On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Thomas Dudley <trd3r@virginia.edu> wrote:

Hey all!

Just wanted to piggyback on this to introduce myself.

I'm Thomas. I live in SF. My work isn't on the technical side - I've been working as a management consultant for the past three years and in the Fall I'll be heading down to Stanford to work on a PhD in organizational behavior. Outside of work I've been volunteering on the board of a local non-profit where I've learned a lot about fundraising methods for small organizations. I think this is an awesome project and I'm excited to help out in any way I can - either through sharing business/non-profit experiences, helping to set up a node (anyone in PA? looks pretty far from the current center of mass),

Hi Thomas! Sounds like we could definitely use your expertise. You should add yourself to the mesh map! Maybe others are holding off because they are also far from the current center of mass. We want to cover the entire east bay eventually, and although we'll be focusing the crowdfunded hardware on specific areas in the beginning, it would be awesome to have more nodes in the wider east bay, even if it's just an indoor access point.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to make it to a meet up yet - I'm going to do my best to make that happen soon but unfortunately the next few weeks look pretty busy for me.

Hopefully we'll have a video stream soon for people to participate without physical presence!

Marc