This page is no longer used. Please see the MissionStatement page. -- AdamShand

What is our charter, this is currently under discussion. What are your Ideas? Here are some links that talking about writing a mission statement. I like the last one best. Some ideas I think are important, please add your own:

• Building actual physical communities using networking technology
• Using technology to bring people together instead of providing new ways for them to talk apart.
• Providing broadband internet access (and maybe email/web/etc hosting) in neighborhoods which don't have access either physically or financially.
• A grass roots organization dedicated to taking back the internet from the corporations and returning it to the people.

HazeHead says:I think the charter should include a reference to the telco industry's (and other "Last mile" providers') tendency to levy large "access" fees, when they are providing little more than the infrastructure. This is a contributing factor to the grassroots push towards wireless access, in my opinion.

For example: why does a DSL line require a $20-50 monthly charge billed to your telephone bill, in addition to your ISP fees? Why does Qwest [or insert your local telco here] get as much or more than the service provider? What are the actual costs of maintaining the copper, and do they warrant these large fees?

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• -- LonnieWormley

The SFLan manifesto page http://www.sflan.com/index.html#manifesto may contain some clues for us to follow.

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