Monthly Archives: June 2005

So tell me again why we’re such a threat if we’re included!

Recently yet another debacle has unfolded with Citigroup sending out letters to customers and former customers informing them that their data was lost in transit, all up an estimated 3.9 million records. This is about the 4th such incident in as many weeks to come to light, and the worst to date.

Surely the US banking industry should be loosing money over this as karmic retribution for such poor standards in handling private and confidential information, yet this just doesn’t seem to be the case.

So why are we being punished (by not being included) because we might cause harm, when these banks are doing everything they can to look like a fly by night operation?

CNN has the full story.

Gemplus Kit

I had a few more PKI cards turn up today, so far no luck with those either, even though they have been pre-loaded with a GemSAFE image. I plan to contact the local distribtor in the morning to see if we can nut something out. I did take a stanley knife to the GemSAFE card I have to fit it in the GemPC Key reader, and it works quite nicely.

Below are some photos I took earlier on tonight.
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2005 Annual General Meeting

This is the official 30 days notice for the next AGM.

The next AGM will be held on the 3rd of July 2005 at 1PM GMT, it will be held via IRC again this year.

Conversions for local time:

11pm Sydney
9pm Perth
2pm London
9am New York
6am San Francisco

As of the other day invoices for membership payments were sent out to all current members, everyone wishing to vote and/or be nominated for a board position must be a financial member at the time of the AGM and we must receive payment on or before the 1st of July (local time) so that we can have time to prepare for the AGM.

So far the agenda only consists of a few items.

1) Financial Summary
2) Any pending membership forms to be voted on
3) Call for nominations of board positions and votes if needed

Please contact me ASAP if there should be any alterations to the agenda ASAP.

6th International Free Software Forum

The 6th International Free Software Forum will happen in June, 1st to 4th, in Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
CAcert assurers will be present with a stand, doing mass-assurances, up to 150 points in a row.
If you plan to be assured, please register with CAcert.org before being assured, and bring two original identification documents with photo, recognized by Brailian government as valid (ID cards from Mercosul countries and Passports are also valid)