Present: Dory, Edward, Ana Maria, Michael, Gabe, Paul Dowling
Gladstone
Michael met with Magda and Chris today
they are interested
very important to them: smtp smoothness
G would like to invisibly redirect all outgoing smtp connections from all of our hotspots to a special-purpose smtp server that we maintain, so that smtp always works without any configuration changes on the client side
NO ONE ELSE IS OFFERING THIS YET, so when we do offer it, let's make some noise
it's a little sketchy privacy-wise, but if people are concerned about privacy (and adequately savvy), they should be using secure SMTP and/or a VPN anyway, in which case they'll be unaffected
the nice thing about this approach is that it “just works”
it'll take a while to set it up – in the meantime, let's simply announce the smtp server for each spot
launch in time for state of the art – Michael following up
stickers
ink is peeling off – maybe it's not-so-compatible with Edward's printer?
Edward will give Gabe the overcover stuff
Dory will tweak colours, and add crop marks
Gabe will order more sticker sheets (inkjet and/or laser?)
Paul has a bunch of places he wants to sign up
G to send him link to portal page, pitch kit PDF
can a venue pay $150 fee for three years instead of $50 each year
yes – and it protects them from price increases during the time for which they've paid
but the entire amount is still nonrefundable
Edward: we need to think about network membership renewals for some of the venues soon
December meeting & social: scheduling
cancel the meeting
move the social to Monday, December 11th
January event
organizing something
wifi roach coach
one wifi-wimax backpack
one wifi repeater backpack
lots of testing required
lots of battery work required
need flyers
scheduling, 'cause it's during the day
drill batteries?
solar?
very complicated; let's hold off for now
next steps via email
ACTION ITEMS:
Michael to follow up with Gladstone; goal is to install there by uTOpia2 launch on Nov 26
Dory will tweak colours in sticker art
Gabe to order more sticker material and find other printing options
Edward will (remind us to) contact venues who need to pay for another year of service
UNCLAIMED ACTION ITEMS:
figure out what the SMTP server is for each of our hotspots, and find a way to include that info on the portal page
start working on a network-wide SMTP server, including some method of tracking (so that we can link abuse back to the associated WT user account), and the redirection on the routers
pick a place and (optionally) plan for the December social/holiday party