[UFO Chicago] [Fwd: [FreeGeek-Talk] FW: Announcing the Second National Summit for Community Wireless Networks -- March 31-April 2, 2006. St. Charles, MO.]

[Brian Sobolak]

Since I know there have been a couple of efforts in Chicago to improve 
he community wireless infrastructure, I thought this might be of 
interest.  Information on who to follow-up with is below.

brian

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [FreeGeek-Talk] FW: Announcing the Second National Summit for 
Community Wireless Networks -- March 31-April 2,	2006.  St. Charles, MO.
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:02:52 -0600
From: Michael Maranda <mmaranda at afcn.org>
Organization: AFCN
To: <talk at freegeekchicago.org>

  On Behalf Of Sascha Meinrath
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 1:07 PM
To: gio
Subject: Announcing the Second National Summit for Community Wireless
Networks -- March 31-April 2, 2006. St. Charles, MO.


Hi everyone,

Below is the invite to the Second National Summit for Community Wireless
Networks that we're hosting right outside St. Louis March 31-April 2, 2006.
We rely on word-of-mouth to get the word out about this event, so please
forward this out to your friends and relevant e-mail lists.  Links to the
Summit website and registration are also below.

Thanks,

--Sascha

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The Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN), Mid-Rivers
Community Wireless Network, and Free Press invite you to join us for a
Community Wireless Networking Summit, March 31-April 2, 2006 in St. Charles,
MO (right outside St. Louis).  "Imagine & Implement: The 2006 National
Summit for Community Wireless Networks" will focus on grassroots action;
impacting national regulations and policies; and building the coalition of
community groups, researchers, policy leaders, decision-makers, and
activists working to create better broadband services and telecommunications
infrastructures.

With Network Neutrality under attack and broadband service continuing to
stagnate, it's time we organized to take the public airwaves back from
corporate interests and put the public interest back in the spotlight.
Community Wireless Networks are often owned by the communities that deploy
them and offer better services for cheaper prices than traditional ISPs.
Anyone interested in making the "public interest" the number one priority in
broadband service provision should definitely attend this summit.

Community Wireless developers from across North America will be
demonstrating cutting-edge technologies; researchers and programmers will
discuss recent breakthroughs and developments; and policy-makers and funders
will strategize with participants on the new initiatives being launched and
how we can make an impact in DC.

More summit information is available online at:

www.wirelesssummit.org

Register online at:

www.wirelesssummit.org/register

Have questions or want to present?  Send us an e-mail at:

cu-wireless-summit at cuwireless.net

See you in St. Charles,

--Sascha Meinrath
Summit Director

-- 
Sascha Meinrath
Policy Analyst    *  Project Coordinator  *  President
Free Press       *** CUWiN               *** Acorn Active Media
www.freepress.net *  www.cuwireless.net   *  www.acornactivemedia.com





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