Car pool, anybody?
Making the Connection: The 2004 National Summit for Community Wireless Networks will be the largest community wireless networking event to date and will bring together technology and policy leaders, decision-makers, students, researchers, and other participants in wireless networking and community networking initiatives for the express purpose of discussing policy issues and practical solutions to problems facing community wireless networks.I heard about this event at the national Community Technology Centers Network conference in Seattle the weekend before last. It's being organized by Prairie Net, one of the best surviving "FreeNet"-style community networks, and the Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network. I don't know how much of a "national summit" it's really going to be -- hopefully it'll at least include folks from Chicago, where the Center for Neighborhood Technology is building wireless community meshes in a couple of neighborhoods -- but I'd go just to see what the two sponsors are doing. What the heck, Illinois is just down the highway, right?
And speaking of the Community Technology Centers Network, it's official -- CTCNet's 2005 national conference is coming to Cleveland! It'll be next June at the Intercontinental. The conference draws 600-700 community technology leaders from all over the U.S and a few other countries as well. We'll have lots more information posted on Digital Vision's website as the plans develop.