Which crap are you referring to? Maybe I've misunderstood the point of this list, but I would hope it is intended to share a range of perspectives on the use of WiFi. I'd also hope it might result in some kind of positive community end-result from the use of WiFi. If it's only a techie interest only forum or a right-wing idealogue only list then I guess we should all know that. Jon Kerr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew S. Hallacy" <poptix at poptix.net> To: "Tim Erickson" <tim at politalk.com>; <tcwug-list at tcwug.org> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 4:09 AM Subject: Re: [tcwug-list] THURS: International E-Democracy Event > 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