Hallo!
Come by this Sunday, May 27th (i.e. tomorrow) at 1 pm in Sudo Room
for another BYOI Office Hours.
I'm personally looking forward to hearing about recent node mounts,
catching up with our exit nodes, drafting some interview questions (and
seeing who's willing to share their visions for and experiences with the
mesh), and thinking about maps.
Bring your projects, questions, and meshy vibes!
Hope to see you there,
Benny
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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.
Greetings!
This is your official notification re: Sudo Mesh's required annual board
meeting, to take place in two weeks:
*Tuesday, May 22nd @ 7pm @ Omni Commons (4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland CA)*
A draft of the meeting agenda can be viewed here:
https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/2018annualmtg
Nominations for officers and directors are now open. Requirements of the
directors are, formally:
> SECTION 3. DUTIES
>
> It shall be the duty of the directors to:
>
> (a) Perform any and all duties imposed on them collectively or
> individually by law, by the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation,
> or by these Bylaws;
>
> (b) Appoint and remove, employ and discharge, and, except as otherwise
> provided in these Bylaws, prescribe the duties and the compensation, if
> any, of all officers, agents and employees of the corporation;
>
> (c) Supervise all officers, agents and employees of the corporation to
> assure that their duties are performed properly;
>
> (d) Meet at such times and places as required by these Bylaws;
>
> (e) Register their telephone numbers and email addresses with the
> Secretary of the corporation and notices of meetings mailed, made by
> telephone or emailed to them at such addresses shall be valid notices
> thereof.
>
...as outlined in our organizational Bylaws
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o_6MSmXCAKUzko4lrOafVrNBRfUEmT_A/view>.
Jenny nominates:
* Marc Juul (current Director)
* Mai Sutton
* Ben
* Grant (current Director)
* Jorrit Poelen (current Director)
* Lesley Bell (current President)
* Benny Lichter
* Ben Goering
* Will Martin (current Secretary)
* Sierk Beij
* Robb Benson
* Eve Edelson
* Seth
* Blake
* Daniel
* Arthur Tilley
* Jehan Tremback (current Director)
* Jenny Ryan (current Treasurer)
... which is a board of 18 directors (our bylaws state a max of 19) - kind
of a lot but we have a lot of folks who've been committed and participating
regularly for nearly or over a year at this point!
Vote to remove due to inactivity / indirect involvement with the
organization (no offense guyz):
* Jake
* Andrew Dollard
*Please reply to this thread or privately if you do not wish to serve on
the Board. *All: you may nominate yourselves or others in addition to my
nominations for directors, as well as officers (currently President,
Secretary and Treasurer). Officers may also be re-elected. Current officers
are Lesley (President), Will (Secretary), and me (Jenny, Treasurer).
The organizational budget can be viewed at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QJetruKfHrO5bpaLDk_smXYpLSvGlzytda_…
We will also vote on establishing one or more committees, namely:
- An accounting/finance committee (see recent meeting notes at
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Accounting ) to better distribute
purchase / budgeting responsibilities
- An advisory committee (consisting of notable allies in community
wireless / net neutrality who could serve as advisors and advance our
fundraising abilities)
- Suggested: Node Mounting and Software/Firmware committees consisting
of experienced/"certified" volunteers with more formalized processes
around, for example, safety and access, respectively.
If you cannot attend the meeting in person but would like to participate,
remote participation is possible - just send a followup reply to this email!
<3
Jenny
Help open a professional kitchen at the Omni Commons in Oakland!
https://omnicommons.org/kitchen
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-Laurie Anderson
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
-Hannah Arendt
"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
-Stéphane Mallarmé
"Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon."
--Dave Sim, "Cerebus the Aardvark"
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`
Hey everybody,
A few of us have been discussing the possibility of starting a
"software/firmware working group" to handle some of the bugs and design
decisions that have been coming up as we develop and maintain various parts
of People's Open Network. In order to test out this idea, we will be
holding a knowledge share session tomorrow, Tuesday May 14th, from 5:30pm
to 7pm.
Mostly, we will be sharing ideas about our custom build of OpenWRT such
that more people feel comfortable making contributions to our firmware.
Additionally, we will have an in depth discussion of on-going projects and
look at parts of our software that are in need of attention.
Anyone is welcome to join this session, though it is highly recommended
that you are somewhat familiar with how the People's Open Network operates
and the code base and technologies being used to build the network.
Of course, we are still having our usual Tuesday evening organizational
meeting, so don't forget to add any topics you'd like to be discussed at
that meeting on Tue 14 May 2018, 7:30 - 9:00 PM PT.
>>> https://peoplesopen.net/notes <<<
Please add your discussion item(s) where it says "== Discussion: X ==" or
"== Proposal: X ==" and include any concise, relevant comments to inform
the discussion. Remember to also add the topic at the top under Agenda.
If you add something, we expect you to come to the meeting to give some
context and lead that discussion.
Thanks,
grant_____/@paidforby
Heyyo mesh peeps,
MARK YOUR CALENDARS —
We're going to have a BYOIBBQ potluck at Mosswood Park in Oakland on Sunday 20 May 2018 from 1:00 to 4:00ish pm!
WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING:
* food/drinks to share (if you can't contribute something don't let that stop you from coming)
* friends/family/neighbors who are interested in community wireless networks
* your raging enthusiasm for community wireless networks
ACTIVITIES:
* demonstrations re: roping/harnessing practices for possible application at future node mounts!
* slack lining!
* eating, drinking, and having a good time with others who want to build an inclusive, participatory, non-corporate internet!
Let me know if you have any questions.
peace,
Mai
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Hi all!
BYOI Office Hours will be held at 1 pm in Sudo Room this Sunday, May 13th. Sorry for the late notice this week!
We've been making a lot of headway (https://github.com/sudomesh/bugs/issues/34) on improving our build processes this week. Come join us to hack on things or learn more about the mesh.
I look forward to seeing y'all there!
Ben
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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, non-confrontational 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.
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Hey there,
This is your weekly reminder to add any topics you'd like to be discussed at the People's Open Network meeting on Tue 8 May 2018, 7:30 - 9:00 PM PT.
>>> https://peoplesopen.net/notes (https://peoplesopen.net/notes)
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Hi all!
BYOI Office Hours will be held at 1 pm in Sudo Room this Sunday, May 6th.
If folks are interested in getting their hands dirty, we'll be troubleshooting and repairing one or two existing sites afterwards. Office Hours will likely involve preparation for these visits, along with hacking on existing issues and skill-sharing for anyone wanting to learn more about the project.
Looking forward to seeing y'all there!
Ben
---
* 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, non-confrontational 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.
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Here are the SudoMesh meeting minutes from Tues, 1 May 2018.
Viewable online here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/1_May_2018 (http://People's%20Open%20Network%20Weekly%20Meeting%20-%201%20May%202018%207:30pm-9pm%20*…'s%20more%20work%20to%20do.%20*%20Jenny%20-%20she/her%20-%20had%20Omni's%20annual%20fire%20inspection.%20Passed!%20*%20Robb%20-%20he/him%20-%20also%20fire%20inspection.%20*%20Jorrit%20-%20he/him%20-%20biked%20over%20here.%20Enjoyed%20the%20sunshine.%20Nodes%20have%20been%20getting%20patched;%20still%20hacking%20on%20monitoring.%20*%20Sierke%20-%20I%20was%20gonna%20help%20serve%20coffee%20after%20mayday.%20Ended%20up%20going%20on%20a%20hike,%20spent%20a%20long%20time%20trying%20to%20drive%20back.%20*%20Scott%20-%20he/him%20-%20did%20some%20gardening.%20started%20some%20sourdough,%20coding%20*%20Marc%20-%20he/him%20-%20work.%20*%20Ben%20-%20he%20or%20they%20-%20went%20to%20OGP%20for%20rally,%20came%20here%20for%20finance%20mtg%20*%20Mai%20-%20she%20or%20they%20-%20went%20to%20OGP%20also,%20saw%20Bill,%20finance%20mtg%20-%20went%20well.%20last%20week,%20went%20to%20spy%20on%20Gotenna..%20J%20(works%20on%20crypto%20stuff),%20told%20Mai%20about%20dinner%20re:%20launching%20%22In%20The%20Mesh'%20magazine,%20made%20ppl%20uncomfortable,%20intro'd%20sudomesh.%20founder%20stated%20%22the%20goal%20of%20this%20project%20is…'s%20facilitator(s):%20%20%20==%20Check%20in%20on%20previous%20action%20item…'re%20willing%20to%20come%20to%20Omni%20to%20help%20us%20work%20out%20LoS%20…'t%20taken%20to%20confirm%20the%20patch%20worked.%20%20===%20Node%20Mounts%2…'s:%20Grant%20looked%20at%20it%20but%20it's%20very%20steep.%20It's%20three%20stories%20%E2%80%94%20and%20it's%20not%20straightforward.%20Grant%20says%20it's%20doable.%20Someone%20needs%20to%20volunteer%20to%20do%20it%20safely.%20Lesley,%20Max,%20Robb%20and%20Grant%20willing%20to%20do%20so%20**%20Ben:%20%20**%20Sierk%20has%20a%20key,%20can%20mount%20anytime%20**%20It's%20an%20important%20mounting%20location%20in%20East%20Lake,%20LOS%20to%20Laney.%20Good%20relay%20point%20from%20east%20lake%20to%20the%20hills.%20*%20A%20wild%20jake%20appears:%20We%20need%20new%20extender%20nodes%20@%20Hearth%20&%20TigerMonkey.%20%20Sunday?%20%22I'm%20available%20every%20day%22%20*%20Jorrit:%20Did%20some%20outreach%20in%2…'s%20mount:%20Fix%20link%20from%20Hearth%20to%20LiveLabs!%20**%20Volunteers:…'s%20volunteer:%20Ben%20*%20Notes%20from%20this%20past%20Sunday's%20session:%20%20**%20jorrit:%20We%20talked%20about%20ways%20to%20monitor%20the%20network%20and%20hacked%20on%20it.%20%20==%20Proposal:%20BYOI%20BBQ/Potluck%20==%20*%20Organize%20a%20BYOI%20BBQ/Potluck%20for%20May?%20*%20'''Consenso?'''%20Yes!%20%20==%20Proposal:%20Principles%20&%20Values%20==%20%20*%20Figure%20out%20our%20principles%20and%20values%20as%20a%20group%20%E2%80%94%20a%20means%20to%20better%20articulate%20our%20big%20goals%20and%20smaller,%20tangible%20objectives?%20**%20jnny:%20A%20reference:%20https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Values%20%20&&%20https://omnicommons.org/wiki/2014/05/03_Omni_Hackathon/Values%20***%20also:%20https://www.internetsociety.org/mission/%20*%20'''Consenso?'''%20Yes!%20**%20Scheduled%20for%20Tues%208%20May%20%20==%20Proposal:%20Purchasing%20Request%20Process%20==%20*%20From%20the%20Accounting%20WG%20Meeting%20**%20Purchase%20order%20accounts%20(possibly%20with%20cap)%20**%20Account%20Working%20Group:%20those%20with%20debit%20cards%20(chosen%20in%20some%20way)%20also%20need%20to%20approve%20purchases%20**%20Google%20form%20(such%20as%20/budget-requests)%20that%20goes%20into%20Trello%20(then%20forwarded%20to%20Rocket.Chat)%20then%20the%20Accounting%20Working%20Group%20approves%20that%20**%20Petty%20cash%20lockbox%20*%20Jorrit%20-%20sounds%20like%20we%20need%20to%20update%20the%20bylaws%20to%20account%20for%20having%20a%20committee%20**%20Did%20our%20changes%20from%20last%20year's%20meeting%20make%20it%20into%20the%20bylaws?%20**%20Jenny%20-%20yes,%20be…'re%20due%20for%20another%20board%20meeting.%20See%20proposal%20below.%20****%20Mai%20-%20something%20we%20mentioned%20at%20the%20accounting%20working%20group:%20having%20an%20advisory%20board.%20Basically,%20having%20more%20public-facing%20associations%20that%20don't%20actually%20gain%20any%20oversight.%20*****%20lesley:%20i%20think%20we%20want%20to%20be%20ensure%20that%20we%20maitain%20our%20flat%20structure%20and%20keep%20everything%20open%20as%20we%20talk%20about%20the%20board%20******%20ben:%20the%20advisory%20board%20would%20mostly%20be%20a%20way%20to%20get%20more%20people%20with%20public%20exposure%20and/or%20useful%20advice%20involved%20%20without%20giving%20them%20power%20by%20placing%20them%20in%20the%20board%20of%20directors.%20*%20sierke%20-%20(clarifies%20meaning%20of%20advisory%20board)%20**%20Also,%20I%20want%20to%20revisit%20what%20Lesley%20brought%20up.%20We%20don't%20have%20a%20formal%20membership,%20and%20I%20still%20see%20the%20board%20as%20similar%20to%20how%20Omni/Sudoroom/Noisebridge%20operate%20on%20a%20informal%20basis.%20We%20want%20the%20board%20to%20take%20the%20community%20that%20runs%20the%20mesh%20into%20consideration.%20It%20would%20be%20to%20formalize%20that%20in%20some%20sort%20of%20way%20to%20require%20the%20board%20to%20do%20so%20when%20making%20decisions.%20***%20Mai%20-%20to%20me,%20it's%20not%20entirely%20clear%20to%20me%20how%20involved%20one%20has%20to%20be%20to%20have%20a%20say%20in%20things%20(voting,%20blocking%20in%20consensus,%20etc.)%20****%20Also,%20I%20feel%20concerned%20about%20the%20recent%20online%20anonymous%20vote.%20*****%20Jorrit%20-%20I%20feel%20like%20that%20was%20born%20out%20of%20something%20I%20suggested%20in%20a%20different%20context%20-%20having%20a%20meeting%20in%20person%20with%20known%20parties,%20only%20to%20determine%20if%20consensus%20exists.%20%20==%20Proposal:%20Annual%20Board%20Meeting%20-%20Tuesday,%20May%2022nd%20@%207pm%20==%20*%20Requisite%20annual%20board%20meeting%20for%20Sudo%20Mesh%20-%20attendance%20may%20be%20remote%20*%20Self-nominate%20for%20director%20&%20officer%20positions%20(current%20officers%20are:%20Secretary%20-%20Will,%20Treasurer%20-%20Jenny,%20President%20-%20Lesley;%20directors%20are%20the%20aforementioned%20+%20Marc,%20Jake,%20Jorrit,%20Grant,%20Andrew,%20Jehan)%20*%20Review%20annual%20budget%20(newly-formed%20Accounting%20WG%20to%20present)%20%20==%20Action%20Items%20==%20*%20Set%20up%20patent%20alerts%20(juul)%20*%20Schedule%20meeting%20with%20Paxio%20to%20check%20out%20LOS%20to%20their%20building%20(mai)%20*%20Schedule%20meeting%20around%20safety,%20access%20strategies,%20etc.%20(Ben)%20*%20Talk%20to%20Traci%20re:%20D&O%20Insurance%20(jenny)%20*%20Follow%20up%20with%20Grant%20and%20Sierk%20(Ed)%20re:%20mounting%20a%20node%20on%20their%20roof.%20Getting%20proper%20rope/safety%20equipment%20(Lesley,%20Ben)%20*%20Organize%20Tues%208%20May%20meeting%20agenda%20for%20a%20discussion%20on%20shared%20principles%20and%20values%20(mai)%20*%20Draft%20board%20resolution%20re:%20finance%20committee%20(jenny)%20*%20send%20announce%20re:%20board%20mtg%20(jenny)%20%20==%20Breakout%20Groups%20==%20At%20the%20end%20of%20the%20meeting,%20break%20out%20into%20small%20groups%20to%20hack%20on%20or%20discuss%20specific%20topics.%20*%20%20%20==%20Last%20Meeting%20Notes%20==%20*%20https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/24_Apr_2018%20%20==%20End%20of%20Meeting%20==%20*%20please%20archive%20these%20meeting%20notes%20by%20copying%20the%20entire%20pad%20contents%20onto%20the%20sudomesh%20wiki%20*%20then%20please%20erase%20the%20contents%20of%20this%20pad%20*%20then%20please%20cut%20&%20paste%20a%20blank%20template%20from%20here:%20https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Mesh/Mesh_Meeting_Notes_Template&action=edit%20*%20previous%20meeting%20notes%20are%20archived%20here:%20https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Minutes)
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People's Open Network Weekly Meeting - 1 May 2018 7:30pm-9pm
* https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Safer_Space_Policy (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: BYOI BBQ/Potluck (5 mins)
* Proposal: Principles & Values (15 mins)
* Proposal: Annual Board Meeting - Tuesday, May 22nd @ 7pm
* Proposal: Purchasing Request Process (10 mins)
* Action Items (5 mins)
* Breakout Groups
=== Introductions ===
Introduce yourself: Name; Preferred Pronoun; Icebreaker Response; BRIEF Announcements
* Icebreaker question: What did you do for May Day?
* Lesley - she/they - cleaned my kitchen. There are now solar panels in the cage! Max has gotten the panels talking to the board, but there's more work to do.
* Jenny - she/her - had Omni's annual fire inspection. Passed!
* Robb - he/him - also fire inspection.
* Jorrit - he/him - biked over here. Enjoyed the sunshine. Nodes have been getting patched; still hacking on monitoring.
* Sierke - I was gonna help serve coffee after mayday. Ended up going on a hike, spent a long time trying to drive back.
* Scott - he/him - did some gardening. started some sourdough, coding
* Marc - he/him - work.
* Ben - he or they - went to OGP for rally, came here for finance mtg
* Mai - she or they - went to OGP also, saw Bill, finance mtg - went well. last week, went to spy on Gotenna.. J (works on crypto stuff), told Mai about dinner re: launching "In The Mesh' magazine, made ppl uncomfortable, intro'd sudomesh. founder stated "the goal of this project is that power be less centralized".- jehan was there too, j had given althea highest review.
** juul: should set up patent alerts for their company
=== Meeting Roles ===
* Facilitator/s: Mai
* Stacktaker: Ben
* Notetaker/s: Ben,
** URL of this pad: https://peoplesopen.net/notes (https://peoplesopen.net/notes)
* Next meeting's facilitator(s):
== Check in on previous action items ==
Check previous meeting minutes at https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Minutes (https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Minutes) and past action items below:
* Grant: Make moves on plan for PON e-commerce revenue stream (e.g. shirts, hats, stickers)
* grant: setup nightly builds of zeroconf firrmware (debug travis further) and tighen up openwrt build process
* ben: Jorrit and I are also discussing CI for monitoring tools. I think zeroconf is higher priority, though
** happening: githubcom/sudomesh/monitor
* grant: follow-up with Paxio to confirm 24Ghz antenna situation, suggest LOS from Omni (how do we align with their equipment?)
** mai: confirmed we need a pair of 24GHz airfibers
*** juul: 60GHz cheaper, 1 mile max
** mai: they're willing to come to Omni to help us work out LoS
* mai: schedule meeting for Account/Finances Working Group
* jenny: buy some shit ^_^
** ben bought box cutters and zip ties. jenny had already bought outdoor cable, standard rj45s and 2 sets of EZ crimpers. harness & rope in office or mesh area (compliance in a can) but can buy more. waiting on confirm from paxio re: 24ghz airfiber. jenny to perma-lend non-metric socket wrench set. omni a/v has walkie talkies we can borrow if we need, til we get out own set. so that leaves binoculars and metal snips (what are those?)
* jenny: follow up with devi / lolspace
** devi replied yesterday - two folks (Leo & Eri) will get back to us about sunday availability ^_^
* jenny & ben: more work into vehicle procurement
** not really
** juul: once we get specs, should pass it around to the local community to see if we can get a donation
== Updates & Reportbacks ==
=== Bugs/Technical ===
Priority bugs we need help with are located at: http://peoplesopen.net/helpwanted (http://peoplesopen.net/helpwanted) - For a high-level overview of recent Github activity, see the Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/r9l5ouQ4/3b2eecd83bb9e7a57a339cf1ee038288/sudo-… (https://trello.com/invite/b/r9l5ouQ4/3b2eecd83bb9e7a57a339cf1ee038288/sudo-…)
* jorrit: we were just patching things today. 16 home nodes to patch. Idea is to move them over to the new exit node. Thought is to upgrade that server to the new tunnel digger. We should have at least one back up. Slow but steady. Work arounds for babeld crashes — root causes not fixed.
* juul: We can update patching scripts to failover to previous state if certain actions aren't taken to confirm the patch worked.
=== Node Mounts & Outreach ===
Node Mounts Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/DtzngKaM/49e1c21fc9da199fcdeceb8623b5117a/node-… (https://trello.com/invite/b/DtzngKaM/49e1c21fc9da199fcdeceb8623b5117a/node-…)
* lolspace: date TBD
* Ed's: Grant looked at it but it's very steep. It's three stories — and it's not straightforward. Grant says it's doable. Someone needs to volunteer to do it safely. Lesley, Max, Robb and Grant willing to do so
** Ben:
** Sierk has a key, can mount anytime
** It's an important mounting location in East Lake, LOS to Laney. Good relay point from east lake to the hills.
* A wild jake appears: We need new extender nodes @ Hearth & TigerMonkey. Sunday? "I'm available every day"
* Jorrit: Did some outreach in my building, the N600s go down the halls and somewhat less good between multiple floors (need to be vertically aligned). Explaining it as a router with a VPN that extends your signal, and that seems to resonate
* Jenny: Got a laptop request from an organizer with Native Health Center, which is a few blocks northeast of the LOLspace/Village. Will hook them up with a laptop and breach the convo re: PON
=== Communications & Events ===
Comms Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/f3ugMPNU/94033ee6c2cef93fc1b1637b727c902a/sudo-… (https://trello.com/invite/b/f3ugMPNU/94033ee6c2cef93fc1b1637b727c902a/sudo-…) // Events Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/Y3XfDK85/2b6fcb4fa92788609692a53a96fb4614/peopl… (https://trello.com/invite/b/Y3XfDK85/2b6fcb4fa92788609692a53a96fb4614/peopl…)
* Toronto Mesh: State of Our Networks, July 13–18 https://ournetworks.ca/2018/ (https://ournetworks.ca/2018/)
** Proposal for sessions due May 7th
** https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/state-of-networks (https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/state-of-networks)
* Allied Media Conference, Detroit MI, June 14-16, 2018
** Planning cards on Trello
=== Internal Logistics / Finance ===
Internal Logistics & Bureaucracy Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/LzVQlW3X/1bb8bd543c8633688175365d2554c2c2/inter… (https://trello.com/invite/b/LzVQlW3X/1bb8bd543c8633688175365d2554c2c2/inter…)
* Accounting Working Group meeting minutes: https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/accountingwg (https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/accountingwg)
* Meeting next week Tues 8 May 5-6:30pm
== Next Sunday ==
=== Node Mount ===
We try to arrange a rooftop node mount every Sunday afternoon. Ongoing spreadsheet is located at: https://peoplesopen.net/sundays (https://peoplesopen.net/sundays)
* Next Sunday's mount: Fix link from Hearth to LiveLabs!
** Volunteers: jenny, ben, mai
** Jenny will ping Nick about also doing TMI
=== 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 (https://ethercalc.org/byoi_office_hours)
* Next Sunday's volunteer: Ben
* Notes from this past Sunday's session:
** jorrit: We talked about ways to monitor the network and hacked on it.
== Proposal: BYOI BBQ/Potluck ==
* Organize a BYOI BBQ/Potluck for May?
* '''Consenso?''' Yes!
== Proposal: Principles & Values ==
* Figure out our principles and values as a group — a means to better articulate our big goals and smaller, tangible objectives?
** jnny: A reference: https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Values (https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Values) && https://omnicommons.org/wiki/2014/05/03_Omni_Hackathon/Values (https://omnicommons.org/wiki/2014/05/03_Omni_Hackathon/Values)
*** also: https://www.internetsociety.org/mission/ (https://www.internetsociety.org/mission/)
* '''Consenso?''' Yes!
** Scheduled for Tues 8 May
== Proposal: Purchasing Request Process ==
* From the Accounting WG Meeting
** Purchase order accounts (possibly with cap)
** Account Working Group: those with debit cards (chosen in some way) also need to approve purchases
** Google form (such as /budget-requests) that goes into Trello (then forwarded to Rocket.Chat) then the Accounting Working Group approves that
** Petty cash lockbox
* Jorrit - sounds like we need to update the bylaws to account for having a committee
** Did our changes from last year's meeting make it into the bylaws?
** Jenny - yes, before we submitted the 501c3 application in August.: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g1aK1S301NBtbGVIQn-zY-fLPWw8pyHNHvaBTVb… (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g1aK1S301NBtbGVIQn-zY-fLPWw8pyHNHvaBTVb…)
** Jenny - (references existing bylaws) tl;dr: the board can create committees: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g1aK1S301NBtbGVIQn-zY-fLPWw8pyHNHvaBTVb… (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g1aK1S301NBtbGVIQn-zY-fLPWw8pyHNHvaBTVb…)
*** Brings up next thing: we're due for another board meeting. See proposal below.
**** Mai - something we mentioned at the accounting working group: having an advisory board. Basically, having more public-facing associations that don't actually gain any oversight.
***** lesley: i think we want to be ensure that we maitain our flat structure and keep everything open as we talk about the board
****** ben: the advisory board would mostly be a way to get more people with public exposure and/or useful advice involved without giving them power by placing them in the board of directors.
* sierke - (clarifies meaning of advisory board)
** Also, I want to revisit what Lesley brought up. We don't have a formal membership, and I still see the board as similar to how Omni/Sudoroom/Noisebridge operate on a informal basis. We want the board to take the community that runs the mesh into consideration. It would be to formalize that in some sort of way to require the board to do so when making decisions.
*** Mai - to me, it's not entirely clear to me how involved one has to be to have a say in things (voting, blocking in consensus, etc.)
**** Also, I feel concerned about the recent online anonymous vote.
***** Jorrit - I feel like that was born out of something I suggested in a different context - having a meeting in person with known parties, only to determine if consensus exists.
== Proposal: Annual Board Meeting - Tuesday, May 22nd @ 7pm ==
* Requisite annual board meeting for Sudo Mesh - attendance may be remote
* Self-nominate for director & officer positions (current officers are: Secretary - Will, Treasurer - Jenny, President - Lesley; directors are the aforementioned + Marc, Jake, Jorrit, Grant, Andrew, Jehan)
* Review annual budget (newly-formed Accounting WG to present)
== Action Items ==
* Set up patent alerts (juul)
* Schedule meeting with Paxio to check out LOS to their building (mai)
* Schedule meeting around safety, access strategies, etc. (Ben)
* Talk to Traci re: D&O Insurance (jenny)
* Follow up with Grant and Sierk (Ed) re: mounting a node on their roof. Getting proper rope/safety equipment (Lesley, Ben)
* Organize Tues 8 May meeting agenda for a discussion on shared principles and values (mai)
* Draft board resolution re: finance committee (jenny)
* send announce re: board mtg (jenny)
== Breakout Groups ==
At the end of the meeting, break out into small groups to hack on or discuss specific topics.
*
== Last Meeting Notes ==
* https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/24_Apr_2018 (https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/24_Apr_2018)
== End of Meeting ==
* please archive these meeting notes by copying the entire pad contents onto the sudomesh wiki
* 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… (https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Mesh/Mesh_Meeting_Notes_Temp…)
* previous meeting notes are archived here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Minutes (https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Minutes)
May 2, 2018 4:11 PM, mai(a)peoplesopen.net (mailto:mai@peoplesopen.net) wrote:
Hey there,
This is your reminder to add any topics you'd like to be discussed at the People's Open Network
meeting on Tue 1 May 2018, 7:30 - 9:00 PM PT.
https://peoplesopen.net/notes (https://peoplesopen.net/notes)
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