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 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.