[ale] OT Electronic Frontiers Georgia

[Scott M. Jones]

You can still join our meetup.com group:

https://www.meetup.com/Electronic-Frontiers-Georgia-EFGA/

Thanks,
Scott

On 2/11/17 11:30 AM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> Hi Scott,
> 
> I am interested but can not make the meeting on Monday.
> 
> Jay
> 
> On 02/11/2017 10:53 AM, Scott M. Jones wrote:
>> There has been discussion around reviving Electronic Frontiers Georgia
>> given recent political changes.  Electronic Frontiers Georgia (EFGA) was
>> a local cyber-liberties activist group that was active from 1995 through
>> about 2007.
>>
>> I'm currently canvassing to see if anyone would like to get involved.  I
>> am advocating one educational talk plus one "coffee shop" activist
>> meeting per month.  The educational talks are important as they help to
>> drive engagement.  I'd like to do topics that are curiously similar to
>> what I am now doing at DragonCon Electronic Frontiers Forums
>> (eff.dragoncon.org), with just one educational talk per month.
>>
>> We are doing a kickoff event along with Georgia Tech this Monday.  The
>> time is designed for students (to attract student involvement) and will
>> not be very convenient for working professionals, but we hope to have
>> more events in the evening soon that will be easier for working
>> professionals.
>>
>> In the past, EFGA's accomplishments were:
>>
>> - Sued the state along with ACLU-GA to enjoin (stop) a law that could
>> have made it illegal to use pseudonyms on the Internet.  We were
>> successful.
>>
>> - Advocated against using the "Utah model" of electronic commerce (which
>> requires a state-managed certificate authority) and advocated FOR a
>> market-based, market-driven approach.  We were successful.
>>
>> - Testified in state committee meetings to stop the "State DMCA" laws
>> which were copyright/technology control laws being pushed by the cable
>> and content industries with excessive, unreasonable penalties.  The
>> cable and content industries had attempted a state-by-state approach
>> when they could not get federal legislation passed.  We were successful
>> in stopping this.
>>
>> - Attempted to stop state-level copyright legislation that makes it
>> illegal to record movies using handheld devices in a theater.  We missed
>> the committee meetings and were unsuccessful in stopping this.
>>
>> Our first kickoff event will be this Monday on the Georgia Tech campus
>> at 4:30pm.  "Cyber Civil Liberties and the New Administration featuring
>> Hon. Bob Barr", DM Smith Building Room 105.  Event is free but parking
>> is not.
>>
>> https://www.meetup.com/Electronic-Frontiers-Georgia-EFGA/events/237557979/
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Scott
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