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]
• See Mesh/Firmware for the current status of the firmware we'll be running on the mesh. A things that techincal folks could plug into:
  • Creating a splash page!
  • Secure and distributed remote update system.
  • Integrating the watchdog
  • Correctly route from nodes that have mesh connectivity but not internet connectivity to the internet. (Juul's working on this as of 2014 May 27)
  • Automatically lower signal strength in crowded areas (Deekoo's working on this as of 2014 May 27)
  • There's lots to do for people with all sorts of technical expertise, including: UI/UX Design, Graphic Design, Web Development, OpenWRT development/hacking, distributed network setup/administration, etc. Chances are, if you're interested in contributing to the firmware project and have the time and energy to get up to speed, there will be somewhere you can help out a lot!
• Analyze the spectrum availability in your neighborhood
• Setting up pedicab spectrum analysis pole mount