TTN at Cape Town Cycle Tour 2020
By JP Meijers
4 April 2020For a better version of this article, see The Things Forum:
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On 8 March 2020 the 42nd Cape Town Cycle Tour was held. It's an annual eve…
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The Things Network has an active forum space that allows people to discuss anything related to the network. it is is a great place to find other contributors and start discussing the setup of a community. You can create a new topic under the category: Campaigns with the name of your community. Write a first post in this topic to announce your existence and to find people who are interested in contributing.
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Only the core team of Western Cape can add forum topics
Are you active on Twitter? What about creating a new account for your community!
Have a look at The Things Network Amsterdam Twitter as an example. We have some guidelines for Twitter accounts:
- Write out "TheThingsNetwork" in your Twitter name (for example TheThingsNetworkAms)
- Use "TTN" for the Twitter Handle (for example: TTN_Amsterdam)
- You can use the logo shown in the community page as your profile picture
Create a Twitter account!
Connect gateways
Create coverage by connecting gateways.
The Things Network is currently developing their own gateways which will be in retail near the end of this year. You can pre-order these affordable gateways in the shop already.
You probably don't want to wait that long. Happily, The Things Network supports different kinds of gateways like the Multitech, Kerlink and Lorank. You can even build your own gateway.
In case you already have a gateway, you can add it to the map.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
Create a channel to communicate internally.
In order to communicate internally, we highly recommend you to create a Slack group. It is a free messaging app that helps organizing your team conversation and allows you to directly reach out to members.
You can also use other ways of communication, as long as you make sure people have easy access to join the conversation.
Have you created a channel? Great! Please fill in the link below so we can add it to the Resources section of the community page.
Only the core team of Western Cape can add the communication channel
UNLEASH TTN Western Cape
Congratulations! You have completed all the activities. It's time to kick-off The Things Network Western Cape and become an official community!
We would like to invite you to organize a launch event which is open for anyone to join. An open event is a great way to attract new contributors to the community and provides an opportunity to involve local press which helps in spreading the story of The Things Network even further.
You can find some tips for organizing a great event here.
See the press release of TNW about The Things Network here.
We recommend you to use Meetup for organizing the event. Other platforms like Eventbrite or Facebook can also be used as long as you make sure people can easily find and sign up for the event.
Have you set a date and found a location? Please inform us about it because Wienke, Johan, Rish or Laurens would love to (virtually) join the event. Please keep us up to date by sending a message.
Only the core team of Western Cape can set the launching event }}
Welcome to The Things Network
Our mission is to provide a free and open Internet of Things network covering the whole Western Cape. This network will provide data connectivity for a multitude of sensors that are used in the city, the vineyards and other remote areas. Think about thousands of soil moisture and temperature sensors all sending their data to the internet without having to be connected by 3G. Our network is crowdsourced, involving the area's citizens and local companies.
Since the beginning of January 2017 we have the first gateway active in Technopark, Stellenbosch, providing coverage to this tech hub, as well as the surrounding farms and part of the Stellenbosch city centre. The current coverage can be seen on this map. More gateways have recently been added in Green Point and Tamboerskloof, providing coverage to the Cape Town CBD.
In a few weeks, The Things Network kickstarter gateways will become available, dropping the price to contribute to this network.
Our story
Our mission is to provide a free and open Internet of Things network covering the whole Western Cape. This network will provide data connectivity for a multitude of sensors that are used in the city, the vineyards and other remote areas. Think about thousands of soil moisture and temperature sensors all sending their data to the internet without having to be connected by 3G. Our network is crowds…
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JP Meijers
Initiator For Stellenbosch Community
Richard Barry
Community manager
Paul van Spronsen
Radio expert
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Core Team
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Congratulations! Today is the 1-year anniversary of the community!
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Contact us
The best is to contact us in #westerncape on the main TTN Slack.
Sign up for Slack by going to the TTN console and then clicking on the Request Slack invite link at the bottom of the page.
Then join #westerncape on thethingsnetwork.slack.com
Alternatively you can contact me on jp AT ttnmapper.org
Contributors to Western Cape
The Core Team of Western Cape:
JP Meijers
Initiator For Stellenbosch Community
Richard Barry
Community manager
Paul van Spronsen
Radio expert
Reuben Honigwachs
Core Team
richjdavies
Core Team
Contributors:
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Jacques le Roux
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Ashley Verhulp
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Jason Berry
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LET YOUR PRESENCE BE KNOWN
Why not start with writing an update and share the existence of The Things Network community in your area. You can mention the plans and other action steps too.
Add post
The Things Network has an active forum space that allows people to discuss anything related to the network. it is is a great place to find other contributors and start discussing the setup of a community. You can create a new topic under the category: Campaigns with the name of your community. Write a first post in this topic to announce your existence and to find people who are interested in contributing.
Forum
Only the core team of Western Cape can add forum topics
Are you active on Twitter? What about creating a new account for your community!
Have a look at The Things Network Amsterdam Twitter as an example. We have some guidelines for Twitter accounts:
- Write out "TheThingsNetwork" in your Twitter name (for example TheThingsNetworkAms)
- Use "TTN" for the Twitter Handle (for example: TTN_Amsterdam)
- You can use the logo shown in the community page as your profile picture
Create a Twitter account!
Connect gateways
Create coverage by connecting gateways.
The Things Network is currently developing their own gateways which will be in retail near the end of this year. You can pre-order these affordable gateways in the shop already.
You probably don't want to wait that long. Happily, The Things Network supports different kinds of gateways like the Multitech, Kerlink and Lorank. You can even build your own gateway.
In case you already have a gateway, you can add it to the map.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
Create a channel to communicate internally.
In order to communicate internally, we highly recommend you to create a Slack group. It is a free messaging app that helps organizing your team conversation and allows you to directly reach out to members.
You can also use other ways of communication, as long as you make sure people have easy access to join the conversation.
Have you created a channel? Great! Please fill in the link below so we can add it to the Resources section of the community page.
Only the core team of Western Cape can add the communication channel
UNLEASH TTN Western Cape
Congratulations! You have completed all the activities. It's time to kick-off The Things Network Western Cape and become an official community!
We would like to invite you to organize a launch event which is open for anyone to join. An open event is a great way to attract new contributors to the community and provides an opportunity to involve local press which helps in spreading the story of The Things Network even further.
You can find some tips for organizing a great event here.
See the press release of TNW about The Things Network here.
We recommend you to use Meetup for organizing the event. Other platforms like Eventbrite or Facebook can also be used as long as you make sure people can easily find and sign up for the event.
Have you set a date and found a location? Please inform us about it because Wienke, Johan, Rish or Laurens would love to (virtually) join the event. Please keep us up to date by sending a message.
Only the core team of Western Cape can set the launching event }}