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 and @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 (everyone)
Please scan the spectrum around your house using one of these 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:
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Tunabananas added Meeting Minutes for December 5th & December 12th.
Tunabananas created Mesh/Presentations to document our public talks/workshops/presentations - uploaded slides as well
Tunabananas created Mesh/Meetings to document meetings with other organizations
Tunabananas updated Mesh/Interviews with other meshers with excerpts from Gordon Cook's interview with Nico of Altermundi
Juul created Mesh/Spectrum for describing how to map out spectrum usage
Tunabananas updated Mesh/ToDos
Deekoo returned Nanostation and checked out an AirBridge
Tunabananas created Mesh/InternetArchive with notes on our meeting at the internet Archive
Tunabananas updated Mesh/Remaining Issues
Chris created Mesh/Choosing a Router
Tunabananas updated Mesh/Walkthrough, moving OpenWRT build instructions to Mesh/Build an OpenWRT Image
Juul created Mesh/Remaining issues to document remaining technical challenges
Chrisjx created Mesh/Meraki Sparky Enclosure Design
50.0.83.158 updated Mesh/Inventory with the Meraki & Microtik donations to Noisebridge
Deekoo checked out a Nanostation
Jwentwistle updated Mesh/Firmware
Juul updated 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 with info on LightSquid, traffic shaping, and VPN services
Jwentwistle updated Mesh/Walkthrough
Peteforsyth updated our main 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:

The Cook Report: The Global Free Network Movement - 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
KORUZA Grows: Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant - Musti from wlan-slovenia has received funding for his prototype for Optical Wireless Networks!
Google Fiber and Kansas City's 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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