[kwlug-disc] Another call for presentations

[Mikalai Birukou]

Hi Paul,


This one may seem bizzare, but may be interesting to people.

Two weeks ago I was involved in a hakaton in Belarus, brainstorming tech 
for elections. Our team have articulated a process in which voters 
(their devices) check and count votes, collected with servers, of 
course. Note, there are no blockchains. Of course, we would I invite big 
Chinese operators into own elections :) .

Elections is all about human trust and human consensus. In a solution 
that we've articulated. There are three points/stages that need check 
and human correction based on cryptographic evidence. Just counting is 
not enough, and may be not engaging enough.

I want this type of system to be used in our municipal 
elections/referenda. Hence, project, concepts, discussion may be 
relevant to many of us.

State of the project. It turns out that cryptography is trivial, when we 
use NaCl (http://nacl.cr.yp.to/) level of abstraction for crypto tasks. 
Everything else has to do with actual settling on some standard form of 
https endpoints, preparation of Docker Stack files to describe 
configurations for different scales, etc. For September I have slides, 
diagrams with data flow, key use.

Opinion and input back is very much appreciated. Especially, if we'll 
set a goal to see if this approach can be implemented i here, on 
municipal, provincial and federal levels.


Cheers.


On 2020-07-31 6:52 a.m., Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> Just another note that we are still on the hunt for presentations. At
> the very least we would like to book something for September. (I am
> thinking that maybe we do a roundtable in October?)
>
> Some possible prompts for topics:
>
> - Have you built something that you would like to show off?
> - Have you been working with a technology/tool/program that excites you?
> - What is something that has been frustrating you about technology?
> - What is something you have been looking for in the FLOSS world?
> - What is something you wish you had known when starting out with
>    FLOSS?
> - What are you using Linux for in 2020?
> - What excites you about FLOSS these days?
> - Do you have friends or acquaintances who may not be part of the
>    KWLUG community but are doing interesting things? Invite them or
>    make introductions with me.
>
> I will continue to look for presenters as well, but would appreciate
> any help I could get in lining up some speakers. It is rare that we
> are so short on booked presentations.
>
>
> - Paul
>
>
-- 
Mikalai Birukou
CEO | 3NSoft Inc.