Donald, On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Donald Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> And why would we want to help a punch of communists destroy our banking > system.When they get done with that then they will do their best to destroy > our government. > The banking system destroyed itself. Here might be some decent reading to help you understand why #Occupy is happening. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/owss-beef-wall-street-isnt-winning-its-cheating-20111025 or this: http://www.alternet.org/occupywallst/152811<http://www.alternet.org/occupywallst/152811/the_shocking,_graphic_data_that_shows_exactly_what_motivates_the_occupy_movement_> But this is a tech maillist and not for politics, I suspect. I came down from #OccupyLA where I and other volunteers set up WiFi for that occupation and earlier this week I participated in #Occupy San Diego. #Occupy L.A.'s deployment is the third of the Free Network Foundation's FreedomTower ( photo: http://imgur.com/fna52 ). #Occupy Wall Street NYC and #Occupy ATX (Austin) are the first two deployments. (L.A.'s is currently just the access point + 4G, no mesh or connection to FreedomLink WAN yet). >From a recent blog post: > The Free Network Foundation is an organization whose purpose is to steward > the creation of a censorship-proof, disruption-resistant, global > peer-to-peer network which is fully owned and operated by its participants. > They managed to get two prototype FreedomTowers up and running in time for > Contact – one at Occupy Austin, the other here at Occupy Wall Street in > Liberty Square. The towers are providing Internet access to the occupiers, > and will be used to establish an occupation-to-occupation Virtual Private > Network. Next steps for the FNF, according to its founder, Isaac Wilder, > include continuing to build out their burgeoning Wide Area Network, applying > to the American Registry for Internet Numbers for status as an Autonomous > System, iterating and improving the design of FreedomTowers, and working > with the FreedomBox project to build FreedomNode, a mesh-enabled FreedomBox > capable of opportunistically engaging in communications that are materially > peer-to-peer. - http://emergentbydesign.com/2011/10/25/what-the-contact-conference-was-really-about The FNF is co-founded by Charles Wyble, formerly of Los Angeles and currently living in Austin. Charles had been active throughout the Southern California tech scene until he moved earlier this year. I myself had many years ago been on a rooftop deploying SCFN (Golden Hills area / Pink Palace or something to that effect, IIRC). http://www.freenetworkfoundation.org I would encourage #OccupySD to consider asking that wifi deployment be compatible the FNF's approach and hopefully #Occupy SD will be home for the first FreedomTower deployed in the San Diego area. Having the ability to easily get to where communications between occupations are encrypted on the WAN will likely be important going forward. I suppose getting agreement on this involves making a proposal during the General Assembly, perhaps even an #OccupySD technology team formed for this? I spoke with an #Occupy SD team member Eden who had a honda generator though it was unknown if operating that onsite would be allowed. He suggested running it in the back of a truck on the street and extending an extension cord for the P.A. system. Previously there had been a solar panel and battery powering the P.A. system but that solar equipment hasn't been seen since the police action ten days ago. I couldn't find anyone who knew if that solar equipment was among the items confiscated, if it was a loaned item that was no longer available or why it was no longer used. In L.A., the solar power is provided by Power Of Green LLC which has staff onsite in L.A., occupying. They also provide training classes to other occupiers on how to build a portable solar panel/battery/inverter system. Solar is one component of the organization's sustainable living offerings. The #OccupyLA Media team also runs their own solar grid and uses generators as well to power their production systems. These are occasionally tapped for the FreedomTower there in L.A. as well. The FreedomTower specs include a modified Ubiquiti firmware that includes OLSR (for mesh). > I remember the San Diego Fires and the Qualcomm network activation by the Socalfreenet. If you already have a solution ready to deploy, then don't let anything I've said slow you down in mobilizing. But please do take a look at the FNF's stuff: - http://freenetworkfoundation.org/?page_id=94 - http://freenetworkfoundation.org/?p=422 - http://thefnf.org:9001/ro/r.lug5aGlhVVAlXMIm Thoughts? Should anyone wish to reach me directly, my phone number is 310-356-9912. - Stephen Gornick [email protected] +1.310.356.9912
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