Dear Sudoroom, it's 10:40pm on a Friday.
Most of you are partying your ass off, and I love you for it.
Is anybody in possession of most of their brain? I have a little thing, and
I need a little feedback.
Got 15 minutes? I would so love to hear from you. Please reply if you are
not at the club.
-Pete
Hi Labitators!
We're starting a coalition for an international coalition of
free/libre community and mesh networks. One of the first goals is to
define a license for free networks similar to a free software license,
so that all of the current free networks can connect to each other.
We're trying to get funding from the Night Foundation and your tweets,
facebook likes, etc. will help a lot! Here's the main link with more
info:
https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/toward-a-network-c…
Also, thanks to everyone from Labitat who helped fund our local
Oakland mesh project! Here's a small status update:
We've developed a new OpenWRT compatible firmware based on German and
Slovenian projects + our own code. We are currently testing ~25 nodes
deployed around the bay area to find and eliminate the worst bugs
before a wider release of ~100 nodes. We've been developing an
automated mesh node deployment system that allows us to take supported
routers out of the box and flash and configure them for use in our
network with minimal human intervention. It is almost complete, and it
uses the sticker printer program developed by Asbjorn from Labitat to
automatically print a sticker with your basic info (e.g. your default
password) that we stick on the the routers before shipping to new node
operators.
One of the awesome things about our firmware is that it allows you to
choose how much of your own internet connection you want to share with
the mesh, and all mesh traffic is routed through a VPN owned by the
local mesh organization which handles all abuse complaints or legal
inquiries. This functionality makes the mesh nodes immediately useful,
even before we reach a node density where new nodes are likely to be
within reach of existing nodes. This concept was first implemented by
wlan slovenja so all credit to them!
Our local non-profit mesh organization is called sudo mesh (
https://sudomesh.org ) and the network is called People's Open Network
( https://peoplesopen.net ). sudo mesh is providing a firmware and
support for getting on peoplesopen.net and will start selling
pre-flashed routers for peoplesopen.net later this year. sudo mesh is
focused on Oakland. We are making sudo mesh an easily forkable
organization, with all material (legal documents, code, marketing
material, documentation) available under open licenses, and we are
encouraging others to create groups like sudo mesh that support
peoplesopen.net in other geographic areas.
If someone wants to start a mesh organization in e.g. Copenhagen, as a
fork of sudo mesh, then reach out to info(a)sudomesh.org and we will do
our best to facilitate!
--
marc/juul
Sorry for late notice, but my morning's cleared up and I can commit to
being at the bookfair! I'm going to be at Sudoroom around 8am to pack
up the printer and needed accessories and shoot for loading everything
into my car by 8:45. It would be nice to have help during loading and
unloading. I can pick people up in my car before or after this. I
can't stay until the end though - ideally I'd like to pack up the
printer mid-afternoon and then bring it to the Omni and set it up for
that event, but we'll see how easy it is to transport out during peak
hours.
Lemme know if you'd like to help!
Can someone clarify our current status?
I am interested in applying for a grant however these are the requirements
"I certify that the organization for which I am submitting this application
is eligible to apply for the Challenge. This means my organization is a
registered and recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a registered office in
the Bay Area. If you are a fiscal sponsor submitting an application for a
sponsored group, the sponsored group must also be located in the Bay Area. "
So do we qualify? Are we a 501(c)(3)
Thanks!
Liberty-
Hi everyone,
Just a reminder that our the first Oakland Wiki
<http://oaklandwiki.org>writeathon of the spring will be taking place
at the Oakland Public Library main
branch <http://oaklandwiki.org/Main_Library> tomorrow (Sat. 3/22) from
2-4PM.
Here is the full list of events
<http://oaklandwiki.org/Oakland_Wiki_Events>this spring:
- March 22 at the Main Library at 2PM
- March 29 at the 81st Ave. Library at 2PM
- April 5 at the Main Library at 2PM
- April 12 at the Temescal Branch Library at 2PM
- April 19 at the Temescal Branch Library at 2PM
- April 26 at the Chavez Branch Library at 10AM
Please share with others who you think might be interested and we look
forward to seeing you.
Best,
Marina
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Marina Kukso <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:45 PM
Hi everyone,
Oakland Wiki <http://oaklandwiki.org> has partnered with Oakland Public
Library <http://oaklandlibrary.org/> to host a series of edit parties at
different branches of the library this spring!
See the event dates and locations at
http://oaklandwiki.org/Oakland_Wiki_Events
There's also a rad flyer that the wonderful librarians have made with all
the necessary info attached here.
FINALLY, if you're in Oakland tomorrow for first friday, drop by Sudo
Room<http://sudoroom.org>where we'll be Drawing
Oakland <http://oaklandwiki.org/Draw_Oakland>. We'll have art supplies and
will be drawing whatever we want about Oakland - its neighborhoods, people,
etc. We'll be scanning our drawings and uploading them to the wiki to
illustrate entries. If you want to draw a logo or illustration of your
neighborhood or a favorite park or taco truck, this is your chance :)
Best,
Marina
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Jeremy Entwistle
<jwentwistle(a)cryptolab.net> wrote:
> Steve Fox has written a bill (AB-1513) that would expedite and increase
> evictions in California. It's going to committee this Tuesday and it would
> be unfortunate if it progresses.
>
> You can read an overview on the OaklandWiki:
> http://oaklandwiki.org/AB-1513
>
> If anybody is interested in breaking the bill down into a very concise email
> (and add more to the wiki), it would be much appreciated to the people
> reaching out to anti-eviction groups.
Wasn't there a group meeting at Sudo yesterday to organize against
this? How did that go?
