[sudo-discuss] People's Open Network community outreach request for contacts!

Hi all! The People's Open Network <https://peoplesopen.net> is just beginning - an effort to create a community-owned wireless mesh network in the East Bay, providing free wi-fi and a resilient local network hosting local applications. It works by mounting low-cost routers on rooftops and outside of people's homes. The routers are running software that enables them to automatically connect to each other and share connectivity. For those who haven't heard, last week Sudo Mesh <https://sudomesh.org>announced our developer launch <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Blog#Developer_Launch>. We're testing the firmware with an initial batch of ~20 nodes run by folks with networking skills who can help us debug. If this is you, please get in touch! We have a mailing list <http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh> and an IRC channel <http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=peoplesopen.net>, and meet weekly at Sudo on Thursday evenings starting at 7:30pm. The point of this email, however, is to request folks to add to our community outreach spreadsheet<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dC1…haring>. We're reaching out to non-profits, schools, churches, libraries, coops and other communities who may be interested in supporting the mesh - either through hosting a node, getting the word out, creating a partnership w/ People's Open Network, and/or working on local services and applications we can run on the network. The link to edit the spreadsheet is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dC1mVjlaeTVSckhrZU… - please do a search for the name of the org you're adding before adding a new row. Thanks for any help you can provide in helping to develop relationships and expand the network :) Mesh the planet! Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://sudomesh.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "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 ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`