26 Jul
2013
26 Jul
'13
3:35 p.m.
hey everyone,
sorry i had to jet out of the meeting last night. i wanted to put a time on
the schedule specifically to bounce around ideas for community outreach and
to think strategically about how to advocate for local broadband policy
that would support our cause. would wednesday from 8:30-10 work for others
interested in attending?
for those interested in policy, i just found out that san leandro already
has its own public-private fiber project:
http://litsanleandro.com/technology/
my guess is that other cities in the area will follow suit to try to keep
up with the jones'. i think it'd be a good idea to think about what kind of
provisions we could try to get cities to adopt that would ensure that any
ISP that commits to doing this kind of public-private partnership remains
friendly towards.
and a note on community outreach: i talked with some friends working on
food justice and they suggested trying to emphasize the word "access" a
lot. they've done great work in this area to make your average organic
shopper to understand that there's a serious problem with the lack of food
access in low income communities. if we say we're extending access to the
internet to people who otherwise can't afford it, it piggy backs on their
success and helps develop a larger narrative that ties together all
the disparate forms of activism taking place around the east bay.
anyway, just a couple of thoughts. if no one objects to the timing of the
meeting, i'll put it on the schedule for wednesday.
have a wonderful weekend!
jacob
27 Jul
27 Jul
3:51 p.m.
Hi Jacob!
Stoked to have you on board, and excited for a community/policy-specific
meeting! This is something we should do regularly, if we have enough folks
who can commit.
Some links on where we're at with policy / community outreach so far, and
relevant texts:
- Sudo Room Neighborhood Outreach
Spreadsheet<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dEd…
- Community-Based Participatory Action
Research<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh#Community-Based_Participatory_Ac…
an abstract - we can discuss this further in-person]
- User Research on mesh networks and
mapping<http://wiki.tidepools.co/view/UserResearch>I did as part of my
internship with the Open Technology Institute earlier
this year.
- City of Oakland Wireless Broadband Feasibility Study [2009]
<http://www.media-alliance.org/downloads/TVA-Oakland-Broadband-Study.pdf>-
Lengthy report on the feasibility of providing free municipal wifi
throughout the city of Oakland. Research included focus groups with
representatives from the various districts of Oakland, public comments, and
extensive mapping of a wireless network operating on the 2.4GHz and 4.9Mz
bands.
- Wireless Networking in the Developing World <http://wndw.net/> -
*Excellent* free e-book, very up-to-date, with tons of real-world case
studies from around the world.
I'll put Wednesday night's meetup on the Sudo Room calendar, and look
forward to chatting with you and anyone else interested in these aspects of
the project!
Jenny
http://jennyryan.net
http://thepyre.org
http://thevirtualcampfire.org
http://technomadic.tumblr.com
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"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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On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Jacob Levin <jjflevin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
hey everyone,
sorry i had to jet out of the meeting last night. i wanted to put a time
on the schedule specifically to bounce around ideas for community outreach
and to think strategically about how to advocate for local broadband policy
that would support our cause. would wednesday from 8:30-10 work for others
interested in attending?
for those interested in policy, i just found out that san leandro already
has its own public-private fiber project:
http://litsanleandro.com/technology/
my guess is that other cities in the area will follow suit to try to keep
up with the jones'. i think it'd be a good idea to think about what kind of
provisions we could try to get cities to adopt that would ensure that any
ISP that commits to doing this kind of public-private partnership remains
friendly towards.
and a note on community outreach: i talked with some friends working on
food justice and they suggested trying to emphasize the word "access" a
lot. they've done great work in this area to make your average organic
shopper to understand that there's a serious problem with the lack of food
access in low income communities. if we say we're extending access to the
internet to people who otherwise can't afford it, it piggy backs on their
success and helps develop a larger narrative that ties together all
the disparate forms of activism taking place around the east bay.
anyway, just a couple of thoughts. if no one objects to the timing of the
meeting, i'll put it on the schedule for wednesday.
have a wonderful weekend!
jacob
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29 Jul
29 Jul
5:59 p.m.
Hi!
and a note on community outreach: i talked with some
friends working on
food justice and they suggested trying to emphasize the word "access" a
lot.
The word I like even more is "connectivity". Because "access" is often
only one-way. And Internet connectivity is both ways. I don't really
like concept of "Internet access" because it sounds to me too much as
Internet is something you can consume (once you have access). One of big
things we were trying to teach people in Slovenia is that Internet is
not some goods which is mined somewhere and you buy this from your ISP
and then use it, but it is something which creates when people connect
to each other and more people connect, more it is, nobody loses
anything. The big idea to get people to even think about is that they
can create their own Internet connectivity (not Internet access). And
then provide it to others, their neighborhood. That this is not
something which has to be provided by somebody else because it is mined
somewhere far away.
Just something to think about.
Mitar
they've done great work in this area to make your average organic
shopper to understand that there's a serious
problem with the lack of food
access in low income communities. if we say we're extending access to the
internet to people who otherwise can't afford it, it piggy backs on their
success and helps develop a larger narrative that ties together all
the disparate forms of activism taking place around the east bay.
anyway, just a couple of thoughts. if no one objects to the timing of the
meeting, i'll put it on the schedule for wednesday.
have a wonderful weekend!
jacob
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