July Monthly Meeting
When and Where
Urban Grind Coffee 2214 NE Oregon St. (take 22nd Ave. 2 blocks North of Sandy Blvd.)
Wednesday, July 27th, 6pm-9pm
Agenda
- 6:00PM - Introduction to Personal Telco for new comers
- 6:30PM - Announcements
- 7:00PM - Business followed by informal meet and greet.
Agenda Items
The Sunnyside Hood Report ( TomHiggins and DonPark )
Site Survey of a potential node between Node236 and HawthorneYoutHostel
- Mississippi Project Update
- Presidential Elections
- Canidates Speak, Feild Questions
- Vote is cast
- President Announced
Notes for July PersonalTelco meeting
Scribe: Sam Churchill
Tonight is a big night for PersonalTelco. Former president Darrin Eden has served ably during the past year and a new President for Personal Telco will be elected. The two candidates are Don Park and Aaron Baer.
- 6:40pm: Darrin Eden calls the meeting together. Says he has about 30 minutes left.
- 6:50 pm: Michael Weinburg goes around the room and asks new people to introduce themselves. About 8 new people
are here. There are about 50 people at DailyGrind on this hot evening.
- 6:50 pm: Darrin Eden: Report from the Sunnyside Network. Darrin says Tom Higgins has built a network in SE Portland. Tom is giving a report.
6:55 pm: Tom Higgin: He reports that they got a direct link from TomHiggins house to the InternationalHostel about 4 blocks. It is working and operational. But Tom has reported that he is moving, so that node's future is under question. Tom says that mesh networking between neighbors is the way to get started.
- 6:55 pm: Darrin Eden: Summarizes clusters in Portland. North Portland is developing some clusters (as well as the Mississippi Project.
Darrin has a map (on the big screen) of the Mississippi Project. Darrin asks Michael Weinburg and Ben Jencks to explain the latest news on Mississippi. Ben explains that they are working to bring services all into one level of service (layer 2 vrs layer 3).
7:00pm: Don Park explains that OSCON, August 1-5 is next week. The biggest convention of the year, and PersonalTelco has a booth. Free enterance to the main hall and exhibits.
Darrin Eden starts the election segment. He explains that the two candidates, Don Park and Aaron Baer, will speak for a few minutes and answer some questions from PTP officers and others.
- 7:05 pm: Aaron Baer starts. Reviews his history with PTP and qualifications.
- 7:10 pm: Don Park reviews his history with PTP and qualifications.
Second phase is questions:
- What is your two year plan for PTP?
(1) Aaron Baer: Hasn't been drawn out but has a set of goals. A nonprofit that is more sustainable. Focus more on learning how to use resources in the community. Better manage communications with the community. Goal to iron out external inquiries.
(2) Don Park: PTPNet (rooftop to rooftop network). Identify costs and technology. Weigh volunteer base vrs projects.
- How do you weigh your technical skills versus social skills, and how can you address the weaker side?
(1) Don Park: [Garbled, couldn't hear well]
(2) Aaron Baer: [Also difficult to transcribe]
- How would you solve the maintence issues of the nodes?
(1) Aaron Baer: Getting the community to take ownership of the technology. Find hardware that is sustainable and reliable and create an infrastructure that involves people and provides ownership for the community.
(2)