Meeting Details
- Location: Eco Trust Building ["Node551"] (ground floor)
- 721 NW 9th ave between irving and johnson (look for folks wither in Hot Lips or World Cup)
- Date: 30 Dec 2003
- Planned Start Time: 6:30PM
- Actual Start Time: 6:35PM
- End Time:
Facilitator: AaronBaer
Scribe: DarrinEden
Role call: KeeganQuinn, TomHiggins, AaronBear, NigelBallard, SeanWellter, MichaelWeinberg, JasonMcArthur
Resolved Business
KeeganQuinn has a script to burn bone to DVD.
- January shot on CTI rooftop
New Business
Old Business
AaronBaer working with http://portland.indymedia.org individuals
TomFitz has potential buyer for the SGI Challange XL http://www.personaltelco.net/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album10
NigelBallard has a lead on a new node at a local icecream parlor, requests a nucab. volunteers keegan in his absence to do the build for this node and "the mall". (no change 12/23/03)
* NigelBallard if leading coffee shop in sellwood, ice cream parlor downtown, bar near PSU and the mall in the suburbs.
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 (no change 12/23/03)
KeeganQuinn suggests holding a wireless summit in Summer 2004. Response is positive. More planning to take place in 2004. update: Nigel suggests using the MarkSpencer. TomFitz says it needs sponsorship. (no change 12/23/03)
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. (no change 12/23/03)
TomFitz, KeeganQuinn, and Carl volunteer gas money for the PTP Van. TomHiggins will look into insurance. update: still need VIN, etc. AaronBaer says owner must insure. Nigel says last insurance cost $312 for 6 months. Shawn will look into insurance "deals". (no change 12/23/03)
TomHiggins: Suggests the use of available machines that are not useful as APs as community-accessible client devices. Consensus is that it's a good idea and that there is a need for such machines to be able to run the X window system. TomHiggins will talk to Joe from FreeGeek about this at or around ITEC. The CityRepair project may help with making kiosk boxes. (no change 12/23/03)
A good hardware grant with clear plan for use of the gear is what FreeGeek is looking for. Such grant writting projects would net us some gear and experience with grant writting. (no change 12/23/03)
TomHiggins suggests a Grant Writing Force be formed from interested members as a sort of study group/action team to learn how to do grant writting and how to get them to the right parties. The goal would be to actualy do a few simple grant projects at first (freegeek) and then work up to larger ones. Its a skill the PTP could use. (EugeneKeam is the point person for grants. Coordinate with him)