From: "Dan Dubno" < > To: "Jeffrey Epstein" <jeevacationg,gmail.com> Subject: RE: WHAT NEXT? Here's what I'm thinking Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:30:04 +0000 First, get Jeffery Epstein to have a private "mini-Gadgetoff" in celebration of some of the cool stuff and people at a place of his choosing because of it would be fun. Perhaps Al Seckel and I can curate this. IF YOU WANT. Take the "Hourglass Initiative" from the theoretical and conceptual stage... and turn it into an active NGO... Needed immediately: a business plan, a budget, a timeline for deliverables, and the official 501 C-3 filing (all one step) a. Advisory board: Nobel-types, (heavy on biology), and WMD experts i. Working with existing organizations in some capacities. These include: 1. Council on Foreign Relations 2. Carnegie Endowment for Peace (and Ethics in NYC) 3. Center for Biosecurity in Baltimore 4. MIT and Kennedy School (Belfer Center) ii. Further consultation with experts 1. Intelligence and scientific advisors 2. White House Science advisor (who has indicated DARPA is now interested in solving technical aspects of our proposal) 3. EFF, Wikipedia (and Wikileaks) and other internet groups who are devising methods for protecting web anonymity (Jimmy Wales, et al) 4 Technologists (including key folks at Google and other companies) who have been studying the difficulty of providing anonymizing methods 5. Studying methods for most effectively rolling out an eductational campaign to younger scientists (high school level upwards) on ethical concerns scientists must face dealing with WMD issues (esp bio) and how to structure and support efforts to have codes of ethics discussed and adopted in academic settings b. Funding "Hourglass Initiative" i. Operational funding for creating the basic institutional infrastructure 1. Potential sources include: EFTA00771151