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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Hi Glenn,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Thanks for sharing. I’d like to give a special shout out to our NY Chapter on this as their Beyond the Net project ‘NYC Mesh Community Network’ won an honourable mention in the Mozilla and the National Science Foundation ‘Wireless Challenges’ under category 2 <a href="https://wirelesschallenge.mozilla.org/#winners-2">https://wirelesschallenge.mozilla.org/#winners-2</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Have a look here for more info: <a href="https://nycmesh.net/">https://nycmesh.net/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>It’s a great project with a great team behind it (well done Brian and team </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Apple Color Emoji"'>☺</span><span lang=EN-GB>). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Joyce</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org> on behalf of Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn@gmail.com><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, 21 February 2018 at 20:32<br><b>To: </b>Jane Coffin <coffin@isoc.org>, "chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br><b>Subject: </b>[Chapter-delegates] Mozilla winners- Emergency Disaster Communication<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>This morning, we announced the 20 teams that were chosen for awards during Stage 1 of the NSF-WINS Challenges. You can view all of the winning projects, as well as profiles of our judges, </span></a><a href="https://wirelesschallenge.mozilla.org/" target="_blank"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>on the NSF-WINS website</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>.</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>If you’re receiving this email, your team has been selected to move on to Stage 2 of the Challenges.</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div style='margin-top:48.75pt;margin-bottom:48.75pt;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><div><div><div id=gmail-winners-switcher><div><div><div><div><p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>The following awards recognize outstanding achievement during the Design Concept Stage (Stage 1) of the Challenge:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1rem'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Project Lantern | First Place ($60,000)</span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1rem'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>A Lantern is a keychain-sized device that hosts decentralized web apps with local maps, supply locations, and more. These apps are pushed to Lanterns via long-range radio and Wi-Fi, and then saved offline to browsers for continued use. Lanterns can be distributed by emergency responders and are accessed by citizens through a special-purpose Wi-Fi network supported by the Lanterns. Project by Paper & Equator in New York, NY in collaboration with the Shared Reality Lab at McGill University; </span></span><a href="http://lantern.works/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;text-decoration:none'>learn more</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1rem'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>HERMES | Second Place ($40,000)</span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1rem'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>HERMES (High­-frequency Emergency and Rural Multimedia Exchange System) is autonomous network infrastructure. It enables local calling, SMS, and basic OTT messaging, all via equipment that can fit inside two suitcases, using GSM, Software Defined Radio and High-Frequency radio technologies. Project by Rhizomatica.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1rem'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Emergency LTE | Third Place ($30,000)</span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1rem'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Emergency LTE is an open-source, solar- and battery-powered cellular base station that functions like an autonomous LTE network. The under-50-pound unit features a local web server with apps that allow emergency broadcasts, maps, messaging, and more. Project lead: Dr. Spencer Sevilla in Seattle, WA.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1rem'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>The Next­-Generation, Disaster Relief Mobile Phone Mesh Network | Honorable Mention ($10,000)</span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1rem'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>This project provides a phone­-to-­phone mesh network that’s always on, even if all other systems are offline. A goTenna Mesh device unlocks connectivity using ISM radio bands, then pairs with Android and iOS phones to provide messaging and mapping, as well as back-haul connectivity when available. Project by goTenna in Brooklyn, NY; </span></span><a href="http://imeshyou.com/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;text-decoration:none'>see the network map here</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'> & </span></span><a href="https://gotenna.com/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;text-decoration:none'>learn more</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1rem'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>G.W.N. | Honorable Mention ($10,000)</span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size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<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1rem'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Othernet Relief Ecosystem | Honorable Mention ($10,000)</span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1rem'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>Othernet Relief Ecosystem (O.R.E.) is an extension of Dhruv’s Othernet installations in Brooklyn, NY. These installations stem from a long tradition of mesh networking wherein the OpenWRT firmware alongside the B.A.T.M.A.N. protocol run on Ubiquiti hardware to form large-­scale local area networks. Each island of connectivity can be connected to each other using point-to-point antennas. A toolset of lightweight applications can live on these networks. Project lead: Dhruv Mehrotra in New York, NY; </span></span><a href="http://othernet.xyz/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;text-decoration:none'>learn more</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1rem'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>RAVE | Honorable Mention ($10,000)</span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:1rem'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>RAVE (Radio­-Aware Voice Engine) a push-to-talk mobile application providing high-fidelity audio communication via a peer-to-peer Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connection. Multiple RAVE devices form a multi-hop network capable of extending communication over longer distances. RAVE’s range can be extended via a network of relay nodes. These inexpensive, battery-powered devices automatically set up a mesh network that extends real-time voice and internet access throughout a whole community, and text communication over several miles. Project by Throneless in Washington, D.C.; </span></span><a href="https://commotionwireless.github.io/rave/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;text-decoration:none'>learn more</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:black'><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>Glenn McKnight<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>NARALO Secretariat<br></span><a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><br>skype  gmcknight<br>twitter gmcknight<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>289-830 6259<br>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>