Mesh Boston Meeting Minutes - 2022/09/11

Attending

Outreach
- Print flyers (Skyler)
- ~~Table at MIT Swap Fest, September 18th, 9am-2pm~~
- Table at Brookline Day, September 18th, 11am-3pm
  - Signup for table (Jacob)
  - Verify we can connect a node to Jacob's network
- Table at Boston Anarchist Bookfair, October 22nd-23rd, 9am-5pm
  - Submit presentation (Skyler)
  - Prepare presentation (Skyler/Ezra)
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)

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