[Mesh] Hacknight Notes

Reposted for posterity at: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/06_February_2014 Starting off these notes with an exciting excerpt from the ircz :D Day changed to 07 Feb 2014 00:04 < juul> WE JUST SUCCESSFULLY CONFIGURED THE FIRST WORKING NODE 00:04 < juul> THE SYSTEM IS WORKING 00:04 < juul> ONLY TWO "SHOWSTOPPING BUGS LEFT": 00:05 < juul> * sticker printing 00:05 < juul> * upstream bandwidth limiting 00:08 < thundara> juul: Cool, can an outsider get / build the firmware yet? 00:11 < jerkey> yay!!!!!!!! 00:17 < juul> thundara: yeah, but we need to spend a couple of days going through and documenting better 00:18 < juul> the idea is that you flash the standard sudo mesh firmware, then use the node-configurator to set up the node 00:20 < juul> so, in very brief: get the openwrt-firmware repo from sudomesh github, run prepare script, run build script, flash resulting firmware (jffs version) onto your atheros node (only tested on picostation 2 hp and bullet 2 hp so far), then get the node-configurator from our git repo and follow the instructions in the readme 00:20 < juul> those instructions may well be a bit lacking still =Attendees= *Jenny (tunabananas), Marc (juul), Jeremy, Noemie, Jacob, Dan, Chris, Luis, Deekoo, Matt =Updates= *Marc has been working on the firmware, running into some issues regarding SSL certs and dates. *Marc has been developing the Free Store for creative commons media *Dan built a mesh in Somaliland with OTI *Dan has some servers he might be able to donate to the mesh! *Jeremy's been working on educational materials *Jeremy met a (!)millionaire(!) who's interested in the project *Noemie just arrived from France, is a documentary filmmaker and interested in filming a documentary of sudo room and helping out with our video clip *Jacob to meet with Chris Mitchell - Telecommunciations as Commons, Institute for Local Self-Reliance *Jenny shared some documents on google drive (please ask if you want edit access) **finances spreadsheet: We have around $2700 [ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dGE0a3hSRnVlck1xVH… ] **events spreadsheet [ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dHNlbGtWYUMzMjdYT0… ] **Community outreach: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dC1mVjlaeTVSckhrZU… *Chris wants to flash a router tonight :) *Deekoo having trouble mirroring Subversion repositories *Luis working on the splash page =Notes= *TransBay.net - one of the oldest ISPs in the Bay Area, currently offering gigabit fiber for $150/month! **Got a reply back from "Eric Dynamic" re: collaborating. They have a rooftop on 14th St and we could possibly have antennas there *Dragino - Shenzen production company producing nice, cheap indoor routers *Jacob soliciting suggestions re: role of municipal actors: **open access to utility poles *VillageTelco is wireless based telcom, OpenBTS is GSM based telcom software *BMX6 is the update to batman-adv =Action Items= *Marc getting the firmware ready, fixing the last bug. *Jeremy and Jenny working on cards/flyers *Dan and Chris flashing routers *Deekoo logging into build server and poking at the build scripts *Luis working on splash page =Consensus items= *We consensed that it is not allowed for our chair, secretary, treasurer or board of directors to publicly use their titles. =ToDos= *Jenny/Marc coordinate with Dan to pick up server donations *Flyer / bizcard design [Jenny/Jeremy] *Hack on Bylaws: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Bylaws *Finalize Board of Directors [Jenny] *Get a bank account [Jenny] =Gratuitous Link Dump= *https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Documentation <-- Add relevant articles, books, videos, lectures etc; *http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-01/27/maidsafe-bitcloud - Open, secure, audited, decentralized peer-to-peer data transfer and storage extending to all data and internet communications. *http://www.amazon.com/The-Good-Life-Lab-Experiments/dp/1612121012 * https://guardianproject.info/2013/12/03/ostel-co-secure-voip-network-partne… *http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OsmAnd --------- Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://sudomesh.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 ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`