Why does 2600 need St. John's?

It might seem strange that St. Johns University is evicting the 2600 's conference after years of collaboration. I met Mitch Altman at a small soldering workshop I randomly found at my co-working space. I didn't know he was kind of a hacker celebrity. We spent that afternoon walking around the city. He told me about CCC , encouraged me to share my work as a talk. We talked about getting bullied at…