However I've just started college at the University of Rochester,
which obviously presents a great opportunity to set up a relay on a
really great network. I'm planning to reach out to the library with
the following email and would love some feedback:

Heya!

I'm a new first-year student and I'm active in the technology

activism community. One of the things I'm very interested in is the

Tor Project (https://torproject.org), whose mission is to make it

possible to freely and anonymously use the internet, without fear of

surveillance or censorship. Tor is used by a wide variety of people

- activists, journalists, corporations, law enforcement, and

individuals - to gain free access to information and speak their

mind. Tor is able to provide this free expression by utilizing a

worldwide network of relays run by volunteers. A relay can make a

big difference on the Tor network if it's run on a connection which

is fast and has lots of bandwidth - like the University's

connection.

I think it would be really cool if UR would donate part of its

internet resources to the Tor network. I considered directly

contacting IT, but I thought it actually made sense to talk to the

library first since the core values are actually really similar -

libraries and the Tor project both know the value and power of

unrestricted access to information and are dedicated to making

information available to anyone who wants it.

If this is something that sounds interesting, I would love to chat

about this in person. I would also be willing to invest the time

needed to administrate the relay - I have several years of

experience doing this already, but haven't had access to the

resources the University has.

Thanks very much!

AJ Jordan

Does anyone who's done something like this before have any tips or
suggestions? Am I going about this in the best way?