The location, date and time of the next meeting is always available on the MonthlyMeeting page. We also have archives of the MeetingNotes from all past meetings.

Focus Group

• New Topics

  • Ghetto Space (who's interested)
  • Barn Raising, get some nodes up!

    • Idea's for PlacesToUnwire

  • Should ManSig and HackNight become one and the same?

  • Report from the Special Interest Groups

    • NonProfitSig - AdamShand

    • Propaganda - LonnieWormley

    • MAN - LucasSheehan

    • Access Point - JerrittCollord

• Action Topics

  • Need Linux bootable CD/Floppy w/ Host AP and NoCatAuth pre-installed

• Resolved Topics

  • Sylistic image with HostApMode drivers and NoCatAuth

• Future Topics

  • Accountability without traceablity ... how? (AdamShand)

  • IPv6 as the backbone (ManSig)

  • Distributed mangement and monitoring of Nodes

General Meeting

• Monthly Updates

  • Introductions ...

  • Status of PayPal account.

  • Propaganda Update.
  • Pass the hat for the Pioneer Square node

• New Topics

  • Buy a TeeShirt!

  • Report from EyeForWireless Conference

  • Report from Summit meeting

  • LuckyLab access update

  • Intel AccessPoints (FreeGeek and YouthCenter?)

  • PioneerSquare node

  • NoCatAuth hacking (thanks to all)

  • Thanks to MattHickey and need new maintainer for WnDb

  • DebianApImage - Test it!

  • Web site. Does it work for people? Likes/dislikes etc.

  • Ideas for promotion (flyers, stickers, conference, talks, fair, WarDriving etc)

  • Do people like having presentations?

  • Better help for newbies (answer questions, GettingStarted, FAQ etc)

  • Node roundup!! Get NoCatAuth installed, clean up WnDb data create links!

  • Map Maintainers (Bill ... others?)
  • Location! Location! Location! (Morrison bridge, north/south park blocks, skidmore, brooklyn park, washington park etc)

  • FreeNetworks.org (We're an affiliate, What it's about, Wiki page etc)

  • OpenAp show and tell (?)

  • Can someone explain WDS?

  • Please bring any homebrew antennas for show-and-tell (PatrickSullivan)

  • LucasSheehan unviels "TheSign" ...

• Action Topics

  • How to organize PdxWireless and PersonalTelco

  • Getting the LuckyLab and RoseAndRaindrop wired!

  • Copywrite of logo and web site (AdamShand)

  • Get offical statements of cooperation from Aracnet

• Resolved Topics

  • Get offical statements of cooperation from EasyStreet

  • Christian and Sam now secretary

Future Presentations

• General question and answer session, infrastructure/ad-hoc mode (AdamShand)

• Captive Portal Demonstration (needs to wait for connectivity)
• FCC regulations (Unknown)
• RF lesson (dB vs dBi vs. dBm, fresnel zones, pathloss, isotropic radiator, etc)

• War driving as a marketing tool

• Sucess stories (this is what I did to get my node up)
• Hardware recommendations and what to look for in an AP)
• IPv6. How it works, how to use it etc

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