Hi everyone,
As some of you may know from a previous thread , One of our speakers Thomas Wilhelm was recently a bone marrow donor from the Be the Match program. He contacted us about setting up a registry drive at Defcon 18. We like that Idea and are going to do what we can to make sure they have the space they need in order to grow their donor registry. Just like with the EFF and Hackers for Charity, Hackers (as I know them ) have a strong desire to fix what's broken and often times want to do something epic for humanity. I can't think of a more fitting scenario than saving another life.
Here is a FAQ about the program, It's not as scary as I thought originally, turns out there are a lot of myths about registering and donating your bone marrow. I've created this thread for the organizers, they should be creating a forums account and posting in this thread soon. I hope this is a big hit this year!
-Nikita
As some of you may know from a previous thread , One of our speakers Thomas Wilhelm was recently a bone marrow donor from the Be the Match program. He contacted us about setting up a registry drive at Defcon 18. We like that Idea and are going to do what we can to make sure they have the space they need in order to grow their donor registry. Just like with the EFF and Hackers for Charity, Hackers (as I know them ) have a strong desire to fix what's broken and often times want to do something epic for humanity. I can't think of a more fitting scenario than saving another life.
Here is a FAQ about the program, It's not as scary as I thought originally, turns out there are a lot of myths about registering and donating your bone marrow. I've created this thread for the organizers, they should be creating a forums account and posting in this thread soon. I hope this is a big hit this year!
-Nikita
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