• MeetingAgenda

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

  • Warehouse Space (Update ...)
  • Barn Raising, get some nodes up!

    • Idea's for PlacesToUnwire

  • Should ManSig and HackNight become one and the same?

  • No commercial use, what does that actually mean.

  • Grant proposal writing - SteveBeattie and CrispinCowan

    • Why do it? What's needed. Who's interested?
    • Possible Grant Writing Help (Tech Writers)
  • ESSID Standardization
  • Boingo final decision
  • Web site over to freenetworks.org (if yes what then?)
  • Maps site to nocat for maintenance
  • Disband special interest groups?
  • 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

  • HTML for splash page

• 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. Stickers and static stickers.
  • Other meeting spaces!
  • Pass the hat for the Pioneer Square node

• New Topics

  • Buy a TeeShirt!

  • LuckyLab access update

  • ESSID Standardization
  • Pioneer Square feedback ... problems, requests etc?
  • New Nodes ...
    • Monteauxs Restuarant
    • Hawthorne Youth Hostel

  • NoCatAuth hacking

    • NoCatAuth Splash Screen - Good bad etc?

    • Status page details what do you want to see?

  • DebianApImage - Who's using it?

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

  • 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)

  • OpenAp show and tell (?)

  • Can anyone explain WDS?

• Action Topics

  • How to organize PdxWireless and PersonalTelco

  • Getting the LuckyLab and RoseAndRaindrop wired!

  • Copyright of logo and web site (AdamShand)

  • Get offical statements of cooperation from Aracnet

• Resolved Topics

  • Copyright of the logo (done by Lonnie)

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)

[CategoryPersonalTelco]