[liberationtech] Plan for a New Liberationtech, 2.0
Allen Gunn
gunner at aspirationtech.org
Sat Nov 10 12:39:03 PST 2018
Hello,
Greenhost are great, and another excellent option with whom they often
collaborate is eQualit.ie,
https://equalit.ie/
They are based in Montreal, for whatever that is worth, and offer some
additional services such as https://deflect.ca/
peace,
gunner
On 11/10/18 9:55 AM, Yosem Companys wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> It seems that I may not have emailed Hapee and Sacha at their
> seldom-read email addresses. Hapee and I have already exchanged emails,
> so we'll hopefully start the process soon with Greenhost.
>
> Thanks,
> Yosem
>
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 8:49 AM Hapee de Groot <hapee at hapee.org
> <mailto:hapee at hapee.org>> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> according to me Greenhost is absolutely not out of the running, so I
> contacted Yosem directly and hope you will give us some more time so
> sort this out.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Hapee from Greenhost.
>
> On 10-11-18 17:22, Yosem Companys wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm in the process of migrating Liberationtech from Stanford to a
>> new independent site, but I have run into a difficulty.
>>
>> Most of you recommended Greenhost for hosting services, but I have
>> yet to receive a reply from Greenhost despite multiple email
>> attempts.
>>
>> Is there another hosting service you'd recommend? Please remember
>> that the criteria are the following:
>>
>> * The host should operate from a location that has the privacy-
>> and security-friendliest laws in the world;
>> * The host should also be the most privacy- and
>> security-friendly host in the world (or the second most,
>> assuming Greenhost is #1 in this area); and,
>> * The host should offer great customer service.
>>
>> Our original plan (described below) was to ask Greenhost both to
>> host and develop our new website. Now that Greenhost appears to be
>> out of the running, I intend to explore the other options you
>> suggested below for website development.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Yosem
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 8:55 PM Yosem Companys <ycompanys at gmail.com
>> <mailto:ycompanys at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Below is the amended plan for the new Liberationtech based on
>> your feedback. Should you have any questions, please let me know.
>>
>> * *Corporate Governance: Fiscal Sponsorship, NOT Legal
>> Status*. Most of you recommended that we not incorporate
>> legally as a 501(c)3 at this time. Instead, you
>> recommended that we use a fiscal sponsor instead. A number
>> of fiscal sponsors were proposed including Creative
>> Commons; the Electronic Frontier Foundation; Freedom
>> House; the Free Software Foundation; the Information
>> Ethics and Equity Institute; Mozilla; Oasis; the Open
>> Source Institute; the Public Sphere Project; the Puerto
>> Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust; the
>> Renewable Freedom Foundation in Germany; Software Freedom
>> Conservancy; and Wikimedia. There is also the Tides
>> Foundation. The advantage of fiscal sponsors is that they
>> can accept charitable contributions on behalf of
>> Liberationtech and take care of the legal and accounting
>> requirements needed to maintain the organization, thereby
>> freeing Liberationtech to pursue its vision and mission.
>> We have decided to find fiscal sponsors for different
>> legal jurisdictions to ensure that we have a global
>> presence. [Down the line, the Sustainable Economies Law
>> Center was proposed as an organization to help
>> Liberationtech incorporate as a 501(c)3.]
>> * *Vision*. To research, design, and implement technologies
>> for social good, especially for privacy and security.
>> * *Mission*. To create and support a community of practice
>> around technology for social good that incorporates
>> privacy and security by design.
>> * *Hosting Service*. Most of you expressed concerns about
>> hosting in the U.S. and asked that Liberationtech use the
>> most privacy- and security-friendly legal jurisdiction
>> instead. Most of you also recommended Greenhost.
>> * *Website Design and Development*. Some of you kindly
>> offered to work on a pro bono basis to design and develop
>> the Liberationtech website. Others suggested contacting
>> groups such as the Agile Collective, Aspiration
>> Technologies, CoTech, Digital Life Collective, Equalit.ie,
>> and Greenhost for these services. What should the website
>> have? You asked that we keep the Liberationtech website
>> simple. Beyond a basic description and a list of the board
>> of advisers, you asked that we do the following:
>> o *Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS)*. Most of you asked that
>> we build a site that is as simple as possible so that
>> it may be viewed even by those who have slow devices
>> or weak bandwidth.
>> o *Just a mailing list, please*. Most of you also asked
>> that we only use open-source mailing list software
>> that has been around for a long time for convenience
>> (i.e., you get the email in your inbox) or security
>> reasons and to make it easier for any list subscriber
>> to download the list or port it from one device to
>> another.
>> o *Use Matrix and/or Discourse*. Enough of you feel
>> passionate enough about using Matrix and/or Discourse
>> beyond the basic mailing list capabilities that we've
>> decided to do so.
>> o *Let me create my own list, please*. Many of you asked
>> that we allow list subscribers to create their own
>> lists around specific subjects, whether by chapter
>> (read more below), geography, sector, or topic. For
>> example, some of you asked that Calls for Papers
>> (CfPs), jobs, and announcements be moved to separate
>> mailing lists.
>> o *Make the site mobile*. Self-explanatory.
>> o *Mirror it*. Many of you asked that we mirror the site
>> at a number of locations for security reasons.
>> * *Incubation*. Because we've decided to continue to
>> research, design, and implement technologies for social
>> good that incorporate privacy- and security-by-design, we
>> aim to raise funds to become an incubator of technology
>> for social good, where the funds would go to support the
>> development of projects based on the ideas the community
>> likes the most. We'll also try to incubate student
>> projects on tech for social good that could be sponsored
>> by companies to help students get jobs post-graduation.
>> * *Directory*. Some of you suggested that we create a wiki
>> (or similar) with tips, good practices, tools, and apps
>> for secure communication and digital privacy, along with a
>> list of the organizations and platforms that work in the
>> technology for social good space.
>> * *Funding*. Some of you suggested that Liberationtech
>> contact foundations such as Omidyar and the Open
>> Technology Fund. Others suggested that Liberationtech
>> engage in crowdfunding. Yet others suggested charging a
>> yearly fee for people to create their own Liberationtech
>> chapters in geographies around the world.
>>
>> One question that lingers is the following:
>>
>> * What is the key differentiator of Liberationtech vis-a-vis
>> other existing groups, organizations, and/or sites in the
>> space?
>>
>> If any of you want to take a stab at answering the question,
>> please do so.
>>
>> Otherwise, Gonzalo and I will be more than happy to do a
>> review of the field and try to answer that question in a more
>> explicit manner.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Yosem
>>
>>
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