FreiFunk Summer Convention 2004
freifunk - freifunk.net summer convention, fresh air - free networks, Djursland, September 2004
This looks like it is going to be the wireless community event of the year. Anyone interested in wireless community networking should show up in rural Denmark in september. The event is hosted y one of the largest rural broadband communities in Europe, and arranged by our good friends at FreiFunk in Berlin.
It will rock!
And even more exciting, Sebastian and I are working to append a 2 day event on wireless in the developing world. Our main aim is to find funding to invite wireless ommunity implementers from various places around the world, to discus, share and hang out. See you there?
Communication technologies and affordable quality Internet access are not being brought to areas of market failures. Experience and cultivate an antidote to the worldwide digital divide: community-initiated networks for free communication and broadening access to the Internet.
This year%u2019s freifunk.net summer convention aims to cultivate and support community-initiated strategies for broadening access to the Internet%u2019s information and communication resources worldwide. The convention intends to:
* Facilitate discussion and exchange of best practices on existing community-owned free networks
* Establish common strategies, guidelines and tools for setting up an efficient, local free network
* Initiate and foster the continued growth of this virulent community committed to the exchange of ideas and information.
The Djursland project is one of Europe%u2019s leading wireless community networks, a volunteer-run organization that connects more than 2,000 people. While at Djursland, convention participants will get first-hand knowledge of best practices for launching and maintaining a community-wide network.
