BusinessOutreach

Location: BridgePortBR

Date: 03 March 2003 BR Planned Start Time:7:00 PM BR

Actual Start Time: 7:50 PM BR

Scribe: LonnieWormleyBR Role call:

AlinaJensen, DatNguyen, LonnieWormley, EugeneKeamBR

Agenda

• Node finances and installation
• Flower Project
• Hardware sales
• Dues
• Website
• Node support

Meeting

• Node finances and installation

  • When business owner pays for node hardware or donates money for installation they will make out check to PersonalTelcoProject.

  • PersonalTelcoProject will not authorize installers to collect any fees for personal work from the business owner.

  • The PersonalTelcoProject board of directors should decide if PersonalTelcoProject will give a stipend installers. The stipend will be issued from PersonalTelcoProject funds and a 1099 form will be submitted with PersonalTelcoProject tax filings. A 1099 will also be given to anyone receiving a stipend at the end of the year.

• Flower Project
  • This is the code word for a node that is in the making.
  • Alina and Eugene are assigned to work on this and are planning an initial contact meeting.
• Dues

  • PersonalTelcoProject having money freaks some people out

  • Non-profits can have money. Non-profits can sell items. Non-profits can pay salaries.
  • Dues Survey
    • Lonnie has the action item for developing a dues survey
    • Questions would focus on gathering data about the willingness to pay dues.
    • Survey would list some uses for the dues
• Website
  • A team of web designers will re-design www.personaltelco.net website
  • Dat Nguyen will contact the web designers that have already expressed a desire to work on the project.
  • Main website will be static HTML.
  • The technical wiki, drupal will be moved to another URL and linked to from the main page.

  • The PersonalTelcoProject board will approve all changes to the web site.

    • A team will be formed to make the updates under the direction of the board.
• Node Support

  • Node owners are like PersonalTelcoProject customers. Each new node owner will sign and agree to the terms of support that will be presented with a node proposal.

  • Site survey forms will be developed by Eugene to help docment customer requirements during a site survey.

• The site survey notes will be used to create a proposal similar to the one that TomOffermann developed.

Next meeting:

• Facilitator - EugeneKeam

• Scribe - LonnieWormley

• Time - 10 AM
• Date - 20 March 2003

• Location - UrbanGrind

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