Washington, DC, USA

A Decentralization Club in Washington, DC

I'm interested in starting a group on DC'd tech in DC, with an emphasis on events being useful and exciting (as opposed to just "interesting").

The idea is more of a "club" than a "meetup". It'd be nice to have a budget, and to focus on practical outcomes.

What we could do:

• Workshops on using decentralized tech for privacy/ownership, such as:
  • self-hosting and encrypting email
  • setting up self-hosted alternatives to cloud services (e.g. Piwik for analytics, Tarsnap for backups, Etherpad Lite for collaboration)
  • even just registering domains and setting up a simple website for yourself
• Having people speak about their projects
• Usability testing, both informal and formal
• Raising money for scholarships to send the right people to conferences and speaking opportunities
• Being a base of support for people trying to support themselves working full-time on decentralized tech (for example, ArkOS or Mailpile)
• Acting as a Gittip funnel for people who want to support other people working on this kind of technology, but don't know who they are.

If you're interested in helping, get in touch.

People

Eric Mill - email