# Request for volunteers: CGRAN Task Force (aka the PyBOMB Squad)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/request-for-volunteers-cgran-task-force-aka-the-pybomb-squad/233711>\
**Category:** GNU Radio\
**Created:** [January 5, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/request-for-volunteers-cgran-task-force-aka-the-pybomb-squad/233711 "2015-01-05T17:53:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/request-for-volunteers-cgran-task-force-aka-the-pybomb-squad/233711/1 "2015-01-05T17:53:19Z")

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Hey Everyone,

and a happy new year! I hope you all had a great holiday break (if you  
had one), and maybe the one or the other of you had some time to hack  
GNU Radio stuff.  
Maybe that made you curious what 2015 will bring to this great project.  
Well, spoilers, one of the things will (hopefully) be the resurrection  
of the new CGRAN.  
Or maybe one of your new year’s resolutions was to volunteer more in  
your favourite free software project? Well, here’s your chance!

We’ve been collecting ideas for the rehaul on this list and in #gnuradio  
(also, of course, IRL over a beer or two). I’ve tried condensing them  
all into this wiki page:  
[http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/PyBombSquad](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/PyBombSquad).

Now, all we have to do is implement it. For this, I’m putting together a  
task force (the PyBOMB squad), and am looking for volunteers to join.  
I’m hoping there’ll be someone on the team who knows how to make  
beautiful web pages, but other than that it’ll probably ‘just’ be a  
bunch of Python scripts. Anything we can salvage from other free  
software projects is up for grabs, of course.

The new CGRAN will be closely linked to PyBombs, which means we’ll be  
working on both of these simultaneously – hence the name of the task  
force.  
Ideally, we can compartmentalize this job into many small sub-tasks, and  
make this a small burden for everyone. Thankfully, Dr. Nathan has  
started this off with a set of scripts, so we don’t have to start from  
scratch.

To kick this off, we’ll be having a call. I have two suggestions:

> **[Expired Group Poll - Create a New Poll or Contact the Owner](https://doodle.com/poll/sq2ynhkucpbscdkh)**
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> The Group Poll you're trying to access isn’t up-to-date and has been archived

…if you can’t do either, but really want to join, PM me and we’ll work  
something out.

Hoping to see someone around then!

Cheers,  
Martin

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**Author:** ![pytlik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@pytlik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pytlik)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/request-for-volunteers-cgran-task-force-aka-the-pybomb-squad/233711/2 "2015-01-07T15:36:06Z")

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Poll is over –

Call is Monday, Jan 12th, 19:00 CET. I’ll be posting an event on the G+  
page.

If you weren’t on the poll, you can of course still join the call! We  
need lots of volunteers, in particular with knowledge in web scripting.

Cheers,  
M

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**Author:** ![pytlik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@pytlik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pytlik)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/request-for-volunteers-cgran-task-force-aka-the-pybomb-squad/233711/3 "2015-01-12T23:44:54Z")

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To see the results from our call, see the call page on the wiki:  
[http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Call20150112](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Call20150112)

(also includes the link to the video). We are still looking for people  
who want to help with web dev stuff, in particular someone who can help  
with the design of the CGRAN page!

Cheers,  
M

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**Author:** ![pytlik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@pytlik](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pytlik)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/request-for-volunteers-cgran-task-force-aka-the-pybomb-squad/233711/4 "2015-01-12T19:05:39Z")

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Anyone, if you want to join the call, please join #gnuradio and ping me.

Call is starting now.

M