[hackerspaces] Networking on the East Coast

[Matt Joyce]

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> 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?
>
>
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> 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.
>
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> What we are asking?
>
>
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> 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.
>
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> Willow Brugh // willowbl00
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