PTP Weekly Meeting - 11 February 2003<<BR>>

Time: Tuesday 7 - 8:30 pm<<BR>><<BR>>
Location: Linux Fund, 408 SW 2nd Avenue 430, Portland, Oregon<<BR>><<BR>>
Scribe: EugeneKeam<<BR>><<BR>>
Attendees: AdamShand, LonnieWormley, AaronJohnson, AaronBaer, NatPowning, DonPark, JerrittCollord, DarrinEden, AndrewWoods, NigelBallard, AlinaJensen, ChristianJensen, LucasSheehan, JackHoneycutt, EugeneKeam<<BR>><<BR>>

AGENDA<<BR>>

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

-  -  -  -  -<<BR>>

1. Pebble and Bewitched distro comparison<<BR>>

briefly discussed below<<BR>>

2. New nodes in the queue<<BR>>

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

DonPark<<BR>>
qwest's business class usage policy differs from residential<<BR>>

ChristianJensen<<BR>>
paper ips run on nat<<BR>>

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

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

AdamShand<<BR>>
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?<<BR>>

AlinaJensen<<BR>>
the tower is supposed to come out in june<<BR>>

AdamShand<<BR>>
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<<BR>>

3. Site surveys<<BR>>

x<<BR>>

4. General issues (Adam)<<BR>>

AdamShand<<BR>>
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<<BR>>

ChristianJensen<<BR>>
pull a geeky stunt on television<<BR>>

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

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

DonPark<<BR>>
nagware might encourage hacking<<BR>>

AaronJohnson<<BR>>
people might share accounts to get around annoyware<<BR>>

AndrewWoods<<BR>>
bandwidth capping might constitute paid service<<BR>>

AdamShand<<BR>>
drew is the pledge drive coordinator<<BR>>

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

AdamShand[[Br]]
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<<BR>>

AdamShand<<BR>>
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<<BR>>

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

-  -  -  -  -<<BR>><<BR>>

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

DIY or request corrections: EugeneKeam