[Mesh] This Week in Mesh!

[Jenny Ryan]

*Announcements:*

   - *NO MESH MEETING THIS THURSDAY* - though back with a vengeance next
   week to flash some nodes with v.0.0.1 of the mesh firmware bundle!
    - Check out https://peoplesopen.net! Beautiful new homepage thanks to
   Max O, Matt & martini <https://github.com/codegangsta/martini>
   - Node configurator
<https://github.com/sudomesh/node-configurator>completed by Juul and
Rhodey!
   - The build server is correctly building images thanks to Max B!
   - Deekoo is already finding security flaws and pointing them out!
   - Please follow @pplsopennet <https://twitter.com/pplsopennet> and
   @sudomesh <https://twitter.com/sudomesh> :-)

*Current Action Items*:

   - Investigate becoming a Ubiquiti reseller (Roman)
   - Finish up Watchdog script (rhodey)
   - Finish up firmware (juul / max b / chris j)
   - Email sticker people (juul)
   - Write updated Shareable article on mesh networks (jenny)
   - Contact first 20 experimental node operators (jenny)
   - Update budget spreadsheet and pursue bank account (jenny, matt?)
   - Submit Issues for changes to the website at the Github
repo<https://github.com/sudomesh/peoplesopen-front>(everyone)
   - Please scan the spectrum around your house using one of these software
   tools <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Software_tools>! (everyone)


*Outstanding Action Items: *

   - Investigate ham folks and their equipment - maybe they are getting rid
   of towers etc
   - Can we keep the same IP yet switch to different access points?


*Nominations for Board of Directors:*

   - Jenny nominates Rhodey, MaxB, ChrisJ, Matt, Marc, Jenny, Deekoo,
   Jeremy, Miguel, Luis, Jake
   - You can add nominations to this thread!
   - Accept or reject nomination by Dec. 12th, we can consense on them the
   following week. If you have questions about responsibilities and
   liabilities, please ping the list.

*Wiki:*
*[NOTE: You can make this process easier for me by adding a descriptive
comment when creating or updating a wiki page!]*

   - ChrisJX added to Mesh/MeshApps<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/MeshApps>
   - Tunabananas added meeting minutes for November
7<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/07_November_2013>,
   November 14 <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/14_November_2013> and November
   21 <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/21_November_2013>
   - Matt added to Mesh/MeshApps <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/MeshApps>
   - Juul updated Mesh/Network
topology<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Network_topology>with a graph
   - 50.0.83.158 updated
Mesh/Walkthrough<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/WalkThrough>
   - Jwentwistle added openmesher to
Mesh/Firmware<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Firmware>
   - Jwentwistle checked out a pico
Mesh/Checkouts<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Checkouts>
   - Matt created Mesh/Use cases <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Use_cases>
   - Matt added alternatives to Mesh/Firmware/Splash
page<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Firmware/Splash_page>
   - 184.75.221.3 added Mac instructions to
Mesh/Website/Local<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Website/Local>
   - Juul added Mesh/Articles of
Incorporation<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Articles_of_Incorporation>


*Events:*

   - Saturday, Nov 30 from 6pm at Share Space [2946 Martin Luther King Jr
   Way, Berkeley, CA] - Berkeley mesh hacking night +
pizza!<http://www.meetup.com/Berkeley-Wireless-Mesh-Network-Meetup/events/151027212/?a=me1_rt>
   - Wednesday, Dec 4 from 6pm at Wikimedia Foundation Headquarters - Talk
   on TPP Negotiations by EFF & Wikimedia Foundation
members<https://www.facebook.com/events/468656513253832/>

*Recommended Reading:*

   - Mesh network offers potential for free wireless in
Oakland<http://oaklandnorth.net/2013/11/27/mesh-network-offers-potential-for-free-wireless-internet-in-oakland/>(that's
us!)
   - Google grants $2M to researchers bringing broadband to rural
California<http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2013/10/22/google-grants-2m-to-researchers-bringing-broadband-to-rural-california/>
   - Home Wireless Network Keeps the Snoops
Away<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/technology/personaltech/homemade-wireless-networks-keep-the-snoops-away.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&>[NYTimes]
   - Start of Community Wireless Backbone in Richmond,
CA<http://blog.archive.org/2013/11/23/start-of-community-wireless-backbone-extension-in-richmond-ca/>[Internet
Archive]

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