PTP Weekly Meeting - 11 February 2003

Time: Tuesday 7 - 8:30 pm

Location: Linux Fund, 408 SW 2nd Avenue 430, Portland, Oregon

Scribe: EugeneKeam

Attendees: AdamShand, LonnieWormley, AaronJohnson, AaronBaer, NatPowning, DonPark, JerrittCollord, DarrinEden, AndrewWoods, NigelBallard, AlinaJensen, ChristianJensen, LucasSheehan, JackHoneycutt, EugeneKeam

AGENDA

1. Pebble and Bewitched distro comparison
2. New nodes in the queue
3. Site surveys
4. General issues (Adam)

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1. Pebble and Bewitched distro comparison

briefly discussed below

2. New nodes in the queue

AlinaJensen
did lonnie look into easystreet usage policy?, i question qwest's usage policies, qwest should train their employees better

DonPark
qwest's business class usage policy differs from residential

ChristianJensen
paper ips run on nat

DonPark
recommend viewing qwest's isp's usage policy on the web

AlinaJensen
what to do about the tower donation from baker city?, requires professional installers and proper transportation plans

AdamShand
we have professional installers available to us via our listserv, let's do it, do we have a location to store it and install it?

AlinaJensen
the tower is supposed to come out in june

AdamShand
hams took care of the height limitations with fcc rules adjustments, 100 feet maximum so we're okay with the donated radio tower height, private property owners supposedly own 100 feet above affected property, however need a ham license

3. Site surveys

x

4. General issues (Adam)

AdamShand
theresa interested in a summer fundraiser, need a park permit, permits are affordable, perhaps pull a stunt and get media attention, setup a public tip jar concept, npr style node usage much like the pledge drives

ChristianJensen
pull a geeky stunt on television

AaronJohnson
that would be a good way to encourage people to get setup on an auth account

AdamShand
specify a suggested donation, something like npr nagware, drew assigned bandwidth capping and annoyware project by adam

DonPark
nagware might encourage hacking

AaronJohnson
people might share accounts to get around annoyware

AndrewWoods
bandwidth capping might constitute paid service

AdamShand
drew is the pledge drive coordinator

AaronBaer
we should spec out and create a timeline for completion, a project scope, note authorization server changes

AdamShandBr don is the new ops team leader, i'm backing away from that day-to-day role, one person that shapes where ptp goes, ops defined as establishment of new nodes and maintenance of existing nodes, last year was an adminstrative year for ptp, this year it is the network year, in other words development of a mansig

AdamShand
big item goals for this year, (1) create an automated cd to setup hotspots i.e. sputnik and evilbunny, (2) standardized ap hardware such as soekris, (3) standardized distro decision and then create an image cd, (4) create automation tools i.e. pushing out changes, upgrade apps, monitoring integration for bandwidth usage, (5) build a network i.e. mansig and mesh leader, (6) develop > experimentation > load and performance testing > implementation

DonPark
i'll be in thailand starting march 5, lata fools

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Next weekly meeting: 18 February 2002
Location: LinuxFundOffice
Time: 7 - 8:30 pm

DIY or request corrections: EugeneKeam