[Mesh] Outreach in SF + collab with OG

Hey y'all! Just a quick intro: I'm the Community Manager at Open Garden, a company making a mesh networking app for Android based in SF. I'm also a decentralization enthusiast and liberty activist. I'm interested in discussing potential collaborations between the Open Garden community and Oakland mesh outreach. The first idea that comes to mind for me is holding local events based on education about mesh networking both in Oakland and SF. Oakland is obviously the most important community to focus on for the Oakland mesh (duh), however there can be a lot of benefit from marketing the project to a wider audience - especially since SF is right next door. How awesome would it be to do a basic demo using Internet from somewhere like the TechShop and sending it to Yerba Buena Gardens for example? There could also be a chance at leveraging the marketing from the Google/SF WiFi initiative... something that says "Hey... we're trying to do something similar over here but even better!" Of course while trying to avoid pissing off Goog or SF. Anyways... I know some (probably most) of you may have some reservations about collaboration with a company making proprietary software on a moral ground but I'm interested in discussion on mutual benefit - both for outreach and as complementary solutions for meshing the planet! ;) Be well, Paige Peterson