• MeetingSeptember2025

Location: NodeLuckyLabNW
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Scribe: You
Roll Call: JasonBergstrom,TedBrunner,RussellSenior,MatthewKlug,SteveTree

Agenda

• Annual Board Meeting 2025
  • Appoint officers for the next year
  • Old business
  • New business
  • Adjourn Board Meeting
• Node notes:

  • NodeBeulahLand -- RussellSenior, JasonBergstrom, and MatthewKlug participated in helping get a new ethernet run onto the roof to support a new TPLink EAP225-Outdoor AP, took less than an hour.

  • NodeCommunitecture is still down

  • NodeAlhambra -- ap5 up then back down

  • NodeMisdemeanor -- Closing at the end of the year

  • NodePatch -- ap1 down, any disposition?

• Russell noticed a MetroFi SkyPilot just north of SE Division on SE 12th Avenue, reported it to 311, offered technical assistance, and got a reply that it had been forwarded to Vertical Infrastructure Program staff.

• CommunityBroadbandPDX is having a Social thursday evening at Workers Tap & Cafe, 6:30-9:00: https://cbbpdx.civicrm.org/civicrm/event/info?id=3 ... described on social media as "What would internet access look like if it wasn't controlled by megacorps, but by YOU. Publicly-owned infrastructure isn't new and it doesn't have to stay a dream in Portland. Come out and chat with other people fed up with the status quo."

• Review ToDoList2025 for any updates/notes

• None Yet

Notes

• Russell and Ted went out to survey the install at Mark's place
  • tested 900MHz, many trees, possibly land in the way
• Convene the Annual Board Meeting 2025 at 7:19pm

  • MatthewKlug appointed to advisory board

  • Can we expand the board, rules seem to permit it

  • RussellSenior has suggested current positions remain the same, TedBrunner seconded

  • No new business, still want to consider expanding board, concern about quorum and wanting an odd number
  • Discussion about mission statement clarification/expansion, and whether we'd have to refile state/IRS.

  • SteveTree appointed to the board of advisors.

    • New Business: think more about education mission

    • FreeGeek no longer offering Linux/supported computers. No support department.

• Gaveled out of board meeting at 7:59pm
• Node notes:
  • Node notes:

    • NodeBeulahLand - added roof node

    • NodeCommunitecture - still down

    • NodeAlhambra - ap5 still down

    • NodeMisdemeanor - gone at the end of the year, could collect gear

    • NodePatch - still in contact

• CommunityBroadbandPDX having a social tomorrow afternoon, contact with Mitch Green and other city councilors - discuss feasibility studies
• OSU/OSL move, Russell is out some in the next month, so we'd like a schedule from Lance

  • Russell still needs to contact EricHarrison about hosting a server

• No meeting next week, or the third (as normal). Meet in person on the second Wednesday

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