Dear list members,
We've noticed that this list's activity is very low to non-existent.
That's a shame because when new people sign up they expect ongoing
discussions - and of course it means that Free Software activity in the
region or topic it's connected to is low or moved to elsewhere.
However, it could also mean that people rotated. The "original" folks
moved to different places and topics, and the new folks stayed silent
for some reason. So instead of just deleting an this inactive list, we
would like to give you the opportunity of forming a new community on
this list.
For that, we would need list moderators. It prove to be sensible to have
2 people taking over this role which involves:
* handling the moderation queue, so sorting out spam, letting in
legitimate external mails, and approving new members depending on the
policy of the mailing list,
* facilitating interesting discussions on the list to get activity
started again. Free Software is in the rise - and often also under
attack - almost everywhere, so we won't run out of discussion items,
* and being the contact point for administrators like me in case of
technical problems or any changes.
Please let me know by direct mail to me whether you'd be interested in
being a moderator for this list. If we won't find at least 2 moderators
soon, I'm afraid we will have to close this list (which doesn't mean it
cannot be reopened again in the future).
But even if this list will be closed eventually, the FSFE still offers
many interesting channels for exchange and chat, e.g.:
* the discussion@ mailing list [^1]
* the Discourse forum [^2]
* the various ways to contribute and work together [^3]
* and more [^4]
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask me. Enjoy the holiday
season!
Best,
Max
[^1]: https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
[^2]: https://community.fsfe.org
[^3]: https://fsfe.org/contribute
[^4]: https://fsfe.org/contact/community
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Contact and information: https://fsfe.org/about/mehl | @mxmehl
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This is the never before seen, utterly riveting first-person look at how
director Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald first met with
whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong where he gave them documents showing
widespread abuses of power by the National Security Administration. It is an
unprecedented fly-on-the-wall account of one of the most groundbreaking moments
in recent history.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ADUs8iN7NE
To be followed by a panel featuring the Open Rights Group and the National
Union of Journalists.
Open to the public as always, but we are having to charge £4 to cover license
fee and venue costs.
Please sign up here : https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Manchester/events/239044160/
If you prefer, you can pay on the door, or RSVP by emailing manchester -a-
openrightsgroup.org
Tom
Open Rights Group Manchester
Just a quick shout out about two events the Open Rights Group are putting on
that may be of interest.
Firstly, if you have a child in education or know someone who does,
DefendDigitalMe are giving a talk on the National Pupil Database - which may
end up selling the data of every child over 6 years old !
The talk is free, and starts at half 6 on the 1st of March in SpacePortX :
https://www.meetup.com/ORG-Manchester/events/237374597/
Secondly, the council are hosting a day of events under the banner "Data
Smart" - there are events on Wikidata as well as a full blown CryptoParty and
we'll even feed you lunch !
That's on Friday 17th March and the days starts at 10am in the Central
Libraries' Performance Space. The day is free, but you should get a ticket
ahead of time in case we run out of room. The CryptoParty link is:
http://bit.ly/2m0tWwi
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Tom
War is peace. Ignorance is strength.
Freedom is slavery. Trust the computer.
Hi all
The next Bitcoin Manchester is confirmed. It will be Monday 7th November, 7-9pm at the Manchester Digital Laboratory (MadLab).
Announcement: http://www.bitcoinmanchester.org.uk/meetings/bitcoinmanchester-24
Free signup: https://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Manchester/events/235101015/
# SAFE Network
This month we have Benjamin Kampmann (@gnunicornBen), developer and community outreach spokesman for MaidSafe. He will be live by video feed for a talk and Q&A session about the SAFE Network.
This talk will introduce the SAFE Network, a decentralised open source data storage and communications network that provides a secure, efficient and privacy-first infrastructure to App Developers.
We will look into the primary goals and objectives of SAFE, the problems and how it aims to solve them (hint, it is about removing centralised servers). We will look into some Apps build on SAFE, what APIs are available today, before taking a brief outlook into the future development (like safecoin, data chains).
# Pizza & Pub
As always we’ll have sponsored pizza at the event. We will order from Just-Eat and pay with a Bitcoin debit card.
Finally at around 9pm we’ll head to the pub, which is our new friend Terrace right next to MadLab.
The event will be hosted by
Max, Chris and Ilan
See you there!
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Bitcoin Manchester
http://www.bitcoinmanchester.org.uk/
Organiser group email: hello(a)bitcoinmanchester.org.uk
Hi all
The next Bitcoin Manchester is confirmed. It will be Monday 4th May, 7-9pm at the Manchester Digital Laboratory (MadLab).
Announcement: http://www.bitcoinmanchester.org.uk/meetings/bitcoinmanchester-23
Free signup: http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Manchester/events/232056249/
# Tokenly
This month we have Adam B Levine (famous for Lets Talk Bitcoin) speaking about Tokenly, the business he has co-founded and where he serves as CEO. He will be on a video feed from the USA, where he lives and works.
Tokenly is a set of services that run on the Bitcoin blockchain. They include a wallet, a payment processor, an access control service, and numerous others both already available and in the pipeline.
Adam will introduce the idea of tokens, explain redeemables and access tokens, and then do a Q&A to cover topics the audience is interested to hear more about.
# Pizza & Pub
As always we'll have sponsored pizza provided by one of the Bitcoin-accepting Takeaway.com vendors.
Finally at around 9pm we'll head to the pub, which is our new friend Terrace right next to MadLab.
See you there!
Ash + Max
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Bitcoin Manchester
http://www.bitcoinmanchester.org.uk/
Organiser group email: hello(a)bitcoinmanchester.org.uk
The Open Rights Group will be showing the short (20 minutes) film 'The
Haystack' as an introduction to a wider debate about current events that
effect you both on and off line.
The trailer for the film is here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_RD0uwA3dI
On our panel for the night will be
• Gary Herman from the National Union of Journalists
• Gary Hough from local ISP Zen Internet
• Loz Kaye from Open Intelligence
Plus special guests!
It'd be great to say you are coming on:
http://www.meetup.com/ORG-Manchester/events/231414773/
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Tom
Dear all,
Transport For Greater Manchester is very keen to bootstrap a free software
and open source community to work on next generation public transport
solutions. They have started http://travelspirit.io -- which I'm helping to
create -- as a home for it and are planning a launch conference on June 28.
I believe there's a good chance to seed new free software-based businesses
in Manchester that will have a significant social impact. Supporters of
FSFE in and around Manchester are especially welcome to come along if you'd
like to get involved!
There are a few free tickets on offer, see
http://travelspirit.io/manchester-conference-june-2016/
Best regards,
Simon
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*Simon Phipps* http://webmink.com
*Office:* +1 (415) 683-7660 *or* +44 (238) 098 7027
*Signal/Mobile*: +44 774 776 2816
Hi all
The next Bitcoin Manchester is confirmed. It will be Tuesday 3rd May, 7-9pm at the Manchester Digital Laboratory (MadLab).
# Talks on privacy technologies
Summary: Max will describe Confidential Transactions, a new more private type of transaction for Bitcoin. Max will describe how this works, what benefits it has for privacy, and what trade-offs it makes in terms of transaction size and performance. Ash will describe CoinJoin, a more basic form of privacy (but already actively in use) that combines transactions from multiple users to make tracing the flow of money harder. Ash will look at two implementations of CoinJoin: JoinMarket for Bitcoin and DarkSend (to be rebranded PrivacyProtect) for Dash.
Full description on our (new!) website: http://www.bitcoinmanchester.org.uk/meetings/bitcoinmanchester-22
Free ticket/signup (optional): http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Manchester/events/230628219/
## Food / drink
As always we’ll have free pizza (paid for by bitcoin via Takeaway.com) during the event, and afterwards we’ll head over to Common bar.
See you there!
Ash + Max
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Bitcoin Manchester
http://www.bitcoinmanchester.org.uk/
Organiser group email: hello(a)bitcoinmanchester.org.uk
Hi all
We’re not having a Bitcoin Manchester meetup in April. There’s something bigger going on at MadLab on April 8-9th: CoinFest UK.
http://coinfestuk.org/
Highlights include a number of speakers…
• Gary Broadfield: Bitcoin and The Law
• Hullcoin: How Blockchain technology can be applied for social good
• BitcoinRat: #bitworldtour Project
• Chris Jackson: Blockchain: the Strategic Risk to Banking
• Ronny Boesing (bit-x.com): The world first fully operational instant bitcoin to cash debitcard NanoCard
• Dan (eMunie): The eMunie System
• Chris (DNotes) : Global decentralized supplemental digital currency
… a screening of "Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It”, an international hangout with 3 confirmed speakers, and freebies, including badges, stickers, and pizza. For full details of all the activities, see the website link. Tickets are here:
https://coinfestuk.org/booktickets/
They also have a Meetup.com event you can join if you’re going (newly created so not many people have had chance to join this yet):
http://www.meetup.com/CoinFest-UK/events/229558691/
CoinFest UK is being organised by CryptoBatesGroup. We’re helping out with a few little things, but all the credit for organising goes to CryptoBates. CryptoBates run a number of projects, including Crypto Cloud Hosting, and accept possibly the longest list of cryptocurrencies of any hosting provider… including, of course, Bitcoin.
http://cryptobatesgroup.co.uk/https://cryptocloudhosting.org/
Ash
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Bitcoin Manchester
http://www.bitcoinmanchester.org.uk/
Organiser group email: hello(a)bitcoinmanchester.org.uk
Hi all
The next Bitcoin Manchester is confirmed. It will be Monday 7th March, 7-9pm at the Manchester Digital Laboratory (MadLab).
## Bitcoin in South-East Asia
For the last four months, Max (group organiser) aka @MaaxSan has been travelling through South-East Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. He has met a number of Bitcoiners on the way. He's going to give information and reviews regarding a number of companies he used to finance his travels through some of the countries. This will include facts and figures to see if travelling with bitcoin really does cut it or if it's only a pipe dream!
Announcement on our website: http://www.bitcoinmanchester.org.uk/meetings/bitcoinmanchester-21
Free ticket/signup (optional): http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Manchester/events/228944822/
## Food / drink
As always we’ll have free pizza (paid for by bitcoin via Takeaway.com) during the event, and afterwards we’ll head over to Common bar.
See you there!
Ash + Max
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Bitcoin Manchester
http://www.bitcoinmanchester.org.uk/
Organiser group email: hello(a)bitcoinmanchester.org.uk