[Noisebridge-discuss] Techno-activism, every third monday?

[Geoff King]

Haha. I think I'm the de facto King no matter where I go. That said, Nate
and Marcia know more about the ins and outs of FOIA than I do. So if
they're game, I'd love to have a collaborative presentation/training. The
vision of FOIA Club as I understand it is to empower people to file (though
not necessarily litigate) their own FOIA requests, on the premise that more
transparency is always better.

Yes, I can be there on the 21st, and I'm looking forward to it.

Now Danny: get back to me about that other thing!

Best,
*Geoff*

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On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:

> If I make you king of FOIA club, Geoff, will you forgive me for being
> an appalling email-replyer? Also are you free on MLK day?
>
> d.
> (The first rule of FOIA club is that information regarding FOIA club
> is exempt from disclosure pursuant to the fourth, fifth and six
> exemptions of the FOIA Act (5 U.S.C. Section 552(b)(4),(5),(6)).
> Subsequent rules are exempt from disclosure pursuant to the second
> exemption (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(2)))
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Marcia Hofmann <marcia at eff.org> wrote:
> >
> > Absolutely! Cc'ing Geoff to loop him in.
> >
> > (And Danny -- I deeply admire your use of the word "eldritch.")
> >
> > On 12/19/12 12:27 PM, Morgan Mayhem wrote:
> >> Ok, so I know that Geoff King was keen to run FOIA club. So I don't
> want to
> >> jump the gun here...
> >>
> >> It might be good to contact him :)
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Okay, I got a couple of the best EFFish FOIA peeps to come along
> >>> (hullo Marcia and Nate!). We'll meet up at Noisebridge at 7 on 1/21,
> >>> do  a Want/Offer Wall and a Goals/Wish List Wall, and then brainstorm
> >>> some FOIA requests of our own (bring your ideas). Then we will go eat
> >>> somewhere DELICIOUS
> >>>
> >>> I will send reminders closer to the date...
> >>>
> >>> (For those following along at home: OpenITP (http://openitp.org/) are
> >>> some extremely smart people who work on open source tools and
> >>> resources for activists and journalists, and who are mostly based out
> >>> of New York, where there's a growing community of such people. We're
> >>> talking about spinning up an equivalent to their monthly meet-up and
> >>> hacking session. FOIA == Freedom of Information Act requests, which
> >>> are a fascinating and eldritch way to map out the capabilities and
> >>> practices of, for instance, the surveillance state. A good resource
> >>> for how to do it yourself is here:
> >>> https://www.eff.org/issues/transparency . Want/Offer is where we put
> >>> up a big pile of post-its on a wall saying you want something or you
> >>> have something to offer and... ohhhh that would be a good permanent
> >>> thing to have at Noisebridge, wouldn't it?)
> >>>
> >>> d.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Morgan Mayhem
> >>> <informationwarfare at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> A few of us that were recently at the Surveillance and Human Rights
> Camp
> >>> in
> >>>> Rio have been discussing starting FOIA club. This might not be a bad
> >>> venue
> >>>> for this.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Ari Lacenski <alacenski at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Roll call for causes under discussion?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have a new political hobby-horse, that dear trope of de-escalation
> >>>>> within "public" services. Unfuck The Police, maybe I'll call it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Brainstorming in re: that theme is therefore interesting to me.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ari
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>>> Morgan Mayhem just suggested that we do a San Francisco version of
> >>> this:
> >>>>>> http://wiki.openitp.org/techno-activism_3rd_mondays
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I very badly want to do this. The next one would be on inauguration
> >>>>>> day *and* MLK day,
> >>>>>> so that seems timely.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Anyone else in?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> d.
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> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and
> >>> lawful
> >>>>> means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but
> weigh
> >>> them
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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