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| =Key=
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| + = contact(s)
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| ! = rooftop(s)
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| $ = interested in a space
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| ''Italics are relevant musings.''
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| =Locations=
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| ''See also [http://meshmap.sudoroom.org prospective node map]''
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| *West Oakland*!$
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| *San Antonio*!
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| *Adam's Point*!
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| *Ghost Town*!
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| *Piedmont*
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| *Oakland 5th Ave Marina*!
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| ==Schools==
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| ''Resilient communication; internship opportunities; mentorship''
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| *Laney College*$
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| *Talk to Hilary Naylor [Oakland Unified School District]
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| ==Libraries==
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| ''Hooking up library catalogs would be rad... and libraries are the last bastion of nurturing public spaces.''
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| *Talk to Ivan
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| ==Public Areas==
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| ''Public wifi on the streets and in parks''
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| *Lake Merritt
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| *[http://oaklandwiki.org/Mosswood_Recreation_Center?&redirected_from=mosswood%20recreational%20center Mosswood Recreation Center] in Mosswood Park.
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| ==Cohousing Communities==
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| ''Hyperlocal economies/sharing/barter/timebank; resilient communication tools; neighborhood watch; storytelling''
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| *[https://www.cohousing.org/directory/view/2618 Swan's Market]
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| *[https://www.cohousing.org/directory/view/21228 Hidden Creek]
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| *[https://www.cohousing.org/directory/view/5928 Mariposa Grove]
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| *[https://www.cohousing.org/directory/view/6221 Temescal Commons]
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| *[https://www.cohousing.org/directory/view/6222 Temescal Creek]
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| *[https://www.cohousing.org/directory/view/20710 Triple Point]
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| ==Urban Farms & Community Gardens==
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| ''Hook up sensors to be informed eg; if garden needs water, coordinate shifts, info on plant care, cropswap coordination...''
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| *[http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/opr/s/cgardening/index.htm Official list of community gardens in Oakland]
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| *[http://oaklandwiki.org/People%27s_Grocery The People's Grocery]
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| *[http://www.phatbeetsproduce.org/ Phat Beets]
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| *[http://www.cityslickerfarms.org/ City Slicker Farms]
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| *[http://oaklandwiki.org/Ghost_Town_Farm?&redirected_from=ghost%20town%20farms Ghost Town Farms]
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| ==Farmer's Markets==
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| ''Announcing special kinds of produce / advertising healthy local food and crafts/vendors''
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| *Oakland Wiki has [http://oaklandwiki.org/Farmers%27_Markets a great list]!
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| =Groups=
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| ==Organizations Working to End the Digital Divide==
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| It may be possible to get seed funding or community outreach help from organizations that are working to end the "digital divide."
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| *FCC Connect America Fund - FCC initiative to expand broadband to underserved communities. Budget up to $4.5 billion per year. https://www.fcc.gov/general/connect-america-fund-caf
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| *FCC National Broadband Plan - A policy-making initiative of the FCC to expand internet access - https://www.fcc.gov/general/national-broadband-plan
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| *HUD Connect Home - US Government program through Housing and Urban Development to bring cheap ($10 per month) broadband to underserved areas using existing ISPs - http://connecthome.hud.gov/
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| *Everyone On - NGO - working to bring affordable 4G service to undeserved communities in the United States - $1.8 million per year in income. Headquartered in Washington DC. http://everyoneon.org/
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| *Close The Gap - NGO - Mostly focused on providing computers and internet to the developing world. €6.3 million in assets. Headquartered in Belgium. http://close-the-gap.org/
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| *Computers for Everyone - Menlo Park, CA based NGO working to provide reused computers to low income community members - http://www.computersforeveryone.org/
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| *Computers For Classrooms - Chico, CA based NGO working to provide reused computers to low income community members - http://www.computersforclassrooms.org/
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| *Computers 4 Kids - Sacramento, CA based NGO working to provide reused computers to low income community members - http://www.c4kca.org/
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| ==Local Businesses==
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| ''Free wifi attracts new people; community bulletin boards; local media streams''
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| *SoleSpace*!
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| *Taco trucks!
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| *Give a presentation to the Oakland Rotary Club: http://www.oakland-rotary.org/
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| *Give a presentation to the Berkeley Rotary Club: http://berkeleyrotary.org/
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| ==Hacker/Makerspaces==
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| ''DIY instructables; Microcontroller projects; developing application; community media; community bulletin boards to promote classes and events; find tools / skilled people / projects''
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| *[https://sudoroom.org sudo room]*!$
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| *[http://oaklandmakerspace.wordpress.com Liberating Ourselves Locally]*!
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| *[http://thecrucible.org The Crucible]*!
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| *[http://acemonstertoys.org Ace Monster Toys]*!?$
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| *[http://mothership.hackermoms.org/ Hacker Moms]*!?
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| *[http://www.nimbyspace.org/ Nimby Space]!
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| *[http://counterculturelabs.org Counter Culture Labs]*!$
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| ==Community Media==
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| ''Local streams from community spaces that foster self-expression, art and politics; archives and zine library; radio podcasts; ''
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| *[http://youthradio.org Youth Radio]*!
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| *[http://oaklandnorth.net/ Oakland North]*
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| *[http://oaklandlocal.org Oakland Local]*
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| *[http://www.akpress.org/ AK Press]
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| *[http://inkworkspress.com/ Inkworks]
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| *[http://slingshot.tao.ca Slingshot]
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| *[http://www.timelessinfinitelight.com/ Timeless, Infinite Light]*
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| *[http://www.pmpress.org PM Press]
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| ==Non-Profits==
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| ''By Donation-based gift economies and lending libraries; solidarity organizing; "craigslist free and de facto locally-relevant"''
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| *[http://www.urbanstrategies.org/ Urban Strategies]*!
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| *[http://www.otxwest.org Oakland Technology Exchange West]*! - Tons of equipment for building computers, which they then give away/work-trade to local youth who need them!
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| *[http://oaklanddaylabor.com/ Oakland Workers' Collective] - Day laborers organization.
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| *[http://grassrootshouse.org The Grassroots House] - Workspace for radical organizers. In Berkeley.
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| *[http://www.youthuprising.org/ Youth Uprising]
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| *[http://thelonghaul.org/ The Long Haul]*! - Infoshop.
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| *[http://urbanhabitat.org Urban Habitat]
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| *[http://www.techbridgegirls.org Techbridge] - supporting girls in science and technology
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| *[www.lbcenter.org Lions Center for the Blind] - Assistive reading technologies; CCTV & Braile writer lending library. Founded in the 1930s.
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| ==Collectives==
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| ''Community events/gathering organizing; skill-sharing; documentation''
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| *[http://aplaceforsustainableliving.org/ A PLACE for Sustainable Living]*! - Permaculture mecca located at 1121 64th St in Oakland.
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| *[http://rpscollective.org/ Rock Paper Scissors Collective]*!? - Arts collective and neighbor-friend of sudo's.
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| *[http://oaklandwiki.org/Sustaining_Ourselves_Locally Sustaining Ourselves Locally]*! - Food justice collective and neighbor-friend of LOL's.
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| *[http://theholdout.org The Holdout]*!
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| *[http://oaklandwiki.org/The_Vulcan The Vulcan]*!
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| ==Worker-Owned Cooperatives==
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| ''Self-organizing and coordination tools; hyperlocal economies; ''
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| *[http://designaction.org Design Action Collective]*!
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| *[http://radicaldesigns.org/ Radical Designs]*!
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| *[http://arizmendi.coop/ Arizmendi]!
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| *[http://oaklandwiki.org/Mandela_Foods_Cooperative Mandela Foods Cooperative]!
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| *[http://www.dig.coop/ DIG Cooperative]
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| =Projects=
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| ''These projects are headed by friend's of the mesh group and could plug in in some really interesting ways:''
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| *[http://nerdsfornature.org Nerds for Nature]*
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| *[http://oaklandwiki.org Oakland Wiki]*
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| *[http://timebank.sfbace.org/ BACE Timebank]*$
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| *[http://sunsynchrony.com/ Sun Synchony]*!
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| *[http://openoakland.org Open Oakland]*
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| *[http://eastbayprisonersupport.wordpress.com East Bay Prisoner Support]
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| *[http://timelistgroup.org Timelist Group]*$
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| *[https://twitter.com/RADBRAINS4LYFE Rad Brains] - Radical mental health collective. #mutualaid
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| No contacts, but seem interesting:
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| *[http://groundscoreco.com/about/ Groundscore Collective] - Public art.
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| =Ideas=
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| *Talk to landlords who own a fair number of properties.
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| *Find folks who might be interested in doing curriculum development for getting kids engaged in community media.
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| *How to remain the anti-Ingress? http://searchengineland.com/ingress-googles-ar-game-a-stealth-local-data-effort-175417
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| *More psychogeographic explorations of the urban landscape in which we live and move
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| **Integrate with bioblitz (NFN).
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| *Housing projects?
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| *Put a post on NextDoor for each neighborhood - http://nextdoor.com
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| =ToDos=
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| *Do a presentation/focus group at LOL
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| *Make contacts at schools and libraries
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| *Pitch the mesh at an upcoming Open Oakland monthly general meeting
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| *curriculum development
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| =Maps of High Demand Areas=
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| [Http://i.imgur.com/NuVLk5j.png Areas where people bike and run] - based on [http://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#13/-122.26461/37.82212/blue/both Strava Data]
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| [http://i.imgur.com/lNt0CvR.png Areas where people take photos] - based on [http://www.sightsmap.com/ Sightmaps]
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| [http://i.imgur.com/xbrJI16.png Homes with fiber to the end user] - based on [http://www.broadbandmap.gov/technology Broadband.gov]
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| =Map of the Backbone Fiber, Data Centers and Free Wifi in Oakland and Berkeley=
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| [https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z0NRPXTT9E8s.kKCA6hyEgsQA Map of the East Bay]
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| Key:
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| Red Lines = Existing backbone fiber optic lines in the East Bay
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| Red Dots = Data Centers connected the the internet backbone (which can be used for future exit nodes)
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| Green Dots = Existing Relay Nodes with internet access
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| Blue Dots = Existing Mesh Nodes without internet access
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| Light Gray Dots = Locations with free wifi (which could become future relay nodes)
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| Dark Gray Dots = Locations that would benefit from free internet
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