User:Econterms

I'm Peter Benjamin Meyer. I'm in this chapter. I'm a candidate for the Wiki-DC board of directors in the Feb/March 2013 election. Here are my candidacy statements. I'd welcome feedback about the chapter.

My regular user page is on the English Wikipedia.

• list of verified users on this wiki (generally authorized people, not robots)
• /Glossary for Wiki-DC
• Wiki DC committed to advocating for Internet freedom (along the SOPA/PIPA issue line) and has some budget capacity for this. contact person at Lofgren's office is senior legislative counsel: harley.geiger at mail.house.gov ; 225-3072.
• It is conceivable that Wiki DC could get a federal contract ; e.g. for a Wikimedian in residence or a NARA project. These are longshots.
• Experimental list of recent activities: /Recent events

To do

• Review: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Slowking4/congressional_briefing_agenda
• Research "Aaron's law" proposal (named for Aaron Swartz) from Rep. Lofgren's office: proposed revision to Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to reduce penalties and maybe more. [1]
• remove /draft candidacy statement 2013
• work out standard display of /Edit-a-thons
• present wikiDC activities next yr to nyc conference as lightning talk
• statistics editathon and german/goethe editathon and hopefully economic history one
• send leg contexts to SlowKing
• /Bylaws tweaks for the future

Legislative issues

• ACTA: The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), is a multinational treaty for the purpose of establishing international standards for intellectual property; agreed on in 2011 if I understand correctly
• CISPA: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act -- a proposed U.S. law to "allow" (require?) sharing of Internet traffic data between the U.S. government and some companies, intended to help the government investigate cyber threats and ensure security of networks.
• Aaron's Law: sponsored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren's office
• SOPA/PIPA -- effort by recording industry and Hollyword to incorporate copyright protection into the infrastructure of the Internet; beaten back in 2011.
• CALEA: The wikipedia:Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act is a United States wiretapping law passed in 1994