Fred, We need to get this idea of OpenDIV sorted out.
I feel it may be confusing people with regards to all these different names Resources Centers, OpenDIV and Open Digital Village. I feel the name is not important really the convergence of people around empowering networks is. However OVF has recently invested a lot in the naming Open Digital Village and a booklet has actually been published on it that we plan to post online soon. So I'd like us to get clear on how this what we have done relates to Open Div. Jeff Hi Thomas, This process of linking and sharing resources is what opendiv.org is for. the website of OpenDiv will contain best practices and announce and collect data from worldwide "Free Information Infrastructures". The actual networks are, if we agree on it or if each community agrees on it, called OpenDiv.net like the one in Winneba would be called winneba.opendiv.net . the structure of these networks will be based on the experiences at FreiFunk.net since they have the most worked out experience in this field. In fact the thinking for opendiv.org is just freifunk.net but because nobody can pronounce or understand the word freifunk, a new word was made up and that is opendiv. Gathering and Meetings, Workshop etc. are done by WSFII (World Summits on Free Information Infrastructures) as usual. Sorry , if earlier I did not explain the roles of the 4 structures, Thanks Freddy On 4/25/07, Thomas M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm more and more thinking of linking all wireless network of Africa into an > association where we could plan and share resources, Association with more > experience like Wireless Ghana could share experience with association busy > being created like those of Congo and others... > > The funding is a real problem we are facing the same thing and in fact we > noticed that we have become ourselves the funder!!!! > > > > On 4/25/07, Fred Pook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the good work, Marco,Daniel and Kloschi! > > > > Opendiv.org aka http://opendigitalvillage.org is shaping up. > > > > I like to remind everybody there is a Prepconf > > planned on: May 3-18, 07 in Winneba, Ghana to support the "Winneba > > Linux User Group" in their effort to build the Wireless Local Mesh > > (see: http://www.wilugghana.org/ ) . > > This prepconf has been postponed before because of lack of funding. > > Are we going to raise the funds this time, in time? > > > > We need funds from independent sources that focus on real concrete > > technical solutions in Africa and other under served communities in > > the world. > > > > Lets brainstorm here on this list on ideas where to find this > > independent funder and lets continue the brainstorm in Berlin at the > > WirelessCommunityWeekend aka wcw2007 (see: > > https://snr.freifunk.net/trac/wcw) starting this Thu > 26|04|2007 till > > Sun 29|04|2007at c-base. > > > > That reminds me that I don't even have funding to travel to Berlin nor > > that I know where to sleep but I guess I will find a solution for > > these small problems soon :-) > > > > See You Soon at C-Base > > > > Thanks Freddy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/24/07, marco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi all > > > > > > first a short reminder: the wiki for our WSFII 2007 (opendiv.org) is in > > > progress. pls. get involved. > > > > > > second: u are asked to consider ur presence on the meeting in > > > Winneba/Ghana in August. especially as we are supposed to work on the > > > workshop program we ll need to confirm wether we can go and in which way > > > we ll involve in the workshop program. jeff already has proposed some > > > WSs ... > > > > > > grts, marco, berlin > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > wsfii-discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wsfii-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > wsfii-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss > > _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss
