February 2006 Monthly Meeting

Scribe: RussellSenior and CalebPhillips BR

When and Where

Urban Grind Coffee 2214 NE Oregon St. (take 22nd Ave. 2 blocks North of Sandy Blvd.)

Wednesday, February 22nd, 6:30pm-9pm

Agenda

• Printed Documentation Update
  • Review what we have alredy done

    • http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/NodeOwnerHelp

    • http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/PotentialNodeOwner

    • http://www.personaltelco.net/static/publications/manifesto-trifold.sxw

    • http://www.personaltelco.net/static/publications/newptpnode.sxw

    • http://www.personaltelco.net/static/publications/brochure.sxw

      • updates
      • corrections
    • Check in on works in projects
  • Include docs not made by us that fit our needs

    • [ http://wndw.net/ Wireless Networking for Developing Worlds] is CC

    • The Wireless Commons Manifesto is a must
  • Gather the docs into a cohesive pack or packs to hand out to folks when they request info

    • I have taken the above, plus some more docs, and created a print friendly booklete. You can grab the current rough draft at http://wsmf.org/ptp/ptpunifieddoc.pdf . Eyeballs and Edits por favor.

      • Biz focus
      • Homeowner focus
      • End User focus
      • Other folks looking to do a Community Networking Group
• Talk about HP Grant

• BrandonCsSanders and ChuckLangenberg will talk about [http://meshportland.org MeshPortland]

• Brief update on MississippiGrantProject work

  • Client devices/Repeaters
  • Warpedaling setup and proof-of-concept

• NodeFirstUnitarian update

• City Repair Project / Village Building Convergence class

• Your ideas here

Notes

• DonPark opens the meeting

• Introductions

• TomHiggins talks about documentation

• DonPark talks about the HP Grant

• BrandonCsSanders talks about MeshPortland project.

  • Thinks PTP is doing a good job providing technical detailed information; thinks about working at a higher level information
  • Asks what are the holes in PTP-land?
    • outreach community involvement
    • grant writing/business connections
    • social issues, talking to regular folks

    • keep track of other community wireless groups around the country/world. (DonPark mentions a field day with SeattleWireless planned for August)

    • survey of portland citizens regarding wireless wants/needs
    • questions about what "mesh" means: a mobile solution? (is that feasible) rather than fixed access locations.

  • TomHiggins talks about technical aspects of UnwirePortland conflicts

  • mention of local content served, neighborhood wikis as coolness

• RussellSenior talks about MississippiGrantProject

  • Working, but stalled due to weather

  • Had a workshop last month where something like 20 people showed up (DonPark chips in to description)

  • Client Devices (for people) and Repeaters (for individuals)
    • Russell points to the repeater prototype
    • Have purchased several for deployment, which will happen...sometime...soon?

  • BrandonCsSanders takes pictures

  • KeithLofstrom brings up safety for roof installs

    • Tom counters with description of YouthHostel install (guys with climbing gear)

    • DonPark states for the record that PTP officially does not recommended roof climbing for you folks at home

• CalebPhillips talks about bike stumbler

  • rode up to Mississippi with DonPark's bike stumbler, a wgt with battery, kismet, gps and usb-storage.

  • used gpsmap
  • some funkiness with the data

  • shows some [http://www.personaltelco.net/~caleb/kismet/ maps]

• CalebPhillips talks about NodeFirstUnitarian, downtown, near Lincoln High School, etc.

  • some bureaucratic hitches, but otherwise looking good

• DonPark talks about [http://www.cityrepair.org/ City Repair Project]. Talks about the [http://vbc.cityrepair.org/vbc6/ Village Building Convergence] in May, and whether PTP or PTP folks want to participate, give a presentation or something along those lines.

• JeffRamsey (sp?) talks about putting together a node

  • excited about the youth hostel node
  • aluminum siding was an issue
  • using a cantenna

  • wants to provide access from open spaces (e.g [http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=670 Sewallcrest Park])

  • wants to put up a repeater node leaching off of NodeHawthorne

  • looking for help (jramsey47@gmail.com)

• MichaelWeinberg talks about HP Grant

  • hardware grant (laptops, projectors, etc)
  • set up a mobile classroom?
  • deadline in mid-March for submission
  • techsoup administering grants

• DonPark closes.

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