Battlemesh x OpenWrt meeting in Cyprus?

[Daniel Golle]

Hi Everyone,

On Sat, Nov 25, 2023 at 05:14:30PM +0100, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> Hi Arınç and Paul,
> 
> Thank you Arınç for organizing the Battlemesh in Cyprus.
> 
> I will probably join the Battlemesh again, but I wont have much time to
> organize stuff.
> 
> The following dates are currently proposed:
> May 15 - 19
> May 22 - 26
> Wednesday - Sunday, 5 days.
> 
> Everyone who wants to join, please take part in the poll:
> https://framadate.org/M4I9AYvKYypQTmGB
> 
> It is hard to get people together. I would suggest to plan an OpenWrt track
> on the last 2 days of Battlemesh in parallel.
> 
> Who would like to join?

I think that a dedicated OpenWrt meeting like in 2019 would be very
good, like a mini-summit for OpenWrt devs to present ongoing work and
recent achievements, but also just meet and talk in person and
possibly even ending up hacking on stuff together.

An official invitation to the OpenWrt meeting/mini-summit and
endorsement of Battlemesh should happen early via all OpenWrt channels
(*-adm mailing list, IRC, Web, Forums). Also, as it's going to be
OpenWrt's 20th anniversary in 2024, we should use that opportunity to
also reach out to a wider audience, ie. prepare some more layer 8/9
talks about the OpenWrt project or the role of free software in the
context of both, protocol research and grassroots networks.

I'm ready to be involved in organizational aspects and also take care
of reaching out to the wider community once we decided on the date.


Cheers

Daniel

> 
> Hauke
> 
> On 11/25/23 12:59, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> > Hello!
> > 
> > I am the head organiser of the next Battlemesh. I will also be involved
> > the most on organising the OpenWrt summit. Let me know if you've got any
> > questions. My website from my email address includes the channels other
> > than email to reach me more easily.
> > 
> > Arınç
> > 
> > On 23 November 2023 23:54:16 EET, Paul Spooren <mail at aparcar.org> wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > While attending this years Battlemesh in Spain some fellow mesh people asked why there weren’t more OpenWrt people around. I’m guessing it was mostly due to the lack of communication in advance, so I’d like to raise the topic here: Are people from the OpenWrt community, specially members and maintainers interested in collaborating with and attending the Battlemesh next year?
> > > 
> > > They’d do most of the heavy lifting and would offer us to take some slots/space to do our own little OpenWrt meeting (remember the good and productive days in Hamburg anno 2019). Ideally at least one OpenWrt member would join their organizing team, I could do it but would also be happy if someone else jumps in.
> > > 
> > > The general idea is to have a week long Battlemesh event in Cyprus, the OpenWrt part could happen both within the week, before or after, the full length or only a weekend etc. To my knowledge Cyprus offers an easier VISA process so more folks could join, I remember last time people wouldn’t get a VISA in time.
> > > 
> > > If we participate we should raise some donations to offer travel stipends and come up with some (lighting) talks and presentations.
> > > 
> > > I think the timeframe is “somewhen in May 2024”, this will be further discussed on the Battlemesh mailing list.
> > > 
> > > Looking forward to meet you all again!
> > > 
> > > Sunshine,
> > > Paul
> 
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