Re: [Fsuk-manchester] SFD09 – The final call f or volunteers

[Leslie I'Anson]

On 17 Sep 2009, at 18:44, Simon Ward <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 06:15:54PM +0100, Leslie I'Anson wrote:
> > > what's be the best way to get organised? are there enough people  
> > > with
> > > keys to do a formal party? or would something ad hoc be better?
>
> A formal key-signing party would ideally have prepared lists of
> fingerprints sent to the coordinator before the event, and I don’t t 
> hink
> there is enough time before SFD to do this.
>
> Because of the nature of the event we don’t have a fixed list of poe 
> ple
> going (except maybe a core who have said they’ll be there).
>
> For these reasons I’d go for ad-hoc.
>
> > My advice would be to hold a workshop (or two) first. Then numbers
> > won't be so much of a problem.
>
> I think workshops would be useful, but I think the idea of people  
> being
> shown how, followed by generating their own keys, and then doing the
> verification for signing is iffy.

Agreed but the actual keys don't have to be generated at the workshop.

> Ideally, people should create their keys in private, on a system they
> trust, and not in a public place connected to public wireless.

Again, 100% agree.

> Maybe we can do the workshops for SFD and follow up with a key-signing
> event another time?

I'm not sure about this. A formal workshop at the MDDA is the best  
place for this in my opinion.

> Obviously, for those of us who already have keys, we can still  
> exchange
> fingerprints at SFD.

Of course. The workshops will be happening regardless so it's up to you.

> Simon
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