Mesh/MTP2018

Mesh the Planet! 2018 Unconference

As a followup to the Internet Archive's Decentralized Web Summit taking place July 31 - August 3rd, members of Sudo Mesh will be hosting an unconference to bring together the decentralized internets community in the shared spirit of meshing the planet!

Logistics

• What: An unconference / hackathon around building and deploying the decentralized web
• When: Saturday, August 4th, 11:30 - 6pm
• Where: The Omni Commons' Sudo Room and/or its ballroom, located @ 4799 Shattuck Ave, Oakland, CA
  • Roughly half a mile north of the MacArthur BART station, ~20 mins from San Francisco
• RSVP on SSB
• RSVP on the intertubes

Roles

(Each role needs multiple volunteers. Add your name to anything you are willing to do!)

• Front desk (6 volunteers) - Mai, Seth, Jenny
• MCs (2 volunteers) - Mai, Jenny
• Lightning talk facilitators - Mai, Benny,
• Hackathon hardware facilitators (4 volunteers) - Seth, robb, juul
• Food - Scott/nanomonkey,
• Sudomate - Jenny
• Setup (8+ volunteers) - Jenny, Benny, Seth, noffle, robb, juul
• Cleanup (8+ volunteers) - Jenny, Seth, noffle, robb, juul

Documentation

• Collaborative session notes taken at https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/SESSION__NAME
• Notes posted to this wiki in the corresponding agenda lines below, or use the format: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/MTP2018/SESSION_NAME
• Livestream for remote participation?

Material Resources

See Aspiration Tech's Materials Shopping List

• 3" x 5" un-ruled stickie notes, 1 pad per about 5 participants (Jenny will buy)
• Fine point Sharpie markers (Jenny will buy)
• 1/4" color dots for voting (in office)
• Movable walls! (in ballroom)
• Infinity coffee, snacks, and hydrating beverages
• Tables and chairs
• Power strips
• Extension cords
• External monitors
• Mesh testbeds - Sudo Mesh, Toronto Mesh, others?
• Cable crimping table - Cat5 cable, crimpers, RJ45s, guides
• Swag table - buttons, stickers, pins, zines, tshirts etc!
• Nametags
• Sign-in sheet / pens
• BYOI / PON schwag
• Projector
• Several easel pads - https://www.staples.com/Easel-Pads/cat_CL140915 (pods can use these to write down the list of presenters)

Agenda

• 11:30 - 12:00 pm — Sign in/lunch
• 12:00 - 12:30 pm — Introduction
• 12:30 - 02:00 pm — Lightening talks/discussions
• 02:00 - 02:15 pm — Break
• 02:15 - 02:45 pm — Structured Brainstorm
• 02:45 - 05:30 pm — Hackathon
• 05:30 - 06:00 pm — Demos
• 06:00 - Late — Evening fun timez

11:30 - 12 pm Sign-in

Lunch/coffee

12 - 12:30pm Introduction

• Welcome to BYOI/Dweb unconference: review agenda, code of conduct
• Introduction to the Omni & sudo, housekeeping etc (Jenny)
• Overview of mesh networks and People's Open Network (needs volunteer)

12:30 - 2pm Lightning talks/discussions

• For the first 1.5 hours we'll do five-minute lightning talks. This is an opportunity to get on a soap box or facilitate a discussion for 5 minutes about whatever the hell you want. We're modelling this after the lostlevels unconference.
• Depending on how many people attend, there will be a different number of simultaneous presentation pods. We need one pod per 15 presenters. This way each pod will finish presenting after about 15 presentations * (5 min presentation + 1 min setup) = 1.5 hrs
• A presentation pod consists of:
  • 1 timekeeper (needs a volunteer)
  • A bunch of presenters
  • Probably some audience members who are not going to present
  • A space in which to present (probably just a quadrant of the ballroom, unless it gets too noisy. no projection or amplification.)

The Timekeeper

• The timekeeper is extremely important! Every pod needs its own timekeeper.
• The responsibilities of the timekeeper are:
  • Start a 5 minute timer when a presentation begins
  • Give the presenter a warning when they have only 1 minute left

The Presenter

• Congratulations! You have been selected to present at Mesh the Planet 2018! Competition was fierce, but your proposal was exquisite. Now's your chance:
  • You will have 5 minutes to present about anything you want *or* 10 minutes to facilitate a discussion about anything you want
  • Find a facilitator with an easel pad and tell them your (pseudo)name and the title of your presentation / discussion. They will write both down on the easel pad.
  • The facilitator may ask you to find a different facilitator if their easel pad is already filled up.
  • Don't wander too far! When it's your turn to present, the facilitator will call your name out.
  • The facilitator will give you a visual warning when you have only 1 minute left, and when your time has run out.
  • Please be courteous and get off the soapbox when your time is up so we can move on to the next presentation.

The Audience Members

• When you are not presenting, you are an audience member! Your responsibilities are:
  • Pay attention to your peers!
  • Move to a different pod if you are bored
  • Applaud enthusiastically when the presentation is over

2:15 - 2:45 Structured Brainstorm with Sticky Notes

• 3 min - Writing by yourself (as many ideas as possible)
• 10 min - Posting notes to wall + organizing notes into related groups
• 15 min - Sharing out what groups of ideas developed / deciding what to hack on in remaining time

2:30pm - 5:30pm: HACKATHON

Deploying mesh services live to People's Open Network!

• We'll have a stack of Home Nodes (WD MyNet routers) and NAS devices and can spend the day deploying various services and building our own internet!

5:30pm - 6pm Demos

- Show off what you hacked on in Sudo Room

6pm - Late Evening funtimes

• Food? Karaoke? Dance party??

Inspiration

• Aspiration Tech has a great wiki on facilitation for rad unconferences - check out their Session Design Guidelines, Agenda Guidelines, and Agenda Hacking,