With the recent crowd funding campaign and router purchase we're moving rapidly from "group of people interest in mesh" towards becoming a sizable physical mesh.
There is much work ahead of us. I suggest that we have a two-hour meeting, with at least the following agenda items (feel free to add more):
*Choosing a name
:Are we 510pen or sudo mesh or sudo net or something else? We don't need to decide today, but I want to hear people's thoughts.
*Formalize organization
:Begin writing articles of association. Choice of 501c3 or other group. Getting umbrellaed until we can get 501c3 status.
*"Business model" brainstorm
:Let's throw some ideas on the table. I'm assuming we'll soon need two full-time people working on this project. How do we make that happen, how do we get internet bandwidth and how do we keep the mesh going indefinitely?
*Metaplanning for node deployment
:Researching deployment strategies. Mapping suitable locations. Mounting strategies for rooftops, walls and windows. Mapping out available spectrum and channel usage.
*Final decision on initial mesh protocol
:Maybe the best way to decide is to choose one and see how well it works in the initial 100-node mesh and then switch to something else if it sucks?