[hackerspaces] Networking on the East Coast

[Padraic Harley]

I'm down at the Irish CrisisCamp event today try to help out with this 
stuff somehow... how are all our East Coast hackerspace people doing? 
Are ye all okay and stuffs?

Padraic

On 01/11/12 00:12, Willow Brugh wrote:
> Awesome, thanks Matt. I've put them in touch.
>
> If anyone is into it, we're doing CrisisCamps this weekend: 
> http://crisiscommons.org/2012/10/30/sandycrisiscamp/ : basically 
> hackathons to help with some of the tech being used for response. I'll 
> quit spamming the list now.
>
> Willow Brugh // willowbl00 <http://blog.bl00cyb.org/>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Matt Joyce <matt at nycresistor.com 
> <mailto:matt at nycresistor.com>> wrote:
>
>     I forwarded the request on to the NYC Resistor private list as well as
>     the Microcontroller group list.
>
>     I know there is a hack manhattan hackerspace as well.
>
>     You may want to coordinate with NYC Resistor and Hack Manhattan they
>     have physical presence and resources.  I know they were discussing
>     doing some meetups to organize helping out.
>
>     -Matt
>
>     On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Willow Brugh
>     <willow.bl00 at gmail.com <mailto:willow.bl00 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > Request from FEMA has come in to help set up networks on the
>     East Coast. If
>     > you're around, please help out. And maybe my ulterior motive is
>     getting some
>     > mesh networking infrastructure in place.
>     >
>     >>>
>     > Still in process of quantifying need, will find out today or
>     Thursday when
>     > DRCs open up:
>     >
>     > Quick white paper below:
>     >
>     > We need your assistance. I just had a discussion with Senior
>     Advisor on
>     > Disability Issues and FEMA's Senior Tech Advisor. We need your
>     help to
>     > mobilize the community in the next couple of days to help us
>     reach disaster
>     > survivors. Additionally, this is likely being done-if you know
>     who, please
>     > get us in touch with these individuals.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Marcie's team is taking innovative steps to streamline
>     communication efforts
>     > to provide equal access to effective communication for people with
>     > communication disabilities (people who are deaf or hard of
>     hearing, blind or
>     > have low vision, low literacy, speech disabilities). One of
>     these steps
>     > include sending 175 iPads to Disaster Recovery Centers. These
>     ipads will be
>     > used as a communication tool through visual aids that allows
>     disaster
>     > survivors to communicate with FEMA and others who provide
>     disaster services
>     > to meet  survivors' needs.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > What we need?
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Point of contact to mobilize volunteer IT communities to help us
>     build
>     > wireless at these locations that are outside the firewall so
>     that we can
>     > have these conversations with disaster survivors (wireless in these
>     > locations may only be accessible to FEMA employees.) Marcie has
>     indicated
>     > the Ipads are 4G and need consistent and fast internet
>     connections.  She is
>     > going to be providing the locations of where this will need to
>     be up and
>     > running.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Can we get your help to mobilize community assistance to get
>     wireless up and
>     > going to help disaster survivors with disabilities and others
>     with access
>     > and functional nedds.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > What we are asking?
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Volunteer IT community member(s) to go to the locations that
>     Marcie will
>     > provide in the next couple of days to set up wireless for this
>     to occur.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Willow Brugh // willowbl00
>     >
>     >
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