[Battlemesh] battlemesh v4 sponsorship

[ulf kypke]

cool,
can you send me the letter, if it is ok for you,
thanks ulf

2011/1/27 Albert Homs i Gall <alberthoms at gmail.com>:
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> 2011/1/26 ulf kypke <u.kypke at gmail.com>
>>
>> hi saverio and others,
>> sorry for the late mail.
>>
>> 1. i dont know yet if i can come to spain.
>> 2. as far as i know, ubnt is not willing to sponsor, specially they
>> start to roll out hardware running more and more not opensource
>> software.
>> 3. but if you want to be sure about this, you can write an open letter
>> from the battle mesh organisation to the ubnt's founder / ceo robert
>> j. pera. his mail is his first name at ubnt dot com.
>
> Sent, hope it woks (and if not, we'll at the same place than before sending
> it :P )
>>
>> so long ulf
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>> 2011/1/26 Albert Homs i Gall <alberthoms at gmail.com>:
>> > Didn't find any other adrres, somebody can help?
>> >
>> > 2011/1/26 Benjamin Henrion <bh at udev.org>
>> >>
>> >> I doubt you will get an answer by writing to "info at ubnt.com".
>> >>
>> >> Either you know someone inside Ubiquity...
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Albert Homs i Gall
>> >> <alberthoms at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > I write you on behalf of the battemesh organization, hosted in this
>> >> > 4th
>> >> > version by guifi.net open network
>> >> > What is it?
>> >> > The wireless battle mesh is a kind-of a tournament between open
>> >> > source
>> >> > mesh
>> >> > routing protocols. Previous events had been a very productive
>> >> > meetings
>> >> > where
>> >> > developers, networking activists, academics shared knowledge.
>> >> > Protocols
>> >> > also
>> >> > improved in every event, since developers are looking at a real mesh
>> >> > network
>> >> > usage they can solve bugs, test new implementations and use others
>> >> > ideas
>> >> > and
>> >> > so improve their protocols
>> >> > Where is it?
>> >> > This v4 will take place near Barcelona form the 16th to the 20th of
>> >> > march
>> >> > Who will be there?
>> >> > We expect for this event about 50 people, mostly from european
>> >> > countries.
>> >> > They are openwrt developers, mesh routing protocols developers,
>> >> > networking
>> >> > academics and students and open networks activists. In addition
>> >> > during
>> >> > the
>> >> > weekend the guifi.net yearly event will take place in the same venue
>> >> > and
>> >> > we
>> >> > expect for this about 50 to 100 people more
>> >> > How it works?
>> >> > During the first days developers get their packages ready to be
>> >> > installed on
>> >> > the devices to be deployed. Now we use near a 100 foneras using
>> >> > openwrt
>> >> > as
>> >> > main software. After all the devices are ready they are deployed all
>> >> > over
>> >> > the testing area and some test are performed: packet loss, bandwith
>> >> > available, routing loops detection...
>> >> > After all the tests are made results are analyzed and shared to the
>> >> > comunnity and one protocol wins (or not) since it performs better
>> >> > than
>> >> > others
>> >> >
>> >> > Why we need your help?
>> >> > Mainly for two reasons:
>> >> > 1-. Travel budget: we would like to share this event with people from
>> >> > outside Europe, but as you will suppose travel expenses prevents
>> >> > people
>> >> > from
>> >> > getting to the event. It'll be very kind if you cover part of this
>> >> > costs
>> >> > 2-. Hardware: we use mainly fonera since it's a very cheap hardware
>> >> > but
>> >> > needless to say that those devices are really outdated. Since your
>> >> > hardware
>> >> > had proven to be really good and reliable and quite openwrt-friendly
>> >> > it'll
>> >> > be a really good chance to stress them up and see how they perform. A
>> >> > donation of several of your devices (picostation's or similar) would
>> >> > be
>> >> > of
>> >> > great help
>> >> > Why it will useful for you?
>> >> > For several reasons:
>> >> > 1-. Since all the code used is FOSS you'll have a real benchmark and
>> >> > it'll
>> >> > be easier to decide if it's worth implementing some of it to your
>> >> > devices
>> >> > 2-. Since big part of the world's community networks will be present
>> >> > your
>> >> > help will be a great marketing operation between these early adopters
>> >> > and
>> >> > encourage their networks to use more off your stuff
>> >> > 3-. Your FOSS helper reputation will increase
>> >> > 4-. Some folks will discover your existence (if's there is still
>> >> > someone
>> >> > that doesn't know your devices :P)
>> >> > 5-. Internet visibility when your collaboration is spread all over in
>> >> > blogs,
>> >> > social networks, web sites and so on
>> >> > Where can you get more info?
>> >> > At the event site www.battlemesh.org
>> >> > At wbm4 at exo.cat
>> >> > By phone +34622179026
>> >> > Waiting for your reply
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>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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