• MeetingAgenda

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

Monthly Meeting

Newbie Welcomes

• Introductions (NigelBallard)

• Core Member Introduction (so Newbies can approach later)

• What is PersonalTelco (AdamShand or NigelBallard)

• Special OPs Team (please stand up)

  • New comers welcome, these are the people that will initiate you.

• Location Location Location. Ideas?
• Wireless Basics

• Q&A Session ...

Monthly Presentation

• AndrewWoods - NoCatAuth

• ErikWalthenson - MetaNet

General Meeting

• ==== Basics ====

  • Status of PayPal account

  • Idea's for PlacesToUnwire

  ==== Propaganda ====

  • Buy a TeeShirt!

  • New Logo

  • UnwiredWeekly News becomes Freenetworks?

  • Propaganda Update. TeeShirts, stickers and more! (LonnieWormley)

  • PdxWireless site ...

  • Map Data Maintainers (Bill? ... others?)

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

  • Donations to Personal Telco
  ==== New Nodes in Process ====
  • Location! Location! Location! (Morrison bridge, north/south park blocks, skidmore, brooklyn park, washington park etc)
  • Hawthorne Hostel (done!)
  • South Park Blocks (beta)
  • Pittock Building (beta)
  • Hayden Island Yacht Club
  • Billy Reeds
  • Monteauxs Restuarant

  • LuckyLab (scratched)

  ==== Tech Talk ====
  • Who's used a node? Problems? Requests?

  • CloneArmy/FreeGeek dealy (JerrittCollord/AndrewWoods)

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

  • Web site designers? Anyone, anyone?
  ==== A Hacking We Be ====

  • Much NoCatHacking by MichaelCodanti and SchylerEarle

  • MetaNet by ErikWalthinsen

  • OpenAp show and tell (?)

  • Map Server (DOH!)
  ==== Action Topics ====
  • Get offical statements of cooperation from Aracnet
  ==== Resolved Topics ====
  • Copyright of the logo (done by Lonnie)

Future Presentations

• Help wanted! Got an idea for a presentation please let us know.

• How to build a node (DonPark and AndrewWoods)

• The MusenkiAccessPoint (JimThompson)

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

• IPv6 as the backbone (ManSig)

• Distributed mangement and monitoring of Nodes

• 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)
• Can anyone explain WDS? Other hardcore wireless stuff ...

Weekly Meetings

New Topics

• Warehouse Space (Update ...)

• Idea's for PlacesToUnwire

• Free limited access. Good, bad, stupid.
• Non-profit (DSL, ISP, general incorporation, co-op etc)

• MetaNet Demo (ErikWalthinsen)

• New Wiki Software / Site Software

• InstallFest maybe w/ FreeGeek and PLUG (JerrittCollord)

• Logo Discussion (LonnieWormley)

• Maintaining accounts/permissions on group servers.
  • Either centralized (ldap etc) or decentralized (nigel's respon for hostel, hostel, adam for pncs etc)
• Core mailing list (deprecate setup? if not how to reorg.)

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

• ESSID standardization and what is a node === Resolved Topics ===

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