[Battlemesh] WBMv11 Rcon Report

[pau]

Great, thank you!


On 08/01/18 16:55, Filipe Borges Teixeira wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As mentors of the WBMv11 edition, Claudio, Filipe, and Paul have
> traveled to Berlin in Germany from December 1-3, 2017 for the
> traditional reconnaissance mission, where we met the local team. This
> is the recon report with the main conclusions. 
>
> * Main event description * 
> As there is a big intersection of participants between the Wireless
> Battlemesh and Wireless Community Weekend, the idea for this year's
> edition is to join the forces and co-locate the two events, organizing
> them under a common umbrella, the "Wireless Mesh-Up". We have been
> working with the local team to create a rough schedule and see the
> best way to combine the characteristics of the two events. 
>
> * Scheduling * 
> Since we have put the two events together and keeping the same
> one-week WBM structure, we precede the Wireless Community weekend,
> which was already scheduled for 11th to 13th of May. Therefore the
> WBMv11 edition, together with WCW 2018 will happen from 7-13 May 2018.
>
> * Location * 
> Since the WBMv11 will be co-located with WCW 2018, we will keep the
> c-base space station, Berlin, Terra as the event location. We have
> visited the space station to check if space was enough to fit in the
> targeted 100 people peak. Although space can be a little short on peak
> times, we believe there should be enough space during the week: we are
> free to use the main room, the Ceminarroom, the outdoor garden and
> other small spaces at ground level and at the lower level. Beverages
> are available on site and Barbeque will happen from Friday to Sunday.
> During the week there will be different food options, whether on-site
> or nearby. We have confirmed the sponsorship from Förderverein freie
> Netzwerke e.V. that covers the room costs so far.
>
> * Internet Access * 
> c-base is a fundamental node of Berlin's Freifunk network, so we
> expect no issues here.
>
> * Accommodation * 
> Two different facilities were visited: hotel meininger at ostbahnhof
> and City-Stay hostel. They offer triple rooms and 4-bed dorms at
> affordable prices. Both locations were close to c-base by public
> transports. An accommodation package is under negotiation and should
> remain under 200 EUR.
>
> * Social Events * 
> Social events are planned to happen from Wednesday - Friday. We have
> discussed some ideas, but the local team will provide more details
> closer to the event. 
>
> * Travel * 
> Berlin is very well connected with flights, from low-cost companies to
> legacy ones in two international airports: Tegel Airport (TXL) and
> Schönefeld Airport (SXF). Public transport (train) is available
> between airports and city center.
>
> * Cost estimation * 
> We estimate the accommodation package to cost around 150-200 euros.
> There is no registration fee.
>
> *Local organization*
> The local core team consists of Monic Meisel, with helping hands of
> Andi, Cven, and others from Freifunk community The local team was very
> helpful and motivated, with a lot of logistic details taken care already.
>
> Recon photos available on
> http://downloads.battlemesh.org/WBMv11/recon_mission
>
> Further details will be given during the official announcement that
> will happen within some weeks. Stay tuned!
>
> Mesh Is In The Air!
>
> On behalf of the recon team and local organizers of WBMv11,
> Wishing you a happy new year,
> Filipe Borges Teixeira
>
>
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