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

Wed Oct 14 17:19:50 EDT 2020

Hi OpenWrt community,

The Battlemesh v13 Virtual Global Editions is officially announced now!

We would like to get some OpenWrt talks at this event, please 
participate and also propose some presentations.

Hauke

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Subject: 	[Battlemesh] Battlemesh v13 Virtual Global Editions -- 14-15 
November 2020
Date: 	Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:25:02 +0100
From: 	Filipe Borges Teixeira <filipebteixeira at gmail.com>
Reply-To: 	Battle of the Mesh Mailing List <battlemesh at ml.ninux.org>
To: 	Battle of the Mesh Mailing List <battlemesh at ml.ninux.org>

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

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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)
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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/

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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