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October 30, 2007

18:26
Monthly Meeting: TONIGHT!! Wed. Oct 31st @7pm
All are invited - please re-post everywhere! TONIGHT! (no costumes please) Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 7:00pm Please note earlier starting time for meeting. Bway.net 568 Broadway at Prince St, NE corner Suite 404 New York, NY 10012 (lobby sign-in required) Agenda: Judith Escalona, Director of MediaNoche, will speak about her organization and discuss a proposal to bring a mesh Wi-Fi network to her area of Harlem. We will also be brainstorming and planning how to create this mesh network. About MediaNoche? MediaNoche is the place where art, technology and community converge. We offer artists working in new media exhibition space and residencies in order to provoke a dialogue that blurs all lines of marginality and alterity. Unique among art and technology groups, MediaNoche is directly linked to the oldest Latino community of New York City, Spanish Harlem, and has showcased a roster of local and international new media artists. MediaNoche is a project of PRdream.com and is supported in part by New York Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and individuals. NYCwireless monthly meetings are held on the last Wednesday of every month. They are free, and open to all, RSVP not required. NYCwireless is a non-profit organization that advocates for, and enables the growth of free, public wireless networks.
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September 26, 2007

16:34
Monthly meeting TONIGHT, Sept 26th @7pm
All are invited - please re-post everywhere! TONIGHT!! Wed, September 26th, 2007 at 7:00pm Please note earlier starting time for meeting. Bway.net 568 Broadway at Prince St, NE corner Suite 404 New York, NY 10012 (lobby sign-in required) Agenda: NYCwireless project status report Ad hoc discussion NYCwireless monthly meetings are held on the last Wednesday of every month. They are free, and open to all, RSVP not required. NYCwireless is a non-profit organization that advocates for, and enables the growth of free, public wireless networks.
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August 13, 2007

18:08
TONIGHT@7pm! August Meeting: Sustainable wifi for developing world
All are invited - please re-post everywhere! TONIGHT!! Wed, August 29th, 2007 at 7:00pm Please note earlier starting time for meeting. Bway.net 568 Broadway at Prince St, NE corner Suite 404 New York, NY 10012 (lobby sign-in required) Agenda: Presentation by Michael Hallinan and Tejpaul Bhatia, GlobeCo2020? Company Description GlobeCo2020? is sharing the internet with the developing world. We are a media services company that delivers digital content into emerging markets. We aim to develop sustainable business models for broadband networks. We are focused on bridging the global digital divide due to poor infrastructure and unsustainable business models in the developing world. Join us at NYCWireless to help answer how wireless technologies can be used to bridge the global digital divide. Topics covered Wireless infrastructure in the developing world Content delivery as a business model A “franchise model” for wireless networks Emphasis on brainstorming, questions and feedback Michael Rourk Hallinan As a Captain in the Marine Corps, Michael has six years of experience planning, installing, operating and maintaining over 20 wireless and satellite voice, video and data systems in Australia, Kenya, Kuwait, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Iraq and Hurricane Katrina ravaged parts of the US. Michael received the Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal for leading 50 Marines with “inexhaustible energy” during the final combat offensive in Fallujah, Iraq. He also received a Navy Commendation Medal for leading 50 engineers in deploying wireless networks throughout Asia and the Middle East. He is an active member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association and founder of Semper Fi House, a community support initiative for Marines. Prior to the Marine Corps, Michael founded Student Media Group, which distributed student media nationally for companies such as AT&T and Citibank. Michael has also held various positions at Merrill Lynch, the US Senate and the US Department of Justice. Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs from Georgetown University. He is a board member of The Way of Grace Development Corporation, which is developing social and physical infrastructure in the war torn country of Liberia. Michael has worked with the SoCal? FreeNet project, which brings free wireless access to lower-economic neighborhoods in San Diego. Tejpaul Bhatia Tejpaul Bhatia is the founder of Tej Media Networks, a consulting company that provides digital technology and strategy services to global media companies including ESPN, NBC, SONY, ABC, Brightcove and Corpus. Tejpaul was most recently senior manager of international business strategy for ESPN, where he planned and launched new media businesses in Mexico, Latin America, Asia, Australia and Europe. He joined ESPN in 2002 to build the underlying infrastructure for acquiring, distributing and tracking video on multiple digital platforms and was responsible for conceiving, developing and distributing ESPN360, the company’s customizable global broadband service. NYCwireless monthly meetings are held on the last Wednesday of every month. They are free, and open to all, RSVP not required. NYCwireless is a non-profit organization that advocates for, and enables the growth of free, public wireless networks.
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July 17, 2007

04:11
TONIGHT, July25th @7pm! July Meeting: Skyhook Wireless
All are invited - please re-post everywhere! TONGHT! Wed, July 25th, 2007 at 7:00pm Please note earlier starting time for meeting. Bway.net 568 Broadway at Prince St, NE corner Suite 404 New York, NY 10012 (lobby sign-in required) Agenda: -Ryan Sarver, Skyhook Wireless Skyhook pioneered the development of the first ever metro-area positioning system to leverage Wi-Fi access points rather than satellites or cell towers to deliver precise geographic location. The Skyhook Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) requires no new hardware, works indoors and outdoors, provides location instantly, and is more accurate than current technologies indoors and in metropolitan areas. Ryan is in charge of Product Development for Skyhook Wireless which includes products like Loki and Loki Mobile. He is also the Chair of LocationAware.org and is an Invited Expert for the W3C Ubiquitous Web Applications Working Group. NYCwireless monthly meetings are held on the last Wednesday of every month. They are free, and open to all, RSVP not required. NYCwireless is a non-profit organization that advocates for, and enables the growth of free, public wireless networks.
Categories: Community Networks
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