Why Participate

Why do people get involved in Bristol Wireless?

Different people have different motives for participating in Bristol Wireless. They can include:

• Geek factor: technically minded people who wish to find a project to which they can contribute their skills in their spare time;
• Network belief: people who believe networks benefit communities;
• Content creation: people who wish to create content (video, photography, words, music, speech) for distribution via the network;
• Contributor/consumer: modern society is based around consumption. However, ICT tools have now made it easier than ever to make an active contribution instead of passively consuming;
• Gain new skills: share your skills and learn others from other contributors to the project
• Political reasons: well, we are a co-operative advocating free and open source software after all!