[Mesh] Minutes Re: Meeting agenda 16 April 2019

You can see last week's meeting minutes here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/16_April_2019 (https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/16_April_2019) Or you can view them below. Enjoy! ---- AGENDA FOR APRIL 23 ANNUAL BOARD MEETING: https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/annualmtg ---- '''People's Open Network Weekly Meeting - Day Month 2019 7:30pm-9pm''' * https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Safer_Space_Policy === Agenda === * Introductions and Meeting Roles (10 mins) * Check in on previous action items (5 mins) * Updates & Reportbacks (20 mins) * Next Sunday (5 mins) * Check in on ongoing projects (10 mins) * Discussion: BYOI IS COMING (15 mins) * Weekly updates/check-ins (10 mins) * Action Items (5 mins) * Breakout Groups === Introductions === Introduce yourself: Name; Preferred Pronoun; Icebreaker Response; BRIEF Announcements * Icebreaker question: whats the most memorable heavy thing you've ever carried? * benny- he/him-objects that don't look heavy but are * lesley - A bureau from IKEA that I found near my apartment. * mai - she/they - carrying a lot of water for a long time back and forth and being like, "water's so heavy" ** I'm now contracting with the Internet Archive today to help produce the Decentralized Web Camp! * ben - he/they - probably a rock or a log or something? * null - he/him - a 200Ah battery * seth - he/they - industrial sewing machine my friend has that I've helped them move twice now * alison/allie - she/her - ordered bismuth once and it was disproportionately heavy * doyouhaveamirror - they - suing berkeley in federal court * robb - he/him - some motor, a motor, electric/gas, not sure which * jenny - she/her - everything in the basement - the printing press was terrible * howard - him/whatever/person - the heaviest thing I carry is the past, physically - keys === Meeting Roles === * Facilitator/s: Lesley * Stacktaker: * Notetaker/s: benny ** URL of this pad: https://peoplesopen.net/notes == Check in on previous action items == Check previous meeting minutes at https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Minutes and paste action items below: * document battery-powered node in a waterproof bag @juul ** juul out of town * revisit priorities brainstorm pad and report back @bennlich ** not yet * poke ryan about marina @tunabananas ** did not do yet. ** lesley: thinking about renewing membership there. on my todo list to physically go out there. * ping david and niki re: sunday @tunabananas ** sierk says they havent had a meeting * create wiki page about EMF Radiation @sierk @tunabananas ** jenny making it right now * any reply from LOLSpace? @tunabananas ** jenny pinging now * hook up exit node server @ hurricane electric @null @bennlich @juul ** need to schedule. benny wants to make it a hike. * purchase some N750s * purchase some usb to network dongles (USB-C version and Regular USB) @null ** purchase request made * email board and potential directors about annual meeting @tunabananas ** meeting next tuesday! * coordinate for sunday - @seth ** went to rabbit's place in albany/berkeley area. pointed nanobridge at internet archive. saw archive backbone SSID. ** there's not really a good place to mount anything there. ** null: it was cool to do another survey. we werent able to see the sudomesh SSID. * send doodle out for office hours Sunday 4/14 @null == Weekly updates/check-ins == Check previous meeting minutes at https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Minutes and paste weekly update items below: * Hurricane Electric ** to schedule * Internet Archive link * Marina ** see above * Paxio links ** benny is politely bothering them every week or two * People's Park ** doyouhaveamirror: last saturday talked w/ someone who has the battery. told running wolf we could put it at the top of the palm tree. also we're going to have a bunch of people in the redwood tree. ** lesley: so possible redwood tree mount. the hotspot was just a near-term solution. ideally we're trying to find a building that has line of sight to people's park that we can mount something on and provide higher bandwidth. ** lesley: going to talk to tyler about the campanile. ** doyouhaveamirror: adam called and asked if i could put electricity in the park. i said i didnt have time but would show someone how to do it. wondering how the bathrooms got put in place. there was some decree w/ UC. seems like that bathroom could be a good place, but unlikely to get outlets. ** robb: how about rasputin/amoeba records? ** seth: going to text friend who lives nearby * Laptops ** no update * Mobile Citizen ** jenny: this is about a grououp that offfers cheap hotspots. e-mailed them two weeks ago w/ documents but haven't heard back. == Other Updates & Reportbacks == === Bugs/Technical === Recent issues: https://peoplesopen.net/issues. For a list of recent Github activity, see the widget at the bottom of https://peoplesopen.net/learn/development/. * === Node Mounts & Outreach === Node Mounts Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/DtzngKaM/49e1c21fc9da199fcdeceb8623b5117a/node-… * seth: john Cassady (w. oakland)-sonic ISP-very steep roof- i want to put an omnidirectional antenna up there, but its hard to mount because it's so steep. * mai + seth: Laurie up in Claremont Hills. extremely knowledgeable about networks and electricity. amazing house. tons of solar panels. great view of parts of berkeley and lake merritt. === Communications & Events === Comms Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/f3ugMPNU/94033ee6c2cef93fc1b1637b727c902a/sudo-… // Events Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/Y3XfDK85/2b6fcb4fa92788609692a53a96fb4614/peopl… * Oakland Internet Choice Meeting ** Benny went! Tracy from media Alliance led a meeting / coalition gathering w/ reps from MonkeyBrains, Sonic, and EFF - also OpenFiber Talked to 3 city council members out of 8. Want to return to them with info/language clearly articulated and support expressed (eg a website) * Neighborhood Outreach Flyer ** Not done! Gonna get a draft done by this weekend === Internal Logistics / Finance === Internal Logistics & Bureaucracy Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/LzVQlW3X/1bb8bd543c8633688175365d2554c2c2/inter… * Fire Inspection Thrusday April 25th == Next Sunday == We host office hours every Sunday from 1-3pm in Sudo Room to talk to people, work on sudomesh projects, and schedule node mounts. * To sign up to bottomline, fill in your name here: https://ethercalc.org/byoi_office_hours * Ongoing node mounting spreadsheet is located at: https://peoplesopen.net/sundays * Notes from this past Sunday's session: ** == BYOI IS COMING in 2.5 weeks == * Saturday May 4 * Outreach/publicity ** Post on EBX online? ** Make flyers? *** Activities, description, *** Benny * Logistics ** Food/drinks? * Activities/Agenda ** Punch cards for each station ** Toronto Mesh training ** Drilling holes, waterproofing ** Map of West Oakland with pins of where nodes are? ** Node flashing ** Oakland ISP choice board -- solicit stories? * Questions for Mai to ask West Oakland Library ** Can we have drilling somewhere outside? ** Can we have food inside? ** Is there a water fountain? == Action Items == Copy and paste from previous action items above, delete completed ones, and add new ones: * document battery-powered node in a waterproof bag @juul * revisit priorities brainstorm pad and report back @bennlich * poke ryan about marina @tunabananas * create wiki page about EMF Radiation @sierk @tunabananas * any reply from LOLSpace? @tunabananas * schedule HE server install / hike @bennlich * create wiki page about EMF Radiation @sierk @tunabananas * update mailing list about next week's meeting @tunabananas * maybe research antenna range calculator--people are always asking about that @bennlich == Breakout Groups == At the end of the meeting, break out into small groups to hack on or discuss specific topics. * judytuna: i propose a breakout group to discuss attending this one-day cram class plus exam for ham radio technician's license: http://beniciaarc.com/wp/hamclass/ . the next one is May 4, 2019, in benicia. ** benny: null is from benicia * rob: projector location for "the den". * BYOI breakout. notes: https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/byoi == Last Meeting Notes == * link to previous meeting minutes * https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Mesh/9_April_2019 == End of Meeting == * please archive these meeting notes by copying the entire pad contents onto the sudomesh wiki with the correct date format: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/DD_MONTH_YYYY * then please erase the contents of this pad * then please cut & paste a blank template from here: https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Mesh/Mesh_Meeting_Notes_Temp… * previous meeting notes are archived here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Minutes [[Category:Mesh/Minutes]] April 15, 2019 7:42 PM, mai(a)peoplesopen.net (mailto:mai@peoplesopen.net) wrote: Here is the agenda for the Admin and Planning meeting happening tomorrow, Tues 16 April 2019, 7:30 - 9:00 PM PT.