Location: Jitsi
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 5:30pm-8:00pm
Scribe: You
Roll Call: JasonBergstrom,RussellSenior,SteveTree
Agenda
- Pick location for next weekly
- Node notes:
NodeMississippi -- reaching out to Mississippi Commons building management again
- Status of grant applications
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Notes
- Node notes:
NodeMississippi - last contacted last September, but did email again today, Russell will also call
- Hector (referred by Wilf) has interest in building out large lot, community network ?5 units on double lot - Rusell showed him around the Klickitat network
- Grant applications - next expected status date is Friday the 24th for announcement of grants accepted. Now acceptance date has been delayed due to volume...
- Money has to be spent and projects completed by June 2024 (so a year window)
- DIN meeting
- Adrianna and Jennifer were out
- New grant date is "early April" per announcement at DIN meeting
- New policy and research position for Community Technology and Mt. Hood Cable opening
AfroVillage had a grant from the city last year for "Hook a Neighbor Up" day, PTP could give them a model for making that work.
- FCC has a rule making comment request period for discrimination and pricing different neighborhoods
- PCC got funding for digital navigators
FreeGeek is now contractor for managing DIN
- Open Data Day today hosted by Portland and State Gov and ODOT person (on committee for data management), and Smart Cities PDX
- Mostly policy speak
- 1 hour long panel at end on mobility data (large group of industry people) was more interesting
- State bill 3201 advancing in committee, incumbent amendments struck down
- Right to repair bill also has work session on March 28th
- Dates approaching for PTP corporate filings
Next week's meeting is the Monthly at NodeLuckyLabNW