Dear fellow
Freifunk enthusiasts,
The
Wireless Battle
of the Mesh v11 (#WBMv11) and the
Wireless Community Weekend 2018 (#FFWCW18) will be meshed up
and co-located in Berlin from May 07 to May 13, 2018.
Since it is
the 15th anniversary of the WCW, friends and fellows from
across the globe celebrate together wireless mesh network
technologies and ideas of community networking.
You can
expect to meet with tech experts in mesh technologies,
policy discussions, talks, hands on workshops, late night
hacking sessions, measurement campaigns and an ongoing
barbeque at the riverside. If you are a mesh networking
enthusiast, community activist, or
simply have an
interest in wifi or dynamic routing protocols, you can't
miss this event!
Location
=======
We are
meeting at the c-base space station, 3
minutes from public transport S+U Jannowitzbrücke in the
heart of Berlin.
There you
will find the main hall with the bar for presentations,
discussions and hacking, a seminar room for up to 15 for
workshops, two spaces for a smaller groups in the basement
and upper floor and not at least the fully equipped
riverside with powersockets, light close to the grill
station. For the weekend we booked another room for
presentations at European Theater Institute right next door
to the seminar room.
You will
find yourself at Berlins most famous hackspace, where you
can use repair and assembling shops as well as meeting with
berlins net activists and hacker scene. freifunk.net is available,
since the roof top node is part of the BerlinBackBone.
Taking
part and Registration
=====================
It
helps the organizers, if you add yourself early to the wiki
page under https://www.wireless-meshup.org/ and
provide your meal prefernces and t-shirt size, in case you
want one. Start preparing your presentation, lightening
talk, workshop, idea, announcement or open space you want to
run. The event is *free of charge*, but contributions are
very welcome, so please have a look at the supporters page
as well, thanks in advance.
Accommodation
Offering
===================
For those
of you who are looking for a convenient accommodation
option: we have made block reservation for 50 beds in a nice
hostel 15 min walking distance or one station by public
transport. The packages include 7 nights in a three or
four-bed room incl. breakfast - for 33,00 EUR p.P/Night
incl. Breakfast
Valid for:
- 50
Beds are reserved until 23.03.2018
- 25
Beds are reserved until 05.04.2018
- Payment
at checkin - using cash or creditcard
- Stating
that you want to stay at “EastSideGallery” mention the Keyword:
MESH
- Booked
Rooms will be held until 6pm on arrival day - please let
them know when you arrive later.
Catering
and Social Events
=====================
There will
be catering at dinner time and free coffee the whole time.
Beverages can be bought at the bar, closeby kiosk or brought
with you.
Some jaunts
and social events are in planning, but will be announced
later.
Spread
the Word
=============
Please
help us spreading the word by forwarding this 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://www.wireless-meshup.org
We
will also start the endorsements process within some weeks.
If your community/organization would like to help and
support us, please check supporters page.
Organizers
Team Contact
====================
The local
core team consists of Monic, Andi, Cven and others from
freifunk and c-base community.
The
mentors team consists of Claudio, Filipe and Paul.
Hope to see you soon!
Best wishes from the org-team