Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/09/11

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Attending

  • James
  • Jacob
  • Ezra

Action Item Status

  • Outreach
  • System Maintenance
    • Write script to update map/liveliness (Skyler)
    • Clear up old entries in map/grafana (JamesO)
    • Setup exit node (JamesO)
    • Test new radios (JamesO)
  • Setup how to setup a node event
  • Do more outdoors testing of how far nodes go
  • Organization
    • File incorporation paperwork (JamesO)

Future

  • Check on Cisco Meraki network in Boston in a few weeks

Equipment Available

Discussion

Summary

  • Skyler has her node up and reaching out to neighbors to expand
  • Skyler and Ezra are working on the presentation for Boston Anarchist Bookfair
  • Brookline Day
    • Jacob paid for table and two chairs. Would like someone else to bring more chairs. He will bring a table.
    • It is right in front of the Coolidge corner theater
    • Will bring a wifi node
    • Bring laptop for people to sign up
    • Jacob would like to focus on signing up people for his service
    • Jacob would like people to arrive between 10-10:30am. Could park Jacob's street and T over the Coolidge corner
  • James is scheduled to speak at a Somerville Broadband discussion as a rep. of the Somerville Internet Taskforce on the Sunday, September 18th, from 11:30 am to 1 pm, at the Somerville Media Center in Union Square.
    • Decided not to do the MIT Swapfest due to conflicts
  • James will get flyers printed this week and get them to Skyler, Ezra or Jacob.
  • James setting up how to setup event
  • Jacob would like to get his network up in Coolidge corner by Spring. MeshBoston.net could setup nodes off of it.
    • Would be around Harvard St., Brookline. Suggestion to have a node every 900 feet along it.
    • Should talk soon about his network design and how we can help