View source for Mesh/30 December 2014

==Attendees==
Jenny, Alex. Marc, April
==Notes==
*In a few months the firmware might/should be ready. If we sprinted for a few days, we'd make significant progress. Let's organize a weekend retreat.
**We can use the retreat to map out what we'd like to accomplish in the next year. It would be useful.
**Should be a closed group of people working regularly to ensure focus and productivity
*We need an uplink that we can experiment with. We should explore our options, shooting for a free one. Still, we can pool a group together to pay for an uplink to eventually upgrade.
*We need to seek more funding. Folks want to work on this more, and we can find a way to enable that. Updating wiki/public face is part of this project, but that's not a heavy load.
*We are not at a stage yet where we need to do outreach to community partner/anchor organizations. 
**When we are there, we should 1) map our outreach list and 2) have a convincing info packet.   
**This could be possible in the Spring. Time flies. Let's prep.

*Let's run civiCRM. 
*Let's try to mount antennas every Sunday afternoon.
*Some folks have started reading Digital Dead End by Virginia Eubanks; it sounds awesome.
*We need more volunteers to help with graphics, grants, etc, but we should be careful with who we bring in because constantly bringing folks up to speed makes the project lag
*Map FCC database of tower locations in the Easy Bay (Alex)
*Max is exploring some project management options https://github.com/fulcrum-agile/fulcrum. April is very interested in this.
*Wikipages on firmware and to-do list need some attention. The later speaks to a larger need to map out what we are working on currently and where we want to be in the near and far future. This could be a part of the retreat.
*Reserving the mezzanine space for future meeting to help focus
==Updates==
The landlord does not want anything mounted on the Omni roof. Marc has been talking to him and has proposed that we use sandbags instead. 
==Action Items==
*Research a list of uplink options 
**drawing from the map that Marc made and put it on the wiki [https://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/mesh/2014-October/001305.html] (April)
**find the person who is a shill for co-location facilities in the East Bay who amazingly offered an uplink gratis at one point. Search notes (April) 
**Reopen conversation with the Internet Archive about linking to their tower (Jenny)

*Apply for grants and other funding asap, update: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Funding_opportunities (everyone, April)
*Find a two-three day block in January for a retreat. Marc will send a scheduling poll soon. 
**Discussed either Max's or April's places. (April recommends a pal's cabin 2 hrs east)

*Marc is trying to get batman firmware working
*Alex will map the FCC's tower data
*Max is ramping up some dev-work, he reports
*Relink the wiki on the website?
*Jenny will pen a blogpost 
*Set up a CRM (April)
*Meeting on Sunday at Omni at 2pm to mount on Will M's roof! Who's next? April's marina?
*likely no meeting this Thursday b/c it's 2015. welcome to another year.*