is4cwn - Sascha Meinhart Welcome at the 2007 Community Wireless Network Summit

In 2006, Sascha became the Director for Municipal and Community Networking for the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and heads up the COMMONS Project, an initiative to interlink municipal and community wireless networks utilizing national fiber infrastructure. Sascha is the co-founder and Executive Director of the CUWiN Foundation, the world's leading open-source wireless projects. From 2004-6, Sascha worked as a policy analyst for Free Press and continues to regularly brief Federal Communications Commission and Congressional staff on issues related to wireless and broadband networking. Sascha is Vice President of CTCnet, a US-based network of more than 1000 organizations united in their commitment to improve the educational, economic, cultural and political life of their communities through technology. In 2006, Sascha founded The Ethos Group an international consulting firm focusing on maximizing the community benefits of broadband technologies. In 2004, Sascha organized the First National Summit for Community Wireless Networks, helping to launch what has now become known as the Community/Municipal Wireless Networking Movement. In 2005-2006, Sascha coordinated the Community Wireless Emergency Response Initiative – helping rebuild mission-critical telecommunications infrastructure during post-hurricane Katrina disaster recovery. Sascha is also an editor for MuniWireless.com, the leading source for municipal wireless news and information, and a regular contributor to Government Technology’s Digital Communities, the online portal and comprehensive information resource for the public sector.

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