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From: Tracy Rosenberg <tracy(a)media-alliance.org>
Date: Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 12:28 PM
Subject: [omni-comms] Oakland Internet Choice
To: <mai(a)peoplesopen.net>, Omni Commons <commoner(a)omnicommons.org>
Hi folks,
I just wanted to reach out and say that we are really trying to locate
Oaklanders who have been pushed by their landlords to use a big incumbent
ISP. Their stories will assist with getting an Internet choice law in place
in Oakland. We will protect identities if necessary.
Seems pretty likely Sudo Mesh and PON has connections to some people who
tried to be a part of the mesh network and ran into landlord problems.
It would really help us if we could quantify some of that before our next
meeting with Oakland City government on March 6.
EFF kindly made a blog and survey sheet for outreach purposes. Could you
get the word out to your memberships?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/02/oakland-renters-deserve-quality-servi…
Solidarity,
Tracy
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Hello Sudo Mesh friends,
We decided to make every first Sudo Mesh meeting of the month a laid back hang out / newcomers' night. Instead of doing admin-planning-all-the-time, we wanted to make space to hang out over snacks and drinks. It's also a great time to welcome new folks who are interested in the project and want an informal setting to get to know what we're about.
* WHEN: 7:30 – 9:00 PM First Tuesdays of the month
* WHERE: Omni Commons Mezzanine (the area right above the main entrance, on the 2nd floor)
* OPTIONAL THINGS TO BRING: A laptop. Food or drinks to share.
We also FINALLY mounted our gear on the Internet Archive tower in Richmond! We got a 5Ghz airFiber up on their tower, hooked up to a server we placed in one of their racks down below. We are on our way to get a few gigs of donated bandwidth from the Archive. Woohoo! Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to make that happen. This Tuesday will also be an opportunity to celebrate that. :D
Event on Omni calendar: https://omnicommons.org/calendar/events/sudo-mesh-hang-out-newcomers-night
Whether you haven't been around in a while or it's your first time, we'd love to see you! So come by, say hi, and hang out.
cheers,
Mai
Today's Topics/Projects:
1. BYOI Office Hours Today@Sudoroom 1pm - 5pm (Null)
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-Look for the PoE Injectors for the Richmond Tower AirFiber
-Do more testing on the exit node for the Richmond Tower
-Try and fix the Hurricane Electric Exit Node Server
-Clean out the top of the stairs leading into the sudomesh cage
-Put labels on equipment that's already been inventoried.
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* What are BYOI office hours?
It serves two purposes:
1. A jumping off point for people interested helping with a scheduled
Sunday node mount, but who are not able to attend a Tuesday night meeting
or are not "in the know."
2. A friendly time for new people to get oriented to the project or just
ask general questions about networking, the internet, and their service
provider.
We may also use the time to hold training sessions on a topic of choice,
conduct outreach to potential node locations, address finances and
purchasing, or tackle any other outstanding issues.
Null
Heyo!
Last Sunday, six of us showed up to the Project Proposal Party! We ate snacks, stuck sticky-notes to monitors (see below), chatted about projects we were interested in proposing, and organized our thoughts in a pad (also see below).
I thought it was an effective way to gather a range of input, and to hear what's on people's minds--what their interests and priorities are at this moment in time.
So we're doing it again! If you want to get feedback on a proposal idea, come by sudoroom this Sunday from 1-3pm. If you can't make it to that region of spacetime, but you still want to be heard on Sunday, feel free to e-mail me your ideas, and I'll read them to whoever shows up.
I'll say it again because I think it's important: Be creative and exploratory! Let's not be afraid about presenting proposals that get rejected, or that it turns out nobody actually wants to do. That's a really important part of the process.
Sincerely looking forward!
--Benny
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'''People's Open Net Project Proposal Party' 13 January 2019''
=== Contents ===
Guideline for making project proposals (https://www.loomio.org/d/t96DoNbJ/what-should-a-project-proposal-look-like-…)
The proposal process: https://www.loomio.org/p/fYI1OUFW/project-proposal-process-v1
Tuesday's discussion about bounties, proposals, and other ways to focus on key goals this year (https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/08_January_2019#Discussion_Item:_Setting_up_…)
=== Note ===
Be creative and exploratory! Let's not be afraid about presenting proposals that get rejected, or that it turns out nobody actually wants to do. That's a really important part of the process.
=== Proposal Components ===
* Scope - What problem is this solving? What is the tangible solution being implemented?
* Timeline - How long will it take? (Start date, end date, and any other milestones.)
* Budget - What are the material and labor costs?
* Risks - Are there any potential blockers on progress? (E.g. is research required?)
* Outcomes / reporting requirements - What are the deliverables due at project end date?
* Collaborators - Who is responsible for completing the work?
* Accountability buddy / peer advisor - Who will check in with the collaborators and help them stay on track?
== Proposal Process Improvements ==
* Use a pad (this one?) to track ideas.
* If you want to elevate an idea to a proposal, fill out the above template and throw it into Loomio.
* Notify the appropriate channels (mailing list and rocket.chat) that a proposal has been proposed.
* If the proposal clears, create a card for it in Internal Logistics / Bureaucracy / Brainstorms with the Funded label (https://trello.com/b/LzVQlW3X/internal-logistics-bureaucracy-brainstorms)
== Categories of work we do ==
* Outreach
** Education
** Media: Videos
** Materials: Brochures
** Events
** Art grants
* Maintenance
** Hardware
** Software
* Core Operations
** Accounting / Bookkeeping / State Filings
** Legal / Insurance
** Documentation
** Fundraising
* Network Growth
** Uplinks/bandwidth: Internet Archive, Paxio, Monkeybrains (?)
** Node mounts
* New Development
** Calyx nodes
** App Layer
== Projects ==
* Votes (and participants)
** M = Mai
** P = Pam
** S = Seth
** E = Ben
** Y = Benny
** T = Tyler
* Instructional sticker to attach to nodes (seth) - PSEM
** Design + reliable print sourcing - T
** Note: there was work done on this a year ago: https://trello.com/c/W6uAEicR/13-node-stickers-for-denoting-ports-and-print…
*** jnny: and actually more recently than that: https://github.com/sudomesh/propaganda/commit/23ba8b78f8d69e7fc8405e1f60900…
** Private network name/password, admin name/password, mesh IP, our contact info (email)
* Neighbor/community outreach Brochure (mai) - TSPM
* Officers' Insurance (mai) - EYM
** insurance docs: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1evIojKxjyDb2FuJH0wuO9tZaY3zUIn44
** also need General Liability
* CALYX mesh-in-a-box (solar) (juul/jnny) - YPE
* Maintain/improve node flashing process - SM
** Create node flashing walkthrough for Windows PCs
* Rebooting/Fixing Hurricane Electric Exit Node (eenblam) - EM
** $X to visit
** $X + Y to also deal with extended issue
** Post mortem required
* Organizing / cleaning / updating the wiki, the propaganda repo, the website, the trello - YM
* Internet Archive Exitnode - P.
* Internet Archive Uplink- SY
* Extend and document community outreach process - E
** Who do we talk to?
** Ask what their needs are
** Update our goals if applicable
* Fundraising
** Monthly donation drive through Patreon
** Grant applications
** Fundraising docs: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4_Q7DQvNFT-SHRjd2I0QU02bEE
* Paxio Uplink
* What Jenny does [jnny: haha. bureaucracy-wrangling]
** Tax reporting and filing (benny)
*** 990s, 199s, RRF-1s, Business Tax Exemption, 1099s, SI-100s, End-of-Year Financial Reports, Annual & Projected budget
** Write checks to people
** Income and Expense tracking
* Design and POC of non-penetrating roof mounts (design and documentation) - T
*Internal help ticketing system? (C-desk/spiceworks)? --T
* Bring Nico back to facilitate a mapping workshop - Y
** Mapping what areas need connectivity
** jnny: East Oakland Collective is starting to do neighborhood asset-mapping workshops. Connect w/ Candice
* Privacy + security on the mesh pamphlet - T
*Backhaul network at Oakland fire stations for city wide network services? --T
* Update node tracking + key distro strategy
** To account for auto conf
** Management Way for people who want to give others/us admin privileges to do so
== General Ideas ==
* How to make the org more inclusive to women QTPOC
* Media/education budget
** Videos/Worskhops - P
** Classes on network basics?
* Community mesh art grant/residency - PY
