[ale] [ANNC] ALE GPG Keysigning Party and Solstice Social: Dec. 8th at SPSU

[Aaron Ruscetta]

Due to Emory student activities at our regular venue and
time, the December 2011 ALE CENTRAL Meeting
has been MOVED to the ALE NW venue:

SPSU Campus, Atrium “J” Bldg. rm J110,
7:30pm on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8TH.
(directions link and parking notes below)

Activities will include:
   An ALE GPG/PGP Keysigning Party

followed immediately by our
    2011 Solstice Season Social

Synopsis:
-- Our December ALE NW Meeting and ALE Central meetings are being
combined as a PGP/GPG Keysigning Party (7:30pm to ~9:15pm) followed
by an ALE Solstice Season Social at a nearby eatery (starting by 9:30pm,
location to be announced).

-- For those unfamiliar with PGP or interested in learning more about the
GnuPG implentation of PGP cryptography and the value of protecting
your privacy and your identity with PGP signatures, we suggest you
review David Tomaschik’s March 2011 presesntation on the topic.
Video of this presentation is available for download or streaming under
the file name “ale-20110317-gpg-tomaschik.mp4″ at these URL’s:
<http://arxion.net/ale/> and <http://jimkinney.us/downloads/>
A torrent is also available at
<https://s3.amazonaws.com/datalore/ale-20110317-gpg-tomaschik.mp4?torrent>
The video file is ~443MB as h.264 encode in an mp4 wrapper.

-- For those who wishing to participate, the key signing party serves to
confirm the identity of other PGP Key users by connecting them to a
“key ring” and including them in the “web of trust” needed to validate
their keys, signatures and identitiies.

-- Internationally recognized I.T. cryptography and security expert
Michael Warfield will present the GPG/PGP introduction and
direct the key signing process.

COMPREHENSIVE DETAILS FOR PREPARATION AND PARTICIPATION
IN THE GPG/PGP KEY SIGNING PARTY ARE AVAILABLE AT:
<http://ale.org/static_pages/keysign_party_111208.html>

The documentation includes links to step by step GPG How To’s
and other helpful information on public key encryption, including:
<http://ale.org//static_pages/gpgstepbystep-111208.html>

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DIRECTIONS
Southern Polytechnic State University
Room J110 of the Atrium (J) building

Campus map and a link to directions please see
<http://www.spsu.edu/visitspsu/campusmaps/index.html>
Parking in non reserved spaces in the P60 deck is best.
building J, the Atrium building, is a short distance east
of the parking deck.

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this announcement information is also
posted at <http://ale.org>

peace
aaron
ALE Events Coordinator (etc)