[Davisgig] Outreach/Visibility

francesca paola frapafi at gmail.com
Sat Feb 14 13:01:06 PST 2015


Hi
I'd like to help develop visuals for this project
(infographics/infoposters).

I have a background in visual art (BFA) and library information science
(MLIS).

Is there someone specific I should talk to or work already begun in this
area that I can see?

Francesca Fitzgerald
On Feb 14, 2015 12:00 PM, <davisgig-request at list.omsoft.com> wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 15:11:52 -0800
> From: Robert Nickerson <omrob at omsoft.com>
> To: "davisgig at list.omsoft.com" <davisgig at list.omsoft.com>
> Subject: [Davisgig] Update
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> Davis Gig Update
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> Hi All
>
> So what is the word for feeling bittersweet about the beautiful weather,
> are there any German speakers out there that have any ideas?
>
>
> Anyway here are some updates as to what has been going on over the past
> weeks.
>
> 1) A public facing website is in the offing, and should be online
> sometime in the next 2-3 weeks.
>
> 2) I met with John Paul of Spiral Internet in Nevada City. He is a
> tremendous resource, and is just about to start the Nevada City Fiber
> deployment. While it will not be municipal owned, it will be a
> "community network." He has offered to be our ally in this effort, share
> resources contacts, and time at city council meetings.  He has spent the
> last 2-3 years going to cities that put in fiber. Attending Connected
> Communities type conferences, assembling people to work with, and
> getting a 60% matching grant for the deployment through the PUC. Nevada
> City being a largely under-served market, that is an option available to
> them.
>
> 3) JP really recommended we attend the Connected Communities event in
> Austin. 3-4 people have offered to donate some funds to get us there,
> thank you to those that have. More is needed. There are registration
> tickets available for $195 so, that is very affordable, lets send
> multiple people if we can. There is also a 3 day FTTH certification
> course that would be excellent to attend.
>
> 4) We will be recording a radio interview with KDRT's "Davisville"
> program this Sunday 2/15 at 1pm. Its at Davis Media Access. While I will
> be on the program, we would really like another articulate member of the
> group that feels they could speak to the issue on the program. This will
> be a great media piece for us, it will be recorded and available online
> for people to listen to.
>
> PLEASE email me if you can make this interview.
>
> 5) Should be meeting with public power group in town here in a bit.
>
> 6) Davis Community Network will be doing strategic thinking and the
> board will be developing a plan to support this effort, through
> writing/publishing a white paper or doing public outreach depending on
> what is  needed.  In full disclosure, I am a member of that board, and
> about to take the presidency for the upcoming year.
>
> 7) I'd like to pull together another meeting of the group on 2/25 at
> 6pm. Sudwerk is good again, or Omsoft also works. I think we had about
> the max number of people we could get around like 3 tables at the last
> meeting and still be heard.
> At this meeting we should be close to being able to go somewhat public
> with the project, and I'll hopefully be able to report about some
> additional meetings I've attended.
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> Does anybody have anything they want to add at this point?
>
> Efforts you have put toward this goal over the past month?
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> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:02:57 -0800
> From: Jim Frame <jhframe at dcn.org>
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> On 2/13/2015 3:11 PM, Robert Nickerson wrote:
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> > So what is the word for feeling bittersweet about the beautiful weather
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> Shadenfreude (n):  knowing that we need rain really badly while totally
> appreciating the need to seek shade due to the warm sunny weather.
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> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:54:48 -0800
> From: Ted Swift <tjswift at omsoft.com>
> To: jhframe at dcn.org, davisgig at list.omsoft.com
> Subject: Re: [Davisgig] Update
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> At 10:02 PM -0800 2/13/15, Jim Frame wrote:
> >On 2/13/2015 3:11 PM, Robert Nickerson wrote:
> >
> >>So what is the word for feeling bittersweet about the beautiful weather
> >
> >Shadenfreude (n):  knowing that we need rain really badly while
> >totally appreciating the need to seek shade due to the warm sunny
> >weather.
>
> That's the word I thought of, too. But (and I presume you're jesting)
> I figured shadenfreude didn't quite fit: it's "the pleasure one takes
> in another's discomfort". This bittersweet feeling is more like
> "guilty pleasure": We know we need to eat our vegetables (get lots of
> rain), but we're eating the ice cream sundae (enjoy the beautiful
> weather). But I'm sure there's a good word in another language...
> -Ted
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> Ted Swift, Ph.D.      "The boundary is the best place to gain knowledge"
> tjswift at omsoft.com                  -Paul Tillich
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> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 23:02:44 -0800
> From: "Douglas A. Walter" <dawalter at dcn.org>
> To: davisgig at list.omsoft.com
> Subject: Re: [Davisgig] Update
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> Tee hee: we're confusing schadenfreude with "shadenfreude" -- Jim was
> generous enough to provide a definition for his portmanteau word.
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> On Feb 13, 2015, at 10:54 PM, Ted Swift wrote:
>
> > At 10:02 PM -0800 2/13/15, Jim Frame wrote:
> >> On 2/13/2015 3:11 PM, Robert Nickerson wrote:
> >>
> >>> So what is the word for feeling bittersweet about the beautiful weather
> >>
> >> Shadenfreude (n):  knowing that we need rain really badly while totally
> appreciating the need to seek shade due to the warm sunny weather.
> >
> > That's the word I thought of, too. But (and I presume you're jesting) I
> figured shadenfreude didn't quite fit: it's "the pleasure one takes in
> another's discomfort". This bittersweet feeling is more like "guilty
> pleasure": We know we need to eat our vegetables (get lots of rain), but
> we're eating the ice cream sundae (enjoy the beautiful weather). But I'm
> sure there's a good word in another language...
> > -Ted
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> > Ted Swift, Ph.D.      "The boundary is the best place to gain knowledge"
> > tjswift at omsoft.com                  -Paul Tillich
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