MissionStatement for PersonalTelco:

Personal Telco is a grass roots effort to empower people to build the infrastructure through which their data flows. By creating, packaging and disseminating Open Source tools, documentation and community support we are building city wide networks which are open to, and maintained by, the public.

A possible rewrite:

Personal Telco is a grass roots effort which empowers communities to build networks through which they exchange information. By creating, packaging and disseminating Open Source tools, documentation and community support, we are building city wide networks which are open to, and maintained by, the public.

another possible rewrite:

Personal Telco is a grassroots effort to help communities build alternative communication networks. By creating, packaging and disseminating Open Source tools, documentation and community support, we are building city wide networks which are open to, and maintained by, the public.

Other Thoughts

For more thoughts you might like to see OurCharter page which was the prequel to this one.

Here is the Association for Community Networks (http://www.acfn.org/) definition of Community Networking:


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