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<h3>Josh King</h3>
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<p>As the lead developer for the Commotion Wireless Project, Josh King
draws on his years of experience performing technology work at
non-profit organizations to develop and implement free and open source
software to promote freedom of communication, community organizing, and
social justice. Josh is the Lead Technologist at New America's Open
Technology Institute, has co-organized the International Summit for
Community Wireless Networks, and has his roots in the tech development
and organizing around the Indymedia movement. He lives in Washington, DC.</p>
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<h2>Presenting</h2>
<h3>Workshop: Raising a Commotion: How to build a Community Wireless Network</h3>
<p>For over 15 years, creative individuals have been banding
together in different places around the world to use whatever
technology they have available to build community wireless networks.
These networks are organized in many different ways, use many different
kinds of technology, and provide many kinds of services to their
communities.</p>

<p><a href="https://commotionwireless.net/" target="_blank">Commotion Wireless</a> is a project to make it easier for non-technical
users to build their own networks. In the first part of this workshop,
you'll learn about  the history of community wireless networks around
the world, and then apply the Commotion toolkit in an activity to
design a network for your neighborhood.</p>

<p>In the second part of the workshop, you'll have a hands-on opportunity
to use the Commotion software to build a wireless mesh network using
off-the-shelf devices. Participants will come away with an new
understanding and new ideas for how to build a network for their
neighborhood.</p>