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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