(via Jürgen Neumann, original post @ http://guifi.net/ca/SAX2007En)
In Katalonien findet im Juli ein interessantes Communitytreffen statt. Vielleicht interessiert es einige Freifunker.
This year, the traditional meeting for the free civil networks in
Catalonia (SAX) will be extended to new contents, will take a week and
will be extended to new participants worldwide and therefore affiliated
to the WSFII (World
Summit for Free Information Infrastructures). The registration will be
free and everyone interested in developing non-proprietary networks is
invited.
The main purpose of the SAX & WSFII event in
Catalonia is to empower and develop at all levels the civilian, open
and free infrastructures as an alternative to the classic
proprietary/corporate owned or operated network models. Around this
objective, we plan to have presence with panelists from all the actors
involved, including local government, enterprises of any size,
regulator authority, and of course, the geek community involved in the
research and development activities and the users in general.
You
should come to this SAX2007 & WSFII event if you are part of a
user community or you want to start one, a local government or local
business and you whish to share your experience or understand how free
networks can become a success and sustainable instead of just draining
funds to feed unprofitable "business" models.
Take a look at the schedule. Wou'll see there the topics and the major actors of the open networks worldwide.
The
event will be scheduled by days; some might be in parallel (stay tuned
to the schedule, which may change until the very last day):
In all cases, will be keynotes, panelists and open discussions. Where makes sense, will be also practical exercises.
- Business day. How
can any business be friendly developed within the context of neutral
and free infrastructures? How this can provide good ROI cases and boost
productivity? What is saying the Spanish regulators about that? Success
stories.
- Developer's day. How developers, hackers and geeks can contribute? Which are the methodologies for doing so? Hacking, new things, what to do…
- Backbone day.
Keeping the network up to date to the state of the art of the
technology. We will configure a telecommunications tower with both long
distance links and CPE coverage to the users at Sant Bartomeu del Grau.
- Local government and municipalities day.
What means civil and free networks and which unique benefits local
governments and municipalities can take from them? Why they are a great
opportunity for developing the civil society and increase digital
inclusion percentages up to unprecedented levels? Real world examples:
Hear some elected people experiencies and regulators. Understand how
more than 40 municipalities have succesfully participated in building
free networks around guifi.net.
- User's day. How
it works and how non-technical people can participate in the free
networks? Benefits. How to connect. What has to be done at home.
Equipments to buy or consct. Trainings.
- "guifi.net tour". Visit and see how solar powered backbone long-distance links provide broadband access to rural areas in the pyrenees mountains.
- Community day. What we can do, as a community, to help each other? Find out synergies, common tactics and strategies.
- In Catalonia (SAX)
- In Spain (redlibre)
- South Europe, Europe worldwide and developing countries (WSFII)
Everyone interested in adding content to the SAX&WSFII is very
welcome, just contact us. Only take in mind that SAX&WSFII is about
free (as in freedom, not as in beer or as in built with open source but
proprietary) network infrastructures.
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