*Announcements:*
- Convening on Sunday for a combination cryptoparty / video interview
sesh / full test of build server, firmware & node configurator! Come by
Sudo Room anytime after 1pm.
- Launching the experimental test network this month! If you're fairly
tech-savvy and are interested in testing the first batch of nodes and
helping to iron out bugs, please get in touch :-)
- Consensing on Board of Directors at next week's meeting (see notes
below)
- Please follow @pplsopennet <https://twitter.com/pplsopennet> and
@sudomesh <https://twitter.com/sudomesh>
*Current Action Items*:
- Edit video / do more interviews (Daniel & Jeremy)
- Test node configurator on a pico (Marc & MaxB)
- Revamp presentation deck (Matt and Jenny)
- Investigate becoming a Ubiquiti reseller (Roman)
- Email sticker people (Marc)
- Write updated Shareable article on mesh networks (jenny)
- Contact first 20 experimental node operators (jenny)
- Update budget spreadsheet and pursue bank account (jenny, matt?)
- Submit Issues for changes to the website at the Github
repo<https://github.com/sudomesh/peoplesopen-front>(everyone)
- Please scan the spectrum around your house using one of these software
tools <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Software_tools>! (everyone)
*Outstanding Action Items: *
- Investigate ham folks and their equipment - maybe they are getting rid
of towers etc
- Can we keep the same IP yet switch to different access points?
*Nominations for Board of Directors:*
- Jenny nominated Rhodey, MaxB, ChrisJ, Matt, Marc, Jenny, Deekoo,
Jeremy, Miguel, Luis, Jake
- We consense on the nominations next week (Dec. 19th)
- Accepted: MaxB, ChrisJ, Marc, Jenny, Matt
- Awaiting Response: Rhodey, Deekoo, Jeremy, Miguel, Luis, Jake
*Wiki:*
*[NOTE: You can make this process easier for me by adding a descriptive
comment when creating or updating a wiki page!]*
- Tunabananas added Meeting Minutes for December
5th<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/5_December_2013>& December
12th <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/12_December_2013>.
- Tunabananas created
Mesh/Presentations<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Presentations>to
document our public talks/workshops/presentations - uploaded slides as
well
- Tunabananas created
Mesh/Meetings<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Meetings>to document
meetings with other organizations
- Tunabananas updated Mesh/Interviews with other
meshers<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Interviews_with_other_meshers>…
excerpts from Gordon Cook's interview with Nico of Altermundi
- Juul created Mesh/Spectrum
<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Spectrum>for describing how to map out
spectrum usage
- Tunabananas updated Mesh/ToDos <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/ToDos>
- Deekoo returned Nanostation and checked
out<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Checkouts>an AirBridge
- Tunabananas created
Mesh/InternetArchive<http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/InternetArchive>wi…
notes on our meeting at the internet Archive
- Tunabananas updated Mesh/Remaining
Issues<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Remaining_issues>
- Chris created Mesh/Choosing a
Router<https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Mesh/Choosing_A_Ro…
- Tunabananas updated Mesh/Walkthrough, moving OpenWRT build
instructions to Mesh/Build an OpenWRT
Image<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Build_An_OpenWRT_Image>
- Juul created Mesh/Remaining
issues<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Remaining_issues>to document
remaining technical challenges
- Chrisjx created Mesh/Meraki Sparky Enclosure
Design<https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Mesh/Meraki_Sparky…
- 50.0.83.158 updated
Mesh/Inventory<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Inventory>with the
Meraki & Microtik donations to Noisebridge
- Deekoo checked out <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Checkouts> a
Nanostation
- Jwentwistle updated
Mesh/Firmware<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Firmware>
- Juul updated Mesh/Legal <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Legal> with
more local ISPs that allow sharing & info on how we deal with legal
liability and ToS violations
- 69.42.3.176 updated
Mesh/Firmware<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Firmware>with info on
LightSquid, traffic shaping, and VPN services
- Jwentwistle updated
Mesh/Walkthrough<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Walkthrough>
- Peteforsyth updated our main Mesh
<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh>page and made it open to user editing
*Events:*
- THIS SUNDAY (12/15) - Cryptoparty at Sudo Room from 2-5pm!
- THIS SUNDAY (12/5) - Daniel & Jeremy will be taping more interviews at
Sudo Room from folks working on the project
- TBD: Field trips/citywide bikeabout for spectrum analysis & range
testing
*Recommended Reading:*
-
<http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/11/27/mesh-network-offers-potential-for-free-wireless-internet-in-oakland/>The
Cook Report: The Global Free Network
Movement<http://blog.altermundi.net/media/uploads/nov-dec_2013_crpp.pdf&…
awesome interviews with
Guifi.net, Altermundi, the Free Network
Foundation, the Federation of French Data Networks, and more!
- MileMesh Looks to Make Hoboken a Beacon for US Mesh
Networks<http://techpresident.com/news/24610/milemesh-looks-make-hoboken…
- KORUZA Grows: Shuttleworth Foundation Flash
Grant<https://wlan-si.net/en/blog/2013/10/31/koruza-grows-shuttleworth-f…
Musti from wlan-slovenia has received funding for his prototype for
Optical Wireless Networks!
- Google Fiber and Kansas City's Digital
Divide<http://kcur.org/post/google-fiber-and-kansas-citys-digital-divide…
Great article on the work being done in Kansas City by Connecting For
Good & the FNF
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Jenny
http://jennyryan.net
http://sudomesh.org
http://thevirtualcampfire.org
http://technomadic.tumblr.com
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"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
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