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