[liberationtech] SF Outreach + collab with OG

[Yosem Companys]

From: Paige <veeforvoluntary at gmail.com>

Hey y'all!
Just a quick intro: I'm the Community Manager at Open Garden, a company 
making a mesh networking app for Android based in SF.  I'm also a 
decentralization enthusiast and liberty activist.

I'm interested in discussing potential collaborations between the Open 
Garden community and Oakland mesh outreach.  The first idea that comes to 
mind for me is holding local events based on education about mesh 
networking both in Oakland and SF.  Oakland is obviously the most important 
community to focus on for the Oakland mesh (duh), however there can be a 
lot of benefit from marketing the project to a wider audience - especially 
since SF is right next door.

How awesome would it be to do a basic demo using Internet from somewhere 
like the TechShop and sending it to Yerba Buena Gardens for example? There 
could also be a chance at leveraging the marketing from the Google/SF WiFi 
initiative... something that says "Hey... we're trying to do something 
similar over here but even better!"  Of course while trying to avoid 
pissing off Goog or SF.

Anyways... I know some (probably most) of you may have some reservations 
about collaboration with a company making proprietary software on a moral 
ground but I'm interested in discussion on mutual benefit - both for 
outreach and as complementary solutions for meshing the planet! ;)

Be well,
Paige Peterson
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