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[IP] more on Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall



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From: Mark Blacknell <blacknell@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 26, 2005 10:25:27 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx, ccr7@xxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Ip ip <ip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall
Reply-To: mb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


The Mall is also a nice place for studying, quiet review of work
projects, and pretty much any other activity that goes on in America.
 Adding wireless access permits more of that, and doesn't take
anything away from anyone doing anything that Cliff speaks of.  As to
adding to the yammering, it's obviously been a while since Cliff
strolled down the Mall - see how many Hill and agency staffers you
have to dodge while they peck away on their Blackberries and tourists
calling home, "Guess where I am, Mom!"

(As an aside, I went to see Treasure of the Sierra Madre at the
"Screen on the Green" last night, a giant outdoor movie theater set up
on the Mall at 7th St. (between the Air & Space Museum and the
National Galleries.  It was a wonderful experience for the thousands
of people who came down to picnic and watch a movie, all courtesy of
the wonders of being plugged in.  Highly recommended.)

On 7/26/05, David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:




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From: Clifford Rohde <ccr7@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 25, 2005 8:50:29 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [IP] Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall


I'm a technophile and big believer in the advantages of readily
available
communications media (including free to the public services). That
said, why
would the public want this and shouldn't the burden be on its
proponents to
prove it's a good thing rather than everyone else to prove it's a bad
thing?
The Mall is a nice play to jog, stroll, fly a kite and even find, on
occasion, quiet solitude among the national monuments. There are
increasingly fewer public places to engage in such unplugged,
unmechanized
activities, especially where most others present are unplugged.
Opening our
public green spaces to laptops and more yammering (VOIP I suppose)
phoners
seems a bit like opening wilderness trails to snowmobiles and ATVs.
What am
I missing?

/cliff rohde

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From: John Scott <johnmscott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 25, 2005 6:27:40 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Greg Staple <info@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: FW: Hotspot ---> OpenPark.net, WiFi on the Mall
Reply-To: johnmscott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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@xxxxxxxxxxxx) : http://www.openpark.net/smithsonianContact.html :

Lawrence M. Small
Secretary
Smithsonian Institution
Castle Bldg., Room 205
1000 Jefferson Drive SW
Washington, DC 20560
smalll@xxxxxx
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@xxxxxx
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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fax: (781) 290- 0880


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