Re: latest in event cancellation

2020-03-08 Thread Thomas Lord
As a bit of a follow-up: Suddenly, many institutions are scrambling to "virtualize" their gatherings. It is nice to see libreplanet using low, usually robust tech like IRC. It is nice to see that there is a streaming option libre enough that libreplanet will use it. I am thinking that this eve

latest in event cancellation

2020-03-08 Thread Thomas Lord
MIT has temporarily required that all campus events with 150 or more in attendance be cancelled, postponed, or "virtualized". If I were among the libreplanet organizers, I would be trying to persuade my fellow organizers that they should not proceed as currently planned. Related

Re: Finding ethical online service providers

2020-03-08 Thread Roberto Beltran via libreplanet-discuss
> Does that mean the recommendation about avoiding > unethical governments is secondary to other issues such as an > organizational commitment to user privacy and software freedom rights? It may not be secondary but it's a separate concern. Perhaps you're not concerned with surveillance from the

Re: Libreplanet

2020-03-08 Thread Marcus Wilson
Awesome I'm going to be craniumslows in irc and I've volunteered to do some moderating. Fingers crossed we have lots of participation with everyone playing nicely together :D See you all there! -Marcus On Sat, Mar 7, 2020, at 1:19 AM, Paul Sutton wrote: On 06/03/2020 23

Re: Communication around Covid-19

2020-03-08 Thread I
Washing and DRYING hands and faces is far better than 'sanitiser'. -Original Message- From: jimgarr...@posteo.net Sent: Sat, 07 Mar 2020 09:08:58 -0500 To: libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org Subject: Re: Communication around Covid-19 Hand sanitizer is currently scar

Re: Libreplanet

2020-03-08 Thread Paul Sutton
On 06/03/2020 23:28, Ian Kelling wrote: > > Paul Sutton writes: > >> Hi >> >> Hoping to attend this remotely via IRC, >> >> In the meantime, I will try and promote the event. >> >> >> Regards >> >> Paul Sutton > > Awesome. Thank you! Whats your irc handle? I'm iank. > Hi Ian Cool thanks,

Finding ethical online service providers

2020-03-08 Thread Jorge P. de Morais Neto
Hi. I need ethical online service providers that respect my privacy and my four software freedoms. Regarding email service, the FSF [recommends][] picking one "located in a country that won't cooperate with governments that you're particularly concerned about privacy from." I think this recommen