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Subject: [telecom-cities] Fwd: [nycwireless] Monthly Meeting Wed Feb 23 - The Fight for Wireless Within Municipalities
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:14:05 -0500
From: Anthony Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Urban Technology & Telecommunications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Urban Technology & Telecommunications <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
NYCwireless has some speakers taking on the municipal wireless issue tomorrow night
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From: "Ben N. Serebin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: February 21, 2005 12:12:25 PM EST
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [nycwireless] Monthly Meeting Wed Feb 23 - The Fight for Wireless Within Municipalities
Hello All,
Just a reminder about our upcoming meeting this Wed (The Fight for Wireless within Municipalities) & next Month's meeting (WiFi Dog). Details below.
Help support the NYCwireless cause. We are collecting 2005 membership dues now. Only $25 includes a new safemail account. Either paypal or bring a check/cash to the meeting. See the following URL for more details. 1st time members get a t-shirt and sticker.
http://nycwireless.net/membership/
See you Wed, -Ben
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Monthly NYCwireless Meeting
Date / Time: Wednesday, February 23th @ 7:15pm
Meeting Cost: Free!
Agenda (times are approximate):
7:00 Networking - old fashion way via verbal communication. 7:15 Intro to NYCw & Announcements 7:30 Presentation - Bruce Kushnick (details below) 8:45 Mixing - break out into group topics
Speaker: Bruce Kushnick, Chairman of TeleTruth, http://www.teletruth.org
Topic: The Fight for Wireless within Municipalities
BIO of Speaker and Company
Bruce Kushnick, head of TeleTruth.org -- he will talk about how the behavior of the entrenched telecom powers, resisting all alternatives (municipal and commercial) is part of a decades long pattern of abuse of their market power. Bruce has been at the forefront of the fight against these abuses -- especially in Pennsylvania, where he filed complaints to get Verizon to deliver on their promise -- fiber to every home.
http://www.teletruth.org/PennBroadbandfraud.html. His bio is here: http://www.teletruth.org/About/bkbio.html
Agenda After Speaker
* Hands-on Breakout Session - divide into various focus groups (e.g. Intro to Beginners, Antennas and Access Points, Volunteerism, Soekris Development, Network Security) for Q&A and hands on questions.
* Other miscellaneous updates.
* SIG Updates
Meeting Location: Bway.net, 459 Broadway, 2nd Floor.
About 2 blocks north of Canal, near the corner of Grand St. On the west side of the street, then up one flight of stairs. Via subway (Canal Street stop): the J,M,N,Q,R,W,Z, and a bit further, but still on Canal is A,C,E,1,6,9.
A handicap accessible entrance is available if you send an e-mail letting know ahead of time. Also, let me ( Ben Serebin ) know if you have any ideas for speakers for our meetings. Thank you.
If you have anything to bring or discuss, we will set aside time for you, too!
Who should attend?
Wireless ISPs
Wireless technicians and engineers
Business people interested in wireless
People working in the wireless community Wireless Security professionals
People new to wireless People interested in meeting others involved in the wireless community Buyers of wireless technology products and services
Those interested in lively technical discussions ranging from beginner to expert
People new to wireless
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Monthly NYCwireless Meeting
Date / Time: Wednesday, March 30th @ 7:15pm
Speaker: Lead Developers for WiFiDog, http://www.ilesansfil.org/wiki/WiFiDog
Topic: A complete and embeddable captive portal solution (open-source, GPL) for wireless community groups or individuals who wish to open a free HotSpot while still preventing abuse of their Internet connection.
BIO of Speakers and Group
Alison is communications PhD researching wifi community development, at least one other developer, and Michelle Kasparsak - who is our "expert" on locative media.
Benoit Gr�goire (�le Sans Fil). Benoit Gr�goire is the current technical coordinator of �le Sans Fil. He holds a B.S. in computer engineering and primarily works as a consultant to Quebec's public education sector, where he specializes in e-learning, learning objects standards and free software project management. Benoit was also involved in several Open Source software projects (he started the LibOfx (OFX banking protocol implementation), got heavily involved in GnuCash (accounting software), and currently works on the WifiDog embedded captive portal system
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