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= Participate! = | = Participate! = | ||
*Join us at our | *Join us at our weekly meeting / hacknight - every Tuesday at 7:30pm at [https://omnicommons.org Omni Commons]. | ||
*Join the [http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh Mailing List!] | *Join the [http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh Mailing List!] | ||
* | *Chat with us on [https://peoplesopen.net/chat RocketChat], #peoplesopen.net on [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=peoplesopen.net Freenode IRC], or #peoplesopen on [https://scuttlebutt.nz Secure Scuttlebot] | ||
There's a lot of work ahead of us and most of it does not require any technical skills at all! Here are some examples: | There's a lot of work ahead of us and most of it does not require any technical skills at all! Here are some examples: | ||
*Getting more people involved and excited about a community mesh! | *Getting more people involved and excited about a community mesh! | ||
*Graphic design | *Graphic design | ||
*Printing/posting posters / | *Printing/posting posters / flyers | ||
*Events organizing! | *Events organizing! | ||
*Mounting routers on buildings (it's easy! we'll teach you how!) | *Mounting routers on buildings (it's easy! we'll teach you how!) | ||
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If you're interested in hosting a node then add your location to [http://meshmap.sudoroom.org/ our mesh map]! You can use a fake name if you like and your email address will only be visible to administrators. | If you're interested in hosting a node then add your location to [http://meshmap.sudoroom.org/ our mesh map]! You can use a fake name if you like and your email address will only be visible to administrators. | ||
= | = Sign up to our Patreon! = | ||
Help us reach our $3,000 goal | Help us reach our $3,000 monthly income goal on our [https://www.patreon.com/peoplesopennet Patreon], either by donating or by sending it out to your social network via facebook, twitter, email, etc. | ||
= Donate used hardware! = | = Donate used hardware! = | ||
Do you have an old wifi access point or router lying around that you don't use? Donate it! You can leave it at [https://sudoroom.org/ sudo room] at | Do you have an old wifi access point or router lying around that you don't use? Donate it! You can leave it at [https://sudoroom.org/ sudo room] at 4799 Shattuck Ave in Oakland. It is almost always open in the evenings. Just put a note on the router saying that it's for the mesh group. If we can, we'll turn it into a mesh node, and if the hardware is not compatible we'll sell it on ebay and use the money to fund the organization! | ||
If your access point or wifi router is listed on [http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start this page], then it's definitely compatible, and we can either turn it into a mesh node for you to run in your home or for a local cafe or community center. | If your access point or wifi router is listed on [http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start this page], then it's definitely compatible, and we can either turn it into a mesh node for you to run in your home or for a local cafe or community center. | ||
Latest revision as of 06:13, 25 June 2018
You want to help build a mesh network in the East Bay? Great! Here's how you can help:
Participate!
- Join us at our weekly meeting / hacknight - every Tuesday at 7:30pm at Omni Commons.
- Join the Mailing List!
- Chat with us on RocketChat, #peoplesopen.net on Freenode IRC, or #peoplesopen on Secure Scuttlebot
There's a lot of work ahead of us and most of it does not require any technical skills at all! Here are some examples:
- Getting more people involved and excited about a community mesh!
- Graphic design
- Printing/posting posters / flyers
- Events organizing!
- Mounting routers on buildings (it's easy! we'll teach you how!)
- Grant application writing
- Developing and designing web apps
- OpenWRT administration
- Mesh protocol wrangling
- Electronics repair
See our list of To Dos for tangible action items!
Host a node!
Want to have a mesh node on your house / apartment? We're constantly looking for more people to adopt nodes, especially in the San Antonio neighborhood of Oakland!
Hosting a node involves the following:
1. Letting us mount a router on your roof, or on the side of your house, or pointing out your window (they come in different sizes, but even the big ones are pretty small and unobtrusive) and run a single cable to your existing modem / access point / router.
2. Paying for the routers power usage. They use only 8 watts of power, which is less than 5.9 kilowatt-hours a month, which at an average bay area price of 22.8 cents each comes to about $1.35 a month.
3. Optionally paying for the router! $25 to $110 depending on distance to nearest other mesh node. If you buy a nice rooftop router then you'll get a better connection to the mesh!
4. Optionally letting the mesh use part of your internet connection when you're not using it (strongly encouraged!).
If you're interested in hosting a node then add your location to our mesh map! You can use a fake name if you like and your email address will only be visible to administrators.
Sign up to our Patreon!
Help us reach our $3,000 monthly income goal on our Patreon, either by donating or by sending it out to your social network via facebook, twitter, email, etc.
Donate used hardware!
Do you have an old wifi access point or router lying around that you don't use? Donate it! You can leave it at sudo room at 4799 Shattuck Ave in Oakland. It is almost always open in the evenings. Just put a note on the router saying that it's for the mesh group. If we can, we'll turn it into a mesh node, and if the hardware is not compatible we'll sell it on ebay and use the money to fund the organization!
If your access point or wifi router is listed on this page, then it's definitely compatible, and we can either turn it into a mesh node for you to run in your home or for a local cafe or community center.
Donate new hardware!
Buy us some high quality hardware from our wishlist! Let us know if you're ok with us thanking you on our donors page. If you don't specify otherwise then we'll keep your donation anonymous.