Mesh/6 February 2014

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)
  • Chris wants to flash a router tonight :)
  • Deekoo having trouble mirroring Subversion repositories
  • Luis working on the splash page

Notes

  • TransBay - 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 here
  • Dragino - Shenzen production company producing nice indoor routers
  • Jacob soliciting suggestions re: role of municipal actors: open access to utility poles;

Hacknight

  • 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.

Technical

- VillageTelco is wireless based telcom, OpenBTS is GSM based telcom software - BMX6 is the update to batman-adv

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