Mesh/16 April 2019
AGENDA FOR APRIL 23 ANNUAL BOARD MEETING: https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/annualmtg
People's Open Network Weekly Meeting - Day Month 2019 7:30pm-9pm
Agenda
- Introductions and Meeting Roles (10 mins)
- Check in on previous action items (5 mins)
- Updates & Reportbacks (20 mins)
- Next Sunday (5 mins)
- Check in on ongoing projects (10 mins)
- Discussion: BYOI IS COMING (15 mins)
- Weekly updates/check-ins (10 mins)
- Action Items (5 mins)
- Breakout Groups
Introductions
Introduce yourself: Name; Preferred Pronoun; Icebreaker Response; BRIEF Announcements
- Icebreaker question: whats the most memorable heavy thing you've ever carried?
- benny- he/him-objects that don't look heavy but are
- lesley - A bureau from IKEA that I found near my apartment.
- mai - she/they - carrying a lot of water for a long time back and forth and being like, "water's so heavy"
- I'm now contracting with the Internet Archive today to help produce the Decentralized Web Camp!
- ben - he/they - probably a rock or a log or something?
- null - he/him - a 200Ah battery
- seth - he/they - industrial sewing machine my friend has that I've helped them move twice now
- alison/allie - she/her - ordered bismuth once and it was disproportionately heavy
- doyouhaveamirror - they - suing berkeley in federal court
- robb - he/him - some motor, a motor, electric/gas, not sure which
- jenny - she/her - everything in the basement - the printing press was terrible
- howard - him/whatever/person - the heaviest thing I carry is the past, physically - keys
Meeting Roles
- Facilitator/s: Lesley
- Stacktaker:
- Notetaker/s: benny
- URL of this pad: https://peoplesopen.net/notes
Check in on previous action items
Check previous meeting minutes at https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Minutes and paste action items below:
- document battery-powered node in a waterproof bag @juul
- juul out of town
- revisit priorities brainstorm pad and report back @bennlich
- not yet
- poke ryan about marina @tunabananas
- did not do yet.
- lesley: thinking about renewing membership there. on my todo list to physically go out there.
- ping david and niki re: sunday @tunabananas
- sierk says they havent had a meeting
- create wiki page about EMF Radiation @sierk @tunabananas
- jenny making it right now
- any reply from LOLSpace? @tunabananas
- jenny pinging now
- hook up exit node server @ hurricane electric @null @bennlich @juul
- need to schedule. benny wants to make it a hike.
- purchase some N750s
- purchase some usb to network dongles (USB-C version and Regular USB) @null
- purchase request made
- email board and potential directors about annual meeting @tunabananas
- meeting next tuesday!
- coordinate for sunday - @seth
- went to rabbit's place in albany/berkeley area. pointed nanobridge at internet archive. saw archive backbone SSID.
- there's not really a good place to mount anything there.
- null: it was cool to do another survey. we werent able to see the sudomesh SSID.
- send doodle out for office hours Sunday 4/14 @null
Weekly updates/check-ins
Check previous meeting minutes at https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Minutes and paste weekly update items below:
- Hurricane Electric
- to schedule
- Internet Archive link
- Marina
- see above
- Paxio links
- benny is politely bothering them every week or two
- People's Park
- doyouhaveamirror: last saturday talked w/ someone who has the battery. told running wolf we could put it at the top of the palm tree. also we're going to have a bunch of people in the redwood tree.
- lesley: so possible redwood tree mount. the hotspot was just a near-term solution. ideally we're trying to find a building that has line of sight to people's park that we can mount something on and provide higher bandwidth.
- lesley: going to talk to tyler about the campanile.
- doyouhaveamirror: adam called and asked if i could put electricity in the park. i said i didnt have time but would show someone how to do it. wondering how the bathrooms got put in place. there was some decree w/ UC. seems like that bathroom could be a good place, but unlikely to get outlets.
- robb: how about rasputin/amoeba records?
- seth: going to text friend who lives nearby
- Laptops
- no update
- Mobile Citizen
- jenny: this is about a grououp that offfers cheap hotspots. e-mailed them two weeks ago w/ documents but haven't heard back.
Other Updates & Reportbacks
Bugs/Technical
Recent issues: https://peoplesopen.net/issues. For a list of recent Github activity, see the widget at the bottom of https://peoplesopen.net/learn/development/.
Node Mounts & Outreach
Node Mounts Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/DtzngKaM/49e1c21fc9da199fcdeceb8623b5117a/node-mounts
- seth: john Cassady (w. oakland)-sonic ISP-very steep roof- i want to put an omnidirectional antenna up there, but its hard to mount because it's so steep.
- mai + seth: Laurie up in Claremont Hills. extremely knowledgeable about networks and electricity. amazing house. tons of solar panels. great view of parts of berkeley and lake merritt.
Communications & Events
Comms Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/f3ugMPNU/94033ee6c2cef93fc1b1637b727c902a/sudo-mesh-communications // Events Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/Y3XfDK85/2b6fcb4fa92788609692a53a96fb4614/peoples-open-events
- Oakland Internet Choice Meeting
- Benny went! Tracy from media Alliance led a meeting / coalition gathering w/ reps from MonkeyBrains, Sonic, and EFF - also OpenFiber Talked to 3 city council members out of 8. Want to return to them with info/language clearly articulated and support expressed (eg a website)
- Neighborhood Outreach Flyer
- Not done! Gonna get a draft done by this weekend
Internal Logistics / Finance
Internal Logistics & Bureaucracy Trello: https://trello.com/invite/b/LzVQlW3X/1bb8bd543c8633688175365d2554c2c2/internal-logistics-bureaucracy-brainstorms
- Fire Inspection Thrusday April 25th
Next Sunday
We host office hours every Sunday from 1-3pm in Sudo Room to talk to people, work on sudomesh projects, and schedule node mounts.
- To sign up to bottomline, fill in your name here: https://ethercalc.org/byoi_office_hours
- Ongoing node mounting spreadsheet is located at: https://peoplesopen.net/sundays
- Notes from this past Sunday's session:
BYOI IS COMING in 2.5 weeks
- Saturday May 4
- Outreach/publicity
- Post on EBX online?
- Make flyers?
- Activities, description,
- Benny
- Logistics
- Food/drinks?
- Activities/Agenda
- Punch cards for each station
- Toronto Mesh training
- Drilling holes, waterproofing
- Map of West Oakland with pins of where nodes are?
- Node flashing
- Oakland ISP choice board -- solicit stories?
- Questions for Mai to ask West Oakland Library
- Can we have drilling somewhere outside?
- Can we have food inside?
- Is there a water fountain?
Action Items
Copy and paste from previous action items above, delete completed ones, and add new ones:
- document battery-powered node in a waterproof bag @juul
- revisit priorities brainstorm pad and report back @bennlich
- poke ryan about marina @tunabananas
- create wiki page about EMF Radiation @sierk @tunabananas
- any reply from LOLSpace? @tunabananas
- schedule HE server install / hike @bennlich
- create wiki page about EMF Radiation @sierk @tunabananas
- update mailing list about next week's meeting @tunabananas
- maybe research antenna range calculator--people are always asking about that @bennlich
Breakout Groups
At the end of the meeting, break out into small groups to hack on or discuss specific topics.
- judytuna: i propose a breakout group to discuss attending this one-day cram class plus exam for ham radio technician's license: http://beniciaarc.com/wp/hamclass/ . the next one is May 4, 2019, in benicia.
- benny: null is from benicia
- rob: projector location for "the den".
- BYOI breakout. notes: https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/byoi
Last Meeting Notes
- link to previous meeting minutes
- https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Mesh/9_April_2019
End of Meeting
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- then please erase the contents of this pad
- then please cut & paste a blank template from here: https://sudoroom.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Mesh/Mesh_Meeting_Notes_Template&action=edit
- previous meeting notes are archived here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Minutes