[CUWiN] [CUWiN Press Release] 2004 National Summit for Community Wireless Networks: SCHEDULE NOW UP!

[Sascha Meinrath]

What do Jim Baller, Michael Calabrese, Mark Cooper, Dharma Dailey, Darrin
Eden, Rob Flickenger, Harold Feld, Robert McChesney, Sascha Meinrath, Zach
Miller, Michael Oh, Michael Peralta, Matt Peterson, Chase Phillips, Steve
Pierce, Tim Pozar, Matthew Rantanen, Greg Richardson, Paul Riismandel,
Greg Rose, Christian Sandvig, Dan Schiller, Ben Scott, Josh Silver, Paul
Smith, Jim Snider, Dana Spiegel, Emy Tseng, Jack Unger, Antwuan Wallace,
and Dave Young all have in common???

They (and many others) are all participating in the 2004 National Summit
for Community Wireless Networks -- the tentative schedule is now available
online at:

http://www.communitywirelesssummit.org/schedule.html

*** ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW ***

Please join us for an event pivotal to the future of community networking
and progressive spectrum policy:

THE 2004 NATIONAL SUMMIT FOR COMMUNITY WIRELESS NETWORKS

August 20-22, 2004 @ the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Key topics of discussion include:

    * Wireless broadband access as a public utility
    * Programming, installing, & implementing community wireless networks
    * Low-cost, high speed broadband for underserved communities
    * Cutting edge technologies for independent, community media
    * Breakthrough opportunities for local government, local educators
    * Unlicensed spectrum as an open access, public media system
    * Critical policy debates going on NOW in Washington

*** http://communitywirelesssummit.org/ ***

Do community wireless networks really serve the populations they ought to
reach, and if not, what needs to be done? What is the future of the FCC's
unlicensed spectrum policies that enable the innovations behind community
wireless technologies? Can dozens of independently-operating community
wireless initiatives join together to create a positive future for the
movement?

On August 20-22, 2004, the Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network,
Free Press, and Prairienet Community Network will host the 2004 National
Summit for Community Wireless Networks. It will be the largest community
wireless networking event to date and will bring technology and policy
leaders, decision-makers, researchers, and other participants in wireless
networking and community networking initiatives together for the express
purpose of discussing policy issues and practical solutions to problems
facing community wireless networks.

Researchers and developers will present breakthrough technologies for
public service broadband applications. In addition to discussing
technological challenges and best-practices models, the event will
facilitate the critical alliance of local technologists and national
policy advocates. These meetings will build strategic plans for expanding
the deployment of community wireless networks and for ensuring that the
federal government regulates spectrum to increase unlicensed access.

Be sure to register at http://communitywirelesssummit.org/register before
August 15, 2004! For additional information, please visit
http://communitywirelesssummit.org/

Want to know who else to expect?  Participants include representatives
from the following group, organizations, and businesses:

    * Ask-Wi.com, Inc.
    * Association for Community Networking
    * Austin Wireless City Project
    * The Baller Herbst Law Group, P.C.
    * Bay Area Research Wireless Network (BARWN)
    * Bay Area Wireless Users Group (BAWUG)
    * BCT Partners
    * Center for Neighborhood Technology
    * Chi-Fi
    * City of Urbana, IL
    * Civitium, LLC
    * Cleveland Digital Vision
    * Common Assets Defense Fund
    * Consumer Federation of America
    * Cornell College
    * Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN)
    * dhTV - Community Television for St. Louis
    * Electronic Frontier Foundation
    * Free Press
    * Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center
    * Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
    * KDHX - St. Louis Community Radio
    * Media Access Project
    * Muniwireless.com
    * National Center for Supercomputing Applications
    * New America Foundation
    * NewberryOpen.net
    * NoCatNet
    * NPOTechs
    * NYCwireless
    * Personal Telco
    * Prairienet Community Network
    * Roving Planet, Inc.
    * Seattle Wireless
    * Tech Superpowers, Inc.
    * Tribal Digital Village
    * University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    * University of Wisconsin-Madison
    * UrbanSystems, LLC
      (and many others)

If you or your organization would like more information or would like to
make a financial contribution to support the Summit, please send an e-mail
to info at communitywirelesssummit.org

See you in Urbana,

Sascha Meinrath, Michael Brunelle, & Ben Scott
Community Wireless Networking Summit Coordinators

-- 
Sascha Meinrath
Project Manager & Pres.  *  Project Coordinator  *  Project Manager
Acorn Worker Collective *** CU Wireless Network *** Eggplant Active Media
www.acorncollective.com  *  www.cuwireless.net   *  www.eggplantmedia.com
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