Mesh/ToDos
Below are a list of To Do items, separated by topical area. If you decide to take one on, please post your name after the item and send a note to the mailing list with your plan of action! We welcome contributions of tasks, also :)
Community Outreach ToDos
- Conduct User Research on what sorts of Local Services people would like to have [Jenny, you?]
- Write up a compelling argument for mesh re: disaster preparedness [cite sources] [Jenny, you?]
- Outreach to churches with succinct argument [cite examples, e.g.; Sandy relief]
- Poster/flier at local coffeeshops, bikeshops, co-ops, collectives, community resource spaces, etc;
- Walkabouts/canvassing in E Oakland, Berkeley, Downtown Oakland
- Find folks in El Cerrito / Albany who can help us link up to the Internet Archive's Richmond node
- Presentations / talks / events promo
- See if people in school system want to work with us to ensure every student has home connectivity
- Convince libraries to share their connectivity
Operational Logistics
- Make a project roadmap
- Grants and other funds we can apply for
- Financials [current and projected] [Jenny, you?]
- Time [of volunteers needed to sustain project]
- Tax status (set up 501c3) [Marc, Matt, Jenny]
- Business models
Marketing / Branding
- Blog posts [Jenny, you?]
- Articles & Research [Jenny, you?]
- Photo album [OpenPhoto?]
- Design 'pods' for the outdoor routers [eg; birdhouses, planterboxes]
- Infographics
- Videos
- Fliers
- Poems, songs and flags
- Bios, titles and photos of team members
Technical
- More brainstorming on local applications
- Timebank
- Sensors - noise, gunshots, pollution [talk to nerds for nature]
- Hosting - Raspberry Pi/Beaglebone black provisioning; mesh app distributions; etc.
- See Software ToDo for ToDo items related to firmware and software.