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The Cowtown Computer Congress
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Located below the surface of the earth, The Cowtown Computer Congress (CCCKC) is a hackerspace in Kansas City maintained by technology enthusiasts of all backgrounds. Members represent all facets of technology ranging from digital art and design to robotics software development and information security. Located in room 404 at 3101 Mercier Street, Kansas City, Missouri, CCCKC is an open organization, allowing anybody to join that wishes. The Cowtown Computer Congress is a Missouri 501(c)3 organization. Current Officers * President: Jestin Stoffel * VP of Operations: Craig Berscheidt * Secretary and VP of Member and Affiliate Relations: James Costello * VP of Communications: Elliott Hoffman * Treasurer: Mike Overstreet History Cowtown Computer Congress was initially started through a series of forum posts by John Benson to local user groups in Kansas City during the Summer of 2008. The one post that was picked up was from the now defunct kc2600.org website. From this point on, meetings were held with the following people who are considered the Founding Fathers of the CCCKC. * John Benson * Clay Harper * Bill Swearingen * Ryan Trinder * Joseph Walton Early Meetings Early meetings were held mostly in bars and coffee shops in Downtown and SouthSide Kansas City discussing foundations for the group, legal and fiscal responsibilities, and user groups to contact. During late Summer (pre DEF CON) John, Ryan, and Joseph would crash or visit other user group meetings to spread the good word of the Congress looking for interested parties and to explain what it was the Congress was trying to achieve. The user groups received their information warmly and many of user groups they contacted are frequent visitors of the Congress and even are on the current Board of Directors. Post Defcon 2008 The group started to take off when the group moved their weekly meetings to the Javanaut coffee house on 39th street in Kansas City. Through extensive word-of-mouth advertising on social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and BrightKite, the group was able to attain a critical mass of prospective members. An executive board was elected, primarily consisting of the original founders, and the group was incorporated as a non-profit in the state of Missouri. News The CCCKC has been mentioned in Ink Magazine here in Kansas City. * InkKC.com * [http://blog.cowtowncomputercongress.org/what-a-year-and-a-half-its-been/#more-761 cowtowncomputercongress.org] See Also
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