<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Hi!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks to our sponsors (http://<span class="" id=":3if.1" tabindex="-1">battlemesh</span>.org/BattleMeshV9#Sponsors) we will be able to offer a few travel scholarships (flight tickets) for non-EU residents. Please help spreading this call for sponsored travels to WBMv9. It is a great opportunity to <span class="" id=":3if.2" tabindex="-1">promote</span> <span class="" id=":3if.3" tabindex="-1">Battlemesh</span> across the <span class="" id=":3if.4" tabindex="-1">globe</span>!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><span style="font-size:12.8px">The deadline for applications is the 1st of March 2016.</span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Best Regards,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="" id=":3if.5" tabindex="-1">Filipe</span> <span class="" id=":3if.6" tabindex="-1">Teixeira</span><br></span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><div style=""><span style="font-size:12.8px">==========================================================</span></div><div style=""><span style="font-size:12.8px">       Call for sponsored travels to Wireless Battle Mesh v9</span></div><div style=""><span style="font-size:12.8px">                    (1st - 7th of May 2016, Porto, Portugal)</span></div><div style=""><span style="font-size:12.8px">==========================================================</span></div></div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><div><br></div>Hi <span class="" id=":3if.1" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.7" tabindex="-1">battlemeshers</span></span>,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">are you interested in joining the <span class="" id=":3if.2" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.8" tabindex="-1">battlemesh</span></span> but don't know how if you can</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">afford the travel since you don't live in Europe? We are currently in the</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">process of securing funds to offer a few travel scholarships, and would like</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">to invite you to send your application!</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Requirements</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">-----------------</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Travel scholarships are open to people not living in Europe.</span><span style="font-size:12.8px"> To apply for </span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">the travel scholarships, we </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">would like to ask you to send a short video (not </span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">longer than two minutes) to </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">describe your situation:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> * Where are you from?</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> * Why would you like to attend <span class="" id=":3if.3" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.9" tabindex="-1">Battlemesh</span></span>?</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> * What impact in your local environment do you expect from your</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">participation?</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> * Would you be able to attend without the travel scholarship?</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Shoot a short video and upload it to one of the video sharing websites and</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">send us a link. Note that if it is private, we need a direct link and/or</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">password for it as well.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Contact</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">-------</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">E-Mail your video to the local <span class="" id=":3if.4" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.10" tabindex="-1">battlemesh</span></span> team:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="" id=":3if.5" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.11" tabindex="-1">Battlemesh</span></span> V9 local team <</span><a href="mailto:v9@battlemesh.org" style="font-size:12.8px">v9@<span class="" id=":3if.6" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.12" tabindex="-1">battlemesh</span></span>.org</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">></span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Rules</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">--------</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Travel Scholarships include </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">a return airline ticket to come to the Wireless Battle of the Mesh (full week). The selected participants agree that:</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"> * The airline ticket is issued by <span class="" id=":3if.7" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.13" tabindex="-1">INESC</span></span> <span class="" id=":3if.8" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.14" tabindex="-1">TEC</span></span> directly to the selected candidates and sent by e-mail;</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"> * The flight dates have a maximum margin of 5 days before/after the event (exceptions can be considered in case of participation in another related event);</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"> * The selected candidates must sign up and pay for one of the special hotel packages.</span></div><div><div><br></div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Deadline</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">--------</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The deadline for applications is the 1st of March 2016. Decisions will be made</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">before 8th of March 2016.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">What is <span class="" id=":3if.9" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.15" tabindex="-1">Battlemesh</span></span>?</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">-------------------</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The Wireless Battle of the Mesh is an event that aims at bringing</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">together people from across Europe and beyond to test the performance of</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">different routing protocols for ad-<span class="" id=":3if.10" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.16" tabindex="-1">hoc</span></span> networks, like Babel,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">B.A.T.M.A.N., <span class="" id=":3if.11" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.17" tabindex="-1">BMX</span></span>, <span class="" id=":3if.12" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.18" tabindex="-1">OLSR</span></span>, 802.11s and Static Routing.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">It is a tournament with social character. If you are a mesh networking</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">enthusiast, community networking activist, or have an interest in mesh</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">networks you might want to check this out !</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The goal of the <span class="" id=":3if.13" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.19" tabindex="-1">WirelessBattleMesh</span></span> (<span class="" id=":3if.14" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.20" tabindex="-1">WBM</span></span>) events is to set-up hands-on</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">testbed for each available mesh routing protocol with a standard test</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">procedure for the different mesh networks. During the different <span class="" id=":3if.15" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.21" tabindex="-1">WBM</span></span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">events, similar hardware and software configuration will be used based</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">on the <span class="" id=":3if.16" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.22" tabindex="-1">OpenWRT</span></span> <span class="" id=":3if.17" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.23" tabindex="-1">BoardSupportPackage</span></span> and packages for each protocol</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">implementation. The <span class="" id=":3if.18" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.24" tabindex="-1">WBM</span></span> events are also a great opportunity to develop</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">testing tools for <span class="" id=":3if.19" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.25" tabindex="-1">PHY</span></span>/MAC radio layers (drivers, scripts and <span class="" id=":3if.20" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.26" tabindex="-1">PHY</span></span></span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">analyzers) .</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">This years <span class="" id=":3if.21" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.27" tabindex="-1">Battlemesh</span></span> will take place from 1st - 7th May 2016 in</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Porto, Portugal.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV9" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://<span class="" id=":3if.22" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.28" tabindex="-1">battlemesh</span></span>.org/BattleMeshV9</a><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Best Regards,</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="" id=":3if.23" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.29" tabindex="-1">Filipe</span></span> <span class="" id=":3if.24" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":3if.30" tabindex="-1">Teixeira</span></span></span></div></div></div>