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

[Morgan Mayhem]

If this is your first FOIA club...

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Geoff King <geoffwking at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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