[Mesh] 7/25 Meeting Minutes

Reposted for posterity at: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/25_July_2013 = Agenda = *Introductions *Update on crowdfunding campaign [ https://www.wepay.com/donations/oakland-community-mesh-network] *What to spend money on *Overview of the Mesh as it stands! *Firmware progress *Community Outreach *Name Brainstorm =Attendees= *Marc, Chris J, Jacob, Ryan, MaxB, Jenny, Paige, Olaf + others :Marc - decentralization, citizen science, sysadmin :Max - Free internet! Free networks. :Olaf: Cryptocurrency, research, etc; Coinbase; Reading up on tunneling :Jenny – Education and community outreach; Anthropology and documentation :Chris J – Web stuff, splash pages, interfaces; OpenWRT experienced; community tech enthusiast :Jacob - community outreach :Aaron - Outreach and alliances; policy work *All would love to learn how to flash shit and do things on the ground. :Paige - Learning hardware, community education and outreach :Doug - firmware, implementations of the environment, webwork [software dev, web tech]; software dev, post nexus; free wifi enthusiast :Mitch - Likes to code! :Mitar - Nodewatcher; python/django-based application :Tom - abandoned hardware :Ryan - Graphic designer =Crowdfunding Campaign= *We're $50 short of our crowd funding goal! *UPDATE: We hit our goal of 3k! See [[Inventory]] and [[Purchases]] for details *$2250.00 to the routers :→ Built a mesh network in Uganda =What to spend money on= *We have a bunch of street level nodes and a number of pt->pt and pt->multi-pt backbone links *Cables and housing, etc. *Outdoor Ethernet Cable – Shielded *Outdoor Ethernet Plugs =Overview of the Mesh= *The wiki is well documented =City – coalition-ing= *If we depend on their interests, they will shut us down *They can't shut us down =Firmware= :Firmware: Max B, Marc J, and Douglas *Quality of Service *3+ SSIDs *Traffic and bandwidth shaping =Name Brainstorm= *https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Naming *Should we get high and try to decide? Maybe not... *Is there an advantage to having a separate "network" name and a "group" name *Wycelium.net *PeoplesWifi.org =Notes= *Pay for the nodes *Tunneling setup for VPN protection *We need a coalition of lawyers! *Firmware – to change the ssid etc – chris j *Points – sobdraken *There's a lot of electromagnetic noise! *Van-eck phreaking - pointing an antenna at a CTR screen, you can reconsturct it from far away *Can see what people are watching from the same signal on the tv via power draw *filter behind the meter that only lets 60 cycles through *We own the gateways between our houses! I will install this to do this - it is open hardware, with only 16Hz of data *A smartgrid would tell you to turn off this or that when the energy grid is overwhelmed =Local Net= *Tidepools Map *Internet Archive *Oakland Wiki *Local Chat **nodejs app for chat =Mitar's Slovenia Repo= https://github.com/wlanslovenija/ =Community Outreach= *https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Oakland *There's an awesome list of community organizations: : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dEdhZUJaQ3dDY2plMj… :If you really want to be a part of the community outreach team you could try and get in contact with some of the organizations on that list! =Next Meeting= *Community Outreach & Policy Strategy: Wednesday, July 31, 8:30-10pm at sudo room *Hack Night: Flashing, firmware dev: Thursday, August 1, 8:30-10pm at sudo room -------- Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`