'''Location:''' [[NodeLuckyLabNW]]<
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'''Date and Time:''' Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 6:30-8:00 p.m.<
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'''Scribe:''' You<
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'''Roll Call:''' JasonBergstrom,TedBrunner,RussellSenior,MatthewKlug,SteveTree<
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'''Agenda'''
* Annual Board Meeting 2025
* Appoint officers for the next year
* Old business
* New business
* Adjourn Board Meeting
* Node notes:
* NodeBeulahLand -- RussellSenior, JasonBergstrom, and MatthewKlug participated in helping get a new ethernet run onto the roof to support a new TPLink EAP225-Outdoor AP, took less than an hour.
* NodeCommunitecture is still down
* NodeAlhambra -- ap5 up then back down
* NodeMisdemeanor -- Closing at the end of the year
* NodePatch -- ap1 down, any disposition?
* Russell noticed a MetroFi SkyPilot just north of SE Division on SE 12th Avenue, reported it to 311, offered technical assistance, and got a reply that it had been forwarded to Vertical Infrastructure Program staff.
* CommunityBroadbandPDX is having a Social thursday evening at Workers Tap & Cafe, 6:30-9:00: https://cbbpdx.civicrm.org/civicrm/event/info?id=3 ... described on social media as "What would internet access look like if it wasn't controlled by megacorps, but by YOU. Publicly-owned infrastructure isn't new and it doesn't have to stay a dream in Portland. Come out and chat with other people fed up with the status quo."
* Review ToDoList2025 for any updates/notes
* None Yet
'''Notes'''
* Russell and Ted went out to survey the install at Mark's place
* tested 900MHz, many trees, possibly land in the way
* Convene the Annual Board Meeting 2025 at 7:19pm
* MatthewKlug appointed to advisory board
* Can we expand the board, rules seem to permit it
* RussellSenior has suggested current positions remain the same, TedBrunner seconded
* No new business, still want to consider expanding board, concern about quorum and wanting an odd number
* Discussion about mission statement clarification/expansion, and whether we'd have to refile state/IRS.
* SteveTree appointed to the board of advisors.
* New Business: think more about education mission
* FreeGeek no longer offering Linux/supported computers. No support department.
* Gaveled out of board meeting at 7:59pm
* Node notes:
* Node notes:
* NodeBeulahLand - added roof node
* NodeCommunitecture - still down
* NodeAlhambra - ap5 still down
* NodeMisdemeanor - gone at the end of the year, could collect gear
* NodePatch - still in contact
* CommunityBroadbandPDX having a social tomorrow afternoon, contact with Mitch Green and other city councilors - discuss feasibility studies
* OSU/OSL move, Russell is out some in the next month, so we'd like a schedule from Lance
* Russell still needs to contact EricHarrison about hosting a server
* No meeting next week, or the third (as normal). Meet in person on the second Wednesday
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