[Mesh] This Week in Mesh!

[Jenny Ryan]

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*Announcements*
*We've deployed our first backbone 5GHz node! It's a Nanostation M5
running the Sudo Mesh firmware (v0.1 Snow Crash - yes, we're naming the
releases after science fiction novels) and mounted on a 20-foot flagpole
at Adeline Live/Labs, where Marc and Jenny live.
*Initial launch of http://meshthepla.net - intending to serve as a
directory of active and planned mesh networks around the world! Still
learning Semantic Mediawiki, so not much content yet until the Forms
architecture is established.
*The video from our presentation at SFSU is up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8-eLJ4lDLg

*ToDos**(unassigned)
**More legal research needed re: spectrum usage:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Spectrum
*Procure more 5GHz routers - we need to build our spine!
*Infographics!
*Design an internship program
*Design a workshop curriculum
*Please scan the spectrum around your house using one of these software
tools <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Software_tools>!
*Submit Issues for changes to the website (peoplesopen.net) at the
Github repo <https://github.com/sudomesh/peoplesopen-front>

*Current Action Items**(assigned)*
*Edit video / do more interviews (Daniel & Jeremy)
*Revamp presentation deck (Matt and Jenny)
*Investigate becoming a Ubiquiti reseller (Roman)
*Email sticker people (Marc)
*Write updated Shareable article on mesh networks (jenny)
*Contact first 20 experimental node operators (jenny)
*Update budget spreadsheet and pursue bank account (jenny, matt?)

*Nominations for Board of Directors:*
*Jenny nominated Rhodey, MaxB, ChrisJ, Matt, Marc, Jenny, Deekoo,
Jeremy, Miguel, Luis, Jake
*Accepted: MaxB, ChrisJ, Marc, Jenny, Matt
*Awaiting Response: Rhodey, Jeremy, Miguel, Luis, Jake
*
**Wiki
[NOTE: You can make this process easier for me by adding a descriptive
comment when creating or updating a wiki page!]
**Juul added info on 5GHz channel usage to Mesh/Spectrum
<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Spectrum>
*Tunabananas created Mesh/Blog <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Blog> and
wrote our first two posts (the wiki page is RSS-enabled)
*Tunabananas created Mesh/Communities
<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Communities> with ideas on communities
to reach out to and how the mesh might be relevant to them
*Juul created Mesh/Relay setup <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Relay_setup>*
**Juul created Mesh/Exit setup <https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Exit_setup>
*Peteforsyth checked out some stuff
<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Checkouts>
*Tunabananas updated Mesh/Wishlist
<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Wishlist> with a source for shielded
cat5 cable
*Tunabananas updated Mesh/Other mesh projects
<https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Other_mesh_projects> with more active
and planned meshes.
*
Events
**Mass Effect: A Night of Collectives - Friday, Jan. 10th @ Sudo Room
from 6pm til late.**
*January Cryptoparty - Sunday, Jan. 19th @ Sudo Room from 2-5pm*
**Dorkbot SF - Wednesday, Jan. 29th from 7:30-10:30pm (tentatively
presenting the mesh)*

Recommended Reading
**It's Time to Take Mesh Networks Seriously (And Not Just for the
Reasons You Think)
<http://www.wired.com/opinion/2014/01/its-time-to-take-mesh-networks-seriously-and-not-just-for-the-reasons-you-think/>
- Wired Opinion piece
*Backdoor in wireless DSL routers lets attacker reset router, get admin
<http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/01/backdoor-in-wireless-dsl-routers-lets-attacker-reset-router-get-admin/>
- Ars Technica
*The Mission to De-Centralize the Internet
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/12/the-mission-to-decentralize-the-internet.html>
- New Yorker piece

- -- 
Jenny
http://jennyryan.net
http://sudomesh.org
http://thevirtualcampfire.org
http://technomadic.tumblr.com

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"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
- -Laurie Anderson

"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
 -Hannah Arendt

"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
- -Stéphane Mallarmé
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