And They Are Off And Running!
We held our first meeting to discuss a WIFI neighborhood at The Ugly Broad on Sunday June 25th. Many thanks to Bill Callahan, Steve Goldberg, Councilman Brian Cummins or as he referred to himself Resident Brian Cummins and the seven other people who attended this inaugral meeting to see and hear about the possiblity of creating a WIFI neighborhood here in Brooklyn Centre.
The bottom line is that it is doable. The only question is how big will it become. From the information that we received from Steve and Bill, we decided that the best way to start this thing is to do it organically and see how it grows. If and when it begins to grow larger and larger, then we will add the organizational piece to the plan. At the end of the meeting, there were four of us interested in installing attennas that will enable us to share broadband with our neighbors.
Our next step is as follows. I will be scheduling a meeting with Steve Glodberg for these four “geeks” who will discuss the nuts and bolts of how to set up your internet base for sharing.We will then know the costs involved, the maintenance, and the other details needed to set one of these “spots” in motion.
So, when we hold a more comprehensive meeting for the Brooklyn Centre WIFI Neighborhood on July 25th at the McDonald’s at the corner of Pearl and Denison at 7 p.m. we will have more concrete and definite steps including how to do it what it will cost, and how we can begin to form our web in the neighborhood. McDonald’s has WIFI by the way for those of you interested in taking advantage of it.
I personally learned a lot by attending this meeting and I would suggest to anyone that it is worth your time and effort to attend one of these meetings just to see what could be available to all of us right here in our neighborhood.
One of the things I learned was that WIFI stands for Wireles Fidelity. Didn’t know that and now I do. If anyone wants to attend the “nuts and bolts” meeting before the July 25th McDonald’s meeting, please let me know and I will send you the details.