Ethos Masters of the Muni-Verse Challenge Contest
**The Ethos Group announces our first* Masters of the Muni-Verse Challenge*, a contest to identify and share the best free online resources available on municipal and community broadband with fabulous prizes.* * Send us your recommendations for the best freely available municipal broadband resources by filling out our online entry form at http://www.ethoswireless.com/mastersofthemuniverse. We'll choose the top 100 and make them available to everyone. Your suggestions will help shape The Ethos Group's* *upcoming *Municipal Broadband Online Resource Center and Toolkit. ** *Contest entries must be received by *April 23th, 2007.* *1st Prize.* Complimentary registration and $500 travel stipend for *the International Summit for Community Wireless Networks May 18-20, 2007* at Loyola College in Columbia, Maryland (www.WirelessSummit.org) and a half-pound box of fair trade organic hand-made chocolates delivered to your door from www.luckychocolates.com. *2nd Prize.* Complimentary registration and $250 travel stipend for the International Summit for Community Wireless Networks. *What is a "resource"? *Resources are broadly defined and open to your interpretation but may include: articles, blog posts, educational materials, organizing tools, municipal documents such as task force report, original research, white papers, presentations, maps, graphs, analysis tools, websites, critiques, or even other resource lists. *What topics are the Ethos Group looking for? *Ethos is looking for useful tools for community organizers, decision-makers, implementers, and residents and may span (but are not limited to) topics such as: case studies, business models, technical information and comparisons, digital inclusion initiatives, rural connectivity, public health and safety, disaster response, policies and governance, do-it-yourself networking, as well as more general information on broadband and how it works. More contest details, rules, and fine print can be found at http://www.ethoswireless.com/mastersofthemuniversedetails
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Michael Maranda