Meeting Details
- Location: #ptp on irc.freenode.net
- Date: 13 Jan 2004
- Planned Start Time: 6:30PM
- Actual Start Time: 6:33 PM
- End Time:
Facilitator: MichaelWeinberg
Scribe: TomHiggins
Role call:RobertPetersen, KeeganQuinn, KarolKulaga, MichaelWeinberg, TomHiggins, DarrinEden, WilColey
New Business
* Let's toss around some thoughts on a new database for storing node info, and what is needed for in-house and public consumption. MichaelWeinberg
Resolved Business
Old Business
AaronBaer working with http://portland.indymedia.org individuals
(no change 01/13/04)
NigelBallard if leading coffee shop in sellwood, ice cream parlor downtown, bar near PSU and the mall in the suburbs.(no change 01/13/04)
TomFitz and KeeganQuinn: Automated database to facilitate generating statistics. Discussion concludes that individual users must not be identified, but data could potentially be useful and interesting. update: MAC address tracking/NoCat logs. looking for volunteers (Change 01/06/04)-- KeeganQuinn nocatauth to export xml statistics, it may be useful in the interim. seattlewireless has Really Cool Shit http://stats.seattlewireless.net/
http://www.caseyhalverson.com/wispot/
KeeganQuinn suggests holding a wireless summit in Summer 2004. (Change 01/06/04)
KeeganQuinn is interested in doing a satellite dish modification workshop involving 2.4 GHz and/or 5.8 GHz bands based on Trevor Marshall's bi-quad design with Primestar and possibly DirecTV/Dish Networks reflectors. AaronBaer and TomFitz both volunteer locations. Planning to hold the event in February, after TomHiggins' January installfest. update: AaronBaer says Jan31st for research day, then feb for actual event. (on track to happen 01/06/04)
TomFitz, KeeganQuinn, and Carl volunteer gas money for the PTP Van. TomHiggins will look into insurance. update: still need VIN, etc. AaronBaer says owner must insure. Nigel says last insurance cost $312 for 6 months. Shawn will look into insurance "deals". (no change 01/06/04)
TomHiggins: Suggests the use of available machines that are not useful as APs as community-accessible client devices. Consensus is that it's a good idea and that there is a need for such machines to be able to run the X window system. TomHiggins will talk to Joe from FreeGeek about this at or around ITEC. The CityRepair project may help with making kiosk boxes. (no change 01/06/04)
A good hardware grant with clear plan for use of the gear is what FreeGeek is looking for. Such grant writing projects would net us some gear and experience with grant writing. (Change 01/06/04)
A somewhat old, yet new to some folks, issue has been raised, that of the PTP SSID. DonPark - I move we change the standard essid to "www.personaltelco.net )( TomHiggins suggests www.personaltelco.net:nodeXXX )( DonPark brought up thatwww.personaltelco.net/nodeXXX )( is closer to a url to which matthewa notes that some AP's don't allow an '/' in the ssid. matthewa further puts froth that a common SSID of www.personaltelco.net and a StationName of Node1234 might
make more sense? DonPark replies that idea could work too for hotspots that dont overlap. And so the tech rant went flring on until various things were thrown at the participants.