Good meeting last night. We covered a lot of ground. I've tried to
highlight action items in red below.
Wepay campaign: at 2/3ds. $1293. We have 100 mesh routers.
Goals of the mesh project:
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off the grid communication,
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create an alternate way to communicate. more controlled by the people
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a way for disadvantage people to get internet access
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sustainable business model
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share internet connections. everybody has to buy their own internet
connection
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usable phone service.
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why are you paying comcast?
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load balancing
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access to the internet
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.oakland domain name
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replacing the internet not controled by the powers
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encryption by default
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low-bandwidth free internet
Name:
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sudonet mesh
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sudomesh
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confusion with the word psuedo
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510pen
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optomesh ??
Organization:
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nonprofit
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501c3
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paperwork
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lots of tax forms
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under noisebridge
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nonprofit isp run by volunteers
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501c4 same benefits as 501c3
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“social welfare” organization
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still get donor tax deduction
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orgs might have bias against them
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coops
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can’t get tax deductible donations
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nonprofit where donating can get you on the board
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we need to talk to lawyers
Business models
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cost
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buying routers
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people adopt routers
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people buy routers
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couple of full time real employees
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mounting routers/antennae
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managing of network
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bandwidth
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electricity
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advertising on splash page
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name the wifi network as the web address
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sell service to business districts
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digital bulletin boards
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skill share board
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begging for cash model
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OLPC model,
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people pay 2x for themselves and someone else
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ISPs ToS don’t allow you to share bandwidth
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get local ISPs to contribute
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monkeybrains?
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competing with Unwired, and their radio frequency
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legal advisers???
Metaplanning for node deployment
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get in touch with people that have mesh network experience
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get familiar
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look at google earth for 3d building structures
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ham license
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study cram sessions
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get in touch with that community
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aprs network by ham radio operators
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weather
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packet radio
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allows you to mount masts
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allows you to amplify wifi
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fog/rain?
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aprs.fi
Mesh protocol Openwrt
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cjdns
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new
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runs as a program
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scales ?
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encrypted by default
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untested
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batman-adv
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lower level
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efficient multicast
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no encryption
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olsr
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older
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runs as a program
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runs on a lot of devices
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more tested
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2000-3000 node network
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every node can be part of the mesh
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windows, android, linux
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babel
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really easy??
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Create an image that you can flash on all routers, two options:
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script after boot
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web page that generates a custom compile
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Get people with experience to come talk to us
Plan for testing received hardware and inventory management
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100 routers
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mostly ubiquity picostations
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tagging
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barcodes
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put it in a spreasheet
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etch them end
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test them all
Plan for getting the local community involved and finding people willing to
adopt a node
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highschools and college students
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Community watch
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neighborhood survaillance
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generalized outreach
Action items
- form sub groups
Neighborhood choice
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San Antonio neighborhood
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we have a good partners in the community
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LOLspace/Bikery
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none of us live there
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maybe harder to do troubleshooting/outreach
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West Oakland neighborhood
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