Meeting Details
Location: OpenOregon
- Date: February 17, 2004
- Planned Start Time: 6:30PM
- Actual Start Time: 6:50PM
- End Time:
Facilitator: AaronJohnson
Scribe: DarrinEden
Role call: MichaelWeinberg TomFitz AaronJohnson AaronBaer DarrinEden
New Business
MusashiHybrid - Radio ad to increase PTP awareness using non-profit radio stations i.e. KBOO, KBPS etc. Broadcast out the dates/topics for the monthly meeting and other events, new nodes turn ups etc.
MusashiHybrid - Public Access Cable project to broadcast PTP projects, node turn ups, play days, educational days, monthly meetings, etc.? TomHiggins has a contact with someone who has completed the classes for use of Public Access equipment.
TomHiggins - Best Practices for AP's in nodes. Given the in field experience what is the best practices for AP and radio choices for production level nodes? Should we make a "recomended list"?
OSCON Plans - Table, BOF ???
Resolved Business
Hawthorne Hostel Roof Node and the Amazing Powering Down Gremlins in the existing Hostel Node. TomHiggins is coordinating with the managers on this. If it is that the case the old cab is failing we can get a nucab in there in short order.
Rocky Butte seems to be down. There are no longer any beacon packets flying eastward towards KeeganQuinn's house. Please Help. -- Need more info about problem maybe. Why is it down. Can someone drive by and check if it is up or down? It seems that Rocky Butte has been plugged in once again. Hope is to confirm very soon. TomFitz says it's beaconing, but no DHCP. Also channels are overlapping.
Old Business
TomFitz - SMTP auth Web Mail on bone?? Don says TomFitz will install squirlmail on bones. squirrelmail is, waiting on ssl key. ssl key on the todo list. Aaron will take a look at the install. (no change 02/17/04)
- Design business cards. Looking for several designs to choose from.
AaronBaer working with http://portland.indymedia.org individuals (no change 02/10/04)
NigelBallard is working on nodes that include a ice cream parlor downtown a subway and bar near PSU (Change 02/10/04)
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/ (Change 01/13/04) Contact as been made with Casey Halverson. The data scheme is being looked at. Ideas were tossed around on a new database for storing node info, and what is needed for in-house and public consumption. (no change 02/10/04)
KeeganQuinn suggests holding a wireless summit in Summer 2004. The thinking is to hold it at the VictoriaPortAngelesParty or the OSCON gathering since both will be major places and times of the tribes gathering.
- Don - Tech plan. Three pieces to his plan. Hot spots and their dev/deployment, PTPnet (many possibilities) , web software devlopment (node stats, Nodedb replacement?, moinmoni to plone.) Don will elaborate. Bold.. Go for it! Jerrit had conversation with Don at the Bi-Quad fest regarding an upgrade of moinmoin and focus on
building the user database.