[Battlemesh] Call for endorsements for Battlemesh v13 - Virtual Global Edition

[panos nethood]

Hi all,

Good news that WBMv13 will take place this crazy year!

I have a proposal toward making it a little more interesting than a pure
online conference.

We are working these days, as many others, on the concept of hybrid
events. Online events that take place also offline in one or more
locations where a few people can gather physically and connect to the
online space together.

We experiment with different such hybrid formats (others more "physical"
others more "digital") in the context of a new event series, called
7at7, it happens every 7th of the month at 7pm [1] in a physical space
in Zurich, L200, https://langstrasse200.ch, and online always at the
same address: https://7at7.digital, redirecting to a BigBlueButton
server maintained by a local group, the Digitale Gesellschaft (Digital
Society). See https://7at7.ch/ and https://7at7.ch/tools for a draft
page on the infrastructure needed.

So, the idea is that spaces like L200 can become hosts for small groups
in different cities which could meet to participate at WBMv13 together.

What do you think?

Best,

Panos.

[1] The next 7at7 event in November will be a hybrid exhibition on
"campaigning for digital rights", which will collect material from
successful campaigns like the gafam.info, display it in the space and at
the time of the event, November 7th at 7pm, go through the exhibition
with live commentaries from people involved in the different campaigns.
The details are in progress and please let me know if you have such
material or suggestions.




On 14.10.20 21:14, Filipe Borges Teixeira wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are now starting the endorsements process for WBMv13! We would
> really appreciate it if communities across the globe take part in this
> year's edition!
>
> All the communities sponsoring or endorsing the event will be listed
> on the event page https://www.battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV13 with their
> logos and link to the sponsoring or endorsement. Please adjust the
> following template to your audience, publish it, and send us the link
> and the logo before Oct 31st.
>
> Please also consider giving a talk, our schedule is open:
> https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV13/Talk_proposals
>
> **Template**
> [Community-Name] supports this year's "Wireless Battle of the Mesh -
> Virtual Global Edition".
>
> The event aims to virtually bring together people from across the
> globe who are interested in community networks, including wireless
> mesh network technologies, fiber infrastructure, Do-It-Yourself
> Internet Access Providers, and more generally how to create and
> maintain a thriving community of people involved in building their own
> networks.
>
> We envision 2 days full of expert presentations, workshops, land
> 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 the event!
>
> Battlemesh is free of charge and open for presentations.
>
> This year, the event will take place from Saturday 14th to Sunday 15th
> of November, 2020, in a virtual room.
> Check out continuously updated information about the event at
> https://www.battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV13
>
>
> --- MODIFY OR ADD TEXT INTO THIS SECTION IF YOU LIKE ---
> [Community-Name] endorses and supports "Wireless Battle of the Mesh -
> Virtual Global Edition" for the efforts made by its community to
> advance the field of wireless mesh networking and foster the
> development of grass-roots community networks, for their contribution
> to the digital freedom rights movement, empowerment of peoples
> tech/net/media competency and a free and open civil society.
>
> --- MODIFY OR EXTEND THE FOLLOWING SECTION ACCORDING TO YOUR LEVEL OF
> INVOLVEMENT AND SUPPORT ---
> [Community-Name] will support the event by:
> promoting the event
> bringing members of the community to the event
> giving talks about the advancement of our community in certain aspects
> presenting projects
>
> In order to allow us to credit you, please send us an e-mail to
> address v13 at battlemesh.org <mailto:v13 at battlemesh.org> to confirm your
> sponsorship or endorsement and to provide us your logo.
>
> Thanks a lot for your help!
> WBMv13 orga team
>
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