Personal Telco Monthly Meeting for June 30th 2004

When and Where

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

Wednesday, June 30th, 6pm-9pm

Agenda

Election Procedures

Elections for Secretary and Treasurer will be held at the August Monthly Meeting

PROPOSED TIMELINE:

June 30 Monthly Meeting:

July 28 Monthly Meeting:

Sometime in August:

August 11:

August 25 Monthly Meeting:

PROPOSED NOMINATION PROCESS:

PROPOSED VOTING PROCESS:

PROPOSED VOTE COUNTING PROCESS:

OTHER QUESTIONS:

All questions, concerns, comments welcome.

Thanks, TomOfferman

[1] Bylaws: Article II, Section 7 [2] Bylaws: Article II, Section 13 [3] Bylaws: Article III, Section 3.1 [4] Bylaws: Article II, Section 10 [5] Bylaws: Article II, Section 12 [6] http://personaltelco.net/download/nonprofit/

Discussion

We'll begin by breaking the assembly into groups based on interest:

Technology - Hardware, Programming

Awareness - Community Outreach, Media, Propaganda

Finance - Fundraising, Grants, Budgeting

Education - Node building, network use, WiFi tutoring

Each group will select a spokesperson and discuss their focus for about 45 minutes, working towards a brief (3-5 minutes) presentation on their topic. (Focus on where we are, where we should be headed, what the challenges are and how we should overcome them.)

We will then reconvene to hear each group's thoughts. After everyone has presented, we'll have an open forum for questions between groups.

Meeting Notes

Scribe: Sam Churchill:

DarrinEden - President , PersonalTelco, calls the meeting to order. Darrin explains the mission of PersonalTelco, and the objective of the meeting tonight (to break up into smaller groups and discuss visions of PTPs future. Darrin says the Willamette Week, which had a cover story on PersonalTelco a couple weeks ago, may have attracted several new members. Your scribe's loose count indicates perhaps 90 people at tonight's meeting, one of the larger meetings. Hands it off to AaronBaer for introductions.

AaronBaer - Treasurer , asks new people to introduce themselves. About 20 people introduce speak. A range of people from filmmakers, coffee shop owners, ham radio operators and curious people with a variety of backgrounds.

Aaron briefly explains PTP group projects that have been under development during June, including a wireless backbone network involving TomHiggins node shooting down Belmont and a Hawthorne Street network originating from the International Hostel. The idea, Aaron explains, is to build our own network.

Darrin hands out membership forms. Explains that the treasure and secretary positions are open. At the July 28th meeting, the nomination period ends. Elections are in August 25th. Must be a member to vote.

How does one become PTP member, asks Darrin? Must be sponsored by existing member, own or operate a gateway (www.personaltelco.net), or be voted in by a majority of owners, or pay a one-time fee of $500.

On August 11th, ballots for voting in new officers will be mailed . Nominees speak at meeting. Directors can serve two consecutive terms. Darrin hands off to TomHiggins.

TomHiggins has the node report for the month of June.

June

Node

Node

June's

May

May's

Ranking

Name

Number

Daily Avg

Ranking

Daily Avg

1

WorldCup NW

536

25.03

2

22.85

2

AnnaBannanas

579

21.67

4

18.00

3

Pioneer Sqaure Area

113

21.07

1

24.30

4

EcoTrust

551

18.90

5

15.46

5

Backspace

563

17.27

3

20.88

6

Urban Grind

375

17.09

6

15.40

7

World Cup@Powells Book

587

16.67

9

9.84

8

Hawthorne Hostel

143

14.89

9

Ugly Mug

564

13.33

8

10.50

10

La Dolce Vita

517

11.93

World Wide War Drive Report. At least four Portland residents participated in the WorldWideWarDrive, held this June. Bernie (MusashiHybrid) placed (6th) in the world, with a remarkable 9,658 hot spots recorded. He used a 24db dish in the back of his vehicle, drove to Kelso and south of Portland, etc. JasonMcArthur was ranked 20th. TomHiggins ranked 96th. A fourth Portlander came in 61st. Kismet and Netstumble are the preferred tools.

MichaelWeintraub, PTP's community development coordinator explained the mission for tonight's meeting; discuss PTPs future. Said the meeting would be broken into four focus groups.

Technologist - Importance of PTP net, fill out our own infrastructure, have always required phone company. A lot involves mapping and research, identifying locations that would be good for towers, opportunities for volunteers. Cantenna research (under $10).

Awareness - Bridge gap between geeks and non-geeks, teen community centers, flyering, general awareness of what needs to be done, community network built for them is not well publicized. Publicity on KBOO, public access TV,

Finance - Issues; need one year plan, with budget, scope of accomplishments over a one year period, to grant makers, large business and small, community organizations. Where do we want to be a year from now. What do we want to do, how much will it cost. A citywide network requires money, involvement and organization.

Education - Issues; getting the word out. A July 17th workshop on setting up a node (playday),is planned for July.

Discussion groups talk amongst themselves.

Discussion group leaders report to the group about topics brought up in the focus groups. Didn't get good notes on the details. Sorry.

Darrin adjourns meeting.

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