Hi!

I just wanted to thank you for all the work you are doing on grants and
related things. I know how much work is this and ... thanks you!


Mitar

> Hi all,
>
> Marc and I are currently tap-tap-tapping away on a grant application
> for $100/250/500k due tomorrow at midnight. We have the honor of being
> fiscally sponsored for this application by Media Alliance, an Oakland
> nonprofit supporting citizen media, advocacy and youth technology
> education. They are awesome!
>
> I've been diving deep back into the Oakland broadband feasibility
> study published in 2009: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Oakland#Research
>
> In pursuit of more recent information on the state of Oakland
> organizations addressing the digital divide, and Internet access more
> generally, here's what I've been reading:
>
> *
> http://www.ebbroadband.org/PDF/Cities_-_graded/Alameda_County_Oakland_Graded_B.pdf
>
> *
> http://www.insidebayarea.com/opinion/ci_25010367/must-make-investment-make-east-bay-better
>
> *
> http://oaklandlocal.com/2013/12/the-wifi-scorecard-connecting-the-dots-of-oaklands-digital-divide/
>
> *
> http://oaklandlocal.com/2014/02/get-fast-oakland-east-bay-broadband-summit-gets-ready-to-ramp-up-internet-speeds/
> ^ This one even mentions the Oakland North article on Sudo Mesh, with
> the accompanying phrase "has largely been met with political
> gridlock." I've written to Susan Mernit asking for a correction to the
> article and updating her on where we're actually at - and offering to
> write an article on our project.
>
> I'm going to reach out to Kevin at the East Bay Broadband Consortium,
> and set up a meeting to talk about how we could work together.
>
> Your feedback, links to other articles/studies, appreciated.
> I'll be documenting the local stuff here:
> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Oakland
>
> Mesh the planet!
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