Personal Telco Monthly Meeting for March 30th 2005

When and Where

Urban Grind Coffee 2214 NE Oregon St. (take 22nd Ave. 2 blocks North of Sandy Blvd.)

Wednesday, March 30th 2005. 6:00pm - 9:00pm

6:00PM - Introduction to Personal Telco for newcomers.
6:30PM - New Nodes and other announcements.
6:45PM - Presentation: "Community Networking Backhaul Alternatives to Wireless" by DonPark
7:15PM - Business followed directly by informal meet and greet.

Call for Presidential Nominations
- Election held at MeetingJuly2005
- Must be a member (MembershipAgreement) to nominate or accept nomination
- Last day to register as a member for this election is MeetingJune2005
- Nomination posted and accepted or rejected on general MailingList
New Node Announcements
- Mobile Node [http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/Node686 Node686]
- ART [http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/Node690 Node690]
- The Falcon [http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/Node691 Node691]
- Gladstone Coffee (Node number forthcoming.)
Other Announcements
- Received funding for MississippiGrantProject from [http://mmt.org Meyer Memorial Trust] contact MichaelWeinberg to be involved. Documentation will be kept on wiki.
- Trimet is deploying wi-fi at MAX stops for time updates. Lloyd retail district is getting wi-fi in the near future.
SSID Consistency
- All Personal Telco Project nodes require a consistent name of "www.personaltelco.net". This is for the purpose of roaming between access points.