[MLB-WIRELESS] NYLUG meets tonight: Topic is Wireless public networking

[Barry Park]

If anyone is in New York this evening ...
- Barry


NYLUG meets tonight: Topic is Wireless public networking

Wednesday February 20, 11:42 AM EST    [ Announcements 
<http://www.newsforge.com/search.pl?topic=announce> ]
NYLUG will meet Wednesday 20 February 2002 in the IBM building at 57th 
Street and Madison Avenue. You must register in advance to attend, or 
have registered for an earlier NYLUG meeting in the IBM building. 
Particulars below in official announcement.

Eating and drinking after the formal meeting is now at The Old Stand at 
914 Third Avenue, near 55th Street, on the Island of the Manahattoes.

Official NYLUG announcement below.
Jay Sulzberger, secretary at lxny.org
Corresponding Secretary LXNY
LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization
http://www.lxny.org

Speaker: Terry Schmidt of NYCwireless on Wireless Public Networking

2/20/2002
Wednesday
6:30pm-8:00pm
IBM Headquarters Building
590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street

** RSVP Instructions**
Unless you have already rsvp'ed for a prior meeting, everyone needs to 
rsvp to attend the meeting. mailto: jgleason at nylug.org Subject: RSVP - 
NYLUG - FEB - your name Check in with photo ID at the lobby for badge 
and room number.

Wireless Public Networking
Please join us for a presentation on wireless public networking. Terry 
Schmidt, of NYCwireless will be speaking to us, to explain the why of 
public networks, and how it's done. We will also hear about the current 
state of affairs of the NYCwireless network.

Currently using 802.11b, "Wi-Fi", NYCwireless has 39 access points, 
including parks, and has grown beyond the confines of the city limits to 
include nodes on Long Island, Westchester, and New Jersey. Terry Schmidt 
will discussing the technology and processes of creating and using free 
public wireless networks. NYCwireless has done everything from 
professional antennas to Pringles can antennas, from street corners to 
public parks, Linux to NetBSD.

NYCwireless, which has a mailing list, provides resources and assistance 
with creating public Internet space. Following the September 11 attack, 
NYCwireless helped provide Internet access to businesses whose normal 
access was down.

Whether you're interested in the technical aspects, social aspects, or 
both, you won't want to miss this meeting!

http://nycwireless.net
http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless
http://www.nycwireless.net/resources.html
http://www.nycwireless.net/press/nytimes20011004.html
http://www.nycwireless.net/sponsors.html

About the speaker:
Terry Schmidt is co-founder of NYCwireless, which provides free public 
wireless Internet access to the New York City community and beyond. It 
seeks to build on the philosophies of Open Source and Free Software and 
create a philosophy and application of Open Networks.

NYCwireless is a volunteer group constructing a community owned network 
of computers that share Internet access over radio connections. Each 
access point is run independently by volunteers with their own 
equipment. IEEE 802.11b wireless Ethernet provides Internet access to 
mobile computers, PDAs and desktops without connection cables.

Did you know?
Anthony Townsend and Terry Schmidt were featured in a CNN Moneyline 
report about public WiFi networks? (MPEG and Real Media)
http://www.nycwireless.net/press/wireless.mpg
http://www.nycwireless.net/press/cnn.ram
NYLUG's own Aaron Grogan is the NYCWireless Wireless Cloud SIG leader. 
"CloudSIG's mission is to build a wireless network backbone, oftentimes 
called a wireless network cloud. A wireless cloud is like an Internet 
backbone in many respects. Unlike conventional backbones, however, the 
nodes in our backbone will connect through user-owned and user-managed 
wireless links." (NYC Wireless MAN Cloud)
http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycw-cloud

Why is this woman smiling?
http://nylug.madworx.com/images/monjayexpo.jpg
Another successful LinuxWorld Expo in New York, of course!

The NYLUG booth at LinuxWorld Expo was a resounding success thanks to 
the hard work of all the volunteers. See expo photos:
http://nylug.org/pictures/index.shtml
http://unilug.org/expo0102.html
http://mycouponmagic.com/nylxs/Linuxworld_photos/linuxworldphotos.html
http://linuxart.com/photoview.phtml?sid=02jan30-lwce_day1&maxthumb=30

Thanks to everyone who participated!
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com

Stammtisch plug: Have you been to stammtisch lately?

Free Stuff!
Swag of undetermined value and quantity will be distributed on a 
first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early for the best pickins!

Keysignings
Immediately after the presentation and continuing at the Old Stand pub, 
we will be gathering for a keysigning. So for those who have keys 
already, please remember to bring hard-copy printouts of your 
40-character key fingerprint. If you haven't created a key yet, our 
howto docs are posted here: http://www.nylug.org/keys

Stammtisch
And then after the meeting... Join us around 8:15pm or so at the Old 
Stand, 914 3rd Ave. on the corner of 55th Street. 
http://www.Irishpubguide.com/mid11.htm

Please see our home page at http://www.nylug.org for the HTMLized 
version of this announcement, our archives, and a lot of other good stuff.

Monthly Reminder!
Please read the NYLUG-Talk Posting Guidelines at: 
http://www.nylug.org/mlistguide/

Special thanks to Ron Guerin for preparing this email announcement, the 
web site meeting content, and for his tremendous efforts to organize the 
volunteer army at LinuxWorld!

February 2002 - The New York Linux Users Group, NYLUG.org




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