Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/03/20

Attending

• JacobS
• JamesO
• Skyler
• KurtK

Action Item Status

• Write script to update map/liveliness (Skyler)
• Talk with friends about reaching out to Worcester Maker Space (Skyler)
• Reach out to UMB CS department about the helping with the project (Lucas)
• Get node running on a VM on a PC (Lucas)
• Get incorporation paperwork drafted (JamesO)
• Setup exit node (JamesO)
• Get access to https://grafana.massmesh.net dashboard (JamesO)
• Contacting Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) about our efforts

Equipment Available

• Somerville Library Node:
  • RaspPI and power
  • Two ubiquity access points (360 and directional) and power adapter
  • waterproof plastic box
  • Power strip
  • Ethernet cables
• Stephen Ronan
  • Six+ plastic and metal NEMA enclosure boxes
  • Two+ non-penetrating roof mounts similar to: https://www.amazon.com/Non-Penetrating-Roof-Mount-1-25-Mast/dp/B011ADP12C
  • More than a dozen total of sector, grid, yagi, and omnidirectional antennas
  • Chimney mount

Discussion

• Discussion of alternatives to starting node at the Quincy Library

Summary

• Skyler has server, hopefully will help with liveliness script
• James working on incorporation
• James setup meshboston DO account. Setting up exit node
• Grafana at https://grafana.massmesh.net/d/pbnVE2eMz/network-operations-center?orgId=1. Need to add nodes to it and remove inactive nodes
• James will update map with nodes
• Setting up meeting with MAPC