There are a lot of people and businesses that have supported us as we've grown and learned. Here I'd just like to take a moment and thank everyone that has given us a helping hand.

Bottom line is this, PersonalTelco is volunteer driven and wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the hard work of lots of people. Everyone who reads the MailingList, answers questions, works on the web site, attends meetings, helps organize events, puts up nodes, converts people to the "new wireless order" ... this goes out to you. Thanks, we wouldn't behere if it wasn't for you.

This list is far from complete, and my memory isn't the best, so if I've left someone out, please just add them. -- AdamShand

Companies and Organizations

• Andre Fourie and Dale Barnett from PoyntingAntennas for giving us great deals on antennas.

• AshlandUnwired for giving some of us the dog and pony show.

• Everyone from FreeGeek who has helped out.

• GeneMerrill from CascadeHosting for his mad design skillz.

• Intel for donating two AccessPoints.

• John from SuperPass for giving us great deals on antennas.

• Rich Bader from EasyStreet for sharing their booth at their 2001 ItecConference as well as publicly endoring WirelessCommunities.

• Spooky from SuicideGirls for donating an AirPort and an 8db Omni antenna.

• LinuxFund for financial support that enabled PTP to afford legal services while incorporating as an Oregon nonprofit.

• OakTree and John Schmitt for supplying connectivity on the Southwest Waterfront (NodeOakTree).

People

• AlHooton for constantly finding us new places to install nodes.

• AndrewWoods for actually keeping stuff running!

• Andy Fraser for arranging a room at PSU for the WirelessSummit.

• CaseySpain for writing the first version of the MappingSoftware.

• ChristianSeppa, LucasSheehan and SamChurchill for being keepings of the MeetingNotes.

• DanRichardson for hosting PlayDay and arranging our first batch of TeeShirts.

• DavidElkins and ZetanGelbard for starting PdxWireless.

• EliabHelon for giving presentations at the meetings.

• ErikWalum for providing bandwidth and server space for the PersonalTelco server.

• Jeff Knox for printing our propaganda and helping arrange our first TeeShirt order.

• Jim Binkley for talking at our meetings.
• Jim Thompson of Musenki for tirelessly answering questions and educating all of us.

• LonnieWormley for designing OurLogo, our TeeShirt and everything else PersonalTelco.

• LucasSheehan for donating a case and motherboard to be the new PersonalTelco server.

• LucasSheehan (and DonPark) for organizing the MonthlyMeetings.

• MattHickey for writing the MappingSoftware (aka. WnDb)

• MichaelCodanti (and Carol!) for the thankless job of being the WirelessSupplyGuy.

• NigelBallard for being our press contact and answering questions and lecturing on BlueTooth.

• RickLindahl for teaching us and getting us started with real equipment.

• AdamShand for starting the whole damn crazy thing in the first place. - The Members

Group Efforts

• The SpecialOps team for getting nodes installed, maintaining nodes and largely helping preserve Adam's sanity (thanks guys!).

• Everyone that chipped in to make the ItecConference actually happen.

• The NoCat crew for writing NoCatAuth (especially RobFlickenger and SchuylerErle).

• DonPark, MichaelCodanti and SteveBeattie for hacking on NoCatAuth.

• AlHooton, DanRichardson and MichaelCodanti for setting up the PioneerCourthouseSquare Node

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