1. Community Health and Resource Centres – Community Developer's Meeting (Tracey & JP) Nov.13, 2007

2. Founders Emil Mitev, President Jean-Pierre Fiset, VP Ian Gough, Secretary Tracey Lauriault, Treasurer & Community Liaison Alexandre Lemieux, Member

3. Mandate ogWiFi is a non-profit Community Wireless Network (CWN) w/ volunteers operating on both sides of the Ottawa River helping private, public and civil sectors and citizens share their Internet connection with customers, the public & neighbourhoods

4. Aims to build a Community Communication Infrastructure to bridge the public and private spaces of our cities by:  bridging the digital divide in marginalized communities  enabling citizens to learn, use and play with technology  promoting democratic participation in the creation and maintenance of infrastructure

5. What is an ogWiFi hotspot? A location (café, community centre, resource centre, pub, private home, cooperative, social housing community room, field house, gallery etc.) that shares its Internet Bandwidth using ogWiFi's technology and services at no cost to anyone within the signals reach and who wants to use it

6. What it looks like

7. What do you need to be a hotspot? A router (Linksys WRT54GL) & some cable (cat5) A high speed Internet connection from a provider of your choice An annual membership fee ($50) Hotspot Provider Agreement

8. HotSpot 'Finder Map'

9. User Experience

10. Captive Portal Pages

11. Community Park users want to be outside with the kids, or work, use email, read the paper online, blog, etc. Coops, condominiums and social housing projects can share resources People want to work and play in their neighbourhoods

12. Business Models Users split fees, router sponsored by a supporting institution Local sponsor covers fees or serves the community by becoming a hotspot Centre/field house becomes a hotspot for a park, local area, its clients Partner with other groups or business in the community

13. Thanks to Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) - legal Wataru Watanabe - graphics Île sans fil à Montréal Flora.org Community Web – lists service Creative Neighbouhoods - support Christine McKay & Richard Balance - Computer Cooperix.net - authentication server

14. Contact ogwifi.ca info@ogwifi.ca Tracey Lauriault - 613 234 2805