Hearing on Techconnect Wifi - Sunshine /Digital Divide

Mon, Dec 12
1:00pm-4:00pm
free

Remember how Google was going to give San Francisco free WiFi? Well
this deal has gotten uber secret and there are concerns that it won't
deliver. Sup. Chris Daly has called a hearing.

Anyone, Yes you! Can speak at these hearings, no quailifcations, age,
voting status, height or technical ability required.

We are going to setup WiFi Internet for Live Blogging, The hearing
will be televised Live on SFGTV cable (26) and Live on SFGTV Live!
Internet streaming, we'll have a Live Chat Room (if you can't be
there in person). You can bring your laptop for a short demo or
powerpoint or for Live Chat, Live Collaborative Notetaking, and Live
Blogging.

You'll have three minutes to say what you like at Public Comment.

Pick one or two of your hot button issues and then
Demand transparency and accountability

EFF, ACLU, EPIC West: How Far Would You Go For Muni WiFi?
www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004078.php

You can bring Overheads/Slides, Digital cameras for Live Blogging.
Video and Audio Recorders, and Power Strips and Extension cords.

The hearing is as follows:
Mon Dec 12th, 1 PM, (PST GMT -8) City Hall, Room 263, Government
Audit & Oversight-GAO
sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=29787

SFGTV LIVE! Cable (26) & Internet Streaming (Windows media)
sfgov.org/site/sfgtv_index.asp?id=11463


Live chat (active now - free - no download - enable popups)
irc://irc.indymedia.org/techconnect
server irc.indymedia.org the channel is #techconnect
For Live chat help:
docs.indymedia.org/view/Sysadmin/
IrcHowTo#New_users_Connect_quickly_using


Real-time Collaborative NoteTaking (active now - free - no download -
enable popups)
www.jotlive.com/techconnect
(Pre-Planing and contemporaneous notes during the hearings)


Real-time blog of San Francisco Techconnect - www.webnetic.net

(only for presentations) USING LAPTOP COMPUTERS: Please contact City
Hall Media Services at (415) 554-4933 to coordinate the use of laptop
computers for presentations at the meeting. Computers to be used are
required to be tested in advance. The presenter should arrive 30
minutes prior to the meeting to connect and test their computer.

Venue:

City Hall
1 Carlton B Goodlett Pl
San Francisco



City Hall - Near Civic Center

Online Trip Planner for Public Transit
http://transit.511.org/tripplanner/index.asp

City Hall driving and parking information
http://www.sfgov.org/site/cityhall_index.asp?id=5244

Google map to City Hall
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+Carlton+B+Goodlett+Pl,+San+Francisco,
+CA+94102&iwloc=A&hl=en

Additional Info:

415-255-8035
www.webnetic.net