[Network-Centric Resources] New to the list! Hello!

[Martin L. Fällman]

Hey all!
A little late to the party maybe but I thought I should give a quick
introduction too.

# Introduction #

I'm Martin, protection officer and digsec specialist at Civil Rights
Defenders, operating out of Stockholm, Sweden, but working with many of
our partners in the Balkans, South-East Asia, East Africa, the former
Soviet Union and sometimes at home in Sweden. Also getting in on our
growing Latin/Central America program.

Mainly, I facilitate trainings and develop curriculums to address the
specific issues our partners face---generally government
repression/surveillance but also local/regional antagonists from civil
society.

# Network-centric resources that I'm working on #

I have a project... that I can't talk about yet because the potential
funders are still looking at the concept notes. ;)

On a more serious and neigbourly note, I'm working on a number of
different developments to our curriculums and methods, and all of them
keep coming back to this deep need for community and network building
among our partners, and inbetween the regions where we work. 

# The big challenges I'm facing #

To be absolutely blunt: our funders and part of our management might not
share my belief in creating strong, independent networks that we can
then energize to effect change in the world. We're an old organization
with a traditional model, which is great when you want to measure
long-term outcomes (and for achieving said outcomes!) but a literal drag
when you want to break the mould and develop new and awesome stuff.

(That is not to say my organization is incapable of change. We're just
slow to adopt new methods---which I guess is a good thing since we have
been pretty successful doing what we do since the early '90s!)

So I guess what I hope I can hoover up (and help create) from a list and
project like this is stuff like concrete steps to take, pitfalls to
avoid and success stories to quote in order to get my organization
on-board the network-centric train. :)


As to Soraya's questions below, I think I'll need to start a whole new
thread to discusse those because we seem to have shared interests!

Cheers,
-- 
Martin L. Fällman
+46 (0)70 550 7558
http://mlowdi.net/

On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 11:05:44AM +0100, Maya Richman wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> Thanks for the coordination and data dump Dirk!
> 
> //introducing yourself on the list
> 
> I'm Maya, I'm the Techno Queen at The Engine Room, where I focus on
> internal tech processes/security and engage with social change
> organisations/activists in sustained organisational security support.
> 
> //giving any amount of detail on the network-centric resource you are
> working on
> 
> I want to continue to improve and grow the network around organisational
> security (orgsec.community) and the Training of Trainers network re:
> Level Up (level-up.cc). The Engine Room also seeks to continue to
> produce hackable/CC research in modifiable and collaborative ways.
> 
> //what are the big challenges you are facing in doing so
> 
> Not to be techno-determinist, but...
> 
> I think finding a tech stack, i.e. where the resource is hosted, tools
> for localisation, human-friendly contribution mechanisms, has been a
> huge impediment to making a living resource accessible and up-to-date.
> 
> Looking forward to hearing from the rest of you!
> 
> Maya
> 
> On 03/16/2017 12:29 AM, Soraya Okuda wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Per the welcome email's suggestion, I am introducing myself to the list.
> > Here it goes:
> > 
> > I'm Soraya, I'm a designer at EFF, and I help with EFF's security
> > education materials initiative. We're currently working on resources for
> > trainers at SSD, though the exact shape of our materials is to be
> > determined. The goal is to make a sustainable resource that meets the
> > heightened demand for trainings, and that meets the diverse needs of the
> > security training community working with at-risk groups. It would be
> > geared toward beginner-friendly explanations.
> > 
> > I'm curious as to:
> > 
> > 1) What are some graphics you'd like to see for explaining digital
> > security to non-technical folks?
> > 2) What do you feel is missing in the educational material space for
> > digital security trainings?
> > 3) What isn't currently covered in digital security curricula that needs
> > to be?
> > 
> > Thanks and looking forward to ~*discuss*~ing with you.
> > Soraya
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> -- 
> Maya Richman
> 
> Techno Queen
> The Engine Room | https://www.theengineroom.org
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> [tw] @mayarichman
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