Suma e. V.

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SUMA-EV - Association for free access to knowledge
purpose The world's digital knowledge must be and remain freely accessible without the tutelage of states or corporations.
Chair: Dominik Hebeler, Nils Jensen , Carsten Riel
Executive Director: Dominik Hebeler
Establishment date: July 5, 2004
Seat : Röselerstr. 3, 30159 Hanover
Website: www.suma-ev.de

Suma e. V. (own spelling: SUMA-EV) is a registered association with its headquarters in Hanover . One of the aims of the association is to operate the MetaGer meta search engine . Dominik Hebeler has been the executive board member since February 1, 2019; Association founder and managing director until January 31, 2019: Wolfgang Sander-Beuermann .

organization

Association founder Wolfgang Sander-Beuermann 2014 at the SUMA Congress & Award "Ways out of the surveillance catastrophe" in the New Town Hall of Hanover

The association, which was founded on July 5, 2004 in Hanover, initially had this name: Non-profit association for the promotion of search engine technology and free access to knowledge, SuMa-eV . After being renamed in 2009, the non-profit association bears the name SUMA-EV - Association for Free Access to Knowledge. Its founding members included u. a. Wolfgang Sander-Beuermann ( regional data center for Lower Saxony at the time ), Karlheinz Brandenburg ( Technical University Ilmenau ), Wolfgang Ertmer ( University of Hanover ) and Rainer Appelt (New Media State Capital Hanover / Federal Association of German Internet Portals, BDIP).

Board members as of February 1, 2019 are Dominik Hebeler, Nils Jensen (Ostfalia) and Carsten Riel.

aims

The association wants to make a contribution that the digital knowledge of the world remains freely accessible without the tutelage of states or corporations. For this purpose, the following goals are declared in the guidelines:

  1. Findability and accessibility of knowledge
  2. Access to knowledge while maintaining informational self-determination and protection against crime
  3. Transparency of knowledge assessment and presentation
  4. Pluralism of knowledge access
  5. Promotion of information literacy.

The association is co-initiator of the initiative or the concept of Open Web Index (OWI) to create an independent index as a basis for offers on the Internet, such as map services, search engines or comparison services.

Activities of the association

Promotion of non-commercial search engines

SUMA Award 2013 on the subject of " Ethics in the digital space": Wolfgang Sander-Beuermann (left) and award winner Manniac with the certificate for a short film

To realize these goals, the association operates in collaboration with the University of Hanover , the search engine MetaGer . In addition, Suma e. V. the development of further special search engines. A specialist congress is usually organized every year.

Linux migration advice

In connection with the disclosure of the surveillance program PRISM by the former CIA and NSA employee and whistleblower Edward Snowden , the private television broadcaster SAT reported. 1 in his magazine 17:30 Sat.1 in June 2013 about the free advice offered by Suma on switching to the Linux operating system .

SUMA Congress

The association organizes its congress approximately every year, at which social issues related to search engines and the Internet are presented and discussed.

SUMA Awards / Scholarships

To promote its goals, the association has presented the SUMA Award annually since 2007 . Since 2018, these awards have been given as scholarships to students at German universities and colleges who prepare a scientific paper for the development of search engine technology and the promotion of free access to knowledge and who have or can gain general importance.

financing

The association is financed through membership fees, monetary donations, donations for online purchases and advertising links.

literature

  • Gerd Schild: Germany, a collector's tale / The NSA, data protection and the fear of corpses in the basement: Looking for clues in a monitored country , in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung from July 5, 2013

Web links

Commons : Suma eV  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SUMA-EV own spelling of the association . Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ Guidelines for the goals of the association . Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ Initiative OPEN-WEB-INDEX c / o SUMA-EV - Association for free access to knowledge: Imprint. www.openwebindex.eu, 2017, accessed on December 21, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Initiative OPEN-WEB-INDEX c / o SUMA-EV - Association for free access to knowledge: The Open-Web-Index. www.openwebindex.eu, 2017, accessed on December 21, 2017 : "The OPEN-WEB-INDEX (OWI) is a concept for an open digital infrastructure."
  5. ↑ Alternative search engines in SUMA-EV . In: website of Suma e. V. Accessed September 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ a b Jo Bager: Church on the Net: Between religious FAQ and hateful comments . In: Heise Online. December 5, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  7. ↑ Marc Pitzke: Prism Whistleblower: "I don't expect to see my home again" . In: Spiegel Online . June 10, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  8. ↑ dpa, AFP, zz: NSA whistleblower seeks political asylum . In: Zeit Online . June 10, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  9. ↑ Konrad Baer (Red.): Association from Hanover offers free advice on switching to Linux ( memento of the original from February 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , first broadcast on June 20, 2013, last accessed on February 13, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hannover.sat1regional.de
  10. ↑ SUMA Award website

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