= 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

= Agenda =
 * 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.

= Audio & Video =

 * http://www.personaltelco.net/~tom/podcast/rss.xml 
 * http://stephouse.net/?nav=PTPMeeting (live video feed, experimental)

== Agenda Items ==
 
 * 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://www.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.
 * HackNight is every Wed except the last of each month at [[http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/Node236|Node236]] (2924 SE Alder St.) from approximately 6:30pm-10pm. This is the place to be if you want to get more involved in the nit and grit of PTP, or if you just want to talk tech and enjoy a beer.
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