<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000">Sorry all... I forgot the Meetup link!<br>https://www.meetup.com/sofreeus/events/298862318/<br><br><div id="5b9971e7-7b8c-4418-a01b-f7ed5adad756" data-marker=""><div><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms' , 'comic sans' , sans-serif">Heather L. Willson </span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif">Software Freedom School<br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif">303-229-3633<br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif"><a href="mailto:hlwillson@sofree.us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">hlwillson@sofree.us</a><br></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif">...where learning is libre...<br></span></em></div></div><br><hr id="zwchr" data-marker=""><div data-marker=""><b>From: </b>"Heather L. Willson" <hlwillson@sofree.us><br><b>To: </b>"sfs" <sfs@lists.sofree.us><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, May 3, 2024 7:24:18 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>May the Fourth ... Comfy Room ... The Gathering!<br></div><br><div data-marker=""><div style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div>Join SFS THIS Saturday in the Comfy Room (preferred) or online (see post) for The Gathering/Small is Beautiful!<br></div><br><div><p class="mb-4" style="margin:0px"><strong>Topics:</strong><br>1. Alan Robertson -This talk is about why secrets are hard to secure on a computer, and how this difficulty affects computer mediated elections.</p><ul class="pl-5 list-disc mb-4"><li>A demonstration of managing physical secrets using a lock box</li><li>What kinds of data needs to be secret in an election</li><li>Why is it hard to secure <em>any</em> secret data on a computer</li><li>How secret data is stored on election computers</li><li>How might one do a better job of securing critical secrets, and corresponding difficulties</li></ul><p class="mb-4" style="margin:0px">2. Jeff Haemer - A Bit of Bash: How Does a Shell Work?<br>One way to understand shells better is to write one. I'll do that in a live demo. To keep it simple, I'll write that shell <em>in bash.</em><br>"Really???" Really. "No way!" Way.<br>Come watch me face plant.</p></div><br><div><div><span style="font-family:'comic sans ms' , 'comic sans' , sans-serif">Heather L. Willson </span><br></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif">Software Freedom School<br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif">303-229-3633<br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif"><a href="mailto:hlwillson@sofree.us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hlwillson@sofree.us</a><br></span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:'arial' , 'helvetica' , sans-serif">...where learning is libre...</span></em></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>