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She's out there, my nerdy brethren... just not in Montana. :P

Estimated Reach
fewer than 20 people

* who live in the United States
* who live in Montana
* who are female
* who like electronics, electronics technician, electronics engineering, electronic engineering, hackathon, hack your wii, hackers, ieee, hacking, hacking stuff, hacking computers, hacking zone, hacking cracking, hacking planet, hacking truths, programming, hacking clz, hacking is fuuun or hacking world
* who are single
* who are interested in men

XMas Electronics Competition 11/7/2010 3:16 PM

Funding Options

Long post this time:

We're going over different ways to get money for club improvement.

We need to get more computer desks, electronics programing devices/chips, Servos, paints and a large display.

We're looking at the

Senario AL-100 Torpedo Entertainment and Game Projector

Sexy, huh?


We're making weekly "Blood drives" to Great Falls and each trip is getting us about $100 for the club. If you want to get in on this, contact saintmeh@gmail.com. This counts towards your HP. We hold a meeting on the way there, meet with others when we arrive

We also rent out 20 sq(4x5) feet of physical hackspace with a $30 mehmbership. Haha! Get it? no?.. well.. I thought it was funny.

We're also taking preregistration for advanced programming/reverse engineering courses. Lesson's cost either $20 or 100 HackspacePoints(HP).

This month's Public Outreach Security Training is going to be about Online EULAs:

We will discuss two topics:

Public benefit--EULAs( Ferret):

1 What a EULA is

2 What it normally says

3 Important areas of reading for your average Joe

4 What it can't say and how you can protect your rights.

Nerd Benefit--How to set up a darknet( Saint):

1 What is the first amendment and why was it put in place?

2 Is it under attack. If so, how?

3 What are our options?

4 Darknet installations

5 Choosing your friends wisely(read paranoidly).

6 Next topics will be "Naked In Cyberspace--Verifying someone's identity"

We have a secure sign-in for the EULA presentation. This proves to grant funders that we're doing a public service. We also intend to have suggestion boxes inside and outside the door. Everyone is invited to this. This is a great way to meet MEHmbers regarding potential tutelage, work space and/or computer usage.

The POST is in the large meeting room in the Library at 6 on Sunday the 28th.

Incorporation

Getting a 501(c)3 license is a pain in the ass. I'll get it though!

As of today, even small non-profits have to file the $400 paperwork to be a tax-deductable entity. :(

Stupid guberment!

We might not hit our December 2010 deadline to get incorporated as a non-profit.

We have a schedule!?

I mean.. We Have A Schedule! :)

Next presentation will be on how hackers are able to erase their tracks and what system administrators can do to help prevent it.

Good stuff here. Look at any news report on a successful hack. The main two questions a system admin gets asked about his security failure is the "How" and the "Who".

RSVP saintmeh@gmail.com. Or the website form.. or the number on the site... or a bugle outside the house 30 minutes prior. really though, it has to be a bugle. We don't accept slide trombones or saxophones, cats.




PS: We *STILL* don't have a sign in front. I have to wait for the zoning permit. I'm sure we can get a small, unpowered sign on our porch. If not, no problem. Petty thing anyways.

Next presentation

Last Thursday's presentation was not a possibility due to a necessary trip to Denver(just got back 30 minutes ago).

Next Thursday's presentation will be on spoofing SSL certificates!
Why HTTPS doesn't mean anything if your user is uneducated. This is a combination of MITM(you have to have some access to the lines they speak through) and Social(the user has to be less than savvy).

Presentation line-up will be posted soon. Look for it by Saturday.

Cake today at the Library--6PM

Right. So. Come for cake today at the Library--7PM. We have a presentation set to go. I don't expect much for turnout because advertising was off to a bumpy start. The event will include a brief explanation of ways to keep yourself anonymous. It will also include some photos and current setups of our fresh new hackspace. We're a pretty screwy group... no... we're a very screwy group. There are seven of us now. There will be two at the event. We are all relaxed and all very friendly folk.