2015 Event Notes

1/10/2015 Cryptoparty

Held at Somerville Public Library
Steve presented GnuPG, Jamie presented Tor. Noe made video recording for broadcast on SCATV
Approximately 18 attended. Event went well. Good turnout, despite very cold temperatures.
Should have enough footage for three episodes of Ville Pirates

Jamie and Anoninmass. Good signage
Most of the rush hour crew ignored us, but a few stopped to talk. Lots of thumbs up.

Held at Arisia
Captain James presents Tor, GnuPG, and VPNs
Approximately 36 people attended
Interest in doing it again next year, particularly if we can cover software for tablets and phones
Stallman dropped off some flyers and stickers at the beginning of the presentation, and collected the remainder afterwards.

Done at a Boston Desktop Linux Users Group meeting, at Akamai's Cambridge office
Steve presented Packet sniffing. Al Willis presented GnuPG
Approx. 30 people attended
Meeting was right after breaking boston's record for 7-day snowfall. Driving and public transit were rough going.

Held in Holyoke, MA at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center
10 attended. Six from Western, MA and four from Eastern, MA
Micky Metts presented OTR. Steve presented GnuPG and Tor
A large snowstorm was forecast to start that afternoon. The first inch of snow fell before the cryptoparty ended
MGHPCC doesn't provide A/V support on weekends, so we brought our own projector. This seemed to work out fine.
The public meeting room has outlet banks in the floor (covered by access plates). The next time we do an event at this facility, we should leave enough setup time to position tables so that outlet banks are completely accessible. Would also be useful to bring a few short-corded power strips. Facility had open wireless network. No shortage of bandwidth and no issues with port blocking.
Although the turnout was small, I think the event was well received.