Growth and maintaining the network couldn’t be possible without the network of volunteers dedicating countless hours. You can help us scale too. Check out the brief descriptions below and email us about the particular position. You can also join the appropriate Slack channels. Our teams are super autonomous and 100% self motivated. If you have an idea, contribute and be ready to make it happen.
Please apply for the following positions by emailing us:
Install coordinator
We have hundreds of node applications. See if you can join the rooftops together on our map, identify viable installs and plan an install. This takes lots of emailing and phone calls. Also involves inventory control, coordinating install teams, streamlining installs and working with contractors.
Grants, Corporate Sponsorships #Funding
We need help seeking out grants and writing proposals
Install team leader: Person experienced with drilling concrete and window frames, to lead rooftop installs. Laptop configuring of routers and Ethernet crimping skills are good too. Volunteers can also come along to installs to learn these skills.
Network Admins #monitoring Do you know Grafana, Icinga or Nagios? Know how to write bash scripts? Help us by monitoring nodes and alerting users to problems.
Neighborhood Organizers and Internet Gateways #neighborhoods For sharing all neighborhood specific information.
Internet gateway: Did you set up a node on your rooftop? Share it here to connect with your neighbors! Chances are high that someone across the street is looking to pair up.
Organizers: Distribute leaflets and help organize events in your neighborhood. Get your local community centers involved. Educate your neighbors and local businesses about the network.
Hackers #hardware and #software Get our firmware running on more devices. We need support for cheap 2.4GHz and dual band routers. Clone our nycmeshfeed on our github.
Marketing #outreach Leaflets, press… Help us get the word out to our non-technical friends and neighbors.
Donate Space #hq We need a space to store equipment (cables and antennas), prepare installs, and host a monthly MeetUp.
Donate Money Donations are tax deductible and go towards expanding our network!
Email us about any of the above positions- help@nycmesh.net