At 2:00 AM -0500 6/23/05, <mgenelin at fastcomputerserviceco.com> wrote: >With all due respect, is this on-topic for this list? What does this have to >do with WiFi? Good point. I should have elaborated. In attending conferences and meetings on E-Democracy or E-Deliberation, I'm finding increasing interest in the issue of municipal WiFi projects, such as what is being proposed in Minneapolis (and also St. Paul). Some might say, that municipal WiFi systems are the infrastructure for the E-Democracy of the future (or at least one possibility). I know, that as a member of E-Democracy.Org - I'm very interested in the WiFi project being proposed in St. Paul and feel as if this is something that E-Democracy activists need to pay close attention to. Its been my impression, that this group is very interested in public accessible WiFi networks. To me, this is very relevant to the work that I do in the field of E-Democracy. That's why I've followed this list for the last year or two. I know at least one of the guests at this International E-Democracy event is very interested in city wide WiFi networks and would love to chat about what is happening in Mpls. Bob Carlitz of Information Renaissance. I hope that this helps, Tim Erickson E-Democracy.Org 651-643-0722 -- ================================================= Tim Erickson http://www.politalk.com St. Paul, MN - USA 651-643-0722 tim at politalk.com iChat/AIM: stpaultim =================================================