Meeting Details

• Location: Lucky Lab (SE Hawthorne)
• Date: 20 Jan 2004
• Planned Start Time: 7:30PM (note different time)
• Actual Start Time:
• End Time:
• Facilitator:
• Scribe:
• Role call:

New Business

• KeeganQuinn is not at this meeting, but is putting some notes here anyway. -- Yep KeeganQuinn wasn't here.

• Rocky Butte seems to be down. There are no longer any beacon packets flying eastward towards KeeganQuinn's house. Please Help. -- Need more info about problem maybe. Why is it down. Can someone drive by and check if it is up or down?

• KeeganQuinn would really like to get half a dozen NuCABs out of his basement. Aaron, Nigel, Tom - installation dates for prospective nodes would be very welcome. -- TomFitz says these will be moved out to new nodes. ShawnWelter asks if we can prep all of them for use as nodes and then store them somewhere?

• AaronBaer , KeeganQuinn and TomHiggins are working on a new node on Hawthorne close to ["Node143"] -- no info no talk

TomFitz - We Need a slide show, info and a person to give presentation for possible nodes in north Portland in Mississippi area. Possible roof access on top of recycle center. IF we can do a good demo this would be a great area to expand into. For more info contact TomFitz TomHiggins has done a slideshow for ITEC2003 , there is a swf and ppt of it in the download section with a open office version on its way, contact him for more info on this.

Don - Tech plan. Three pieces to his plan. Hot spots and their dev/deployment, PTPnet (many possibilities) , web software devlopment (node stats, Nodedb replacement?, moinmoni to plone.) Don will elaborate.

TomFitz - SMTP auth Web Mail on bones?? Don says TomFitz will install squirlmail on bones.

TomFitz - Biz cards. We need business cards. Blank cards and cards for all of the people on the contact page.

OVER at 8:15pm

Resolved Business

Old Business

• AaronBaer working with http://portland.indymedia.org individuals (no change 01/20/04)

• NigelBallard is working on nodes that include a coffee shop in sellwood, ice cream parlor downtown, bar near PSU and the mall in the suburbs. (Change 01/20/04) per TomFitz. The mall has the hardware

• TomFitz and KeeganQuinn: Automated database to facilitate generating statistics. Discussion concludes that individual users must not be identified, but data could potentially be useful and interesting. update: MAC address tracking/NoCat logs. looking for volunteers (Change 01/06/04)-- KeeganQuinn nocatauth to export xml statistics, it may be useful in the interim. seattlewireless has Really Cool Shit http://stats.seattlewireless.net/ http://www.caseyhalverson.com/wispot/ (Change 01/13/04) Contact as been made with Casey Halverson. The data scheme is being looked at. Ideas were tossed around on a new database for storing node info, and what is needed for in-house and public consumption. (no change 01/20/04)

• KeeganQuinn suggests holding a wireless summit in Summer 2004. (Change 01/20/04) Talked about what month to hold this. May? April? Sooner or later? Tentative date last weekend in april

• KeeganQuinn is interested in doing a satellite dish modification workshop involving 2.4 GHz and/or 5.8 GHz bands based on Trevor Marshall's bi-quad design with Primestar and possibly DirecTV/Dish Networks reflectors. AaronBaer and TomFitz both volunteer locations. Planning to hold the event in February, after TomHiggins' January installfest. update: AaronBaer says Jan31st for research day, then feb for actual event. (Change 01/13/04) DarrinEden has made a motion to make the day focused on UNII antennas. Discusion was had with an outcome to having a primary focus on UNII but open to ISM as well. It was so moved. (Change 01/20/04) Need a firmer date!!!

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