= January 2006 Monthly Meeting =

== When and Where ==

Urban Grind Coffee
2214 NE Oregon St.
(take 22nd Ave. 2 blocks North of Sandy Blvd.)

Wednesday, January 25, 6:30pm-9pm

= Agenda =
 * 6:30PM - Introduction to Personal Telco for new comers
 * 6:40-7:30PM - PTP Business
  * committee reports: 
    * Education TomHiggins
    * Networking KeeganQuinn
    * Finance TroyJaqua
  * Mississippi Grant Project
    * WDS backhaul is working.
    * Load-balancing via Equal-Cost Multi-Path is working.
    * Investigating practical end-user equipment.
    * Seeking new roofs to expand network.
    * Engaging local residents in network, building, maintenance.
    * Mississippi Community Network Workshop, January 28th Noon-3pm
  * New Node: OakTree on the waterfront
  * New Node: NodeMashTun
  * Developmental Roofnet In Arbor Lodge (3+ netgear 634u's ) 
  * show the [[http://www.metageek.net|metageek wi-spy]]?
  * warpedaler setup
 * 7:30PM-On - Discussion
  * Breakout Groups  -
    * Street Marketing/Logos/Ads
    * PTPu DVD
    * Roofnet/Mesh/OLSR devel and deployment
       * What hood(s) is/are a good candidate for this
    * Ways to revitalize/reinvigorate the group
       * IRC as a fun, occasionally useful, but group-stiffling communication mechanism (information doesn't make it to mailing lists where more peripherally engaged folks would see it);
       * Need apprentice-mentoring;
       * Access granting bottlenecks.