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 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
    • Information Day: August 31 @ Sudo Room [Jenny, Juul, you?]
    • Wireless Summit, Berlin, October 2-4 [Jenny]
    • Evolver Hivemind, TBD (December?), Berkeley [Jenny]

Operational Logistics

  • Make a project roadmap
  • Grants and other funds we can apply for
  • Financials [current and projected]
  • Time [of volunteers needed to sustain project]
  • Tax status (set up 501c3)
  • Business models
    • Product excess reuse
    • Ad/tracking removal

Marketing / Branding

  • Mesh/Naming
  • Blog posts [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