Greetings, The Peoples Open Network is hosting a skillshare / workshop this Saturday, March 18, from 1-4pm at the Omni Commons (home of the Sudo Room hackerspace), and we'd love for you to join us! <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-your-own-internet-workshop-tickets-32460849274> (plz rsvp so we know how many folks to expect!): Do you think internet should be a public commons rather than a corporate monopoly? Come over to Omni Commons to learn about the history of the internet, how it works, and how to build your own. Meet and mingle with civic hackers and organizers behind peoplesopen.net: an open, community-based, network in the East Bay. Agenda: 1:00pm - Why/what/how of the internet (< 30 minutes) 1:30pm - Snack, mingle, share and experiment 2:00pm - Hands-on workshop with a variety of learning stations such as: rooftop mounting techniques, ethernet cable-crimping, live node link demoing radio propagation, q&a table & non-tech signup station for neighborhood organizers Donations for pizza and internet are enthusiastically accepted ; ) The Omni Commons' ballroom is wheelchair-accessible via a lift in the Entrance Hall, where there is also located a wheelchair-accessible single-stall bathroom. The Peoples Open Network <https://peoplesopen.net> enables anyone to share their Internet connection or extend signal from neighboring nodes. Learn more at peoplesopen.net. The Omni Commons <https://omnicommons.org> is a 100% volunteer-run space for community organizing, collaboration, and creative production located in North Oakland. Learn more at omnicommons.org. *BYOI Workshop * *Omni Commons - Ballroom* *4799 Shattuck, Oakland, California* *Saturday 18 March 2017 1-4pm* *RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-your-own-internet-workshop-tickets-32460… <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-your-own-internet-workshop-tickets-32460849274> !* -- Jenny Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "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 ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`