[isoc-ny] NYC Mesh Newsletter

[ISOC-NY announcements]

An update from NY Mesh. They are really making strides. Note the bit about
tax-free donations. If anyone needs a formal receipt we can provide one.
The Jan 11 Meetup will be livestreamed.

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From: NYC Mesh <brian at nycmesh.net>
Date: Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 8:36 PM
Subject: 2017 Newsletter



NYC Mesh community-owned network

Welcome to our new members!
We had a large increase in the number of new members over the past two
weeks. If you filled in our "Join" form
<https://nycmesh.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf667149616fd293afa115f5a&id=230036815e&e=ccdecd7a67>
you would have received an email within 24 hours. Please look in your spam
folder if you didn't see it, or email us
<install at nycmesh.net?subject=Join%20request>.

We have a "State of the Mesh" meetup on January 11
<https://nycmesh.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf667149616fd293afa115f5a&id=54a4529e45&e=ccdecd7a67>.
This is a larger meetup where we will have presentations on what we have
done through 2017 and our plans for 2018. Please RSVP and arrive early as
it will be crowded.

Net neutrality has been in the news a lot, and we'd like to remind you
that NYC Mesh is a neutral network that does not block or discriminate
content. NYC Mesh does not collect, store, monitor, or log any user traffic
or content that passes through our network. If you don't trust ISPs or
government regulations, a community-owned network is a great solution.

We have received many donations and subscriptions
<https://nycmesh.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf667149616fd293afa115f5a&id=99d5a5119a&e=ccdecd7a67>
over this month. To fund our first supernode we need only 30 more monthly
subscriptions. Once we have this cost contained we will be able to expand
and add more supernodes to our network. All donations are tax
deductible through our 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor, ISOC-NY. *Consider
donating today to get a tax break for 2017
<https://nycmesh.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf667149616fd293afa115f5a&id=360e107207&e=ccdecd7a67>.*

We've done many interviews over the past couple of weeks. Here are a few of
the publications that mention us-
*Fast Company*: Want To Guarantee Net Neutrality? Join ...
<https://nycmesh.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf667149616fd293afa115f5a&id=21d80476a2&e=ccdecd7a67>
*Inverse*: Is It Time To Build Your Own Internet?
<https://nycmesh.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf667149616fd293afa115f5a&id=87d41b8095&e=ccdecd7a67>
*Fortune*: Interest in Local Broadband?
<https://nycmesh.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf667149616fd293afa115f5a&id=d463448df7&e=ccdecd7a67>
*Motherboard*: Building a Community Internet Network
<https://nycmesh.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf667149616fd293afa115f5a&id=0f369aa35d&e=ccdecd7a67>
*Coindesk:* The Fight for Net Neutrality
<https://nycmesh.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf667149616fd293afa115f5a&id=8d547f1342&e=ccdecd7a67>

To give you an idea how crazy things have been this December, here is a
graph of our monthly join requests for the past few years:



We have a FAQ (https://nycmesh.net/faq/
<https://nycmesh.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf667149616fd293afa115f5a&id=d348afeb4c&e=ccdecd7a67>)
that helps to explain our network. If you are ready to install a router you
can fill in our form (https://nycmesh.net/join/
<https://nycmesh.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf667149616fd293afa115f5a&id=e531785485&e=ccdecd7a67>
).
<https://nycmesh.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf667149616fd293afa115f5a&id=5f2cb28cb5&e=ccdecd7a67>
<https://nycmesh.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cf667149616fd293afa115f5a&id=22e03342fe&e=ccdecd7a67>
*Copyright © 2017 NYC Mesh, All rights reserved.*




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Joly MacFie
President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)
http://isoc-ny.org          218 565 9365 <(218)%20565-9365>
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