http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1587 <pre>Hi all! Come to the International Summit for Community Wireless Networks (IS4CWN) and join freifunk's and many CWN's 10th anniversary. IS4CWN will happen October 2nd - 4th 2013, in Berlin. Call for papers ends June 30th =&gt; Theme: "Where do we grow from here?" If you have anything to present or talk about in this field, please join and share. There's space for panels, presentations, workshops, OpenSpaces, hackathons, etc. We are also especially looking for apps, services and content which are relevant for the local intranets of our community networks. Please save the date, join and spread the word! http://2013.wirelesssummit.org/ JuergeN _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list wsfii-discuss&lt; at &gt;lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/wsfii-discuss </pre> Juergen Neumann 2013-06-14T14:52:22 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1586 <pre>Dear list members The submission deadline of the call for papers for 2nd International Workshop on Community Networks and Bottom-up-Broadband (CNBuB2013) [1], within WiMob2013 [2], has been extended one week, being the new and _definitive_ deadline on June 22, 2013. [1] http://research.ac.upc.edu/CNBuB2013/ [2] http://conferences.computer.org/wimob2013/ Hoping that this will extra week will turn into more and better papers, Roger Baig Viñas Fundació Privada per a la Xarxa Oberta, Lliure i Neutral guifi.net _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list wsfii-discuss&lt; at &gt;lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/wsfii-discuss </pre> Roger Baig Viñas 2013-06-14T08:06:55 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1585 <pre>Excerpt: We have finalized the dates of the Commotion Mesh Wireless Workshop in Dharamsala for June 3rd through June 7th. I will send more details once we have additional details about when participants should reach Dharamsala and local logistics. Below is the link for a pre-workshop survey for every participant who will attend the workshop. So kindly fill out this survey for us to better understand the background of participants, their expectations of what the workshop would entail, and how they might use their learning.  https://docs.google.com/a/opentechinstitute.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dElER3RzZEhidlNwZFpPMmZId0l3aXc6MQ I don't think this was publicised through the list earlier. I understand that several listmembers are expected to be there, so hopefully we will see some reports circulated here by the end of it.   Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com_______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list wsfii-discuss&lt; at &gt;lists.okfn.org </pre> Vickram Crishna 2013-06-01T10:17:11 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1584 <pre>Hi, Congratulations for the video. I also added Catalan translation. Just a comment regarding the terminology used. In guifi.net community we stop using the "wireless" term when we refer to community networks for several reasons. The main reason is that it is an unnecessary constrain; better to stay technologically agnostic; what if we want to integrate a new technology, let's say optical fibre? Another reason is that the less technical the general name is the higher chances to get non-technical people involve since the general name is the first reference for them. All in all, I strongly recommend to simply and systematically use the term "community network/s" since it is more inclusive, both, from the technology used and the social point of view, and doing so we contribute to standardise the concept. Kind regards. On 05/14/2013 04:50 PM, NicoEchániz wrote: </pre> Roger Baig Viñas 2013-05-14T18:50:55 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1583 <pre> I added the Spanish translation a few days ago in the pad; I'm looking forward to seeing the translation in the video :) Also we talked with UFO about the possibility of "branding" the video with our different communities' names and logos. Do you think that will be a possibility? It could be powerfull... Congratulations for the results! cheers, NicoEchániz _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list wsfii-discuss&lt; at &gt;lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/wsfii-discuss </pre> NicoEchániz 2013-05-14T14:50:08 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1582 <pre>Hi all! Our fancy new freifunk video is now available with subtitles in various languages [af, ar, de, en, fa, fr, it, sw, vi, ...] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z12OjnPADA Thanks to all volunteers at the Freifunk Wireless Communtiy Weekend 2013 who helped make this happen! :) Please spread the word and join us at the International Summit for Community Wirless Networks (IS4CWN) in Berlin, Oct. 2-4, 2013: http://2013.wirelesssummit.org/ Thx and greets! JuergeN PS: If you want to help us with other languages, please use this pad: http://pad.freifunk.net/p/Spot2013 _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list wsfii-discuss&lt; at &gt;lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/wsfii-discuss </pre> Juergen Neumann 2013-05-14T13:43:03 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1581 <pre>Dear list members, The call for papers period for 2nd International Workshop on Community Networks and Bottom-up-Broadband (CNBuB2013) [1] is opened until June 15th. This workshop is an effort to narrow the gap between community networks and the academia. It is aimed to be a place for exchanging knowledge and for exploring collaborations. We are convinced that putting together the wide field experience and the innovative ideas and proposals of the communities with the research resources and methodologies of the academia must be beneficial for both sides. Unfortunately academic conferences are not cheap, but we don't want the cost to be an inconvenient for any community member to not submit a paper. We have gathered some budget to sponsor (at least partially) travelling costs and registration fees. Please send me an e-mail if you need financial assistance. This is the second edition of the workshop, and if we want to keep it in the future we must make sure that this edition is, at least, as successful as </pre> Roger Baig Viñas 2013-05-09T16:21:46 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1580 <pre>http://mississaugasaccountants.com/oanyhknkrlktaxk.php Breakthrough Diet Exposed: Celebrity Doctor Uncovers The "Holy Grail of Weight Loss" _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list wsfii-discuss&lt; at &gt;lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/wsfii-discuss </pre> hugh barnard 2013-05-09T11:03:19 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1579 <pre>Great stuff! :-) Would be a pleasure to see yourself and others once again in Berlin! shine, .vortex On 18/04/2013 13:11, Juergen Neumann wrote: _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list wsfii-discuss&lt; at &gt;lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/wsfii-discuss </pre> vortex< at >free2air.net 2013-04-20T11:54:49 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1578 <pre>Kudos to http://www.networktheworld.org/ and their band of dedicated volunteers for making this happen! On 18 April 2013 15:18, James Forster &lt;jrforster&lt; at &gt;mac.com&gt; wrote: </pre> Steve Song 2013-04-18T18:47:10 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1577 <pre>Hi Juergen, This is maybe a good excuse to mention to this lists, that the book that came out of some of these efforts, "Wireless Networking in the Developing World", www.wndw.net, is now in it's 3rd edition. It's available for download, and also as an ebook for Kindles, etc. Jane Butler, cc'd, was the editor for this edition. -- Jim On Apr 18, 2013, at 5:11 AM, Juergen Neumann &lt;j.neumann&lt; at &gt;junes.eu&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list wsfii-discuss&lt; at &gt;lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/wsfii-discuss </pre> James Forster 2013-04-18T18:18:58 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1576 <pre>Hi everyone, wow, it's more than a decade since many of us started to implement the idea of free information infrastructures into wifi based community networks arround the globe. Congratulations to all! Back in 2002 people from London (consume.net), Denmark (wire.less.dk) and Berlin (bootlab.org) lauched a first European get together - the BERLON meeting. After another event in Copenhagen in early 2003 we officially launched freifunk.net. In September 2003 freifunk.net organized the first international summer convention at the c-base in Berlin. And with many joined forces this was the starting point for 'fresh air - free networks' in Djursland, Denmark, where WSFII was born. At the same time Sacha Meinrath and others gathered the movement in the US which has turned into the 'International Summit for Community Wireless Networks' (IS4CWN). Now, after 10 years, together with the team from IS4CWN from the US, we are planning for a really big international get together in Berlin again to celebrate and debate</pre> Juergen Neumann 2013-04-18T12:11:49 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1575 <pre>Hi friends Please join us in a fun online game: Feel free to redistribute! Mike *Michael Liebhold* Senior Researcher, Distinguished Fellow &lt;http://www.iftf.org/what-we-do/who-we-are/staff/mike-liebhold/&gt; Institute for the Future &lt;http://www.iftf.org/&gt; &lt; at &gt;mikeliebhold &lt;https://twitter.com/mikeliebhold&gt;&lt; at &gt;iftf &lt;https://twitter.com/iftf&gt; _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list wsfii-discuss&lt; at &gt;lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/wsfii-discuss </pre> Mike Liebhold 2013-01-22T21:03:42 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1574 <pre>From: maxigas &lt;maxigas&lt; at &gt;anargeek.net&gt; Subject: Re: [wsfii-discuss] [Office] Pre-alert situation in Argentina, please help &amp; advice Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:37:25 +0100 (CET) HEY! I got this answer from APC, hope it helps: maxigas, kiberpunk -- ⬢ ⬢ |metatron ⬢ ⬢ |research ⬢ ⬢ |unit FA00 8129 13E9 2617 C614 0901 7879 63BC 287E D166 _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list wsfii-discuss&lt; at &gt;lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/wsfii-discuss </pre> maxigas 2012-12-10T18:23:27 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1573 <pre> maxigas, thank you for the links. I'm reading them with interest. I've found that the debate on open spectrum in Argntina[0] makes little direct mention of wireless community networks. It would be interesting to look into the Open Spectrum for Development initiative from the point of view of existing community networks. We (AlterMundi) are very much involved in this matter and we'd like to collaborate with APC if they should find it worthwhile. Do you happen to know if the work APC has done with this initiative has been taken into account by the governments of the countries involved or if any effort has been put in this particular strategy? Let us know if you find your contact person :) Thanks, NicoEchániz [0] http://www.apc.org/en/spectrum/news/debate-over-spectrum-argentina-%E2%80%9C-defining-push-nee _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list wsfii-discuss&lt; at &gt;lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mai</pre> NicoEchániz 2012-11-30T17:49:58 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1572 <pre>From: NicoEchániz &lt;nicoechaniz&lt; at &gt;altermundi.net&gt; Subject: Re: [wsfii-discuss] [Office] Pre-alert situation in Argentina, please help &amp; advice Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:32:15 -0300 Once again, APC has an Open Spectrum research and advocacy line, and they seem to be active in Argentina: http://www.apc.org/en/spectrum/country/argentina As well as many other countries: http://www.apc.org/en/projects/open-spectrum-development There is also summary of latinamerica situation: http://www.apc.org/en/spectrum/pubs/spectrum-use-latin-america-summary-report-case-stu And there are a lot of reference papers that you can use when approaching the govt. I can try to see who is the best contact person in APC for this. maxigas, kiberpunk -- ⬢ ⬢ |metatron ⬢ ⬢ |research ⬢ ⬢ |unit FA00 8129 13E9 2617 C614 0901 7879 63BC 287E D166 _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list wsfii-discuss&lt; at &gt;lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/</pre> maxigas 2012-11-30T16:37:25 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1571 <pre>Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that we have been able to contact the Telco technicians responsible for the interfered link and they have accepted our proposed solution. We moved our links to a different channel and changed antenna polarization and they have ceased to receive interference from our equipment. However, it was by chance that we had the opportunity to solve this in a private agreement (one of our community network members is a technology provider for this telco). We still would like to make the most out of this incident, promoting a review of our national regulations regarding license-free bands. We are in contact with different government offices so we could try to get the ball rolling on this matter. It would be very helpful to asses what are the differences between our regulations and those in countries where community networks have really flourished. Is there a list where it would be more appropriate to initiate a thread on this matter? WSFII-discuss? Battlemesh? Interop? </pre> NicoEchániz 2012-11-30T15:32:15 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1570 <pre>Hi all, I wanted to let you know that the CNC has not shown up today, so we have no news on that front yet. Anyway, we have been able to contact the technicians in charge of this Telecom link and will try to solve the issue with them directly. If all goes well, once the threat is over, we intend to build upon this incident to raise attention on the problems with argentine regulation regarding the ICM bands, which leads to an unfriendly environment for the development of community networks. In this regard I'd like to make a comparison with other countries' regulations. Is there some comprehensive database on this matter? I hope to have some good news in the near future :) cheers, NicoEchániz On 11/27/2012 03:25 AM, roland wrote: _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list wsfii-discuss&lt; at &gt;lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/wsfii-discuss </pre> NicoEchániz 2012-11-28T01:03:56 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1569 <pre>Hi, Another APC member in Argentina (closer to wifi issues) is Nodo Tau www.*tau*.org.ar/. I actually forwarded them your original alert already. best karel apc On 11/27/2012 01:13 AM, maxigas wrote: </pre> Karel Novotny 2012-11-27T09:24:06 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1568 <pre>Hi all, I have been reading closely what is going on in Argentina with Ramon wireless network and my opinion would be to keep this story for now on the forum and cooperate with authorities during the investigation. Jim, I think getting it out to the general public via news papers may cause more harm than helping at this point of time as the decision of shutting the network down or equipment confiscation has not been taken yet. For now I think it's still time to demonstrate to the authorities that you got enough "official" information on the regulation showing that your wifi equipments are good to operate in Argentina is the good way to go for now. You may put on some political pressure by releasing the information out to the media only when you understand there is nothing else to do to stop them turning-off your network. We experienced similar behavior in Cameroon (Africa) and we realized that the government authorities that was sent did not really know the latest about regulation and that they were pus</pre> roland 2012-11-27T06:25:26 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general/1567 <pre>Thank you all very much for the support, contacts and ideas! I want to make clear two things from Ramon's first e-mail: 1) the interference is not to a mobile service but to a land phone service. They use this wireless link to connect our town to another. 2) also the company is not related to Telefonica, it is Telecom, which is their "competitor". Just so we have the facts right, although it does not change the substance of the problem. I'll be in touch tomorrow to let you know how this goes. cheers, NicoEchániz On 11/26/2012 08:52 PM, Jim Forster wrote: _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list wsfii-discuss&lt; at &gt;lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/wsfii-discuss </pre> NicoEchániz 2012-11-27T04:15:52 Search the mailing list at Gmane query http://search.gmane.org/?group=$group=gmane.politics.activism.wsfii.general