LoTek Coordination
Playbooks
The working documents behind every LoTek network, written and revised by the stewards who use them. Each one is reviewed at least once a year.
All playbooks
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Site surveys
How stewards walk a neighborhood to find the roofs that can see each other, the buildings that could host a hub and the obstacles in between.
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Rooftop agreements
The written agreements that let a network put equipment on a roof: what they cover, how to ask for one and what to do when a building changes hands.
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Installation and rooftop safety
How trained residents install a node safely: the rules every installer follows, the pre-climb checklist and the steps from parapet to first link.
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Governance charters
What a network’s charter must say: who the members are, how stewards are elected, how money is handled and what members are promised about their traffic.
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Spectrum basics
The radio bands LoTek networks use, the rules that come with them and why the backbone runs on different frequencies from the roofs.
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Legal basics
The legal questions every community network meets: what kind of organization to be, what insurance to carry, permits for poles, and how to answer requests for members’ data.
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Stewardship
Keeping a network alive for years: fault reports, spares, seasonal checks, the maintenance fund and training the people who will take over from you.
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What we measure
Exactly what the coordination site collects from each node, what it never collects and how long anything is kept.