Hello?

[c0debabe]

Is this thing on?

Can I help restart this?

[number6]

Is this thing on?

Can I help restart this?

You have taken the first step... check out the DEF CON Group PoC FAQ (general info: URL1 = https://forum.defcon.org/node/231250 )

Additionally, this might be directly relevant to your goal:
URL2 = https://forum.defcon.org/node/231249

Q: What do I do if the DCG POC in my area doesn't respond to my email?
A: Do to the sheer number of DCGs, it would be impossible for any DEF CON staff member to monitor the activity of all the groups. If you attempt to contact the POC in your area and there is no response, please email dcgroups{ax}defcon[dot]org. At that point, we will attempt to contact the POC. If the POC fails to respond, within a reasonable amount of time, the group may be considered inactive and removed from the official list. You may also decide that you'd like to start your own DCG in your area if the organizer of the first group has been inactive for an extended period of time.

I do not work in the department that works with DEF CON Groups, or assigns or re-assigned PoC, or changes their content. Nothing I post is authoritative for DEF CON Group Coordinators. If DEF CON Group Coordinators provide content which is in conflict with what I post, go with what they claim.

You may notice that the forum user https://forum.defcon.org/member/17206-sleestak "owns" most or all of the forum spaces for DEF CON Groups: they were tasked to create forum spaces for all of the DEF CON Groups by the DEF CON Group Coordinators. Don't expect the user https://forum.defcon.org/member/17206-sleestak to know about this specific DEF CON Group.

[Serpent]

a year late to the party, but would love to get this page going again.

[bliss]

Same here. If we don't hear from the original point of contact are any current members interested in getting things kicked off again? I don't want to offer to run this immediately upon showing up but happy to help in some capacity if that's useful.

[number6]

Same here. If we don't hear from the original point of contact are any current members interested in getting things kicked off again? I don't want to offer to run this immediately upon showing up but happy to help in some capacity if that's useful.

The website link appears to be broken: no answer from https://dc617.org using http or https.
There is am MX record served for dc617.org , which implies mail is or was working at one point.
You could try emailing the email contacts mentioned in the "About this Group" part of this page.

If email messages bounce, then the next step would be to contact the DEF CON Group organizers and let them know you tried to contact the present PoC without success, and you want to take over running this DCG. The people that work with different DCG and can re-assign POC leadership are mentioned here:
https://forum.defcon.org/node/231249
https://forum.defcon.org/node/231250

I am not a DCG Organizer. Any changes to DCG details (PoC, website URL, etc.) published on the forums for DCG must come from the DCG organizers, so all DCG changes need to run through DCG organizers.

Good luck!

[AODNEO04]

codebabe, I am with you. I just found this. I too would like to see this group active again

[mimi29]

It might see more activity the closer we get to defcon and as people are planning what they want to do during the week of.

[themightyrex]

Just joined up from the Cambridge area and hoping to see/contribute some more activity to this as well.