten even tighter and more impermeable. We want to interact and merge the bubbles. DiVOC has to replace Easterhegg for the third time, but this time around we hope that the situation allows for small groups to do things together in person. So let’s use the chance to network the bubbles worldwide. Hack the new normal!

Build a Jitsi corner in your club, stream a talk from your space (we’ll help with the technical setup), network with other spaces, connect Workadventure avatars to the real world. Add your ideas to the Wiki, discuss your projects on the Hackint IRC channel #divoc-bb3, and join our mumbles that we’ll host to help everybody coordinate. Let’s build a better world together!

In the usual DiVOC manner we’re relying on self-organisation. Use the wiki to promote your ideas and offerings and find collaborators. We’ll have a Workadventure you will be able to add your own map to, and we’re looking forward to your extensions to connect Workadventure with the physical world. And all the BBB and Jitsi servers at CCC and elsewhere invite everybody to have spontaneous or planned sessions and workshops.

We’ll also have a talk program and a lounge stream, but for now, we want to spur you on to create crazy and cool ideas for a hybrid event!

#rC3: Es war einmal kein Congress …

Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:45:08 +0000

Once upon a time, the people of the nerds wanted to celebrate their annual festival. But the lands were struck by a pestilence, and it was dangerous to go out and meet other entities. The nerds lamented, for their festival was the highest holiday in their world. But they were all wise creatures, and since wise creatures do not let other creatures come to harm, the committee decided that the celebration would be canceled in the year of the plague.

But the people were strong and wise, and so they pondered. And someone suggested to create an enormous artificial island, which everyone could enter with their avatar, instead of their physical presence.

But the committee was tired, and they asked who would build this island. Many, many words were passed back and forth, responded to, struck through again,and painted in gay colours, because a newly hatched idea needs time to grow.
And, finally, a few princesses stepped ahead, and declared they would lead the journey. They gathered builders and knights, saddled dragons and unicorns, and the committee gave them provisions, a book full of lore and their own stories and experiences, and a magical pigeon (conforming to RFC 2549). And they went forth to find the place where this island could spawn.

They journeyed across hills and mountains, passing the roaring rivers of Stackoverflow, the huge flocks of the green pastures of the comments, the gaudy market places of video jugglers and podcast artisans, and the homely homes of the World Wide Web. After many weeks they reached a small valley, where grass was green, and space was aplenty. and so they agreed to build the island here, in the Land of the Unchartered Internet, in the rC3 Valley.

The princesses sent messengers on unicorns and dragons to the home villages of their hackspaces to bring them the message that a place had been found, but some of their messengers got lost in the thickets of online fora, and their messages never reached their destination.

The builders began to plan, the knights explored the area, to find how it could be secured against Spam, Downtime, and Boring Humans. Jugglers and messengers rode the lands, carrying signal drums, posting announcements to gather more Wizards of System Administration, and Masters of Code Structure, and to inform the people. The land was empty and barren, and so our heroes commenced by creating a lake to separate the island from the realms of the Land of the Unchartered Internet. To cross this lake, they would need boats, one for each guest, and so the shipmasters from the tribe of Tickets&Presale were asked, and they were all delighted to build the boats, and distribute them amongst the guests.

The clan of Eventphone prepared to equip the island with a system that would allow communication over vast distances, and Heaven itself sent their Angels to support the creation and care of the island.
Many creatures and villages contributed, and many small valleys and hills, rivers, pastures and utilities and airports, churches and halls were erected.
Then the day of presale arrived and a big pack came running! They were standing at the shore of the lake and wanted to cross – and nobody could move. The numbers were too high.

But the ship-builders of the clan of Presale and Tickets were untiring! They erected one small ark after another to let as many nerds as possible travel to the island.
They built and drank Mate and built again. They convinced the Knights of Infrastructure, and the Software Mages, to enlarge the island by another bit, just one more acre! (It mitigated that dragons were forbidden to spit fire, so no more computing serfs burned down).
And the Committee sent a pigeon and donned bricks and beams, so a place for even more guests could be made.
Finally the moment came. Wherever they looked, no more bare metal could be found for more boats.

The day of the festival broke, the nerds entered their boats with their avatars, and traveled to the island, so that every so often, the havens could not accept arriving boats, for not a single berth was vacant.

Everyone had come!
The Grand Celebration could begin! In the background, hammers could still be heard, as the opening banner was hoisted in a dignified ceremony. The Mages of Hotpatches and of Software groaned under the rush of Nerds. Luckily the colourful people soon distributed amongst the different villages of the assemblies. But the halls were not sufficiently filled with creatures yet, such that a Dark Magic fell over the land. A magical attack of the dDOS demanded all their prowess, so the islands would not fall to this magical storm. And since this is the way with magical storms, in those times no one could reach the islands. So when night fell, all knights, mages, unicorns, and dragons joined their forces to reinforce the fortress walls, and to kindle more protective fires.

The villages and clans and tribes came together and began to spawn more content. For more content would calm magical attackers, distract them, and also delight the people with their sparkling, blinkenlighting, and beeping, and it would be very useful overall.

A new dawn broke … and wild jubilation filled the islands, and enlightened the data travelers. Gaily and lovely tetris melodies replaced the lamenting sound of hurdy-gurdies, well-known signs on magical tiles, which even made sense as a Tic Tac Toe; well-known ritual buildings like a Silk Road, and even a postal service were created. More amusement was provided, even for those regrettable angels who missed doing many tasks common in previous festivals. The Bottle Collection Simulator was treasured, and so was searching and finding of exits, and filling in forms A38, B38, and C38.

But Peace was not won yet. Another magical attack! The Curse of Invisibility stroke the islands. But our brave heroes of Server Fortress fought the problems of the Demon Name System and prevailed, so the magical guide posts would guide travelers to the island again.

Tired heroes need breaks. Thus, Mate, Talks – and something against Boredom.
Because heroes, when they can not be heroic, get bored. And so in the whole land, quests were announced, to earn a knight’s decoration, and win badges for heroic deeds. As as things so often are, the first heroes found many who followed them, because everyone wanted to gain the grace of the Waving Cat, and the regard of their clans.

Though some of these quests were highly elaborate, and those who sought to win them had to follow confusing paths that were misguiding and led into the deepest dungeons, every Hackspace created their own medals, and there were plenty of them, so every hero could earn theirs if they tried.

And since many of those heroes became thirsty, and hungry for music, more festivities were made. So many that, in the end, you could not find any more room for your celebrations and even rooms of rest became places of celebration. Luckily, this was well known among the long-established population, and the healers of the clans also gave their blessing.

The Festival went on, day and night, for the seventh part of a moon’s revolution. Travelers to the island told the inhabitants of the Land of the Unchartered Internet about their journey and the island, and even though not all areas were easy to find, and some parts even seemed to hide themselves, the nerds were happy, for they had missed dearly their festivities and the opportunities to gather with all their fellow hackerspace-villages. The opportunity to exchange stories and experience, and to learn together, is why this festival was so much desired, why it had to take place!

But the day came when the festival was to end, and everyone was very sad, because it had been a wonderful, magnificent event. As the builders had explained in the beginning: artificial islands are not meant to exist forever, for it would tire the data witches and bit mages too much to keep the barriers stable, and the island afloat. So the celebration had to end.

But the princesses and builders, the masons and mages, they all wanted to make another present to the people. So they discussed what they could give to the people, and at the end, they concluded: The one and only worthy treasure would be the blueprints of the island. Because it had taken many mages and knights, and princesses, and builders, and masons, and so many more to erect this island, it should also be possible to build many small islands, and to connect them with magical guide posts. So every hackspace clan could build their own small island, and you could visit each other, while the pestilence held the land in its claws.

They wrote la large declaration, and sent it with RFC-conforming pigeons into all corners of the land: The mages would rest a while, and then create a place to publish the blueprints. (Everyone agreed that Alpha Centauri would not suffice.)

The villages received the pigeons, and read the plans, and created their own islands. And steady traffic arose between the islands, and clanspeople visited each other and hacked, because this is what these people, also called Chaos, do: They work together for a better world. And they all knew: Only if they would stick together and stand together could these dark ages be survived.

And They All Hacked Happily Ever After!

Call for Interpreters: Translate #rC3!

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 11:04:30 +0000

If you are multilingual and fluent in German, English and maybe other languages, please consider joining the translation team.

We want to interpret ALL talks in the two main channels and content from other channels too, live and in real time. Our work is transmitted live in the streams, and recordings are published on CCC sites and YouTube. For each event we have two channels for interpreted content. In the first, German talks are interpreted into English, and vice versa. A second translation channel translates into languages other than English or German – what we do there depends on availability and on the interests of the group, and maybe on the specific event.

That is a lot of material to translate and in order to succeed, we need YOU. With the second channel, you have the chance to contribute in an even more special way if you can interpret into another interesting language (from English or German). We have mostly used French and Spanish up to now, but there were others and we are interested in variety, so let us know what you can offer – especially if you can bring along a few interpreters for the same target language. Sometimes we might even use the second channel for interesting things that are not (strictly) translations.

Don’t be shy. If you are uncertain whether you’re good enough, chances are that you’ll do just fine. We will try to look after you as best we can in these strange times.

Simply send an email to translate-subscribe(at)lists.ccc.de and write a quick intro to the mailing list after you’ve completed your subscription. Also sign up as a translation angel at https://engelsystem.de/rc3 and give the system permission to send you emails. Most importantly, join one of our online meetings.

You need a Mumble client to take part in our meetings and to do the actual work, so set this up as much as you can. Some details can be found at https://wiki.c3lingo.org/divoc. Then follow the mailing list for meeting announcements. This year we recommend that you join a meeting before day 0, but there will be an official kick-off on that day as well

So please, take this chance and help us bring rC3 to an even wider international audience.

Microposts can be found at on Twitter at @c3lingo and #c3t and on Mastodon at chaos.social/@c3lingo – but don’t expect quicker answers there, our social media team is virtually dormant.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Call for interpreters: Translate 36C3!

Thu, 26 Dec 2019 11:00:12 +0000

Heading for Congress, unsure what to do there, interested in applying your impressive language skills? If you are multilingual and fluent in German, English and maybe other languages, please consider joining the translation team.

We interpret ALL talks in the five main halls live and in real-time. German talks are interpreted into English, and vice versa. Our work is transmitted live in the lecture halls, streamed to the Internet, and recordings are published on CCC sites and YouTube. A second translation channel will be operated in the same way.

That is a lot of material to translate and in order to succeed, we need YOU. With the second channel, you have the chance to contribute in an even more special way if you can interpret into another interesting language (from English or German). We’ve so far focused on adding French language translations, but if your skills differ just let us know – especially if you can bring along a few interpreters for the same target language. Sometimes, we might even use the second channel for interesting things that are not (strictly) translations.

Don’t be shy. If you are uncertain whether you’re good enough, chances are that you’ll do just fine. In case you‘re struggling, we will talk it over, no harm done.

Simply send an email to “translate-subscribe(at)lists.ccc.de” and write a quick intro to the mailing list after you’ve completed your subscription. Also sign up as a translation angel at the Engelsystem. Most importantly, come to one of our meetings. The kick-off meeting on 26 Dec, 20:00 would be best, but if you can’t make that, join us at the earliest meeting that you can attend.

So please, take this chance and help us bring C3 to an even wider international audience.

For more information, you can contact us on Twitter at @c3lingo and #c3t, or via mail to translate(at)lists.ccc.de (after subscribing).

See (and possibly hear) you at 36C3!

36C3 in Leipzig

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:43:40 +0000

The rumours are true! The 36th Chaos Communication Congress (36C3) is going to happen in Leipzig and will, for the most part, be organised and structured like last year’s 35C3.

We’ve just launched our Call for Participation and announced an official invitation on our website.

Heads Up: Due to a more relaxed start after an exhausting Camp, the due date is approaching rapidly. Please hand in your submissions before 26 October 2019.

Titelbild von mlcastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Being an Angel at Chaos Communication Camp 2019

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:00:56 +0000

Hello fellow life form.
Let’s get it out of the way: We need lots of volunteers, especially for teardown. If you want to help, become an angel.

I want to help
That’s easy. You just need to register on Engelsystem and come to heaven on camp. You’ll find more details in our wiki.

I want to help with buildup
There are not as many different tasks during buildup, so please don’t arrive early without talking to us first. If you are resilient, love to to tackle even heavy work and want to arrive early for buildup please contact us at ticket@c3heaven.de so we’re able to plan for you accordingly. Be aware of the timeline.

I want to help during camp
Nice! Being an angel is one of the best opportunities to meet new people and look behind the scenes. There are many different tasks in the Engelsystem and you might join different teams on the “Angeltypes” page. There’s an overview of angeltypes. Questions will be answered by heaven in the Engelsystem and via email to ticket@c3heaven.de.

I want to help with teardown
To leave no traces we especially need angels after camp. Just stay a little longer and help with teardown.

What else is there to know?
We’ll be surrounded by nature, so plan and act accordingly.
Be aware of heat and the sun, drink more water and apply sunscreen.
This checklist might give you some pointers on what to consider.
There will be a tent only (no campers) heaven village, although we encourage you to prioritize populating other villages first.
For further and frequent questions monitor the “Ask the Heaven” page on Engelsystem.

We look forward to your contributions, projects, and participation as Camp is what you make of it. Without you, it would just be a pile of infrastructure right in the middle of nowhere. So let’s make the Camp into a Hackerevent worth remembering. See you.

Wir sind in der Natur, deal with it

Fri, 24 May 2019 06:10:54 +0000

Hello camp visitors,

there is general camp planning going on for several weeks so far. Now we need information in terms of your villages in order to do concrete campsite planning. If you want to create some big stuff we need to know. You can find the contact details below in this post.
For your orientation we gathered some facts that are clear so far:

water:
The watersystem we build up for the camp is limited in its capacity and unfortunately won’t be very high due to local supply limitation. This means that we need to watch our water consumption a little bit. From the overall capacity we need to supply all of the sanitary and gastronomic infrastructure, e.g. the showers, dish washing stations, drinking water supply, heavens kitchen and so on. That means we cannot manage to supply running water in individual villages. So please plan to get water from the closest water station and find a workaround with water tanks. It’s also planned to limit the showering time to several hours a day to reduce the amount of water consumption.
Please be thrifty with the water and for example take a dip in the nearest lake instead of having a massive water fight on the campsite.

electricity:
As for the 2015 camp we will bring generators for the electricity supply because we can´t get enough power from the Ziegeleipark. As usual for a generator powered grid interruptions are possible.
It’s the same as for the water: please be thrifty and leave hungry consumers (e.g. old fridges or likewise) at home.
If you want to use your own solar power infrastructure to supply your village or if you are bringing big power consumers (>2kW) you necessarily need to speak to our power team (camp2019@c3power.de). Due to necessary fire protection, environmental and noise issues, please leave own generators at home. Nobody likes stinking two-stroke engine generators.

tents and buildings:
Due to safety reasons on the campsite you need to involve the village team in the planning of your village. If you want to bring big tents or build up something special, you need the village team’s permission. Tents for example are limited to the size of 75 square meters and must not have a second floor. Please don’t bring materials that are easily inflammable to build up your village. Cars and similar vehicles can not be parked in the villages.
Don’t dig holes and pits. There are several undocumented cables and pipes in the Ziegeleipark which are suspected to lie low under ground. The ground is not fun to dig in either. Also please don’t bring big pegs and don’t drive your tent pegs deeper in the ground than 20cm.
Please answer the village registration (https://signup.c3assemblies.de/) and speak about your plans. You also get the possibility to order tables, chairs, big tents and wood via the village team. Only register your planned village if you already got a ticket for the camp!

fire and cooking:
There definitely won’t be the possibility to have open fires or campfires on the campsite and the whole area due to fire safety. The same goes for barbeque grills on the campsite. As in 2015 there will a defined area where barbeque grills can be used. If you want to use a gas cooker make absolutely sure that it is based on some non inflammable ground and that it stands solidly and is not likely to fall over. The operation of a major village kitchen is only possible after permission of the village team.
Please be aware that the fire safety rules need to be adjusted if there is a change in weather oder dryness and can become stricter.

vehicles:
If you want to bring your vehicle please take care of the ground, yourself and the people nearby. The campsite won’t have a continuously bright illumination and a black dressed person or a pothole can easily be overlooked in the later evening. Please leave your battery powered vehicles at the chargers after dusk and please leave vehicles running on any kind of fuel at home. The noise and exhaust for other camp visitors exceed the individual fun. Also if your vehicle is leaking fuel it will damage the environment around.

water protection and environmental protection:
The Ziegeleipark Mildenberg is based in a water protection area (Wasserschutzgebiet). Please make sure that your cars, campers, motorcycles etc. are not leaking fuel.
Please leave any kind of chemicals at home. The opportunity of producing a new circuit board versus the possibility of damaging the closest drinking water reservoir is definitely not worth it.

music and noise:
If you bring PAs please limit the volume in sense of your neighbors on the campsite and outside the Ziegeleipark. Background music is totally fine in your village but constant party volume in some parts of the campsite was a problem in 2015 that we don´t want to have again.
There will be a major party area that is designed to produce a low noise level to the outside.

be excellent to each other:
In 2015 we got major complaints from neighbors outside the Ziegeleipark about noise, trash thrown in private gardens and damage to private property. We assume that this won´t happen again. Be excellent to each other!

dont forget your towel:
Have in mind that we are outside in the actual nature in midsummer. Bring sun protection, bring sunscreen, a big hat, create yourself some shady space. Have in mind to drink enough and also have in mind that in case of rain it can become quite muddy.
Bring a chair including a backrest and don’t forget your towel!

questions?

Village coordination, village buildup, village placing and questions
about villages: cccamp19@c3assemblies.de
Village registration: https://signup.c3assemblies.de/

Power supply, solar powered infrastructure, questions concerning your needed supply: camp2019@c3power.de

Logistics, deliveries, mail, moving heavy objects on campsite and so on: camp19@c3loc.de

Call for Interpreters: Translate 35C3!

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 16:04:29 +0000

If you are multilingual and fluent in German, English and maybe other languages, please consider joining the translation team.

We interpret ALL talks in the five main halls live and in real-time. German talks are interpreted into English, and vice versa. Our work is transmitted live in the lecture halls, streamed to the Internet?*, and recordings are published on CCC sites and YouTube. A second translation channel will be operated in the same way.

That is a lot of material to translate and in order to succeed, we need YOU. With the second channel, you have the chance to contribute in an even more special way if you can interpret into another interesting language (from English or German). We’ve so far focused on adding French language translations, but if your skills differ just let us know – especially if you can bring along a few interpreters for the same target language. Sometimes, we might even use the second channel for interesting things that are not (strictly) translations.

Don’t be shy. If you are uncertain whether you’re good enough, chances are that you’ll do just fine. In case you‘re struggling, we will talk it over, no harm done.

So please, take this chance and help us bring C3 to an even wider international audience.

For more information, you can contact us on Twitter at @c3lingo and #c3t, or via mail to translate(at)lists.ccc.de (after subscribing).

See (and possibly hear) you at 35C3!

At the time of writing, web content on c3lingo.org had not been updated to 35C3 yet. Please be patient …

Call for Angels

Sat, 15 Dec 2018 08:36:53 +0000

35c3 is ahead with its slogan „refreshing memories“. Those who have visited a Congress before will have memories of all the helping hands that make a Chaos Communication Congress possible. Those volunteers are called Angels.

And we also need a lot of angels for this year’s congress. That’s your turn! There is a lot of work and anyone can help with – there are specialized tasks requiring some level of training beforehand and there are simple tasks that can be taken care of by anyone instantly. For those helping it is a great experience to learn how the Congress organizes itself and what is happening in the background to create this event.

Last year we had 2,387 (that’s twothousandthreehundredeightyseven!) angels and each of them was needed. Such a workforce needs some coordination, that’s why „angeling“ is done with a system: The Engelsystem. If you want to be a part of this workforce, you should register with our Engelsystem.

You can do this at any time via https://engelsystem.de/35c3/.

Even if you are visiting Chaos Communication Congress for the very first time, not knowing what expects you. If you are feeling scared of being lost at an event with 16,000 participants: By helping as an Angel you will be a part of Congress from the first minute. Almost all tasks are handled in teams and so you will be able to get to know other people quickly – and dive deeper into the chaos.

So help making this congress one we all like to remember!