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<span class="">Hi everybody,</span>
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<div id="magicdomid18" class=""><span class="">We can now
officially announce it: this year's battlemesh will be held
in Saint-Denis (near Paris) from 8th to 14th July!</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid19" class=""><br>
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<div id="magicdomid20" class=""><span class=""> Battlemesh v12
Paris</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid212" class="ace-line"><span class=""> </span><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97">Building
community networks for fun and non-profit!</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid213" class="ace-line"><span class="">
Scheduled: 2019-07-08 until 2019-07-14</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid23" class=""><span class=""> Location: "Le
6B", 6-10 quai de Seine, 93200 Saint-Denis, France (very
close to Paris) </span><span class="b"></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid24" class=""><span class=""> </span><span
class=" url"><a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.93835&mlon=2.34259#map=18/48.93835/2.34259"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.93835&mlon=2.34259#map=18/48.93835/2.34259</a></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid25" class=""><span class=""> </span><span
class=" url"><a href="https://www.le6b.fr/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.le6b.fr/</a></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid26" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid27" class=""><span class="">Please SPREAD
this link (or the announcement text below this email) wide
and far:</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid28" class=""><span class=" url"><a
href="https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV12/Announcement"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV12/Announcement</a></span><span
class=""></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid29" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid30" class=""><span class="">We are currently
negotiating accommodation options with a nearby hostel, we
will give more information when available.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid31" class=""><span class="">We are also
looking for contributions (talks, workshop), see the call
for participation below.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid32" class=""><span class="">More info can be
found on the wiki page: </span><span class=" url"><a
href="https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV12"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV12</a></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid33" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid34" class=""><span class="">Thanks to our
generous sponsors, we should be able to provide some travel
scholarhips.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid35" class=""><span class="">If you are in
need of financial support to cover your transportation to
the event please let us know in your registration email (see
announcement text below).</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid36" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid37" class=""><span class="">We are looking
forward to meeting the whole community in July!</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid38" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid39" class=""><span class="">The local team</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid40" class=""><span class="">Aube, Baptiste,
Daniele, Vi</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid41" class=""><span class="">Email: v12 at
battlemesh.org</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid42" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid43" class=""><span class="">PS:</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid44" class=""><span class="">To those who have
told us in the poll to go for first week of July: we're
sorry for the inconvenience! We got blocked by another event
on short notice and had no choice in the end :( we hope you
can all make it and join us!</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid45" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid49" class=""><br>
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<div id="magicdomid50" class=""><span class="">==========================================================</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid51" class=""><span class="">The Wireless
Battle Mesh v12</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid52" class=""><span
class="author-a-uz84z15duvyz73z6z90z7ez122z4z79z">Building
community networks for fun and non-profit</span><span
class=""> </span><span class="b"></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid53" class=""><span class="">8th - 14th of
July 2019, Paris, France</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid54" class=""><span class="">==========================================================</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid55" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid56" class=""><span class="">The upcoming
'Wireless Battle of the Mesh' event will take place from Mon
8th - Sun 14th of July in "Le 6B" in Saint-Denis, near
Paris.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid57" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid60" class=""><span class="">The event aims to
bring together people from across the globe who are
interested in community networks,</span><span class="">
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.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid61" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid62" class=""><span class="">This year, we
would like to expand the topics beyond wireless, with a dual
focus on fiber and community.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid63" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid64" class=""><span class="">We envision 7
days full of expert presentations, practical workshops,
late-night hacking sessions, and fruitful discussions:</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid65" class=""><span class="">whether you are a
mesh networking enthusiast, community networking activist, </span><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97">protocol
developer, </span><span class="">or have an interest in
networking in general, come and join us!</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid66" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid67" class=""><span class="">Continuously
updated information about the event: </span><span class="
url"><a href="https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV12"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV12</a></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid68" class=""><br>
</div>
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<div id="magicdomid70" class=""><span class="">Location</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid71" class=""><span class="">========</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid72" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid73" class=""><span class="">Our location for
the main event is "Le 6B", 6-10 quai de Seine, 93200
Saint-Denis, France.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid74" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid75" class=""><span class="">GPS: </span><span
class=" url"><a href="geo:48.93835,2.34259"
moz-do-not-send="true">geo:48.93835,2.34259</a></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid76" class=""><span class="">Map: </span><span
class=" url"><a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.93835&mlon=2.34259#map=18/48.93835/2.34259"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=48.93835&mlon=2.34259#map=18/48.93835/2.34259</a></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid77" class=""><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97">Web: </span><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97 url"><a
href="https://www.le6b.fr/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.le6b.fr/</a></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid78" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid79" class=""><span class="">The location is
at a 5-10 minutes walk from the "Saint-Denis" railway
station on the "RER D" line or "Train H",</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid80" class=""><span class="">easily accessible
from the center of Paris. Make sure to buy a ticket for
"zone 3".</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid81" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid82" class=""><span class="">The closest
airports are "Paris Charles de Gaulle" and "Paris Orly",
both 45 minutes away by public transportation.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid83" class=""><span class="">Another option is
the "Paris Beauvais" airport, located 2h15 away from the
event by public transportation.</span></div>
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<div id="magicdomid85" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid86" class=""><span class="">Accommodation
Offering</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid87" class=""><span class="">======================</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid88" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid91" class=""><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97">For those
of you who are looking for a convenient and low cost
accommodation option: we are negotiating a special group
reservation. Please check our wiki or sign-up for the
mailing list for further details. The package is expected to
include a 6 nights for a price range around 200€. </span></div>
<div id="magicdomid92" class=""><br>
</div>
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<div id="magicdomid94" class=""><span class="">Registration</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid95" class=""><span class="">============</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid96" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid97" class=""><span class="">The event is
*free of charge* and registration is optional - but it makes
the organisation much easier if you tell us in advance that
you plan to come.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid98" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid99" class=""><span class="">To register,
please send an email to v12 at battlemesh.org with the
following content:</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid100" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid101" class=""><span class="">########</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid102" class=""><span class="">Subject:
Registration</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid103" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid104" class=""><span class="">Name and/or Nick</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid105" class=""><span class="">Date of arrival
/ departure</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid106" class=""><span class="">Accommodation
package: [Yes/No]</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid107" class=""><span class="">T-Shirt Size:
[S/M/L/none, man/woman]</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid108" class=""><span class="">Other details
you want to share: (e.g. community, country, URLs, twitter
or mastodon handle, dietary restrictions, ...)</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid109" class=""><span class="">Do you agree to
appear on the public list of participants?</span></div>
<div class="">Are you applying for a travel scholarship? (see
below)<br>
<span class=""></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid110" class=""><span class="">########</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid111" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid112" class=""><span class="">We will then put
your name (if you agree) on the public participants list: </span><span
class=" url"><a
href="http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV12/Participants"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV12/Participants</a></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid113" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid117" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid118" class=""><span class="">Travel
Scholarships</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid119" class=""><span class="">===================</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid120" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid121" class=""><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97">Thanks to
our sponsors, we have the opportunity to provide some Travel
Scholarships to compensate the costs of a long distance
flight to Paris and back. </span><span class="">If you want
to apply</span><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97">,</span><span
class=""> please explicitly tell us so</span><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97"> </span><span
class="">in the registration mail. We will then ask you to
prepare a short video message in which you are giving a
brief introduction to yourself and</span><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97"> </span><span
class="">your interests.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid122" class="">Please also provide the
location from which you will be coming from, and an estimation
of the travel costs (flight to Paris and back).<br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid123" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid124" class=""><span class="">Call for </span><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97">talks /
workshops</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid125" class=""><span class="">======================</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid126" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid127" class=""><span class="">We invite
participants to propose workshops, talks or other events.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid128" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid129" class=""><span class="">We welcome
contributions that broadly address the question of community
networks from any of several perspectives:</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid130" class=""><span class="">technical,
organisational, economical, regulatory, juridical. Example
topics:</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid131" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid132" class="">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="">Wireless Community Networks</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid133" class="">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="">Community Networks that deploy
Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid134" class="">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="">TV white space as a precious network
resource (radio spectrum)</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid135" class="">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="">Free hardware and free software for
Community Networks</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid136" class="">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="">How to organize a durable community
structure?</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid137" class="">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="">How to involve non-technical people? To
"digital stewardship" and beyond?</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid138" class="">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="">How to disseminate the spirit of
community networks, knowledge etc?</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid139" class="">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="">Connecting rural areas: challenges and
solutions</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid140" class="">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="">Public fiber networks: architecture,
funding, private actors involved, oversight</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid141" class="">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="">Internet of Things (IoT) networks and
their impact on society</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid142" class="">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="">How to take advantage of a community
network in ways otherwise not possible? What are the
applications?</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid143" class="">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="">Local Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) as
a common infrastructure</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid144" class="">
<ul class="list-bullet1">
<li><span class="">DNS as a common infrastructure?</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid145" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid146" class=""><span class="">Deadline for
submitting a proposal: 6th May.</span><span class=""></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid147" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid148" class=""><span class="">To submit a
proposal, send us an email (v12 at battlemesh.org) with the
template below.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid149" class=""><span class="">All information
you give us will be made publicly available in the schedule,
unless explicitely specified otherwise.</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid150" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid151" class=""><span class="">########</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid152" class=""><span class="">Subject: Event
proposal</span><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97"> </span><span
class="">[e.g. </span><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97">conference,
</span><span class="">workshop</span><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97">, panel
discussion, </span><span class="">...]</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid153" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid154" class=""><span class="">Name and/or nick</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid155" class=""><span class="">Optional
affiliation: community, country, employer...</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid156" class=""><span class="">Event title</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid157" class=""><span class="">Type of event
[talk / workshop / recurring workshop / </span><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97">panel
discussion / </span><span class="">other]</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid158" class=""><span class="">Duration [30 min
or 1h for talks, anything you want otherwise]</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid159" class=""><span class="">Frequency [for
recurring event]</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid160" class=""><span class="">Preferred date /
constraint</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid161" class=""><span
class="author-a-thz72zvz84zz69zd3nmz82zhgz83z97">Any
required equipment (other than a projector)</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid162" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid163" class=""><span class="">Summary (about
200 words)</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid164" class=""><span class="">########</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid165" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid166" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid167" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid168" class=""><span class="">Spread the Word</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid169" class=""><span class="">===============</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid170" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid171" class=""><span class="">Please help us
spreading the word by forwarding this announcement to all</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid172" class=""><span class="">lists and people
that might be interested. Blogging about it is also</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid173" class=""><span class="">very
appreciated, and if you do so, please add a ping-back to the
wiki page:</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid174" class=""><span class=" url"><a
href="https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV12"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV12</a></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid175" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid176" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid177" class=""><span class="">The Local
Organization Team</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid178" class=""><span class="">===========================</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid179" class=""><span class="">Aube</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid180" class=""><span class="">Daniele</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid181" class=""><span class="">Baptiste </span><span
class=""></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid182" class=""><span class="">Vi</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid183" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid184" class=""><span class="">Contact</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid185" class=""><span class="">=======</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid186" class=""><br>
</div>
<div id="magicdomid187" class=""><span class="">* Web: </span><span
class=" url"><a href="https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV12"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV12</a></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid188" class=""><span class="">* Contact email:
v12 at battlemesh.org</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid189" class=""><span class="">* Mailing list:
</span><span class=" url"><a
href="https://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh</a></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid190" class=""><span class="">* IRC:
irc.freenode.net #battlemesh</span></div>
<div id="magicdomid191" class=""><span class="">* Twitter: </span><span
class=" url"><a href="https://twitter.com/battlemesh/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://twitter.com/battlemesh/</a></span></div>
<div id="magicdomid192" class=""><span class="">* Mastodon: </span><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://toot.aquilenet.fr/@battlemesh12"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://toot.aquilenet.fr/@battlemesh12</a>
</div>
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