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<b>HOW IT ALL BEGAN</b>

The freifunk.net summer convention 2004 is the next upcoming event in a series of meetings and workshops of "free networking'" enthusiasts, activists and professionals.

<br><b>EARLIER MEETINGS</b>

the !BerLon (Berlin, London) meeting October 2002,<br>
the Copenhagen Interpolation March 2003,<br>
the <a href="http://www.freifunk.net:8080/freifunk/magazin/praxisberichte_projekte/fsc03_review" target="_blank">
freifunk summer convention</a> September 2003<br>
and the <a href="http://www.wizards-of-os.org/" target="_blank">WOS3</a> in June 2004.


<br><b>WHY MEET IN DJURSLAND?</b>

During last years summer convention in Berlin Nils and Bjarke from <a href="http://djurslands.net" target="_blank">http://djurslands.net</a> showed us in an impressive presentation how to provide broadband internet access  to one of Europe's least populated regions. With selfbuilt antennas, a reused fiber backbone and lots of enthusiasm they managed to set up one of the biggest free networks so far. Read more about the [DJURSLANDS.NET].

Why not plan the next summer convention in Djursland we thought to share some of these experiences. Further information on the Djurslands project can be found in this article: ArticleOnDjursland.
Also have a look at MorePictures.

<br><b>CORE GROUPS AND PROJECTS INVOLVED IN THESE MEETINGS WERE e.g.</b>

consume.net, UK <a href="http://consume.net" target="_blank">http://consume.net</a> <br>
freifunk.net, Germany <a href="http://freifunk.net" target="_blank">http://freifunk.net</a> <br>
c-base.de, Berlin <a href="http://c-base.org" target="_blank">http://c-base.org</a> <br>
bootlab, Germany <a href="http://bootlab.org" target="_blank">http://bootlab.org</a> <br>
djurslands.net, Denmark <a href="http://djurslands.net" target="_blank">http://djurslands.net</a> <br>
wire.less.dk, Denmark <a href="http://wire.less.dk" target="_blank">http://wire.less.dk</a> <br>
picopeering agreement workgroup, <a href="http://picopeer.net" target="_blank">http://picopeer.net</a><br>
wavelan-berlin, Germany <a href="http://wavelan-berlin.de" target="_blank">http://wavelan-berlin.de</a> <br>
hacklab, Sweden/spain, ... <br>