Mesh/06 February 2014

  Day changed to 07 Feb 2014
  00:04 < juul> WE JUST SUCCESSFULLY CONFIGURED THE FIRST WORKING NODE
  00:04 < juul> THE SYSTEM IS WORKING
  00:04 < juul> ONLY TWO "SHOWSTOPPING BUGS LEFT":
  00:05 < juul>  * sticker printing
  00:05 < juul>  * upstream bandwidth limiting
  00:08 < thundara> juul: Cool, can an outsider get / build the firmware yet?
  00:11 < jerkey> yay!!!!!!!!
  00:17 < juul> thundara: yeah, but we need to spend a couple of days going through and documenting better
  00:18 < juul> the idea is that you flash the standard sudo mesh firmware, then use the node-configurator to
set up the node
  00:20 < juul> so, in very brief: get the openwrt-firmware repo from sudomesh github, run prepare script,
run build script, flash resulting firmware (jffs version) onto your atheros node (only tested on picostation 2
hp and bullet 2 hp so far), then get the node-configurator from our git repo and follow the instructions 
in the readme
  00:20 < juul> those instructions may well be a bit lacking still

Attendees

• Jenny (tunabananas), Marc (juul), Jeremy, Noemie, Jacob, Dan, Chris, Luis, Deekoo, Matt

Updates

• Marc has been working on the firmware, running into some issues regarding SSL certs and dates.
• Marc has been developing the Free Store for creative commons media
• Dan built a mesh in Somaliland with OTI
• Dan has some servers he might be able to donate to the mesh!
• Jeremy's been working on educational materials
• Jeremy met a (!)millionaire(!) who's interested in the project
• Noemie just arrived from France, is a documentary filmmaker and interested in filming a documentary of sudo room
• Jacob to meet with Chris Mitchell - Telecommunciations as Commons, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
• Jenny shared some documents on google drive (please ask if you want edit access)
  • finances spreadsheet: We have around $2700 [1]
  • events spreadsheet [2]
  • Community outreach: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dC1mVjlaeTVSckhrZUc4VjNvZ0dGTlE&usp=sharing
• Chris wants to flash a router tonight :)
• Deekoo having trouble mirroring Subversion repositories
• Luis working on the splash page

Notes

• TransBay.net - one of the oldest ISPs in the Bay Area
  • Got a reply back from "Eric Dynamic" re: collaborating. They have a rooftop on 14th St and we could possibly have antennas there
• Dragino - Shenzen production company producing nice, cheap indoor routers
• Jacob soliciting suggestions re: role of municipal actors:
  • open access to utility poles
• VillageTelco is wireless based telcom, OpenBTS is GSM based telcom software
• BMX6 is the update to batman-adv

Action Items

• Marc getting the firmware ready, fixing the last bug.
• Jeremy and Jenny working on cards/flyers
• Dan and Chris flashing routers
• Deekoo logging into build server and poking at the build scripts
• Luis working on splash page

Consensus items

• We consensed that it is not allowed for our chair, secretary, treasurer or board of directors to publicly use their titles.

ToDos

• Jenny/Marc coordinate with Dan to pick up server donations
• Flyer / bizcard design [Jenny/Jeremy]
• Hack on Bylaws: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Bylaws
• Finalize Board of Directors [Jenny]
• Get a bank account [Jenny]

Gratuitous Link Dump

• https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Documentation <-- Add relevant articles, books, videos, lectures etc;
• http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-01/27/maidsafe-bitcloud - Open, secure, audited, decentralized peer-to-peer data transfer and storage extending to all data and internet communications.
• http://www.amazon.com/The-Good-Life-Lab-Experiments/dp/1612121012
• https://guardianproject.info/2013/12/03/ostel-co-secure-voip-network-partners-with-open-hosting/
• http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OsmAnd