Tim, Thanks for posting that to this list. It's completely appropriate. Do you have any more info on Bob Carlitz or his organization? -- Leif Utne Associate Editor, Utne Magazine 612.338.5040 x348 www.utne.com http://public.xdi.org/=Leif.Utne -- "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a NEW model that makes the existing model obsolete." ~Buckminster Fuller On Jun 23, 2005, at 6:35 AM, Jessica Bennett wrote: > This seems totally on topic to me, and knee-jerk conservative > attacks seem like the crap I'd like to see off the list. > > On Jun 23, 2005, at 4:09 AM, Matthew S. Hallacy wrote: > > >> Some might also say that municipal wifi is communist. How about we >> keep this crap off the list? >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 02:36:12AM -0500, Tim Erickson wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> ================================================= >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. >>> Paul, >>> Minnesota >>> tcwug-list at tcwug.org >>> http://mailman.tcwug.org/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list >>> >> >> -- >> Matthew S. Hallacy >> http://www.poptix.net GPG public key >> 0x01938203 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. >> Paul, Minnesota >> tcwug-list at tcwug.org >> http://mailman.tcwug.org/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > Paul, Minnesota > tcwug-list at tcwug.org > http://mailman.tcwug.org/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tcwug-list/attachments/20050623/4dbd791a/attachment-0001.html