diff --git a/commotionwireless.net/docs/cck/about-community-wireless/index.md b/commotionwireless.net/docs/cck/about-community-wireless/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e216d035 --- /dev/null +++ b/commotionwireless.net/docs/cck/about-community-wireless/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +--- +layout: cck +title: Commotion Construction Kit - About Community Networks +site_section: docs +sub_section: [cck,cck-about-cw] +pdf-all: true +categories: +created: 2013-09-27 +changed: 2014-08-20 +post_author: sifrwahid +lang: en +--- + +

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Introduction

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Open community wireless networks digitally connect communities, and allow neighbors to share Internet access or use locally hosted applications. Neighbors are linked from rooftop to rooftop using wireless equipment.

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Ownership and management duties are distributed among the community.

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Community networks are built by a coalition of community anchor institutions, community-based organizations, municipal representatives, and individuals working together to plan, design, and deploy a network.

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Digital Stewards are community members that take care of the network.

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How does it work?

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A network can distribute and share Internet access from one gateway.

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Or, from multiple gateways.

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A network can distribute local applications from one local server.

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Or, from multiple servers across.

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What skills do we need?

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Community wireless networks require many different skills. For example, artists and designers popularize the network, electricians and handy-people teach others how to mount routers on buildings, organizers talk to people about the network and hold public meetings, technogists create local applications, community members host equipment on the roof or in their window. Everyone has an important skill to offer.

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Who has these skills in your community?

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How do we get started?

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Each network will have their own process, but these steps are an example of how you might get started: +

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  1. Identify Community Partners and Define Partnership
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  2. Outreach and Planning
    + Surveys, community meetings, and transparent or participatory budgeting can ensure that the network gets local support. Manage expectations by presenting the project as a collaborative effort, not a free service.
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  3. Plan the Network Together
    + Plan the initial network to connect key locations in the community.
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  4. Organize Digital Stewards to Manage the Network
    + For long-term sustainability, think early on about who will handle maintenance and troubleshooting.
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  5. Installation
    + OTI has simple guides for installing Commotion software onto routers and mounting the routers onto rooftops. +
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Who do we partner with?

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Commotion Construction Kit

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The Commotion Construction Kit includes activities you can use in your communities to help plan, build and govern the network together.

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There is no one right way to move through the activities. You will find tools to help you organize with others in your neighborhood to plan, build, and promote the network. The modules are designed to be used by individuals and groups for self-guided learning or to teach workshops or trainings. Start to explore anywhere and let us know how it goes for you.

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Building and Mounting

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The Commotion Construction Kit is a set of documentation tools that the Open Technology Institute has used in workshops around the world and at home. It is a “do it ourselves” guide to building community wireless networks.

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HELP US TRANSLATE THE COMMOTION CONSTRUCTION KIT

Commotion Construction Kit promo image

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The Commotion Construction Kit is a set of documentation tools that the Open Technology Institute has used in workshops around the world and at home. It is a “do it ourselves” guide to building community wireless networks.

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You can use them on your own or to work with a group of people. There is no one right way to move through the activities. You will find tools to help you learn the software and build and mount the hardware, as well as tools to help you organize with others in your neighborhood to plan, build, and promote a network. The modules are designed to be used by individuals or groups for self-guided learning or to teach workshops or trainings. Start to explore anywhere and let us know how it goes for you.

Like the Commotion software, these materials are open source, which means development on them continues and community involvement is critical. This first wave of modules represents a work in progress. The current set of modules are briefly described below.

You can also download a .zip archive file of containing PDF versions of all current Commotion Construction Kit modules and supporting activities.

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Planning

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Getting Started

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Planning

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Installing and Configuring

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Building and Mounting

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Networking

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Local Applications

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Creative Commons License
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Please share any derivative works with the Commotion community by emailing the Commotion-discuss list, or Tweeting with the hashtag #commotion.

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Installing + Configuring

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Local Applications

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Planning

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