TWiFi
member Steve Goldberg attended the Community
Wireless Network Summit in August. See his blog
for details. Steve also has a great list
of hotspots in Cleveland.
Loaner
laptops have been distributed to all TWiFi sites in Tremont. Just
ask.
TWiFi
benefit at Southside on Tuesday, August 17th raised over $200 for the
Lincoln Park project.
TWiFi's
Fishing for Floppies a hit at Taste of Tremont. We raised over $200 for
the Lincoln Park project.
We could not have done it without the help of our community. Special thanks
to: NEOSA for the floppies, fishing poles, and gifts, Peter and Sally
who lent us the tent, Patricia, Barb, and Walter from Taste of Tremont
for help with location and promotional materials, Doug for helping in
so many way, Natalie for prize selection, Cool Cleveland for telling the
world, Marianne and John for general support, Deane for excellent salesmanship,
Councilman Joe Cimperman, and our spontaneous teen volunteers: Teresa,
Mary, and Lee. TWiFi is equally about community as well as technology
and this event proved it.
WCPN's
report on Cleveland's underground tech scene included an interview in
Tremont Scoops about TWiFi. Who knew TWiFi would be part of the underground:
Listen!
OLDER NEWS
We raised over $600 from our 14 December Waffle Breakfast and Raffle. Thanks to Tremont Scoops, Shaker Cycle, Texcel, and all the people who supported the fundraising effort.
Raffle Winners:
1st: GT Tracy
2nd Jim and Kathy Ptacek
3rd: Tom Furnas
Thanks again to everyone. We will be using to proceeds to get at least two more Hotspots started in Tremont. Stay tuned...
CPL's Jefferson Branch now has WiFi!
See the 11/20 article on TWiFi in Crain's Tech.
TWiFi Raffle: Wireless PDA and other geek toys donated by TEXCEL, Inc., and more. Tickets available at Tremont Scoops , Grumpy's, and Civilization. See the Bike at Tremont Scoops and see the Wireless Basket at Civilization. A list will be posted here soon.
We sold over 100 tickets to our October TWiFi Breakfast Benefit was a huge success. We sold over 100 tickets and met many new friends and supports. Special thanks to Tremont Scoops for donating the waffles.
TWiFi needs volunteers from technical support to PR.
