SF Bay Area Cypherpunks October 1999 Physical Meeting Announcement General Info: Sat 9 October 1999 1:00 - 6:00 PM Mrs. Fields' Cookies shop, near the payphones* Embarcadero 4, Embarcadero Center complex - Ground floor, North side, a few paces east of Drumm and Washington St. - (* Ever been to a 2600 meeting? Same location. Follow your nose.) The October Physical Meeting of the San Francisco Bay Area Cypherpunks will be held on Saturday 9 October 1999 from 1-6 PM. "The court shall enter such orders and take such other action as may be necessary and appropriate to preserve the confidentiality of the technique used by the governmental entity..." -- Section 2716 of the proposed Cyberspace Electronic Security Act As usual, this is an "Open Meeting on US Soil" and, as always, members of the Public and any interested inteligence agency are welcome to attend (preferably in person). Meeting Agenda: "Our agenda is a widely-held secret." 1:00-2:00 Informal pre-meeting gathering - Accepting cookies from strangers, etc. 2:00-6:00 Ian Goldberg - Hushmail, and probably other topics Cypherpunk Legislation-of-the-Month Club: "CESA, the Cyberspace Electronic Security Act of 1999 "Jamming ECHELON Day" (22 Oct) "Disappearing, Inc." mail shredding? The Switzerland of the Net? The Bermuda Monetary Authority and Entrust Cypherpunk Book-of-the-Month Club: "Cryptonomicon" (Additional agenda items TBD on-the-fly at the meeting) 6:00-? Dinner at a nearby restaurant usually follows the meeting (see meeting notes below). Featured Speakers: Ian Goldberg will be consulting in Montreal for the next N months. Meeting Notes: The Weather Underground predicts warm weather and moderate chance of earthquakes Location Info: Southbound on Market St. from the Embarcadero/Steuart. HARD RIGHT on Drumm St. (not left on Spear). BEAT IT down to Washington St. (a block or two). RIGHT on Washington, into cul-de-sac. You can almost smell us from there. (The cookies, that is.) The best way to get to Mrs. Fields' is to park _under_ it in the Embarcadero 4 parking lot, accessible from the cul-de-sac. NOTE: Get your PARKING VALIDATED and it's FREE! Food (non-magic cookies) and beverages are available at Mrs. Fields'. There are several other places nearby to grab a snack during the meeting. Mass Transit From the East Bay, take BART to Embarcadero in SF. From the South, take Caltrain. Due to Construction, trains may leave 10 minutes earlier or later than the www.caltrain.com schedule, and the last few stops are really a shuttle bus. Weekend Caltrain Pass is $5. Location Map(s): Mrs. Fields' Cookies: <http://www.freedomfighter.net/cypherpunks/maps/981212.jpg> (red star over Mrs. Fields) Collateral Damage, Known Parties, etc. URBAN WASTELAND ENCORE - Sameer Parekh and friends - East Bay 10pm-dawn Call 510.594.4000x217 after 10 for directions. PENSFA at Howard Davidson's in San Carlos 10/16 will have an all-weekend Party at Ian's Friends' Place and a Revel Alliance party in Felton. If you have any questions, please send them to the co-organizers of the mtg: Bill Stewart Cell +1-415-307-7119 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dave Del Torto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Unsubscribe:<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] s.org> But I blasted this to the usual suspects mailing lists as well -- Bill