Mesh/Presentations

Slides

Here are some presentation materials that can be used to talk to communities and schools.

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Past Presentations

NSF WINS Bay Area Meet-Up

• Where: Mozilla Community Space
• Date: 25 July 2017
• Presenter: juul
• Format: Panel
• Link to Recorded Livestream: https://air.mozilla.org/nsf-wins-bay-area-meet-up/

Build Your Own Internet Workshop v1

• Where: Omni Commons
• Date: 18 March 2017
• Format: 3 short talks followed by interactive workshops on cable crimping, node mounting, link propagation, babeld lab
• Link to video:
• Link to Livestream: https://www.periscope.tv/w/1BdxYPRlvwQJX
• LINK TO LESLIE'S SLIDES
• LINK TO WILL'S SLIDES
• LINK TO JEHAN'S SLIDES
• Takeaways:
  • The ethernet cable guide wallet-size cards w/ paperclips were a hit!

Omni Commons Fair

• Where: The Omni
• Date: 30 April 2016
• Presenters: Jenny
• Format: Table
• Link to event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1019941721421475/

Symbiosis Festival

• Where: Oakdale, CA
• Date: 19 September 2015
• Presenters: Marc & Jenny
• Format: Panel w/ EFF and Open Whisper Systems
• Link to event page: https://www.eff.org/event/hacker-qa and
• Jenny Bio: https://web.archive.org/web/20150918002452/http://symbiosisgathering.com:80/workshops/jenny-ryan/
• Marc Bio: https://web.archive.org/web/20150918002502/http://symbiosisgathering.com:80/workshops/marc-juul/
• Link to slides: https://github.com/sudomesh/propaganda/presentations/2015-09-19_Symbiosis_Panel.pdf
• Takeaways: Awesome to present with our friends @ EFF and OWS, though turnout was less than we'd hope (likely given our timeslot: 8pm on Saturday night). The organizers of Symbiosis are working to evolve the culture toward more of an "open university" model, which would be a good niche for us to do outreach in the future.

The Future of the Internet After Net Neutrality: A Learning Session

• Where: San Francisco City Hall
• Date: 30 April 2015
• Presenters: Jenny & Marc
• Format: Talk followed by various breakout sessions
• Link to event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/768765033237861/ and https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-the-internet-after-net-neutrality-a-learning-session-tickets-16226470811#
• Link to slides: https://github.com/sudomesh/propaganda/presentations/2015-04-30_SF_CityHall_Presentation.pdf

Open Source Bridge

• Where: Portland, OR
• Date: 26 June 2014
• Presenters: Jenny, Marc, Mitar (wlan-sloveia), Russell (Personal Telco Project), and Isaac Wilder (Kansas City Freedom Network)
• Format: Panel w/ Sudo Mesh, wlan-slovenia, Personal Telco Project, and Kansas City Freedom Network
• Link to event page: http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/1418
• Session Notes: http://opensourcebridge.org/wiki/2014/From_the_Bottom_Up%3A_Building_Community-Owned_and_-Operated_Mesh_Networks
• Link to slides: https://github.com/sudomesh/propaganda/presentations/2014-06-25_OSBridge_Presentation.pdf

Five Minutes of Shame

• Where: Internet Archive
• Date: 22 February 2014
• Presenters: Jenny & Matt
• Format: 5-minute pitch about the project + Q&A
• Takeaways: Someone has over 100 VoIP adapters they will donate to the project if they're useful! Jesse mentioned that mischief had gotten one of the donated Meraki Sparkys working, so we're following up on that. Josh is developing a file-sharing system that may be useful in the mesh. We tailored the talk to developers in an effort to recruit :-)

Mass Effect

• Where: Sudo Room
• Date: 10 January 2014
• Presenters: Jenny
• Format: 5-minute pitch about the project + Q&A
• Link to event page: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mass_effect#January_10th
• Link to slides: https://github.com/sudomesh/propaganda/presentations/2014_PeoplesOpen_ShortSlidedeck.pdf
• Takeaways: Rad to be part of an awesome event connecting various East Bay collectives and projects to one another.

East Bay Anarchist Bookfair

• Where: Humanist Hall in Oakland, CA
• Date: 26 October 2013
• Presenters: Jeremy, Juul, Jenny
• Format: Sudo Room/BAPS table with poster describing People's Open Network
• Link to poster:
• Takeaways: Got some new folks interested and put on the map!

Professor Sameer Verda's Wireless Networking class for Business students

• Where: San Francisco State University - Business Building
• Date: 12 December 2013
• Presenters: Jenny, Matt
• Format: 45-minute long presentation + questions from students
• Link to Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8-eLJ4lDLg
• Link to Slides: https://github.com/sudomesh/propaganda/presentations/2013-12-13_SFSU_Presentation.pdf
• Takeaways:
  • Student feedback:
    • Concerns over security; inspired a potential community mesh deployment in a cul-de-sac!.
  • Discussion w/ Sameer:
    • Student internships and Independent study with Sudo Mesh! (3 units) - pay?,
    • Wants to work on 802.11s - cheap USB hardware devices, LibraryBox/PirateBox, Internet-in-a-Box.
    • Wants to have us return and give a presentation to a campus-wide Open Source group.
    • Potential for course projects and coursework in Sameer's classes in the future

Nonprofit Tech Summit / DevSummit

• Where: Preservation Park in Oakland, CA
• Date: 18-20 November 2013
• Presenters: Jenny, Matt, MaxB
• Format: 'Speed-Geeking' table, 5-minute pitches + Q&A repeated about a dozen times =)
• Takeaways: Fine-tuned our pitch! and connected to some great folks, such as Niels and Tomas who've built networks in North Africa and helped write Wireless Networking in the Developing World! See also the notes from the Community Wireless Networks session.

International Summit for Community Wireless Networks

• Where: c-base in Berlin, Germany
• Date: 2-4 October 2013
• Presenters: Jenny
• Format: Women in Wireless Networking (panel); Coalition-Building for Community Wireless Networks (facilitated gift circle)
• Link to poster:

Information Day

• Where: Sudo Room
• Date: 31 August 2013
• Presenters: Jenny, Juul
• Format: 30-minute long presentation + questions
• Link to Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3V1xv9XoE0&feature=share&t=1h24m48s
• Link to Slides: https://github.com/sudomesh/propaganda/presentations/2013-08-31_InformationDay_Presentation.pdf