31.08.2004 18:55
freifunk.net summer convention
fresh air - free networks
Djursland, September 2004
NEWSLETTER - 2004/08/31
Dear attendants of this year's summer convention, hi folks!
We are very pleased to welcome you all in Djursland in a few days. In this mail you will find some important information and some nice words from those who are organizing this event.
Infos for participants (not for virtual guests of the videoconference):
- There is a 24x7 telephone hotline in Djursland: PLEASE NOTE: (+45) 60 25 00 13
- Those who need a shuttle service from Aarhus airport or trainstation should inform us a least 2h in advance. Please mail us your travelling data to info@freifunk.net until September 1st or call (+45) 60 25 00 13.
- Payment: Those of you who haven't payed by now should pay cash on location.
- We will check your payment on location. If your have payed to one of our bank accounts and your money has not reached us until you arrive, we will ask you for a deposit of 50 EUROS (350 Kroner) or any official ID-document (eg. Passport).
- We won't check our mail (info@freifunk.net) in time after September 1st because we are travelling to Djursland. If you have any problems or questions after September 1st, please contanct us by phone: (+45) 60 25 00 13.
The list of attendants has grown again in the last few days. We are very happy to welcome people from more than 30 nations arround the globe now. There will be more than 200 people meeting in Djursland. Here are some statements from the organizers:
"We hope the convention will become a week of productive and enthusiastic exchange of knowledge & ideas, a week spent in the spirit of true connectivity & openness, and, last not least, loads of fun. The wireless4development track will give everybody a chance to hear about projects from Mali to Mt. Everest, satellite connections and tin cans, solar power and human power ... We wish to thank all the organizers & participants for taking upon them long travels & procedures, and we wish to thank The Open Society Institute, whose sponsoring has made this event possible." - Tomas Krag & Sebastian Buettrich (wire.less.dk / the wireless roadshow)
"Considering that we are comming together from 30 nations around the world, to exchange knowledge and experience about wireless technology, as an economical light weight means, to bridge the growing divide in the global IT-society and bring about growth to communities, which otherwise would be left behind, I am more than certain that we will have a most inspiring and splendid time together here on Djursland. We are a crew, now growing from 20 to about 40 people, preparing for a good convention for all of us. And we are now looking forward to welcome you here on Djursland very soon :-). Lets get together to sharpen each ones abilities, to be able to go home and improve the possibilities of a good life for everyone, in each our own community." - Bjarke Nielsen (Chairman of DjurslandS?.net)
We are lookig forward to
... building Mesh Networks - with a panel on Sunday, and time to experiment during the work week
... exploring Voice over IP and Asterisk systems - with a workshop day on Tuesday
... hooking up with students at IIT Guwahati / India, who are hosting an annual technical festival at the same time (Sunday morning)
... receiving a wireless video stream fron the Nepalese mountains
... learning a lot about DjurslandS?.net and other projects technical and social networking
... and many, many more things!
We wish everybody a good journey - be careful on your trip, we want you here in one piece each ;-)!
- The freifunk-team
- Tomas Krag and Sebastian Buettrich
- John Wilson
- Bjarke Nielsen and many, many more from DjurslandS.net
____
backt to ImportantInformation