RE: Motion to move HackNight to Wednesdays - Effective next week

BTW, I have captured matt's bullet points and stuffed them into this
Wiki:

http://www.seattlewireless.net/HackNightTaskList

Feel free to check it out, edit it, etc.

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Casey Halverson
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:11 PM
> To: SeattleWireless Talk List
> Subject: RE: Motion to move HackNight to Wednesdays - 
> Effective next week
> 
> Thanks for your input Mike.  This email was intended to stir 
> up a little discussion regarding the matter of "HackNight" 
> and its original intent.
> It came off a little more rude than I originally intended, 
> but I think it got the point across.  It sounds like people 
> do like the hybrid format...
> 
> Certainly, excluding certain people from these gatherings and 
> not others would be a serious flaw of this task oriented 
> format...and it would definitely not be something everyone 
> would like to convey.
> 
> Matt did list some great bullet points for SWN this year.  
> While its optional, I suggest that we try to focus on some of 
> these items while we are all together -- its really the only 
> way we can be productive as a group and drive SWN to new 
> places this year.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] 
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt 
> Westervelt
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 1:58 PM
> > To: SeattleWireless Talk List
> > Subject: Re: Motion to move HackNight to Wednesdays - 
> Effective next 
> > week
> > 
> > I think you make an excellent point Mike.
> > 
> > Casey,   a simple 'HackNight is moving to Wednesday' would 
> have been 
> > sufficient.
> > 
> > HackNight is an excellent weekly meeting when there are projects on 
> > the table, but it does seem to turn into a social hour when 
> there are
> > not.    We do currently have a few projects we are working on.
> > 
> > 1. The tower project.
> >    I haven't been giving a lot of public detail on this one 
> as we're 
> > ><
> > close to having it all done.   Once I have a solid install date and 
> > everything has been vetted through the property management, 
> etc.  I'll 
> > post on my blog and send a note to the mailing lists.
> > 
> > 2.  The wiki
> >   I'm not sure if you folks noticed, but we're -finally- 
> running a new
> > copy of Moin, with spam protection and all that.    We got off the 
> > upgrade-cycle years ago, so it was a pretty horrible process. 
> >  The wiki 
> > needs pruning and love.   I'm sure you all will dive right in.
> > 
> > 3. The map
> >   Eric Butler has taken point on this one and we are very close to 
> > having a very nice looking, functional map system based on 
> Google Maps
> > API.    If you have an up and running (or proposed node), 
> > contact us and 
> > we'll put you on the list.    Authorized node additions are 
> > next on the
> > list and i'd love to give you a timeframe on that one, but I cant.
> > 
> > 4. The routing
> >  We've come to consensus that mesh routing protocols are needed to 
> > bring
> > down the level of knowledge needed to connect.   We have 
> agreed that 
> > OLSR is the best answer for our problems.   It is 
> > cross-platform, has a
> > rich feature set (plus plugins), there are large rollouts, 
> and it is 
> > under active development.
> > 
> > 5. Non Internet reliant services
> >  Part of all of this is just making the network interesting and 
> > generating 'local content and services'.     This is an 
> ongoing thing 
> > obviously, but if you have thoughts or better yet,  actual 
> content or 
> > services, we're always willing to talk about them and/or do them.  
> > This does get hazy/social.
> > 
> > 6. Event planning / coordination.
> >   I think we should have another Field Day. 
> > 
> > 
> > And of course, we talk about/ do other things too.    I think 
> > what Casey 
> > was trying to convey, is that this is not a "General 
> Meeting".    But 
> > anyone is welcome to attend.
> > 
> > -matt
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Michael Cook wrote:
> > > Casey Halverson:
> > > Please note that unlike the Tuesday HackNight's, Wednesday
> > HackNights
> > > will be more task/goal-oriented.  If you just showed up 
> to chat, we 
> > > kindly ask you not to attend.  People will be hard at 
> work and will 
> > > not have time to socialize.
> > > -------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > So will anyone be stating goals and projects for each week?
> > >
> > > I might show if I knew what was going on and felt I could
> > be useful,
> > > or that everyone would also be working on a project that 
> I also had.
> > >
> > > mike
> > > Bellevue, WA
> > > WMRRA #91
> > > KE7BEB
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