[Network-Centric Resources] Getting started & notes

[Dirk Slater]

Hello Everyone!

Firstly I’d like to say thanks to everyone who came to the session at IFF and then signed up to be part of the discussion! The session was incredibly helpful for me and I really appreciated your inputs.  I’m putting the session notes below (Thanks to Megan Deblois!) as the IFF seems to be having some issues with getting notes up.

I hope this email list and the work we are about to undertake will be of benefit to you. We’ve just published a blog post on our plans on developing a network-centric resource for developing network-centric resources please see: http://www.fabriders.net/new-network-centric-resources/.  One thing to mention - we have been receiving invaluable advice from Gunner at Aspiration (https://aspirationtech.org) and they are a partner in this project.

My first task for the project (after sending this email) will be to create a draft of a ‘checklist for starting a network centred resource,’ which I will distribute here in the coming weeks to get inputs from everyone.  I’m also drafting a blog post called ‘what we learned from LevelUp’, which is a case study on https://level-up.cc - the digital safety trainer’s resource, so look for that soon.

My ask to you: please respond to this email by introducing yourself on the list, giving any amount of detail on the network-centric resource you are working on and what are the big challenges you are facing in doing so. Also HELP ME GROW THE NETWORK: If you know of anyone who could benefit from participating please point them at the project page at: http://www.fabriders.net/network-centric/ and they can find the link to join the discussion group. That will be the page for the project and you will find everything connected to FabRiders work on Network Centric Resources there. Feel free to forward those links and include them in your various feeds!

Thanks again!


Dirk

Dirk Slater
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NOTES From IFF Session on 06.03.17

Who/what you think is doing this well - post-it notes with notation:
* O -- Ownership (Shared Ownership)
* C -- Contribution (Enable Contribution)
* N -- Network (Fosters a Network)

CiviCrm CN
Syrian Archive CN
Tent by SecFirst •Github - CN
Mozilla N +1
A working group on documentation of VAW cases & Women’s Collection CN
MENA Independent Media Network OCN
EDRI Mailing Lists. (Topic Related - Policy Content) CN
Wireless Networks for Developing World - N
Commotion Construction Kit - N
Tor O? CN +1
Library Freedom Network OCN
LevelUp OCN
Bitcoin OCN
TAILS OC
Twitter CN
GitHub OCN +2
Wikipedia OCN +3
	Wikipedia Women editathons C
Open Street Map OCN
Stack Overflow OCN +1
Responsible Data Listserv OCN
Org Sec Community OCN
Social Enterprise Network - Tech Soup Europe IOC
Transparencee Network OCN
Gov.UK (London City) N
TinFoil.Press OCN
Video4Change CN
Craigslist CN
Informal Network of Digisec & LGBTIQ Trainers OCN
BookClubs OC
SafeTag OCN

Sharing ownership? But need to be clear about "ownership" of what exactly?
	-- Ownership Conversation
	-- ownership to what?

Protected Content
	-- want to be open to those that need the content (violence against women)

** "NETWORK-CENTRIC RESOURCES"

	-- (1) where are you finding support and knowledge? Post-it notes:
		Existing Communities with Shared Values
		Listservs
		Conferences
		Feedback from Users
		Contributing Guide
		Research on Training effectively
		Security in a box
		Talking to people
		Local Beneficiaries recognise the risks and want them solved by trainers/experts/technologists
		LevelUp
		Apps on Sandstorm
		Devs on GitHub
		Crypto Parties (S-> Companies $$)
		Crypto Parties (S-> Academics with Activist Background)
		Looking from other NGO’s on their resources
		Looking from the experience of other countries
		Learn from women lawyer/also working with you
		Mena Mailing List (Support)
		Org Security Community (piecemeal)
		Guidelines on Success: Project can be time limited: thats okay


	-- (2) what is missing? Post-it notes:
		To find other/similar groups, not NGO’s dealing with this issue
		Regional information that is open to public
		Decentralised & Shared Ownership
		How to actually build community
		What’s required before you make a network
		Trainers & Technologists are not collaborating to solve X
		Content Sharing/Collab Standard
		Platforms to share adapted resources
		Partner with org to create resource
		- None in local language
		- Resources of non technical people
		How do you gauge need/want for resource?
		Lack of dedicated resources for support the network
		Crypto parties
		- $ -> City
		- $ -> Documentation
		- $ -> Legal People
		How to get people to actually participate/contribute
		Balance between trust/openness and bottom-lining
		Non-techy Community Contribution
		No practical/actionable information for the network to act-on
		Implementation; Stories of Success
		Difficulty explaining Cryptography
		Learning Curve
		Collective design of collaboration process
		Guide for cultivating open source contributions
		Now way to find all project similar in space
		Paid Community manager
		Place to share back on what’s (not) working; Central Hub
		Long-term evaluation/efficacy of resources
		Involve Local Beneficiaries in Design, Threat Models, Workflows, tools


Things that would be nice:
-- guidelines of what success is
-- how some in tech understands non-tech communities
-- utilize the brains in the room more effectively!


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