Location: NodeLutz
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 6:30pm-8:00pm
Scribe: You
Roll Call: JasonBergstrom,TedBrunner,RussellSenior

Agenda

• Pick location for next weekly

• Review ToDoList2026 for any updates/notes

• Node notes:

  • NodeEcotrust -- had another outage, of a day or so. Wiline got it repaired with minimal delay. Note also, we have a signed agreement that provides us access to the Ecotrust building for the purposes of maintaining our equipment.

  • Bean/Jitsi -- No luck so far, Jason will look at before monthly.
• OSUOSL -- report on Ted and Russell's trip to Corvallis
• Oregon Broadband Office's ARPA-funded Digital Connectivity Technology Program
• Futel invoice review

• GoFundMe ??

• Your Item Here

Notes

• EFF speaker (book tour) 7pm Friday Downtown Powells
• Node notes:

  • NodeEcotrust - short outage Monday, was at connecting tower, mail from Hector at Wiline

• April 15th (tentative) meeting Community Broadband PDX at Northwest Portland library
• OSUOSL - pulled old "orange" server
  • participated in webinar for broadband grant - mostly capital for hardware (minimum $25K, with a lot of strings)
• Umpqua grant application is now employee-sponsored / relationship-only solicited

• GoFundMe - to get a fiber splicer, 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction, GoFundMe Pro, no special rate for nonprofits

• FuTel - discussion about grant (SE Uplift) distribution, spreadsheet 1-1

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