========================================================== Announcing the Wireless Battle Mesh v5 (26th of March - 1st of April 2012, Athens, Greece) ==========================================================

The next 'Wireless Battle of the Mesh' will take place from Mon 26th till Sun 1st of Arpil in the center of Athens (close to the acropolis), Greece. The event aims to bring together people from across the Globe to test the performance of different routing protocols for ad-hoc networks, like Babel, B.A.T.M.A.N., BMX, and OLSR.

If you are a mesh networking enthusiast, community networking activist, or have an interest in mesh networks you have to check this out!

Informations about the event are gathered at: http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV5

Location ========

The (optional) WBMv5 Warmup event takes place in Sarantaporo (rural area in range of the Olympus mountain). The main event happens at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in the very center of Athens.

Registration ============

Registrations will be available at different hackerspaces (Fusolab, HSBXL, /tmp/lab, metalab, CCC, ...) and on the official website for the event at: - http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV5_Warmup - http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV5

Fees ====

The warmup requires a small fee to cover the transportation costs to Sarantaporo. The main event is free of charge. We offer the possibility to reserve a low-cost bed close to the NTUA for you.

Spread the word ===============

Feel free to spread the word by forwarding this mail to all lists / people that might be interested in it. Also blogging about the event is more than welcome!

Contact =======

* Web: - http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV5_Warmup - http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV5 * Email: http://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh * IRC: irc.freenode.net #wbmv5