From: Jenny Ryan <je...@thepyre.org> Howdy hackers!
The sudo room mesh networking group has gotten to the point where we are nearly ready to launch a free community wireless network in the east bay! Take a look at our map <http://meshmap.sudoroom.org> to see where we are. We will be launching the first part of the network with 100+ wifi nodes, and we need your help to raise the money! Even a single dollar helps! We are 68% of the way to our goal: https://www.wepay.com/donations/oakland-community-mesh-network You can also donate bitcoins using the following wallet address: 12RxU4DpLpdWcmEBn7Tj325CCXBwt5i9Hc Or gittip: https://www.gittip.com/sudomesh/ Even if you can't contribute monetarily, please consider forwarding this to your friends / social networks of choice. We will provide a free wireless network controlled and maintained by the local community. The network will be used it to provide both local community services, post-disaster backup connectivity and free internet connectivity focusing on the less connected communities. We are also looking for new members and allies. What you can do to help: *Have you been involved with a mesh project before? We'd love to hear from you! Join our mailing list <http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh> or hop into our IRC channel: #510pen on Freenode. *Do you want to help with community outreach? We want to engage the local communities and need your help to reach more people. *Can you help with design of fliers or websites? We meet every Thursday evening at 8:30 pm at sudo room <https://sudoroomorg>, and everyone is welcome to join! We take notes at http://pad.riseup.net/p/510penmeeting, and post meeting minutes on our wiki: http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh If you're more interested in donating equipment directly, look at our wishlist: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Wishlist Mesh the planet!! Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
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