[Lilug Planning] Potential speaker.

Tue Jun 7 10:03:47 PDT 2011

Hi

 	Mark I totally agree, an see it coming too.  Money is a hot 
topic.  Nobody has enough.  :)

 	Love it or hate it, the Linux geeks are the first and vastly 
prominent experts on the combination of open design and the interface of 
that and community.  Not to mention the crossover to cryptographic math, 
and sustainable practices.  On this topic we are on par with the other 
appropriate parties, economists.

 	So look at it this way.  An economics group would be having the 
mirror arguments.  IMO, they should cover it as well.

 	The sensibility in use of open engineering is as important as the 
details of implementation.  Strategy vs tactics.  Only the lucky get 
anything done without both.  Not selling bitcoin mind you, but there will 
be lots more to come in the 'design, share, debug, test, replace' space. 
The very idea of Linux and open source will be challenged.  I think we 
should keep up.

 	One thing to look out for... We cannot endorse this as a group no 
matter we think.  I don't think it's expressly illegal, but it does 
compete with the dollar and uncle sam, which would most definitely piss 
him off.

Matt

On Tue, 7 Jun 2011, Mark Drago wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:20, odinson <odinson at warcloud.net> wrote:
> Hi
>
>        Yup, done some research.  Politically folk may not like bitcoin and
> the like, but it will be a player.

This is my main concern with this talk.  It could easily devolve in to
arguing about dollars, gold, intrinsic value, inflation, the federal
reserve, national debt, etc.  It'll definitely be entertaining.  I
guess ultimately LILUG is its members.  It'll be up to our members
what this meeting becomes.

>Lets get him, even if we have to pay.
>  It would be sad if open source digital currency took off and we missed this
> opportunity.
>
>        J you are in contact with him right?
>
> Thanks
>
> Matt
>
>
> On Sat, 4 Jun 2011, ~ ~ wrote:
>
>> guys was there ever a resolution about inviting this speaker?
>> Since I sent this out Bitcoin has become quite infamous, atm bitcoins are
>> trading 1 = 18 USD !! We may not be able to get this guy soon, let me know
>> if I should go ahead and give him a yes or not.
>> -Jason
>>
>> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Matt Surico <surico at mail.buoy.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 05/16/2011 08:56 AM, Mark Drago wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just forwarding Jason's message to the planning list.  Further
>>>> discussion should happen there.  FWIW, I'd be interested in hearing
>>>> this talk.  Definitely not directly related to Linux, but it is
>>>> powered by free software, and it's definitely better than not having a
>>>> topic at all.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I agree with Mark.  Don't know if Gavin was already planning a trip down
>>> to
>>> NY on his own, so if not, we'd have to have a planning discussion on how
>>> we
>>> might be able to help fund his trip down.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Matt S.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Mark.
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: ~ ~<hydratek at gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Sun, May 15, 2011 at 16:06
>>>> Subject: [Government] Potential speaker.
>>>> To: Lilug Government<government at lilug.org>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> Many of you have been aware of my interest in a open source project
>>>> called bitcoin for a few years now. It's a system of digital currency
>>>> based on proof-of-work, public keys and crypto. Recently it's adoption
>>>> has grown to the point where there are several exchange markets and
>>>> trading/services available. For instance one can now donate to the EFF
>>>> via bitcoin.
>>>> Recently one of the core developers has been asked to speak at the CIA
>>>> (in-q-tel their blue sky division) about bitcoin. While we talking
>>>> about this on IRC I asked this developer if he'd ever consider coming
>>>> to lilug to speak with us about bitcoin. To my suprise he said yes, so
>>>> I figured I'd turn the discussion over to the Gov list and see if
>>>> there was any interest. The developers name is Gavin Andresen, he's
>>>> located in Amherst, MA.
>>>> Please let me know what you think.
>>>> -Jason
>>>>
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President of LILUG;  president at lilug.org, http://www.lilug.org
Author; "Thicker Than Blood" http://www.thickerthanbloodthebook.com
Giselle's husband, Sebastian and Maxximus's father.
http://www.warcloud.net/~odinson/us/
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.
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