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Bring Your Own Internet (BYOI) - Office Hours Today

by Jared Null

Today's Topics/Projects: 1. BYOI Office Hours Today@Sudoroom 1pm - 5pm (Null) ============================================ -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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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

6 years, 8 months

Meeting agenda 15 Jan 2019

by mai＠peoplesopen.net

Hey there, This is a reminder to add any topics you'd like to be discussed at the People's Open Network meeting today, Tues 15 January 2018, 7:30 - 9:00 PM PT. >> https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/notes (https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/notes)

6 years, 8 months

Continue to Gather Proposals Party, Sunday 1-3pm ish

by Benny Benny

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 -------------------------- '''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

6 years, 8 months

Meeting agenda 8 Jan 2019

by mai＠peoplesopen.net

Happy New Year y'all! The People's Open Network/Sudo Mesh meetings will resume tomorrow, Tues 8 January 2019, 7:30 - 9:00 PM PT. >> https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/notes (https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/notes)

6 years, 9 months

Project Proposal Party, Sunday 1-3pm ish

by Benny Benny

Hallo! Following our work towards a guideline for making project proposals (https://www.loomio.org/d/t96DoNbJ/what-should-a-project-proposal-look-like-…), and last Tuesday's discussion (https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/08_January_2019#Discussion_Item:_Setting_up_…) about bounties, proposals, and other ways to focus on key goals this year, let's draft some project proposals! If you want to get and give feedback on proposal ideas, or you just want company while you write, come by sudoroom this Sunday from 1-3pm* and we'll workshop proposals together. Please come with specific proposals in mind (or, even better, in hand!) I think we'll get the best breadth and depth of proposals if we start from a bunch of different ideas and mix & match & remix, rather than starting from scratch as a group. Here's a reminder of all the parts of a proposal: 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? Be creative and exploratory! As far as I know, this will be sudomesh's first time organizing work with budgeted proposals, so I think it's safe to say that we don't know what we're doing here :) So 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. By the end, I expect we'll have a bunch of good proposals to bring to next Tuesday's meeting! Hope to see ya Sunday. --Benny * We're overlapping with normal office hours, which will still occur at the normal time. We can move to a different room if we feel like it.

6 years, 9 months

FYI, "Iran’s Social Media Shutdown in Global Perspective" Jan. 22

by Eve Edelson

If I have the energy so soon after I get back, I will go to this talk at Stanford: "Iran’s Social Media Shutdown in Global Perspective" detailed description here: https://www.facebook.com/events/366799494054856/ or here: https://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/events/partial-eclipse-net-irans-socia…

6 years, 9 months

A Grand Re-Opening of the Public Domain / Jan. 25th / 10am-7pm

by Benny Lichtner

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-grand-re-opening-of-the-public-domain-ticket… Co-hosted by the Internet Archive <http://archive.org/> and Creative Commons <https://creativecommons.org/>, this celebration will feature a keynote addresses by Lawrence Lessig and Cory Doctorow, lightning talks, demos, multimedia displays and more to mark the “re-opening” of the public domain in the United States. The event will take place at the Internet Archive in San Francisco.

6 years, 9 months

Meeting minutes 11 Dec 2018

by mai＠peoplesopen.net

You can see last week's Sudo Mesh meeting minutes here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/11_December_2018 (https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/11_December_2018) --- '''People's Open Network Weekly Meeting - 11 December 2018 7:30pm-9pm''' * https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Safer_Space_Policy === Agenda === * Introductions and Meeting Roles (10 mins) * Check in on previous action items (5 mins) * Updates & Reportbacks (20 mins) * Next Sunday (5 mins) * Discussion: Oakland Comms Choice Language (15 mins) * Action Items (5 mins) * Breakout Groups === Introductions === Introduce yourself: Name; Preferred Pronoun; Icebreaker Response; BRIEF Announcements * Icebreaker question: * Eve - she - DuckDuckGo privacy extensions * Benny - he - AdBlocker, TreeStyleTabs or sthg? * Scott - he - AdBlocker * seth - he/they-cookies autodelete * Gautam - he - Privacy Badger * Steven - he - Tabs Suspender * robb - he - AdBlock, NoScript, HTTPS * jenny - she/her - AdBlock, NoScript, HTTPS, lastpass, zotero * marc - he - put question as trying to make browser less trackable. had too many extensions. . Privacy Possum, written by a sudomesher * yar - she - not to be a downer but adding privacy extensions actually makes you more trackable bc of your fingerprint, better is to integrat these upstream into firefox. could run tor, but actually tbh running internet explorer in a win10 VM might be your best route * jehan - he - adblock. tried Brave, but isn't my default for reasons * lesley - wtvr she/they - adblock+, ..block origin * doyouhaveamirror - we/us - adblock+ * mai-remote - she/they - privacy badger, httpseverywhere, treestyletabs (great for tabs addicts...) * null-remote - he/him - tree-style tabs ublock origin * blake - n/a - wrote privacypossum, have a job now so havent worked on it so much === Meeting Roles === * Facilitator/s: scott * Stacktaker: benny * Notetaker/s: lesley jenny ** URL of this pad: https://peoplesopen.net/notes == Check in on previous action items == Check previous meeting minutes at https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Minutes and past action items below: * ewaste pickup (breakout session after meeting) ** CiviCorps form: http://www.civicorpsrecycling.org/e-waste-pick-request-form/ (company is Omni Commons, anyone can submit) * jehan on insurance stuff: he and ben worked on this a few weeks ago. if we have exposure we dont tell them about (eg going on roofs) can make us default lost our policy. think we have to state we go on roofs. Was going to follow up with NCIA and see how we can characterize it and what that would do to the price of insurance. Also, are there possibilities like having people sign waivers? ** if it's extremely expensive need to decide if it's worth the risk **Scott - officers could be disallowed from going on roofs ** Jenny - other option is spin up LLC that does installations specifically * put proposal to fund participation in Nonprofit Democracy Network Gathering (mai) ** mai: decided to hold off on putting this proposal on Loomio bc I needed to apply and I don't even know yet if we'll be accepted (and therefore have to pay). Also for expenditures < $2000 that can go to the Accounting WG anyway. * review project proposal process (next week) - all ** proposal process discussion: https://www.loomio.org/p/YAXhzclP/project-proposal-process-v2 * schedule holiday party (maybe the 15th? - Loomio? could someone take this on? ** jnny: ballroom is utterly free w/ no pending requests for the 14th, free after 2pm the 15th, free until 430pm Sunday the 16th (4:30pm setup for Liberated Lens' "Best of the [Film] Fest" event - +100 solidarity

6 years, 10 months

Meeting agenda 4 Dec 2018

by mai＠peoplesopen.net

Hey there, This is a reminder to add any topics you'd like to be discussed at the People's Open Network meeting today, Tues 4 December 2018, 7:30 - 9:00 PM PT. >> https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/notes (https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/notes)

6 years, 10 months

BYOI Office Hours Today

by Jared Null

Today's Topics: 1. BYOI Office Hours Sudoroom 1pm - 4pm (Null) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I'll be doing inventory of the cage, there will be a few of us come with questions(maybe I can answer em) or just to hang. --- * 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

6 years, 10 months

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