Hi!
I would just like to add to think about the idea that the name of the
network/mesh/SSID is independent from the name of the 501(c)3. But this
is also the question how do you want to make relationship between
members of the organization and members of the network. Should everybody
who deploys a node be also a member of the organization? Or not?
Different networks have different rules about that. In wlan slovenija
decision was to make it separate because then it is harder to take down
the network (if somebody takes down the organization, they still don't
have any legal rights to take down the network as well). And you have
one more dimension to scale: more organizations inside one network, and
not just one network per organization, just less overhead when somebody
wants to join in with established organization/community.
Mitar
Minutes as always reposted to the wiki:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/04_July_2013*
*
Action Items in bold below. Please take on action items and reply to this
thread accordingly! :)*
*
*
July 4th Meeting Minutes*
Welcome to the Oakland Mesh Meeting: Freedom Edition.
... liberating ourselves from the telecoms since January 2013!
*= New Action Items =*
** Reach out to the Berkeley folks to aim to reach the Internet Archive
Richmond node (jenny)*
** Blog post on our setup of the first two nodes and describing the
hardware we received (jenny)*
** Let's make a flier! Who can help? (jenny will start a thread on the list)
*
** Next reportback on an active mesh - Jenny on OTI/Commotion*
** Research resilient ethernet cable (Adrian?)
** Tune the OpenWRT settings on the new nodes for RTS / CTS and ACK timing
*
** Name brainstorm! Add to the "Naming" page here:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Naming*
** Website (contingent on name)*
** Splash page design*
= Attendees =
* Max B, Juul, Jenny, Jordan, Mitar, Adrian
= Announcements =
* Crowdfunding campaign is doing great with 26 days remaining: $2,053.00
(WePay), $56.92 (BitCoin)
* Juul has started putting together bylaws for 501c3 status! -
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Bylaws
* International Community Wireless Summit in Berlin Oct. 2-4:
http://2013.wirelesssummit.org/
- ** Jenny submitted a workshop proposal and applied for travel funding
= Report-backs =
* Mitar from wlan-slovenia:
** Must be strategic and have many nodes
** Abundance of fiber / connectivity
** Major difficulty was getting beyond the techies and reaching the
masses
** Primary selling point was to open wireless networks and choosing how
much of one's bandwidth they can share, enabling connectivity across the
whole city.
** Protected by connecting through a *VPN tunnel* to central servers.
** Get folks to deploy their own nodes - so they don't think of the
mesh as a service provided, but rather a DIY endeavor
** Lead by example, the village / neighborhood will follow
** Point of centralization is the two guys with root access to the
server who administer the nodes, firmware upgrades, etc (plz correct if
incorrect)
** Focus on scalability
** Made a simple GUI for indicating router and getting an image
instantly created for it
= Notes =
* Brainstorm on name for the mesh!
** COM - Cutting Out the Middleman
** OWN - Oakland Wireless Network
** Mitar recommends hacing the name by unaffiliated with the hackerspace
and non-geographically-specific
* Tax Status:
** 501(c)4 - non-tax-deductible
** 501(c)3 - can't do party politics (but can be political? - EFF is a
501(c)3!)
* Social pressure to allocate bandwidth to the mesh, sharing connectivity
* Adrian suggests, owning the first 100 nodes, with gradual replacement as
the network grows to a full-on decentralized model
* Our model as a 501c3 is to serve as a facilitator for the mesh.
= Old Action Items =
* Add your potential node to the map! -
http://meshmap.sudoroom.org (we now
have 23 potential nodes. keep em comin!)
* Get batman-adv running at Hearth node, mesh with LiveLabs node
* Find some tall rooftops for Adrian to test TDMA point-to-multipoint links
* Research 501(c)x statuses:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Tax_Structure_Research - Marc did.
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Jenny
http://jennyryan.net
http://thepyre.org
http://thevirtualcampfire.org
http://technomadic.tumblr.com
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