'''Location:''' NodeUrbanGrind<<BR>>
'''Date and Time:''' Wednesday, June 27th, 6:30pm <<BR>>
'''Scribe:''' You<<BR>>
'''Roll Call:''' Them<<BR>>

'''Agenda'''
 * Someone will do greeting and introductions
 * Candidates for the Upcoming Elections will Present their Platform
   * MichaelWeinberg
   * SamChurhill (a position speech, despite having declined the nomination)
 * Break
 * CalebPhillips will give a talk on WirelessMeshRouting protocols (BenJencks may contribute)
   * This talk is listed on FreeSkoolPortland [[http://portland.freeskool.org/?q=node/536|here]]
 * Status Reports (Education, Finance, ...)



'''Notes'''
 * Russell intros, we meet a new friend, and we are off
 * MichaelWeinberg gives a quick overview of his platform
   * attract more members
   * become better at fund raising
   * build out the tech
 * SamChurchill gives some ideas and bows out of the race. 
 * The top webpage needs to be made better for both geeks and non geeks if we are going to get more use.
   * Open contest..Design the new PTP webpages
     * top page/nav/ etc
     * News, calender, video/audio, documents, wiki, etc 
 * Tshirt...are on order, should be here for OSCON
   * XXL is the top of the heftyboy scale...
 * Freegeek  Fair Sat July 21st
 * Don needs to transfer the OSCON info over the Board asap so that we can get things finalized
 * Russell fixed more nodes..by himself...and tactfully pleads the case that more PTP members need to be on the ground looking for broken nodes, possible node, and other such maintenance. 
   * The idea of stickers at the nodes to get problem reports  "In case of no connectivity contact...."
   * Adopt a node needs to come back in force
   * Cacti/heartbeats/active pings to monitor the nodes up/down
 * break  
 * we are back and it is time for CalebPhillips  to give his talk.
   * [[http://www.personaltelco.net/~caleb/pubs/mesh_routing.pdf|pdf can be found here]]

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