[Battlemesh] Battlemesh v13 Virtual Global Editions -- 14-15 November 2020

Sat Oct 10 19:29:18 CEST 2020

Hi,
I have a little experience with BBB, I am available if you need help with
the deployment.

Il sab 10 ott 2020, 11:26 Filipe Borges Teixeira <filipebteixeira at gmail.com>
ha scritto:

> Dear mesh enthusiasts,
>
> We can now officially announce it, Wireless Battle of the Mesh is going
> virtual! According to the poll [1], WBMv13 will take place between 14th and
> 15th November 2020!
>
> After some months of reconsideration, we have concluded that it would be
> kinda difficult to do the WBMv13 in person this year :..(
> But our mission can't be shutdown by a mere 7.5 kilobytes of RNA - there
> will be a dedicated mesh developer/community event in 2020!
>
> The rough idea, for now, is to put together a schedule of around 10
> interesting presentations, via BigBlueButton (streamcopied to
> Peertube/YouTube) and a set of topic-based rooms on a voice chat server
> (mumble). For now, things are still flexible - we can change this model
> according to the expected number of participants. We could also use this
> event to try running distributed experiments.
>
> Please SPREAD this link (or the announcement text below this email) wide
> and far:
> https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV13/Announcement
>
> Your help is appreciated :)
>
> + info is being updated at the WBMv13 wiki at
> https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV13
>
> We are looking forward to meeting the whole community in November!
>
> All the best,
>   The WBMv13 "Virtual Global Edition" orga team
>
> [1] https://framadate.org/oqWwMrU4EKJdy1Sl
>
> ==========================================================
> The Wireless Battle Mesh v13
> Virtual Global Edition
> 14th - 15h of Nov 2020, Anywhere on Earth
> ==========================================================
>
> The upcoming 'Wireless Battle of the Mesh' event will take place from Sat
> 14th - Sun 15th of November, in a virtual room.
>
> The event aims to bring together people from across the globe who are
> interested in community networks, including wireless mesh network
> technologies, fiber infrastructure, Do-It-Yourself Internet Service
> Providers, OpenWrt community, and more generally how to create and maintain
> a thriving community of people involved in building their own networks.
>
> This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be a full virtual event.
>
> We envision 2 days of expert presentations, workshops, and fruitful
> discussions:
> whether you are a mesh networking enthusiast, community networking
> activist, protocol developer, or have an interest in networking in general,
> come and join us!
>
> Continuously updated information about the event:
> https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV13
>
>
> Location
> ========
>
> The links to the virtual rooms will be available on the wiki at
> https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV13
>
>
> Registration
> ============
>
> The event is *free of charge* and registration is optional - but it would
> be nice to have an idea of the number of participants, to be able to plan
> the infrastructure.
>
> To register, please fill in your name on the wiki at
> http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV13/Participants
> If you have any trouble, send us an e-mail at v13 at battlemesh.org
>
>
> Call for talks / workshops
> ======================
>
> We invite participants to propose workshops, talks, or other events.
>
> We welcome contributions that broadly address the question of community
> networks from any of several perspectives:
> technical, organizational, economical, regulatory, juridical.  Example
> topics:
>
> Wireless Community Networks
> Community Networks that deploy Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks
> TV white space as a precious network resource (radio spectrum)
> Free hardware and free software for Community Networks
> How to organize a durable community structure?
> How to involve non-technical people? To "digital stewardship" and beyond?
> How to disseminate the spirit of community networks, knowledge etc?
> Connecting rural areas: challenges and solutions
> Public fiber networks: architecture, funding, private actors involved,
> oversight
> Internet of Things (IoT) networks and their impact on society
> How to take advantage of a community network in ways otherwise not
> possible? What are the applications?
> OpenWrt features, existing or upcoming
> OpenWrt community
> Technologies that work during the COVID-19 and that are friendly for
> community networks
>
> Deadline for submitting a proposal: 30th October.
>
> To submit a proposal, please add it to the wiki at
> http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV13/Talk_proposals or send us an email
> (v13 at battlemesh.org) with the template below.
> All information you give us will be made publicly available in the
> schedule unless explicitly specified otherwise.
>
> ########
> Subject: Event proposal [e.g. conference, workshop, panel discussion, ...]
>
> Name and/or nick
> Optional affiliation: community, country, employer...
> Event title
> Type of event [talk / workshop / workshop / panel discussion / other]
> Duration [5 min, 25 min or 55 min for talks, anything you want otherwise]
> Preferred date / constraint
>
> Summary (about 200 words)
> ########
>
>
> The Local Organization Team
> ===========================
> The virtual local team is composed of Albert, Filipe, Hauke, Marek, Paul,
> and Pedro
>
>
> Contact
> =======
>
> * Web: https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV13
> * Contact email: v13 at battlemesh.org
> * Mailing list: https://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh
> * IRC: irc.freenode.net #battlemesh
> * Twitter: https://twitter.com/battlemesh/
> * Mastodon: https://toot.aquilenet.fr/@battlemesh13
>
>
> Spread the Word
> ===============
>
> Please help us spreading the word by forwarding this announcement to all
> lists and people that might be interested. Blogging about it is also
> very appreciated, and if you do so, please add a ping-back to the wiki
> page:
> https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV13
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