Internet-in-a-Box/Summit-2019

Internet-in-a-Box deployed

INTERNET-IN-A-BOX 2019 SUMMIT & HACKATHON

• November 7-10, 2019

• Join us in Boston!

• Held in conjunction with Wikipedia North America's http://WikiConference.org (November 8-11, 2019) at MIT.

• Building off 2017's http://OFF.NETWORK med/ucation content hackathon!

shared notes

• take notes here with same license as Meta-wiki
• notes to be transferred from that notepad to here on meta after the meeting

SCHEDULE

Wed Nov 6	Evening arrivals (we may be able to host you and/or arrange local transport options if you RSVP!)
Thu Nov 7	Stow, Massachusetts hackathon / retreat Noon-to-1PM NYC Time Open Call - Day #1 Theme: Internet-in-a-Box 2020 Vision (RSVP to join call!) 0:00-0:15 introductions from team in person (11 people) 0:15-0:25 introductions from online people (5 people) 0:25-0:35 framing (Adam) 0:35-0:45 content - what needs exist, who is collecting this content 0:45-0:55 community - especially implementers - people who bridge the local communities and global communities. Who is collaborating with implementers 0:55-1:00 closing thoughts only from people who have spoken less than 2 minutes
Fri Nov 8	Stow, Massachusetts hackathon / retreat Noon-to-1PM NYC Time Open Call - Day #2 Theme: Software Life Cycle Priorities (RSVP to join call!) 0:00-0:15 introductions from team in person (10 people?) 0:15-0:25 introductions from online people (4 people?) 0:25-0:40 modularity 1: phased priorities + community maintainability NGINX (#2017) with uWSGI (transitioning from Apache with mod-wsgi) Python 3 (#1810) install.yml + setup.yml + enable.yml (#2020) install_APP: True in /etc/iiab/local_vars.yml + installed_APP: True in /etc/iiab/iiab_state.yml pi-gen (#1937), Captive Portal (#1182) 0:40-0:55 modularity 2: documentation = approachability + unit/integration testing wiki.laptop.org -> meta.wikimedia.org? discourse.iiab.io for implementers too? QA -> QC -> QE (quality engineering) -> CI/CD 0:55-1:00 closing thoughts only from people who have spoken less than 2 minutes
Sat Nov 9	Hackspace location @ MIT http://WikiConference.org
Sun Nov 10	Hackspace location @ MIT http://WikiConference.org
Mon Nov 11	Urban exploration & airport/train/bus/road departures

PEOPLE

1. Emmanuel Engelhart
2. George Hunt
3. Jerry Vonau (attending remotely, from Canada?)
4. Tim Moody (attending remotely)
5. Josh Dennis?
6. Reno McKenzie
7. Joshua Kanani (attending remotely, from Kenya)
8. Mikko Kotila?
9. Victor Chan Timmons
10. Anish Mangal (attending remotely, from India)
11. Blondel Mondésir (attending remotely, from Haiti)
12. Qzekrom (attending remotely, from Ithaca)
13. SJ Klein?
14. James Heilman (attending remotely, from Canada?)
15. Nick Doiron
16. Ivan Savov (attending remotely, from Canada?)
17. Benjamin Bach (attending remotely, from Denmark?)
18. Avni Khatri / Fein
19. Adam Holt
20. Blue Rasberry (talk)
21. Daniel Mietchen
22. Shanti Bhardwa (attending remotely, from UK)
23. AbhiSuryawanshi
24. Eric Hellman
25. Martin Walker
26. Eric Nitschke (attending remotely, from Czech Republic)
27. Chris Li

• (Please RSVP to add your name!)

LOCATION

• Our retreat will take place at a farm in Stow, Massachusetts, just a short drive West of Boston, Massachusetts. Please RSVP for the exact location and possible overnight arrangements!

• The Cambridge, Massachusetts http://WikiConference.org location (Saturday & Sunday especially) is just across the Charles River from Boston itself — please don't forget to register !

FOOD RESTRICTIONS / PREFERENCES

• If you have any dietary restrictions/preferences, please RSVP with details.
• Please help us pay for food and drink, Thanks!

THURSDAY / FRIDAY EXCURSIONS

• Hikes
• Bike Rides

AGENDA / TOPICS

• Please review our Roadmap Ideas and http://minutes.iiab.io to help us with the IIAB 7.1 Milestone !
  • Content Bouquets: how to phase these in rapidly in coming weeks and months (building on #1958)
  • Software Life Cycle Priorities (Friday's Noon call)
    • NGINX (#2017) (alongside Apache initially?)
    • Update on Python 2 -> Python 3 (#1810)
    • What Priorities are highest to fulfill 2020 needs?
• Stepping Up our Contributor Community Platforms: #1759
  • Document modernization, starting with http://FAQ.IIAB.IO possibly moving to http://meta.wikimedia.org ?
    • (Or is the idea of moving IIAB docs from wiki.laptop.org to meta.wikimedia.org a bad one, given proprietary content and proprietary content practices are a fact of life in low-income countries, among communities that cannot possibly abide by all Wikimedia policies, as those living in poverty inherently have far fewer choices...)
      • https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki is fine for quickie docs, but not a mature collaborative platform for tech writers/professionals who value their time
      • Shared Google Doc ?
      • https://docs.readthedocs.io ?
      • Some excellent/similar suggestions within #1759 !
  • Permit VNC screensharing out-of-the-box? #318
• Side Topic: Kids on Computers December 2nd - 6th Mexico Trip, with a focus on refining client machines' OS (Raspbian With Desktop) to enable schools to become more independent. Thanks to the ongoing very hard work of Victor Chan Timmons (Kocifier, PR #20)
• Anyone who can talk for 5 minutes about their recent activities should
  • We will do either or both recording or note taking to publish and share
  • Remember: we only have records of progress with documentation
• Old documentation review
  • Check our list of deployments
  • Cleanup the development history
  • Present an overview of our sectors of engagement:
    • Content development
    • Kiwix
    • Software integregation
    • Hardware development
    • Device deployment
    • Communication
    • Partnerships
• Revival of en:user:WP 1.0 bot
  • Curation of a smaller stable subset of Wikipedia
  • Ready for offline use / distribution on CDs
• Integration of text/video chat service. As IIAB is increasingly used in Community Networks around the world, a service that offers secure offline communications (with possible federation) would be invaluable for local communities with expensive, unreliable or unavailable internet. Possible services:
  • https://rocket.chat/
  • https://rocket.chat/docs/administrator-guides/setting-up-video-conferencing/
  • https://rocket.chat/docs/administrator-guides/federation/ integrating those intermittently disconnected?
  • https://matrix.org/
  • https://nextcloud.com/talk/ (possible to use this add-on with current NextCloud install?)
  • https://about.riot.im/
• Other potential services to add to IIAB:
  • HomeAssistant (https://www.home-assistant.io/hassio/)
  • Unifi Controller (https://lazyadmin.nl/home-network/installing-unifi-controller-on-a-raspberry-pi-in-5-min/)
  • PiHole (https://pi-hole.net/)
• Add <YR ITEM HERE> and to the GitHub Milestone above!

EQUIPMENT

• Whiteboard / flip chart / markers / sticky notes
• If you're bringing or needing Ethernet / electrical / other gear etc, let us know!