On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 10:17:38AM -0700, Darren L wrote: > Hey Simon, > > Sorry that I couldn't make it out last night, but thanks for sending out the > slides! > > I looked at it, and it looks like a solid plan, but needs a lot of momentum > before it can get started (imho).
Yes, I hope that we can start building the membership and get a few more nodes going (my living room has excellent coverage but that's about the extent of the mesh at present). I have some ideas about promoting the mesh itself, once we get a few more members - specifically some web people - we can present a more professional image. I would like in the end to be able to present a splash screen the to Guests, when they first connect so they are fully aware of what 'CalgaryMesh' is and hopefully that would recruit some more bodies. So the next jobs are as few more nodes, and a lot of 'marketing' materials. Maybe a 'hack it together' workshop can be arranged sometime in the fall. Simon. PS. What we really need is a simple JavaScript (??) application to code the MAC address into the IP for Member and Basestation nodes. - Any takers? > > I thought that you might want to see how one of the other cities are doing > it -- notably, Philadelphia. Although most major cities have some sort of > plan, Philadelphia created a non-profit foundation that is sponsored by the > city and raises funds for the venture. More information here: > http://www.wirelessphiladelphia.org/ I'd seen that, some how I doubt a bunch of Free Software 'Hippies' would have much luch getting some money. There was mention of some Community Wireless down in the Crowsnest Pass, but I don't think it came to much. Maybe I convice a few people to set up 'CNP-Mesh' nodes :-) Simon _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
