# The Things Network Drenthe

A local community of The Things Network: people building an open, free LoRaWAN® network for the Internet of Things in and around Drenthe.

- Country: [The Netherlands](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/the-netherlands/)
- Status: Campaign (a community getting started)
- Founded: 2016
- Members: 20
- Location: 52.8511, 6.6026
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/drenthe/

## About

Let's build an open, free and community-owned IoT data network for Drenthe! The goal of this community is to support the local community in Denthe to reach te goal of an Drenthe wide network. The secondary goal is to connect entrepreneurs an enthousiast in the local area to connect and interact and make interesting innovations an product development happen! So join the community in Drenthe and be part of the next industrial revolution!

The Thingsnetwork in Drenthe is supported by the Provincie Drenthe to create an provincie wide cover to the lora network. The idea behind this is to create an open community where innovation an experiment is possible for an wide audience. If you want to contribute, please join this community. Contributing can be in multiple forms. You can contribute knowledge, space or even an place for an access point if there is no coverage in your area yet. Contributing by providing your own access point would be the best of course. Also we like to organize workshops an hackatons to provide an better understanding on how to use this technology for the IOT revolution that is happening right now.

## Contact

Peter Groen p.groen@turtlecreations.nl

## Resources

- [TTN - Generic Presentation](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B49WRBg1NvMgM2lBcXRTU2ZqREU/)

## Recent updates

- [GRATIS! Kick-off-avond: New Technology-meetup (Emmen)](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/drenthe/post/gratis-kick-off-avond-new-technology-meetup-emmen.md) (2017-02-28)
- [What the Hackathon, 16/17 april 2016, Growing Workplace, Emmen](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/drenthe/post/what-the-hackathon-1617-april-2016-growing-workplace-emmen.md) (2016-04-07)