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Delayed but on my way

by Marc Juul

I'll probably be at sudo room in 20 minutes. If you're new and no-one is there, don't despair! -- marc/juul

11 years, 3 months

relevant new white house statement

by April Glaser

video: http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/heres-why-we-need-invest-high-speed-broadba… so President Obama wants the FCC to preempt state laws that restrict community and municipal "braodband" initiatives. there are 20 states that do this now; it's mostly the result of ALEC lobbying on behalf of cable companies to pass a suite of anti-competitive laws back around 2005. in any event, this is a major signal that the funding environment might soon open. so it's great we're meeting to soon to chat the present/future. if anyone wants a bit more context into CA's awkward and weak restrictions on municipal fiber, prod me to explain ! my best, april -- 0x54FC570B

11 years, 3 months

of possible interest

by Mike Liebhold

Of possible interest: ( please forgive cross posting) Please join us next Tuesday 1/27 in Palo Alto for the next event in the Institute for the Future's Second Curve Internet (Insurgent Internet) Speaker Series What should Version 2 of the Internet look like? ,And how should we get there? IFTF Second Curve Internet Speaker Series with Peter Eckersley—January 27, 2015 Powered by Ten-Year Forecast The Internet's core protocols—TCP, IP, DNS, HTTP, HTTPS—have served us very well for the past twenty to thirty years. But all of these protocols have limitations that are beginning to bite us in various ways. Because of these limitation, our global network is less secure, less reliable, and harder to innovate with. In this talk, EFF Technology Projects Director Peter Eckersley will give a tour of those limitations, and review some of the current efforts to upgrade the Internet's protocols to fix them. This includes the newly announced Let's Encrypt certificate authority, which EFF is working on with Mozilla, Cisco, and Akamai, that aims to make HTTPS free and ubiquitous. It also includes an analysis of essential features of other efforts to upgrade TCP, IP, and DNS such as IPv6, DNSSEC, and QUIC, and the difficulties that Internet engineers face when they try to change the protocols used by a planet-wide network. In IFTF's new Second Curve Internet Speaker Series, we explore the critical elements necessary to reinvent the Internet, gathering leading minds together with IFTF’s deep experience thinking about technology and the ways of communicating, coordinating, and organizing in the changing world around us. Join us for our January event featuring Peter Eckersley! Peter Eckersley is Technology Projects Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He leads a team of technologists who watch for technologies that, by accident or design, pose a risk to computer users' freedoms—and then look for ways to fix them. They write code to make the Internet more secure, more open, and safer against surveillance and censorship. They explain gadgets to lawyers and policymakers, and law and policy to gadgets. Peter's work at EFF has included privacy and security projects such as Panopticlick, HTTPS Everywhere, SSDI, and the SSL Observatory; helping to launch a movement for open wireless networks; fighting to keep modern computing platforms open; and running the first controlled tests to confirm that Comcast was using forged reset packets to interfere with P2P protocols. Peter holds a PhD in computer science and law from the University of Melbourne; his research focused on the practicality and desirability of using alternative compensation systems to legalize P2P file sharing and similar distribution tools while still paying authors and artists for their work. He is an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Event Details DATE: January 27, 2015 TIME: 6-8pm LOCATION: Institute for the Future, 201 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, California 94301 - See more at: Sign up here: http://www.iftf.org/our-work/global-landscape/ten-year-forecast/reinventthe… By the way - if you missed the first two events in the series: with Cory Doctorow and David P. Reed, The Videos are online here: Redesigns for a Broken Internet - Cory Doctorow [Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J_9EFGFR-Y "The Internet's broken and that's bad news, because everything we do today involves the Internet and everything we'll do tomorrow will require it. But governments and corporations see the net, variously, as a perfect surveillance tool, a perfect pornography distribution tool, or a perfect video on demand tool—not as the nervous system of the 21st century. Time's running out. Architecture is politics. The changes we're making to the net today will prefigure the future our children and their children will thrive in—or suffer under." Cooperate and Thrive, or Divide and Conquer? David P. Reed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RAnHWPS-Iw "You never step into the same river twice. So it is with the Internet. The Internet transcends any particular physical devices, any particular services, country boundaries etc. But today it remains a collection of rivers, with firm banks, a few major sources, and a vast undifferentiated ocean of "consumers." The Internet has begun to encompass the air around us. That is, almost all of us in the West now carry the Internet with us, maintaining constant connections to the rivers, attempting to create "rivers" in the sky. Technically, rivers in the sky makes no sense at all. What will the next phase of the Internet look like? How will it be built? In this talk we will focus on two major technology issues that challenge the future evolution of the Internet—radio networking architecture and proximate interaction. In each, the core principles that helped the Internet succeed are being discarded. What will happen?" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "[IFTF] Second Curve Internet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to IFTF-ReInventTheNet+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to IFTF-ReInventTheNet(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/IFTF-ReInventTheNet/eb58c661-4a4b-4e2c-85…. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

11 years, 3 months

Fwd: [sudo-info] Invitation to participate in a Community Networks Wordwide Project

by Matthew Senate

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Esunly Medina <esunly(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:15 AM Subject: [sudo-info] Invitation to participate in a Community Networks Wordwide Project To: info(a)sudoroom.org Dear member of Sudo Mesh, I am a researcher in the European project on Community Networks CONFINE ( http://confine-project.eu/). Currently, we are working on a website to include informational content of general interest about all active Community Networks worldwide. We would like to include general information about the networks but especially, some real-life stories about the impact of these networks in people and communities. We would like to include information about Sudo Mesh. If you are willing to collaborate in this project, we would really appreciate if you could reply to this email confirming your agreement and, if possible, including a brief presentation of the Sudo Mesh network (its beginnings, geographical extension, number of nodes, members, etc) and also all the information that you might find interesting and would like to share with us. Also if you have an interesting story about how Sudo Mesh has benefited the life of some individuals or communities, we would love to hear about it. Thank you very much for your help and I am looking forward very much to hearing from you. Best regards, Esunly Medina _______________________________________________ Info mailing list Info(a)lists.sudoroom.org https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/info

11 years, 3 months

Sunday mounting

by April Glaser

Hi there, If people want to try to mount an antenna at my place tomorrow, that'd be great. But it's going to take a bit of planning, as I'm unsure where in my enclave would be best. -If you have a very tall ladder to bring, let me know. Otherwise I'll find one. -I don't want to put my address out on this list, but maybe folks can meet at Omni again and come over together? When? I'm free starting at 1pm. Wishing everyone a wonderful evening. -abril -- 0x54FC570B

11 years, 3 months

Third world mesh

by Blaine Hatab

Hello everyone. So I've been lurking on the mailing list for a little while and I don't quite know how to get involved. I figured I'd just put my goals out there and get some perspective on if I can and should get involved more. So my goal with the mesh is to setup an open source mesh in third world countries that has an emphasis on bringing modern web development tools offline. I am teaching some Nigerians but they regularly have bad internet. Would it be reasonable to apply Mesh to bringing them offline accessible tools? My original plan was making a raspberry pi setup where they could make it themselves and as it grows they can start to connect with each other. I just don't know the limitations of this technology though. Sorry if this is not how the Mesh group works. Thanks, Blaine ᐧ

11 years, 3 months

Re: [Mesh] mesh Digest, Vol 24, Issue 7

by Will Martin

April - I tried to do a little research on California's restrictions on community fiber and it's very confusing. AB-2292 seems to allow for municipalities to fund fiber the same way they'd find road improvements: http://www.muninetworks.org/content/california-law-offers-new-way-finance-b… Is this right? *Will Martin* On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:00 PM, <mesh-request(a)lists.sudoroom.org> wrote: > Send mesh mailing list submissions to > mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mesh-request(a)lists.sudoroom.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mesh-owner(a)lists.sudoroom.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mesh digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. relevant new white house statement (April Glaser) > 2. Re: relevant new white house statement (tropical rain) > 3. Fwd: [Delegates] 2015 Student Technology Fee Call for > Proposals (Mitar) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:26:04 -0800 > From: April Glaser <april.glaser(a)riseup.net> > To: "mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org" <mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org> > Subject: [Mesh] relevant new white house statement > Message-ID: <54B6FB0C.8020704(a)riseup.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > video: > > http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/heres-why-we-need-invest-high-speed-broadba… > > so President Obama wants the FCC to preempt state laws that restrict > community and municipal "braodband" initiatives. there are 20 states > that do this now; it's mostly the result of ALEC lobbying on behalf of > cable companies to pass a suite of anti-competitive laws back around 2005. > > in any event, this is a major signal that the funding environment might > soon open. so it's great we're meeting to soon to chat the present/future. > > if anyone wants a bit more context into CA's awkward and weak > restrictions on municipal fiber, prod me to explain ! > > my best, > april > > -- > 0x54FC570B > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:43:40 -0800 > From: tropical rain <tropicalstream(a)gmail.com> > To: April Glaser <april.glaser(a)riseup.net> > Cc: "mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org" <mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org> > Subject: Re: [Mesh] relevant new white house statement > Message-ID: <39036CD9-3937-4F96-BFA8-5A16F5DFBACD(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > As long as we don't capitulate to the ruling class to get funds :) they > are actually trying to limit free speech on a global level and city > governments are mostly towing that movement. > > > We are in environmental crisis. I think mesh networks could be huge in > that arena (as well as privacy rights and cooperation). > > > > > On Jan 14, 2015, at 3:26 PM, April Glaser <april.glaser(a)riseup.net> > wrote: > > > > video: > > > http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/heres-why-we-need-invest-high-speed-broadba… > > > > so President Obama wants the FCC to preempt state laws that restrict > > community and municipal "braodband" initiatives. there are 20 states > > that do this now; it's mostly the result of ALEC lobbying on behalf of > > cable companies to pass a suite of anti-competitive laws back around > 2005. > > > > in any event, this is a major signal that the funding environment might > > soon open. so it's great we're meeting to soon to chat the > present/future. > > > > if anyone wants a bit more context into CA's awkward and weak > > restrictions on municipal fiber, prod me to explain ! > > > > my best, > > april > > > > -- > > 0x54FC570B > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mesh mailing list > > mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org > > https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:59:00 -0800 > From: Mitar <mitar(a)tnode.com> > To: mesh <mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org> > Subject: [Mesh] Fwd: [Delegates] 2015 Student Technology Fee Call for > Proposals > Message-ID: <54B76534.8090603(a)tnode.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi! > > If you know any UC Berkeley student who would like to apply for some > mesh equipment, or something else. > > > Mitar > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: John Ready - GA President <president(a)ga.berkeley.edu> > Subject: [Delegates] 2015 Student Technology Fee Call for Proposals > To: GA Delegates <delegates(a)ga.berkeley.edu> > > Delegates, > > Please share this funding opportunity with your fellow grad students. > > Let me know if you have any questions. > > Best, > John > > -- > John Ready > President > Graduate Assembly <http://ga.berkeley.edu/> > > > ===================================== > > > The Student Technology Fee (STF) project proposal submission process is now > open for fast track projects with a cap of $5000 per project. > > ELIGIBILITY > > Any student, faculty member, or staff member of the University of > California, Berkeley is eligible to submit a proposal for consideration by > the Student Technology Fee Committee. Individual students must obtain a > fiscal sponsor to administer awarded funds, such as a registered student > group, ASUC/GA, academic department, or other functional unit. > > ALLOWABLE COSTS > > This fee, assessed at $51 per semester, for seven years, provides funding > to negotiate with commercial software vendors on behalf of students to > secure volume licensing of software such as Microsoft Office and Adobe > Creative Cloud. It also provides funding to support additional student > technology services and initiatives. Fee funds are prohibited from > subsidizing core information technology infrastructure. > > Funding categories include: > > ? Applications and Software Development > > ? Commercial Software Licensing > > ? Hardware and Technology Equipment Acquisition > > ? Investigative and Planning Projects > > ? Technology Events > > ? Training, Support, and Access to Technology Programs > > HOW TO APPLY > > Before submitting a proposal, please review the Student Service Fee > Guidelines, proposal form, and reference materials located at > http://techfee.berkeley.edu/proposals/submitting-proposal > > Instructions and link to the online project proposal form are also > available here. > > SUBMISSION DEADLINE > > February 15, 2015: Online proposals due for the Spring 2015 Fast Track > review process > > The complete calendar for 2015 and future terms can be found here: > http://techfee.berkeley.edu/proposals/proposal-deadlines > > REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS > > Proposals will be reviewed by the Student Technology Fee Committee (STFC) > during the spring semester, with the intent of making decisions and > allocating funds in the month of April. > > The STFC consists of eleven voting members with student, faculty and staff > representation (two each from the ASUC, the Graduate Assembly and the > Committee on Student Fees, one each from the Academic Senate, ASUC > Auxiliary, Student Affairs IT, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and the > Associate Vice Chancellor?IT and CIO). > > More information about STFC and a list of its currents members is > available at > http://techfee.berkeley.edu/about-committee/current-members > > If you have any questions about the STF project proposal submission > process, please email techfee(a)berkeley.edu > > Thank you, > > Cassie Xiong and Jonathan Morris > > Student Technology Fee Committee Co-Chairs > > > -- > http://mitar.tnode.com/ > https://twitter.com/mitar_m > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > mesh mailing list > mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh > > > End of mesh Digest, Vol 24, Issue 7 > *********************************** >

11 years, 3 months

Fwd: [Delegates] 2015 Student Technology Fee Call for Proposals

by Mitar

Hi! If you know any UC Berkeley student who would like to apply for some mesh equipment, or something else. Mitar -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: John Ready - GA President <president(a)ga.berkeley.edu> Subject: [Delegates] 2015 Student Technology Fee Call for Proposals To: GA Delegates <delegates(a)ga.berkeley.edu> Delegates, Please share this funding opportunity with your fellow grad students. Let me know if you have any questions. Best, John -- John Ready President Graduate Assembly <http://ga.berkeley.edu/> ===================================== The Student Technology Fee (STF) project proposal submission process is now open for fast track projects with a cap of $5000 per project. ELIGIBILITY Any student, faculty member, or staff member of the University of California, Berkeley is eligible to submit a proposal for consideration by the Student Technology Fee Committee. Individual students must obtain a fiscal sponsor to administer awarded funds, such as a registered student group, ASUC/GA, academic department, or other functional unit. ALLOWABLE COSTS This fee, assessed at $51 per semester, for seven years, provides funding to negotiate with commercial software vendors on behalf of students to secure volume licensing of software such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Cloud. It also provides funding to support additional student technology services and initiatives. Fee funds are prohibited from subsidizing core information technology infrastructure. Funding categories include: • Applications and Software Development • Commercial Software Licensing • Hardware and Technology Equipment Acquisition • Investigative and Planning Projects • Technology Events • Training, Support, and Access to Technology Programs HOW TO APPLY Before submitting a proposal, please review the Student Service Fee Guidelines, proposal form, and reference materials located at http://techfee.berkeley.edu/proposals/submitting-proposal Instructions and link to the online project proposal form are also available here. SUBMISSION DEADLINE February 15, 2015: Online proposals due for the Spring 2015 Fast Track review process The complete calendar for 2015 and future terms can be found here: http://techfee.berkeley.edu/proposals/proposal-deadlines REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS Proposals will be reviewed by the Student Technology Fee Committee (STFC) during the spring semester, with the intent of making decisions and allocating funds in the month of April. The STFC consists of eleven voting members with student, faculty and staff representation (two each from the ASUC, the Graduate Assembly and the Committee on Student Fees, one each from the Academic Senate, ASUC Auxiliary, Student Affairs IT, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and the Associate Vice Chancellor–IT and CIO). More information about STFC and a list of its currents members is available at http://techfee.berkeley.edu/about-committee/current-members If you have any questions about the STF project proposal submission process, please email techfee(a)berkeley.edu Thank you, Cassie Xiong and Jonathan Morris Student Technology Fee Committee Co-Chairs -- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m

11 years, 3 months

1-2 day planning retreat

by April Glaser

Hi all, We discussed the idea of doing a 1-2 day retreat that's aside from the weekly gathering of just core members, since it's hard to focus at sudoroom. Also it seems that we are at a moment when we might want to make a few decisions. We can decide the agenda together in advance. Here's a poll to help find a day: https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/mesh_pseudo_retreat/ Some things it'd be nice to get clarity on, for example: -Should the network first offer an uplink or first serve a local networking need? -Community needs assessment to try to see if we can initially deploy a network towards some end? -How can we better clarify how people's open is different from other mesh projects on the website? -What kind of project management would help move the firmware along? -We could even invite Preston from OTI to talk to us about what worked/what didn't in Commotion deployments These questions have come up in conversations at the last couple mesh meetings. I've also been chatting with folks around Oakland who gave me some initial ideas about what could go on a network. Clarity here will also help w/ grant possibilities. We can do it at one of our places or reserve a room at omni. It doesn't have to be an all day thing, and it should be interesting. I'll do some research in advance. Hope y'all are all alright. yours, a -- 0x54FC570B

11 years, 3 months

greenpeace warehouse

by April Glaser

hi there, tomorrow i'll be helping some friends for a few hours at the Greenpeace warehouse at 7th and Adeline from 11-2. we'll be outside in the parking lot building things. 955 7th St., Oakland if people want to stop by, turns out it's a potential node site to check out with great roof access (if it makes sense on our mapping). could be a great local partner in the future. all my best, april -- 0x54FC570B

11 years, 3 months

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