[tor-relays] Feedback wanted: letter to my university's library

[grarpamp]

If for library regarding preserving knowledge,
and other sales tactics....

You might be able to present for supporting an anonymous
encrypted storage platform... such as Tahoe-LAFS, MaidSafe,
IPFS, Bitcoin full nodes, Zensystem.io, a Wiki, NNTP, there
are many more such "store of data / knowledge" things out there
to choose from... all over Tor or I2P or CJDNS.

For anti-correlation reasons you're not supposed to run some services
on the same box as a relay (or even anywhere administratively,
logically, or physically near the box), especially if the service
running on top does not itself fully encrypt and distribute the data
out of reach thus making seizure moot. Depending on that analysis,
you could present to also run the relay [on another box] to help
supply the 7x bandwidth and cpu impact the onion service has on
the relay network.

Anonymity overlay networks are nothing in themselves,
it's the applications and usage people run over them that
makes them useful. If the overlay network itself isn't interesting
enough to attract funding / approval / internet / hardware
from somewhere, maybe the applications riding on top can be.

You could also further tie it into doing some form of research,
education, outreach, overview, tech in operation presentations...
all "sponsored by: <sponsor>". Many entities will bend over
backwards for a free name drop.

Or just sell it like a used car dealer... $1000 runs great!
Good luck ;)