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	Wepay campaign: at 2/3ds. $1293. We have 100 mesh routers!		Wepay campaign: at 2/3ds. $1293. We have 100 mesh routers! https://www.wepay.com/donations/oakland-community-mesh-network

	=Goals of the mesh project=		=Goals of the mesh project=

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Wepay campaign: at 2/3ds. $1293. We have 100 mesh routers!

=Goals of the mesh project=
*off the grid communication,
*create an alternate way to communicate. more controlled by the people
*a way for disadvantage people to get internet access
*sustainable business model
*share internet connections. everybody has to buy their own internet connection
*usable phone service.
*why are you paying comcast?
*load balancing
*access to the internet
*.oakland domain name (or .sudo?)
*replacing the internet not controled by the powers
*encryption by default
*low-bandwidth free internet

=Name=
*sudonet mesh
*sudomesh
**confusion with the word psuedo
*510pen
*optomesh ??

=Organization=
*nonprofit 501c3
**paperwork
**lots of tax forms
*umbrella under noisebridge
*nonprofit isp run by volunteers
*501c4 same benefits as 501c3
*"social welfare" organization
**still get donor tax deduction
**orgs might have bias against them
*coops
**canâ€™t get tax deductible donations
*nonprofit where donating can get you on the board
**we need to talk to lawyers

=Business models=
*cost
**buying routers
**people adopt routers
**people buy routers
*couple of full time real employees
**mounting routers/antennae
**managing of network
*bandwidth
*electricity
*advertising on splash page
*name the wifi network as the web address
*sell service to business districts
*digital bulletin boards
*skill share board
*begging for cash model
**OLPC model: people pay 2x for themselves and someone else
*ISPs ToS donâ€™t allow you to share bandwidth
**get local ISPs to contribute
**monkeybrains?
**competing with Unwired, and their radio frequency
*legal advisers???

=Metaplanning for node deployment=
*get in touch with people that have mesh network experience
*get familiar
*look at google earth for 3d building structures
*ham license
**study cram sessions
**get in touch with that community
*aprs network by ham radio operators
*weather
*packet radio
*allows you to mount masts
*allows you to amplify wifi
*fog/rain?
*aprs.fi

=Mesh protocol Openwrt=
*cjdns
**new
**runs as a program
**scales ?
**encrypted by default (end-to-end)
*untested
*batman-adv
**lower level
**efficient multicast
**no encryption
*olsr
**older, stable
**runs as a program
**runs on a lot of devices
**more tested
**2000-3000 node network
**every node can be part of the mesh
**windows, android, linux
*babel
**really easy??
*Create an image that you can flash on all routers, two options:
**script after boot
**web page that generates a custom compile
*Get people with experience to come talk to us

=Plan for testing received hardware and inventory management=
*100 routers
*mostly ubiquity picostations
*tagging
**barcodes
*put it in a spreasheet
*etch them
*test them all

=Plan for getting the local community involved and finding people willing to adopt a node=
*highschools and college students
*Community watch
**neighborhood surveillance
*generalized outreach: cafe bulletin boards, libraries, churches?

=Action items=
*Form sub groups: Community outreach, network management, development.
*Next week: Testing, tagging, and logging the routers that arrive Monday
*Reach out to experienced folks to come talk with us
*Talk with lawyers!

=Neighborhood choice=
*San Antonio neighborhood
**we have a good partners in the community
***LOLspace/Bikery
**none of us live there
**maybe harder to do troubleshooting/outreach
*West Oakland neighborhood
**Lots of us live there - many collectives and coops

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