[community] Building Community in Southern Europe

Kevin Gallagher kevin.gallagher at nyu.edu
Sun May 27 14:52:31 UTC 2018


All of that sounds great! I believe I will be at PETS this year, so that
will work out fantastically. Also, the slides to teach TB will be very
useful.

Thanks,

Kevin

On Sun, May 27, 2018, 10:50 Alison Macrina <alison at libraryfreedomproject.org>
wrote:

> On 05/25/2018 11:44 AM, GMan999 wrote:
> >
> >
> > Kevin Gallagher:
> >> Hello everyone,
> >>
> >> Sorry I haven't been around for community meetings. These past few weeks
> >> have been a bit busy.
> >>
> >> Soon I'm going to be heading over to Portugal, and I'll also spend some
> >> time in Spain. I'll be there for the whole summer. I remember that after
> >> one of our NYC meetings we discussed that the (known) Tor community in
> >> southern Europe is quite small. While I'm there I'd like to try to build
> >> it up and get the people there more involved (if that's fine with TPO).
> >> So far I reached out and set up a meeting with one university student
> >> who is interested in Internet freedom and privacy, but I'd rather not
> >> put all of my eggs into one basket.
> >>
> >> Are there any tips about how I should go about trying to build up a
> >> community while I'm there? Any places that typically work in community
> >> building efforts (libraries, schools, etc.), especially for meeting
> >> space? I'd love any tips on how I should approach this.
> > Good stuff Kevin.
> >
> > First I'd say it's tough to build something sustainable if you're only
> > there for a short period of time.
> >
> > Regardless of that, I think there are some things you could try,
> > one-off, that could at least have a quick, if temporary, impact.
> >
> > Don't shoot for the moon... just plan to get a (few) group(s) together.
> >
> > I tend to think relay operators are the easiest, since they have some
> > decent level of regular commitment, tend to feel isolated, and the TPO
> > has barely scratched that universe in terms of physical contact.
> >
> > And you have a great channel to reach them with @tor-relays and now the
> > irc channel.
>
> +1
>
> You can also loop Colin (colin at torproject.org) into that conversation,
> at the very least letting relay ops/potential relay ops know that he's a
> resource for them. He's also helping organize a relay ops meetup at PETS
> in Barcelona in July, so you could coordinate with him to invite some
> people to that event.
>
> >
> > I would look to organize an informal discussion, and try reaching out to
> > the relay operators.  "Are you running a Tor node or are you interested
> > in doing it?" broadcast far and wide could pull in a few people.
> >
> > IMHO, doing anything broader, like a basic meeting or something for tb
> > users, would be tougher, since you need space.
>
> But even if you just have a little bit of space at your university you
> could make this happen for like 5-10 people.
>
> >
> > You might want to reach out to any hacker spaces where you'll be.. .and
> > maybe do a basic intro to TB if you make decent contacts?
>
> I have some great slides on teaching TB. If you want them I'll send them
> to you as soon as I make some updates from our Uganda trainings.
>
> >
> > My $0.02.
> >
> > g
> >
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