You can see tonight's minutes below or online here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/30_October_2018 (https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/30_October_2018)
'''People's Open Network Weekly Meeting - 30 October 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)
* Proposal X: (15 mins)
* Discussion Y: (15 mins)
* Discussion Z (15 mins)
* Action Items (5 mins)
* Breakout Groups
=== Introductions ===
Introduce yourself: Name; Preferred Pronoun; Icebreaker Response; BRIEF Announcements
* Icebreaker question: favorite icebreaker question/activity
* null - him/her - favorite icebreaker question is my favorite flavor of ice cream
* mai - she/they - i like ones involving favorite memories: favorite summer, or comfort item
* jenny - she/her - involved talking to the person next to you for 2 minutes and then you have to introduce them
* seth-he/they- does drinking alcohol count?
* ben (eenblam) - he/they - dunno if it'd be right for PON since we see each other every week, but 2 truths and a lie
* juul - he/him - why am i all alone in here?
* scott - he/him - describe a time when you were most happy
* benny - he/him - something you wish all your friends knew about you
* lesley - she/they/he - it's a hard question. I like, 'what is your final form?' although that's an extra hard question :p
== announcements ==
* mai: have an extra ticket for devsummit if someone wants to go - If so let me know via RC
* ben: in touch with Rudy from Monkeybrains about getting donated bandwidth, will text him tomorrow.
=== Meeting Roles ===
* Facilitator/s: ben eenblam
* Stacktaker: benny
* Notetaker/s: jenny, mai, swth
** 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:
* e-mail yar about tcp activities (benny)
** done!
* Reach out to insurance broker recommended by Jesse - Jehan
** jenny - I'll pick it back up and rope in Jehan, too
* e-mail some spaces about richmond tower link (benny)
** didn't get to it
** seth is getting good at Google Earth; might be cool if we could *show* places that can see it
* talk to marc about richmond tower server hardware (benny)
** juul says we don't have anything fancy to put there, but we do have some old servers we could use
** question for juul: what would be the ideal hardware we would want to put there? then: let's propose that to jonah and ask if he has anything similar--last time he came here, he said he probably had some hardware he would like to donate to us. in general jonah sounds super willing to help and collaborate--I think we should take him up on his energy in that regard. e.g. if we tell him at a high level what we want to happen there (e.g. run an exitnode) he might have good ideas. could have a breakout group to discuss our vision?
** benny: what would do with a server there?
*** scott: should we be able to have users share space on it?
*** benny: maybe we should just use this hardware for things in which the location is more important
*** eenblam: we should at least get an exitnode on there and random project hosting
*** juul: what if we had scuttlebutt & DAT on ithttps://www.reddit.com/r/all/
* create text for byoi eventbrite (mai)
** haven't done it yet (~_~) going to be gone for a lot of November, would like to hand it off
** benny - I can pick it up
== Updates & Reportbacks ==
=== Bugs/Technical ===
Priority bugs we need help with are located at: http://peoplesopen.net/helpwanted - For a high-level overview of recent Github activity, see the Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/r9l5ouQ4/3b2eecd83bb9e7a57a339cf1ee038288/sudo-…
* benny: grant made lots of progress replacing psychz exitnode with less expensive digital ocean droplet. currently blocked by:
** blocker: need to repoint disaster.radio to a new DO ip address. Who owns the DNS entry? Juul?
=== Node Mounts & Outreach ===
Node Mounts Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/DtzngKaM/49e1c21fc9da199fcdeceb8623b5117a/node-…
* benny: seth researched LOS to richmond from urban ore
* Follow up with Paxio?
* Archive mount
** ben: let's ask for rackspace
** juul: Would be really cool to peer with the archive, especially as a backup repo of content in the event of Internet going down
*** robb: hell ya!
** dedicating software working group this Thursday to further discussion - 5pm Thursday
** clear LOS from tower to urban ore based on google earth estimates
** discussed reconnecting w/ peef
* request for internets at Village's new site - Edes & Elmhurst
** juul: was going to write a proposal for Calyx subscription - $500/year, put it all in a box and secure it really well and have a mobile source of bandwidth w/ solar panel & battery!
*** widespread support for this idea
* Lesley - will test hardware for Jason. Maybe schedule weekend after next? Also, maybe we should upgrade currently scheduled hardware - he will soon have a fiber gigabit connection, so maybe get new equipment with higher throughput? In whihc case, installation would be delayed
** ben - e.g. a rocket for Benvenue. @lesley feel free to hit me up if you want to coordinate
*** lesley - sure! I was thinking this weekend or next. I need to confirm with Jason though.
*** ben - I'm out of town this weekend, but could work on gear next week and start hitting Benvenue folks up this week.
=== Communications & Events ===
Comms Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/f3ugMPNU/94033ee6c2cef93fc1b1637b727c902a/sudo-… // Events Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/Y3XfDK85/2b6fcb4fa92788609692a53a96fb4614/peopl…
* seth-tshirts
** woo!
* jenny - aaron swartz hackathon - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aaron-swartz-day-international-hackathon-eveni…
* trip to visit grant's puppet show on wednesday eve! https://www.drivewayfollies.com/ 3854 greenwood ave
=== Internal Logistics / Finance ===
Internal Logistics & Bureaucracy Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/LzVQlW3X/1bb8bd543c8633688175365d2554c2c2/inter…
* jenny - deadline for disaster.radio grant work is coming up on Friday - probably going to be hackin on it thurs night
== Next Sunday ==
=== Node Mount ===
We try to arrange a rooftop node mount every Sunday afternoon. Ongoing spreadsheet is located at: https://peoplesopen.net/sundays
* Next Sunday's mount: to be determined?
=== Office Hours ===
We host office hours every Sunday from 1-2pm in Sudo Room. To sign up for a shift, fill in your name here: https://ethercalc.org/byoi_office_hours
* Next Sunday's volunteer: Seth
* Notes from this past Sunday's session: x
== Action Items ==
* Get in touch with MonkeyBrains about donated bandwidth (ben)
* Working group to meet and plan out routing config for Archive mount on thursday 5-7
** juul, benny, null, mai, jenny, eenblam, grant, lesley
** send e-mail about richmond tower working group meeting (mai)
* create text for byoi eventbrite (benny)
* create poster for byoi event (benny)
* combine "node mount" and "office hours" sections in notes template (benny)
== Breakout Groups ==
At the end of the meeting, break out into small groups to hack on or discuss specific topics.
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== Last Meeting Notes ==
* link to previous meeting minutes
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/23_October_2018
== End of Meeting ==
* please archive these meeting notes by copying the entire pad contents onto the sudomesh wiki with the correct date format: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/30_October_2018
* then please erase the contents of this pad
* then please cut & paste a blank template from here: https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Mesh/Mesh_Meeting_Notes_Temp…
* previous meeting notes are archived here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Minutes
Hey there! Do you have questions about the internet? How it works? Why it
works? Who works it?
So do we!
Come (in costume!) to build-your-own-internet office hours today from 1-3pm
in sudoroom. Special guest Cereal Killer will be there to answer your
questions (and talk your ear off: https://youtu.be/xqh0y-eXIcY).
Afterwards, a number of folks are heading to Richmond for the Internet
Archive's family friendly Physical Archive Party (
https://blog.archive.org/2018/09/28/physical-archive-party-october-28th-201…
).
Bring your skates! 🌐🖥️🎃
--Benny
Hi everybody,
My company (Althea) is putting on 2 days of hands-on classes taught by
Graham from www.buildyourownisp.com. This will be on November 10th-11th.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/altheapalooza-tickets-51046373076
We will also have a couple small presentations by myself and my colleagues
on our particular Althea mesh software, but the overwhelming majority of
the event will consist of classes about setting up antennas, backhaul
connections, etc etc. We have been selling tickets to offset the cost, but
anyone from sudomesh or this email list can get in free (just email me
directly).
-Jehan
> Today's Topics:
>
>>
>> 1. BYOI Office Hours Tomorrow @Sudoroom 1ish - 4ish (Seth Carolina)
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Come one, come all to open office hours tomorrow!
>> I will plotting and scheming up new potential node mount locations with my fresh new copy of Google Earth Pro, as well as snacking it up with a wide variety of flavored crisps to suit everybody's umami taste receptors.
>> Hope to see you there!
>>
>>>
>>> --Seth
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> * 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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> Today's Topics:
>
>>
>> 1. BYOI Office Hours Tomorrow @Sudoroom 1ish - 4ish (Seth Carolina)
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Hey yall,
>> Were having the open office hours tomorrow. Maybe we can inventory stuff in the cage...
I'll bring junk food!
>> Hope to see you there!
>>
>>
>> --Seth
>>
>> ---
>>
>> * 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.
>>
>
>
