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Community Wireless Summit: March 31-April 2, 2006.
2006 is shaping up to be a huge year for wireless networking and one of the key events of the year, the 2nd Annual National Summit for Community Wireless Networks, is less than three weeks away... March 31st - April 2nd!
Register today: http://cuwireless.net/summit/2006registration
Hosted by CUWiN, Free Press and the Mid-Rivers Community Wireless Network, developers, researchers, programmers and policy-makers will meet for three days for involved discussions at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.
... Community wireless developers from around the globe will demonstrate cutting-edge technologies;
... Researchers and programmers will discuss breakthroughs and developments;
... Policy-makers and funders will strategize with participants on the new initiatives being launched and involvement in national telecommunications policies.
Participants include Esme de Guzman Vos of Muniwireless.com, Robert McChesney of Free Press and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dewayne Hendricks of the Dandin Group, Inc., Sascha Meinrath of CUWiN, Harold Feld of the Media Access Project, Paul Smith of the Center for Neighborhood Technologies, and Laura Forlano of NYC Wireless.
More information is available here: www.cuwireless.net/summit
The 2nd National Summit for Community Wireless Networks is going to be a key event that will help set the agenda for further wireless growth.
Register quickly before space fills up:
http://cuwireless.net/summit/2006registration
Become a part of the growing wireless networking movement!
CUWiN Hack Night: Wednesday February 22, 2006 -- 6pm @ the IMC.
CUWiN Hack Night @ the IMC on Wednesday evening starting at 6pm!
Here's the details:
When: 6pm-???
Where: The IMC -- 202 South Broadway Avenue in Downtown Urbana -- AKA "The Post Office", AKA "The big neo-greco-old-federal-looking-building with the big pillars" -- enter through the main door on the West side.
What: CUWiN Hack Night.
Who: CUWiN experts and neophytes, tech-geekery & Luddites, the wirelessly curious, interested & addicted.
Focus: How to join the network, network administration, building the CUWiN software, etc.
RSVP if you'd like pizza.
Hope to see you then!
Announcing the Second National Summit for Community Wireless Networks -- March 31-April 2, 2006. St. Charles, MO.
The Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN), Mid-Rivers Community Wireless Network, and Free Press invite you to join us for a Community Wireless Networking Summit, March 31-April 2, 2006 in St. Charles, MO (right outside St. Louis). "Imagine & Implement: The 2006 National Summit for Community Wireless Networks" will focus on grassroots action; impacting national regulations and policies; and building the coalition of community groups, researchers, policy leaders, decision-makers, and activists working to create better broadband services and telecommunications infrastructures.
With Network Neutrality under attack and broadband service continuing to stagnate, it's time we organized to take the public airwaves back from corporate interests and put the public interest back in the spotlight. Community Wireless Networks are often owned by the communities that deploy them and offer better services for cheaper prices than traditional ISPs. Anyone interested in making the "public interest" the number one priority in broadband service provision should definitely attend this summit.
Community Wireless developers from across North America will be demonstrating cutting-edge technologies; researchers and programmers will discuss recent breakthroughs and developments; and policy-makers and funders will strategize with participants on the new initiatives being launched and how we can make an impact in DC.
More summit information is available online at:
Register online at:
www.wirelesssummit.org/register
Have questions or want to present? Send us an e-mail at:
cu-wireless-summit@cuwireless.net
See you in St. Charles,
--Sascha Meinrath
Summit Director
CUWiN Hack Night: Wednesday January 25, 2006 -- 6pm @ the IMC.
The next official CUWiN Hack Night will be at the IMC next Wednesday starting at 6pm!
Here's the details:
When: 6pm-??? on January 25, 2006
Where: The IMC -- 202 South Broadway Ave. (AKA "The Post Office", AKA "The big neo-greco-old-federal-looking-building with the big pillars) -- enter through the main door. Downtown Urbana.
What: CUWiN Hack Night
Who: CUWiN experts and neophytes, tech-geekery & Luddites, the wirelessly curious, interested & addicted.
Please come, bring all things interesting. RSVP to sascha@cuwireless.net if you'd like pizza.
Hope to see you then!
CUWiN Releases Version 0.6.0 -- Includes Major Stability and Scalability Improvements.
CUWiN's latest release includes major improvements over earlier releases. Multiple locations have already been piloting the new software and we're looking for new locations and organizations to help proof the software and help bring things to version 1.0.
Help Maintain the CUWiN Community
If you are interested in using CUWiN software, please consider taking a moment to tell us a little about yourself. By filling in this form, you are helping us to build better user data, which we can use to improve our research and development grant applications. Your information will not be released to any outside person or persons outside of the Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network.
Release Notes
This CUWiN release is version 0.6.0, issued on January 17, 2006.
