Calling all node whispers and potential PONIs (Peoples Open Node
Installers)!
The next Build Your Own Internet office hours* is tomorrow, Sunday April
14th from 1pm to late afternoon in SudoRoom
<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Directions>.
During last week's office hours, we discovered a critical bug in the
operation of the People's Open Network. So called BUG #27
<https://github.com/sudomesh/bugs/issues/27> prevents mesh connections,
bridged by roof mounted nodes, from providing internet access to the remote
node.
Therefore, I'm proposing that we freeze work on any node mounts and put all
hands on deck to resolve this bug.
A few other node whispers and I will be around SudoRoom today and Friday to
work on this issue. Anyone interested in helping out and learning about
whispering to extender nodes is encouraged to stop by. If we are so lucky
as to resolve this bug in the next 2-3 days, then, on Sunday, I would like
to hold the first session of the "Extended Extender Node Whisperer
Extension Program," where you can learn how to detect bugs like #27 and set
up your own wireless point-to-point link using directional WiFi antennas
(i.e. extender nodes).
Hope to see y'all Sunday!
grant_____(@paidforby)
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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.*
Hey Meshers,
Instead of our regular PON/Sudo Mesh meeting, this Tuesday 10 April at 7:30pm we will be having a deeper dive strategy meeting to plan out our next few months ~ year.
Here are the meeting minutes from a few weeks ago where we discussed why we're having this, as a follow up to the one we did a few months ago: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/27_Mar_2018#Breakout_Meeting:_Strategy_Meeti… (https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/27_Mar_2018#Breakout_Meeting:_Strategy_Meeti…)
Below is a very rough outline of what we hope to cover and leave the meeting with:
* Identify three important projects, centered on getting bandwidth, building out the backbone in specific neighborhoods, etc.
* These projects should inform our communication, messaging and outreach
* Accountability — attaching specific people to tasks/projects with dedicated timelines - have at least 3 people per target area so it doesn't fall on any one person
* Clarify how BYOI office hours fold into the projects. How do we best align that time for outreach and training with our larger goals and projects?
* Reconcile allocation of time, energy, and infra with goals by first reaching out to other communities (as described above) and then allocating physical resources to support communities that are organizing.
* i.e. provide workshops at other spaces with folks who live there, then act based on their needs
I'll follow up in the next few days with a draft agenda for us to refine before we go into our meeting Tuesday evening.
Cheers,
Mai
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w00t!
this is for the grant app
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bv5qjzsAPexpmIAEUj_ddQe50nsHUz9jy4paAxf…>
I wrote up last month to the People's Life Fund (No War Tax Grant) for
funding a combo-project of disaster.radio, the laptops project, the
hackpack project and the BYOI workshops.
please reply here if you'd be interested in helping to facilitate a
workshop on digital literacy, digital security, hardware and/or electronics
hacking - a component of the hackpack project <http://hackpack.me> juul and
i initiated some years ago to distribute backpacks with all the basic tools
and equipment one needs to hack the planet ^_^ it's be great if we could
have an equal number of participants and instructors / helpers!
additionally, our check from Mozilla finally arrived!! let's order some
gear :D
--
Jenny Ryan
People's Open Network <https://peoplesopen.net>
*Building a community-owned and -operated wireless network in Oakland,
California!*
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Martha Cain <mcain7(a)sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 7:11 PM
Subject: PLEASE RESPOND for 2018 Grant from the People’s Life Fund
To: "jenny(a)peoplesopen.net" <jenny(a)peoplesopen.net>
On Sunday, April 1, 2018 11:38 AM, Jonathon Marley <
marley(a)stanfordalumni.org> wrote:
Dear Jenny,
The People's Life Fund (PLF) is pleased to award Sudo Mesh a grant
of $2,500 for your work in 2018.
We request the honor of your presence at the PLF Granting Event on Sunday,
April 15 (details below) to receive your check. One of our priorities is
to fund groups that include in their leadership the people impacted by the
work of the organization. Thus, we invite you to bring participants to
help receive your organization’s grant award.
Please *Reply All to this email by April 9* to confirm that your group will
accept this grant and to let us know the name(s) of the person(s) who will
attend to receive the check on behalf of your organization. We would like
them to make a one-minute statement about the project for which the grant
will be used.
*When:* Sunday night, April 15, 2018
6:00-6:30 Potluck (please bring something to share)
6:30-8:00 Granting ceremony
8:00-8:30 Dessert & Networking
*Where:* Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar Street,
Berkeley, CA
<https://maps.google.com/?q=1924+Cedar+Street,+Berkeley,+CA&entry=gmail&sour…>
(eight blocks from North Berkeley BART station)
The People’s Life Fund is a project of Northern California War Tax
Resistance. The funds for PLF grants come from interest earned on a pool
of income tax dollars that activists refuse to pay to the federal
government because they cannot in good conscience support the government’s
use of these taxes for military purposes. Instead they choose to re-direct
them to community organizations through the PLF.
We encourage you to spread the word that war tax resistance is happening in
the U.S. and that the dollars not paid to the IRS are being used positively
by groups like yours to promote social justice and peace, for the health of
the planet, and to move our world toward a new sharing economy.
Specifically, we request that Sudo Mesh lists us among its funders as: “War
Taxes Redirected by the People’s Life Fund.”
Finally, *we would greatly appreciate hearing from you no later than
December 1, 2018* regarding how your project is progressing. Please send
us a short report – no longer than one page, please! – describing how the
funds were used and what impact they have made on the work you do.
Feel free to call or email with any questions you might have. We
appreciate your commitment to justice and peace and thank you for giving us
the opportunity to support your valuable work.
Kind regards,
Jon Marley
People's Life Fund
P.O. Box 2422
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510) 842-6124
NoWarTax(a)riseup.net
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I found the google maps map of all the installed nodes.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=19Tl0Uqxd7A-TaPH6KPPcaFZ7Yk0&ll=37…
Do we have a more in depth map somewhere? I want to make a more tactical
map of the type of extender node deployed, height, and probable range and
direction. If anyone has logs/notes that might be helpful... Send em my
way!
Example:
--
Max Schwartz
maxschwartziv(a)gmail.com
314-578-4503
Hello mesh people!
The next Build Your Own Internet office hours* is tomorrow, Sunday April
8th from 1pm to late afternoon in SudoRoom
<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Directions>.
Same as last week, we'll be going through steps to prepare for a node mount
we're doing in the late afternoon. We’ll be flashing nodes, talking through
a chimney mount, and going through safety checks.
We want to limit this scheduled mount to 4 people (first come, first
participate!) but encourage folks to come, hang out, learn about/hack on
all things mesh.
Look forward to seeing y'all on tomorrow.
Mai
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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.*
Hello meshers,
Sudo Mesh is a project that has been based out of /slash/ has been a sponsored project of the Omni for several years. Now, we're not only incorporated as our own non-profit entity, we have some financial resources that we can do something with! In light of this, we'd like to give back to the Omni and contribute some amount of regular payment to help sustain the space.
In order to come up with a plan that all of us agree upon, we decided to try out Loomio, a decentralized/horizontal decision-making platform. This is also our first stab at using this tool to see if this might be a good way to *online* some discussions and decisions that tend to be made at our Tuesday evening meetings.
Here's the link to join the Loomio group and chime into the discussion: https://www.loomio.org/invitations/b3cbdf03062f692a02ae (https://www.loomio.org/invitations/b3cbdf03062f692a02ae)
Benny has also created a ranked choice vote of plans to regularly support the Omni — please check that out and vote here: https://www.loomio.org/p/P2D4zTqX/how-to-give-to-the-omni- (https://www.loomio.org/p/P2D4zTqX/how-to-give-to-the-omni-)
Feel free to email me directly if you have questions about all this.
Mai
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Hey there,
This is your reminder to add any topics you'd like to be discussed at the
People's Open Network meeting on Tues 3 April 2018.
>>> 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,
Mai
hey y’all
Over a month ago, thanks to @jhpoelen’s initiative, we started the Node
Whisperer Program (NWP) <https://github.com/sudomesh/node-whisperer-program>.
While a wonderful program, some people (i.e. me, myself, and I) noticed
that the NWP omits one crucial aspect of the People’s Open Network, the
extender node. There were suggestions that knowledge about extender nodes
could be shared in extension to NWP (the Extended Extender Node Whisperer
Extension Program?); however, recent excitement surrounding node mounts has
encouraged me to propose an alternative.
Therefore, I’d like to propose a separate Node Installer Program (NIP) --
open to other names node mounter, node placer, node shouter. Unlike NWP,
which has a strong focus on sharing mesh networking concepts and debugging
skills, the NIP would be focused on training people to facilitate node
installations (colloquially known as “node mounts”) which is the main point
of interaction with extender nodes. My initial proposal for this program is
as follows.
To become a “certified” People’s Open Node Installer (a PONI), one must
complete the three following tasks:
1. Participate in a Node Mount Training and Safety Explanation session
(either at the Omni or on-site)
2. Contribute to at least one (ideally two) node mounts, this means going
along, learning the steps, becoming familiar with equipment, and
interacting with a node owner.
3. Facilitate at least one node mount, this means finding someone from our
list (or just a friend, family member, co-worker) who’d like a node,
scheduling the installation, performing day-of coordination, and completing
the install.
Node installers should also be familiar with (and contribute to?) the
learning materials at https://github.com/sudomesh/mounting
I’m open to alternative course material and structure suggestions. I would
be interested to hear who already considers themselves a PONI (Ben, Jenny,
Will...) and who would like to take the steps to become a PONI. Looking
forward to discussing this at Tuesday night’s meeting (notes available
here, https://peoplesopen.net/ ) and perhaps doing some of the first
official training at this Sunday’s office hours.
thanks,
grant_____(@paidforby)
