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Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:17:35 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: John Scott <johnmscott () mindspring com> Date: July 25, 2005 6:27:40 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: Greg Staple <info () openpark net> Subject: FW: Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall Reply-To: johnmscott () mindspring com NEED SUPPORT!!! Dave, for IP,The Open Park initiative (www.openpark.net) is leading an effort to deploy hot spots (for free) on the Mall in Washington DC, at no cost to the tax payer or the Smithsonian (all hardware/software/bandwidth costs are being taken care of). All that is needed is a little bit of roof space on top of a few of the Smithsonian Buildings.
Letters of support have been received from Congress and more recently Vint Cerf. We need a final push of positive support from the inter-webs to let the Smithsonian Board of Regents know that the public wants this and that its not a bad thing.
Letters to the Smithsonian should be directed to addresses at this link (with a CC to
info () openpark net) : http://www.openpark.net/smithsonianContact.html : Lawrence M. Small Secretary Smithsonian Institution Castle Bldg., Room 205 1000 Jefferson Drive SW Washington, DC 20560 smalll () si edu Fax: (202) 786-2515 Sheila P. Burke Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer Smithsonian Institution Castle Bldg., Room 219 1000 Jefferson Drive SW Washington, DC 20560 burkesp () si edu Fax: (202) 357-7031 Roger Sant Chair, Smithsonian Board of Regents Executive Committee c/o The Summit Foundation 2100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 525 Washington, DC 20037 achupp () summitfdn org Fax: (202) 912-2901 Alan Spoon Smithsonian Board of Regents Executive Committee c/o Polaris Venture Partners 1000 Winter Street Suite 3350 Waltham, MA 02451 aspoon () polarisventures com Fax: (781) 290- 0880 ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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