April - I tried to do a little research on California's restrictions on
community fiber and it's very confusing.
AB-2292 seems to allow for municipalities to fund fiber the same way they'd
find road improvements:
Is this right?
*Will Martin*
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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:26:04 -0800
From: April Glaser <april.glaser(a)riseup.net>
To: "mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org" <mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org>
Subject: [Mesh] relevant new white house statement
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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
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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:43:40 -0800
From: tropical rain <tropicalstream(a)gmail.com>
To: April Glaser <april.glaser(a)riseup.net>
Cc: "mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org" <mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org>
Subject: Re: [Mesh] relevant new white house statement
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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).
On Jan 14, 2015, at 3:26 PM, April Glaser
<april.glaser(a)riseup.net>
wrote:
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
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:59:00 -0800
From: Mitar <mitar(a)tnode.com>
To: mesh <mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org>
Subject: [Mesh] Fwd: [Delegates] 2015 Student Technology Fee Call for
Proposals
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Hi!
If you know any UC Berkeley student who would like to apply for some
mesh equipment, or something else.
Mitar
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From: John Ready - GA President <president(a)ga.berkeley.edu>
Subject: [Delegates] 2015 Student Technology Fee Call for Proposals
To: GA Delegates <delegates(a)ga.berkeley.edu>
Delegates,
Please share this funding opportunity with your fellow grad students.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
John
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John Ready
President
Graduate Assembly <http://ga.berkeley.edu/>
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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
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