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= Participate! = | = Participate! = | ||
*Join us at our | *Join us at our weekly meeting / hacknight - every Tuesday at 7:30pm at [https://omnicommons.org Omni Commons]. | ||
*Join the [http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh Mailing List!] | *Join the [http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh Mailing List!] | ||
* | *Chat with us on [https://peoplesopen.net/chat RocketChat], #peoplesopen.net on [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=peoplesopen.net Freenode IRC], or #peoplesopen on [https://scuttlebutt.nz Secure Scuttlebot] | ||
There's a lot of work ahead of us and most of it does not require any technical skills at all! Here are some examples: | There's a lot of work ahead of us and most of it does not require any technical skills at all! Here are some examples: | ||
*Getting more people involved and excited about a community mesh! | *Getting more people involved and excited about a community mesh! | ||
*Graphic design | *Graphic design | ||
*Printing/posting posters / | *Printing/posting posters / flyers | ||
*Events organizing! | *Events organizing! | ||
*Mounting routers on buildings (it's easy! we'll teach you how!) | *Mounting routers on buildings (it's easy! we'll teach you how!) | ||
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*Mesh protocol wrangling | *Mesh protocol wrangling | ||
*Electronics repair | *Electronics repair | ||
See our list of [[Mesh/ToDos|To Dos]] for tangible action items! | |||
= Host a node! = | = Host a node! = | ||
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If you're interested in hosting a node then add your location to [http://meshmap.sudoroom.org/ our mesh map]! You can use a fake name if you like and your email address will only be visible to administrators. | If you're interested in hosting a node then add your location to [http://meshmap.sudoroom.org/ our mesh map]! You can use a fake name if you like and your email address will only be visible to administrators. | ||
= | = Sign up to our Patreon! = | ||
Help us reach our $3,000 goal | Help us reach our $3,000 monthly income goal on our [https://www.patreon.com/peoplesopennet Patreon], either by donating or by sending it out to your social network via facebook, twitter, email, etc. | ||
= Donate used hardware! = | = Donate used hardware! = | ||
Do you have an old wifi access point or router lying around that you don't use? Donate it! You can leave it at [https://sudoroom.org/ sudo room] at | Do you have an old wifi access point or router lying around that you don't use? Donate it! You can leave it at [https://sudoroom.org/ sudo room] at 4799 Shattuck Ave in Oakland. It is almost always open in the evenings. Just put a note on the router saying that it's for the mesh group. If we can, we'll turn it into a mesh node, and if the hardware is not compatible we'll sell it on ebay and use the money to fund the organization! | ||
If your access point or wifi router is listed on [http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start this page], then it's definitely compatible, and we can either turn it into a mesh node for you to run in your home or for a local cafe or community center. | If your access point or wifi router is listed on [http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start this page], then it's definitely compatible, and we can either turn it into a mesh node for you to run in your home or for a local cafe or community center. | ||
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Buy us some high quality hardware from our [[Mesh/Wishlist|wishlist]]! Let us know if you're ok with us thanking you on our donors page. If you don't specify otherwise then we'll keep your donation anonymous. | Buy us some high quality hardware from our [[Mesh/Wishlist|wishlist]]! Let us know if you're ok with us thanking you on our donors page. If you don't specify otherwise then we'll keep your donation anonymous. | ||
[[Mesh/where_to_ship|Shipping address for mesh donations]] | |||