[Ta3m-Seattle] [TA3M-Seattle] CTAB Sub-Committee for Privacy

[Paul English]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2016, JLane wrote:

> I understand that CTAB is City-of-Seattle centric, but TA3M had a broader scope than a single municipality.

It still does.

> As a resident of unincorporated King County, it is disappointing to see 
>TA3M become largely irrelevant to anyone outside the Seattle city limits.

Posts about the Community Technology Advisory Board or Privacy 
Sub-Committee, or equivalent regarding King County are still welcome!

Ditto for any other cities in the state. Don't let "group name" 
(nominally, TA3M Seattle) fool you.

Ditto for state-level concerns, as the TA3M that regularly meets in 
Seattle is AFAIK the only TA3M in the entire state! (but doesn't need to 
be.. feel free to start one anywhere else!)

As for relevance to King County (or anywhere else really) - the creation 
of the CTAB, and the Privacy sub-committee, as well as privacy municipal 
legislation in Seattle are the result of hard-fought activist battles. Now 
that they exist (Seattle claims the privacy policy as a first in the 
country!), they are extremely relevant as a model for anywhere else. You, 
or other residents of non-Seattle King County can easily point to them and 
say "why don't we have this" at your council meetings, and in letters to 
your council members.

And if you'd like additional advice for how to proceed, you've got the 
best possible resources.. locally! Imagine if you were in some 
unincoporated county in Montana. I wouldn't be too surprised if you could 
convince some of us to meet up with you in person for coffee to 
strategize.

Of course, you can always email - but please be constructive, rather than 
complaining about what Seattle has that you want.

>
> Techno-activism, privacy, and security are not single-city issues.
>

Definitely not. Seattle is on the cutting edge of city privacy concerns in 
many ways, and that is in no small part due to the concentration of 
activists living in the city. But TA3M Seattle was founded by someone who 
lived outside of Seattle!

Your ally,

Paul, TA3M Seattle organizer, currently living in Nebraska, and still 
working hard for privacy in Seattle specfically, and not opposed to 
putting in some time/effort on King County. Make a direct request!