Re: [Mesh] mesh Digest, Vol 24, Issue 7

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Fwd: [Delegates] 2015 Student Technology Fee Call for Proposals (Mitar) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:26:04 -0800 From: April Glaser &lt;april.glaser(a)riseup.net&gt; To: &quot;mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org&quot; &lt;mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org&gt; Subject: [Mesh] relevant new white house statement Message-ID: &lt;54B6FB0C.8020704(a)riseup.net&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 video: http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/heres-why-we-need-invest-high-speed-broadba… so President Obama wants the FCC to preempt state laws that restrict community and municipal "braodband" initiatives. there are 20 states that do this now; it's mostly the result of ALEC lobbying on behalf of cable companies to pass a suite of anti-competitive laws back around 2005. in any event, this is a major signal that the funding environment might soon open. so it's great we're meeting to soon to chat the present/future. if anyone wants a bit more context into CA's awkward and weak restrictions on municipal fiber, prod me to explain ! my best, april -- 0x54FC570B ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:43:40 -0800 From: tropical rain &lt;tropicalstream(a)gmail.com&gt; To: April Glaser &lt;april.glaser(a)riseup.net&gt; Cc: &quot;mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org&quot; &lt;mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org&gt; Subject: Re: [Mesh] relevant new white house statement Message-ID: &lt;39036CD9-3937-4F96-BFA8-5A16F5DFBACD(a)gmail.com&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii As long as we don't capitulate to the ruling class to get funds :) they are actually trying to limit free speech on a global level and city governments are mostly towing that movement. We are in environmental crisis. I think mesh networks could be huge in that arena (as well as privacy rights and cooperation). wrote: http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/heres-why-we-need-invest-high-speed-broadba… 2005. present/future. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:59:00 -0800 From: Mitar &lt;mitar(a)tnode.com&gt; To: mesh &lt;mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org&gt; Subject: [Mesh] Fwd: [Delegates] 2015 Student Technology Fee Call for Proposals Message-ID: &lt;54B76534.8090603(a)tnode.com&gt; Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi! If you know any UC Berkeley student who would like to apply for some mesh equipment, or something else. Mitar -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: John Ready - GA President &lt;president(a)ga.berkeley.edu&gt; Subject: [Delegates] 2015 Student Technology Fee Call for Proposals To: GA Delegates &lt;delegates(a)ga.berkeley.edu&gt; Delegates, Please share this funding opportunity with your fellow grad students. Let me know if you have any questions. Best, John -- John Ready President Graduate Assembly <http://ga.berkeley.edu/> ===================================== The Student Technology Fee (STF) project proposal submission process is now open for fast track projects with a cap of $5000 per project. ELIGIBILITY Any student, faculty member, or staff member of the University of California, Berkeley is eligible to submit a proposal for consideration by the Student Technology Fee Committee. Individual students must obtain a fiscal sponsor to administer awarded funds, such as a registered student group, ASUC/GA, academic department, or other functional unit. ALLOWABLE COSTS This fee, assessed at $51 per semester, for seven years, provides funding to negotiate with commercial software vendors on behalf of students to secure volume licensing of software such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Cloud. It also provides funding to support additional student technology services and initiatives. Fee funds are prohibited from subsidizing core information technology infrastructure. Funding categories include: ? Applications and Software Development ? Commercial Software Licensing ? Hardware and Technology Equipment Acquisition ? Investigative and Planning Projects ? Technology Events ? Training, Support, and Access to Technology Programs HOW TO APPLY Before submitting a proposal, please review the Student Service Fee Guidelines, proposal form, and reference materials located at http://techfee.berkeley.edu/proposals/submitting-proposal Instructions and link to the online project proposal form are also available here. SUBMISSION DEADLINE February 15, 2015: Online proposals due for the Spring 2015 Fast Track review process The complete calendar for 2015 and future terms can be found here: http://techfee.berkeley.edu/proposals/proposal-deadlines REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS Proposals will be reviewed by the Student Technology Fee Committee (STFC) during the spring semester, with the intent of making decisions and allocating funds in the month of April. The STFC consists of eleven voting members with student, faculty and staff representation (two each from the ASUC, the Graduate Assembly and the Committee on Student Fees, one each from the Academic Senate, ASUC Auxiliary, Student Affairs IT, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and the Associate Vice Chancellor?IT and CIO). More information about STFC and a list of its currents members is available at http://techfee.berkeley.edu/about-committee/current-members If you have any questions about the STF project proposal submission process, please email techfee(a)berkeley.edu Thank you, Cassie Xiong and Jonathan Morris Student Technology Fee Committee Co-Chairs -- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ mesh mailing list mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh End of mesh Digest, Vol 24, Issue 7 ***********************************