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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Joseph,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This looks like it may be very helpful to our cause
at DOT. Maybe someone from DOT in the USA can plan on attending.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joan</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=feanywhere@yahoo.co.uk href="mailto:feanywhere@yahoo.co.uk">Florence
Etta</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=kiplist-cl@lyris.idrc.ca
href="mailto:kiplist-cl@lyris.idrc.ca">KIPlist hare</A> ; <A
title=kictanet@kictanet.or.ke href="mailto:kictanet@kictanet.or.ke">Kenya ICT
Policy - kictanet</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:04
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [kictanet] Fw: INTERNATIONAL
SUMMIT TO ADDRESS FUTURE OF BROADBAND</DIV>
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<DIV>FYI sorry for cross poting.<BR>FE<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:cu-wireless-announce-bounces@lists.cuwireless.net">cu-wireless-announce-bounces@lists.cuwireless.net</A><BR>[mailto:cu-wireless-announce-bounces@lists.cuwireless.net]
On Behalf Of<BR>Sascha Meinrath<BR>Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 3:24 PM<BR>To:
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href="mailto:cu-wireless-announce@cuwin.net">cu-wireless-announce@cuwin.net</A><BR>Subject:
[CUWiN Press Release] Community Wireless Summit May 18-20,2007<BR>--
Washington, DC.<BR><BR>Contact:<BR>Sascha Meinrath<BR>Executive
Director<BR>CUWiN Foundation<BR>summit@cuwin.net<BR>217-278-3933
x31<BR><BR>INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT TO ADDRESS FUTURE OF BROADBAND<BR>-- Community
Technology Leaders from Six Continents to Participate
--<BR><BR>Champaign-Urbana, I.L., April 18 -- The CUWiN Foundation and the
Center<BR>for Community Informatics (CCI) will host the International Summit
for<BR>Community Wireless Networks (<A href="http://WirelessSummit.org"
target=_blank>http://WirelessSummit.org</A>) from May 18-20,<BR>2007 at Loyola
College in Columbia, Maryland.<BR><BR>The summit is the largest gathering of
wireless network developers,<BR>technology and policy experts, and community
organizers working to build<BR>universal, low-cost broadband networks around
the world. "We are proud<BR>to host an event that brings together
technologists and activists<BR>committed to universal access to informatics,"
said Marco Figueiredo,<BR>CCI Director.<BR><BR>"The International Summit for
Community Wireless Networks explores the<BR>opportunities and challenges
facing the growing movement to build<BR>community and municipal broadband
networks," said Sascha Meinrath,<BR>co-founder and Executive Director of
CUWiN. "This event showcases<BR>cutting-edge technologies and develops
political strategies to increase<BR>digital inclusion."<BR><BR>Since the first
National Summit for Community Wireless Networks in 2004,<BR>over 300 Community
Internet and municipal broadband projects have sprung<BR>up in the United
States alone. The Summit will focus on how these<BR>networks can better serve
their target populations, the policies needed<BR>to support broader deployment
of community wireless systems, and the<BR>latest technological and software
innovations.<BR><BR>Presenters at previous summits have included FCC
Commissioner Jonathan<BR>Adelstein, Jim Baller of the Baller Herbst Law Group,
Annie Collins of<BR>Fiber for Our Future, Mark Cooper of the Consumer
Federation of America,<BR>Harold Feld of Media Access Project, Robert W.
McChesney of Free Press,<BR>Matt Rantanen of Tribal Digital Village, Greg
Richardson of Civitium<BR>LLC, Paul Smith of the Center for Neighborhood
Technologies, Jim Snider<BR>of the New America Foundation, Dana Spiegel of
NYCwireless, Esme Vos of<BR>Muniwireless.com and many other
luminaries.<BR><BR>"High-speed broadband access is the electricity of the 21st
century, yet<BR>many rural and poorer urban communities are being left off the
grid,"<BR>said Ben Scott, policy director of Free Press, the DC-based
policy<BR>think-tank. "The innovators and organizers at the International
Summit<BR>for Community Wireless Networks are blazing the trail to make
broadband<BR>affordable and available to everyone."<BR><BR>About CUWiN (<A
href="http://www.cuwin.net" target=_blank>http://www.cuwin.net</A>)<BR>The
CUWiN Foundation is a world-renowned coalition of wireless<BR>developers and
community volunteers committed to providing low-cost,<BR>do-it-yourself,
community-controlled alternatives to contemporary<BR>broadband models. CUWiN
is fiscally sponsored by Grassroots.org, a<BR>non-profit
501c3. CUWiN's mission is to develop
decentralized,<BR>community-owned networks that foster democratic cultures and
local<BR>content. Through advocacy and through our commitment to open
source<BR>technology, CUWiN supports organic networks that grow to meet the
needs<BR>of their communities.<BR><BR>About CCI (<A
href="http://cci.cs.loyola.edu"
target=_blank>http://cci.cs.loyola.edu</A>)<BR>The Center for Community
Informatics engages Loyola College's students,<BR>faculty and staff in
supporting the creation and deployment of<BR>informatics tools for community
empowerment. CCI develops the Community<BR>Telecenter Free Software
Toolset; promotes awareness events for the<BR>Loyola College community; offer
courses in Community Informatics;<BR>promotes Digital Inclusion Conferences;
researches and develops<BR>human-friendly technologies to facilitate inclusion
in the New Society<BR>of Knowledge; and, evaluates, documents and develops
sustainable models<BR>for Universal Access to Informatics.<BR><BR># #
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