Charity Auction
What is CritterCare?
CritterCare is the medical expenses benefit fund established for
The Critter, also known as Tracy Worcester,
co-founder of Penguicon. As many of you know, Tracy was diagnosed with
thyroid cancer some months ago, and last month underwent thyroid
removal surgery. While the surgery went well, and the latest tests show
the cancer gone, Tracy is still accumulating substantial medical bills.
She currently is working with her doctors to determine the appropriate
dosage for her thyroid hormone replacement medication, and continues to
suffer some side effects as a result.
What is the EFF?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a
non-profit legal advocacy and legal organization which preserves first
amendment rights in the context of today's digital age. Its educates
the press, policymakers and the general public about civil liberties
issues related to technology, and acts as a defender of those
liberties. EFF has taken action in several ways:
- providing or funding legal defense in court
- defending the individual and new technologies from the chilling effects of baseless or misdirected legal threats
- providing guidance to the government and courts
- organizing political action and mass mailings
- supporting new technologies which preserve personal freedoms
- maintaining a database and web sites of related news and information
- monitoring and challenging potential legislation that would infringe on personal rights and erode fair use
- soliciting a list of patent abuses to defeat those without merit
So please come and help us support BOTH of these very worthy groups at the Penguicon Charity Auction, Saturday night at 10:30 in the Amphitheatre. We hope to duplicate the fun that was had at last year's benefit auction, and we urge you to bid early and bid often! Our celebrity auctioneers will be Penguicon 3.0 Guest of Honor Cory Doctorow, and former Guest of Honor and current Penguicon Nifty Guest Eric S. Raymond.
Also, everyone is invited (and begged!) to contribute items to be auctioned. If you have something you would like to donate to the auction, please contact the auction head, Steve Gutterman, by e-mail at: [email protected] as soon as possible. See you there!