Charles has a point... vendor members pay for the privilege...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Dawn DiPietro
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:27 AM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Community Wireless Summit May 18-20, 2007 --
Washington, DC.
Charles,
How did I know you would make this an issue? ;-)
Regards,
Dawn DiPietro
Charles Wu wrote:
Out of curiosity...does this mean I can just email blast the list with
events that I organize?
-Charles
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
Behalf Of Sascha Meinrath
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 12:30 PM
To: wireless@wispa.org
Subject: [WISPA] Community Wireless Summit May 18-20, 2007 --
Washington, DC.
FYI:
Contact:
Sascha Meinrath
Executive Director
CUWiN Foundation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
217-278-3933 x31
INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT TO ADDRESS FUTURE OF BROADBAND
-- Community Technology Leaders from Six Continents to Participate --
Champaign-Urbana, I.L., April 18 -- The CUWiN Foundation and the
Center
for Community Informatics (CCI) will host the International Summit for
Community Wireless Networks (http://WirelessSummit.org) from May
18-20,
2007 at Loyola College in Columbia, Maryland.
The summit is the largest gathering of wireless network developers,
technology and policy experts, and community organizers working to
build
universal, low-cost broadband networks around the world. "We are proud
to host an event that brings together technologists and activists
committed to universal access to informatics," said Marco Figueiredo,
CCI Director.
"The International Summit for Community Wireless Networks explores the
opportunities and challenges facing the growing movement to build
community and municipal broadband networks," said Sascha Meinrath,
co-founder and Executive Director of CUWiN. "This event showcases
cutting-edge technologies and develops political strategies to
increase
digital inclusion."
Since the first National Summit for Community Wireless Networks in
2004,
over 300 Community Internet and municipal broadband projects have
sprung
up in the United States alone. The Summit will focus on how these
networks can better serve their target populations, the policies
needed
to support broader deployment of community wireless systems, and the
latest technological and software innovations.
Presenters at previous summits have included FCC Commissioner Jonathan
Adelstein, Jim Baller of the Baller Herbst Law Group, Annie Collins of
Fiber for Our Future, Mark Cooper of the Consumer Federation of
America,
Harold Feld of Media Access Project, Robert W. McChesney of Free
Press,
Matt Rantanen of Tribal Digital Village, Greg Richardson of Civitium
LLC, Paul Smith of the Center for Neighborhood Technologies, Jim
Snider
of the New America Foundation, Dana Spiegel of NYCwireless, Esme Vos
of
Muniwireless.com and many other luminaries.
"High-speed broadband access is the electricity of the 21st century,
yet
many rural and poorer urban communities are being left off the grid,"
said Ben Scott, policy director of Free Press, the DC-based policy
think-tank. "The innovators and organizers at the International Summit
for Community Wireless Networks are blazing the trail to make
broadband
affordable and available to everyone."
About CUWiN (http://www.cuwin.net)
The CUWiN Foundation is a world-renowned coalition of wireless
developers and community volunteers committed to providing low-cost,
do-it-yourself, community-controlled alternatives to contemporary
broadband models. CUWiN is fiscally sponsored by Grassroots.org, a
non-profit 501c3. CUWiN's mission is to develop decentralized,
community-owned networks that foster democratic cultures and local
content. Through advocacy and through our commitment to open source
technology, CUWiN supports organic networks that grow to meet the
needs
of their communities.
About CCI (http://cci.cs.loyola.edu)
The Center for Community Informatics engages Loyola College's
students,
faculty and staff in supporting the creation and deployment of
informatics tools for community empowerment. CCI develops the
Community
Telecenter Free Software Toolset; promotes awareness events for the
Loyola College community; offer courses in Community Informatics;
promotes Digital Inclusion Conferences; researches and develops
human-friendly technologies to facilitate inclusion in the New Society
of Knowledge; and, evaluates, documents and develops sustainable
models
for Universal Access to Informatics.
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