<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Greetings,<br><br></div>The Peoples Open Network is hosting a skillshare / workshop this Saturday, March 18, from 1-4pm at the Omni Commons (home of the Sudo Room hackerspace), and we'd love for you to join us! <br><br></div>From <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-your-own-internet-workshop-tickets-32460849274">the event page</a> (plz rsvp so we know how many folks to expect!):<br><div><div class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-js-xd-read-more-toggle-view gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-read-more__toggle-view">
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<p><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">Do you think internet should be a public commons rather than a corporate monopoly? </span></p>
<p><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">Come
over to Omni Commons to learn about the history of the internet, how it
works, and how to build your own. Meet and mingle with civic hackers
and organizers behind <a href="http://peoplesopen.net" target="_blank">peoplesopen.net</a>: an open, community-based, network
in the East Bay.</span><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-8m00cruqc7lz83zy0ur"> <br></span></p>
<h2><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">Agenda: </span></h2>
<p><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">1:00pm </span><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-8m00cruqc7lz83zy0ur">- </span><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">Why/what/how of the internet (< 30 minutes)</span></p>
<p><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">1:30pm </span><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-8m00cruqc7lz83zy0ur">- Snack</span><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">, mingle, share and experiment </span></p>
<p><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-8m00cruqc7lz83zy0ur">2</span><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">:00pm -</span><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-8m00cruqc7lz83zy0ur"> Hands-on workshop with a variety of learning stations such as: rooftop mounting techniques, ethernet cable-crimping, live node link demoing radio propagation, q&a table & non-tech signup station for neighborhood organizers<br></span></p>
<p><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-8m00cruqc7lz83zy0ur">Donations for pizza and internet are enthusiastically accepted </span><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">; ) <br></span></p>
<p><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z"><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-_4n-j gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-_3cht gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-fsl">The
Omni Commons' ballroom is wheelchair-accessible via a lift in the
Entrance Hall, where there is also located a wheelchair-accessible
single-stall<span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-text_exposed_show"> bathroom.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-8m00cruqc7lz83zy0ur">The <a href="https://peoplesopen.net" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Peoples Open Network</a> enables anyone to share their Internet connection or extend signal from neighboring nodes. Learn more at <a href="http://peoplesopen.net" target="_blank">peoplesopen.net</a></span><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">.</span></p>
<p><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-8m00cruqc7lz83zy0ur">The <a href="https://omnicommons.org" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Omni Commons</a>
is a 100% volunteer-run space for community organizing, collaboration,
and creative production located in North Oakland. Learn more at
<a href="http://omnicommons.org" target="_blank">omnicommons.org</a>.</span></p>
<p><b><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">BYOI Workshop </span></b></p>
<p><b><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">Omni Commons - Ballroom</span></b></p>
<p><b><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">4799 Shattuck, Oakland, California</span></b><b><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z"><br></span></b></p><p><b><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">Saturday 18 March 2017 1-4pm</span></b></p><p><b><span class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail-author-a-z90zz88zz65zz86zz85z0lz65zz88zz75z6xz122zz73zjz72z">RSVP at <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-your-own-internet-workshop-tickets-32460849274">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-your-own-internet-workshop-tickets-32460849274</a> !<br></span></b>
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</div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail-m_-3271598040204124413gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>--<br>Jenny<br><br></div><div>Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California!<br></div><div><a href="https://omnicommons.org/donate" target="_blank">https://omnicommons.org/donate</a><br>
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"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."<br>
-Laurie Anderson<br>
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"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."<br>
-Hannah Arendt<br>
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"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."<br>
-Stéphane Mallarmé<br>
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