http://blog.personaltelco.net News from our volunteers Thu, 01 May 2008 09:48:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was in Bellingham over the weekend and gave a talk on the Personal Telco Project, its history and philosophy and future, and showed off some gear. There was a good turnout and I wasn't noticably boo'd off the stage, though someone did carp later about people using Windows ... http://blog.personaltelco.net/2008/05/01/linuxfest-northwest-talk/ Keith Lofstrom, long time member of Personal Telco got his node, NodeKLIC, up and running for the first time yesterday. For a long while he'd been a Comcast customer and their terms of service prevented him. So, when a viable alternative arrived, he dumped their hoarding asses in ... http://blog.personaltelco.net/2008/04/24/new-node-in-beaverton/ A generous donation arrived at the post office box yesterday or today. It is an AT&T Blackberry 8300 new-in-the-box, donated by someone who won it as a door prize or raffle. The donor would like to turn it into cash that will advance the agenda of the Personal ... http://blog.personaltelco.net/2008/03/21/donated-att-blackberry-8300-for-sale/ Red & Black Cafe used to be a node down on SE Division, but it's old location closed last September. A new location has opened recently at SE 12th and Oak, and at their request we have plugged in a new device there. It should have lots of ... http://blog.personaltelco.net/2008/02/19/new-node-at-red-black-cafe/ We just setup a browser-based IRC client that will make it easier for people to contact our volunteers for node support and general wireless questions. Feel free to check it out at irc.personaltelco.net For more IRC information, check out the wiki entry. Also note that this may not be supported by ... http://blog.personaltelco.net/2007/12/18/personal-telco-irc/ As announced last month, this is the week of the Annual Meeting of the Personal Telco Project, Inc. Board of Directors. The State of Oregon has various requirements for Corporations chartered here, and this is one of them. On Wednesday at 6:30 pm we'll convene at the offices of Site ... http://blog.personaltelco.net/2007/12/17/annual-meeting-of-the-board-of-directors-on-wednesday/ The Personal Telco Project is seeking a lawyer/law firm that can represent us in connection with our corporate maintenance and other matters. For the past 5 years of our incorporation, this service was very generously handled by Davis Wright Tremaine. If you are, or are aware of someone who is interested ... http://blog.personaltelco.net/2007/12/11/personal-telco-needs-a-new-lawyer/ A recent story about a wifi project in the small town of Philomath, Oregon was noticed by MuniWireless, but in the process they appear to have veered off the road of comprehension. The original story, published in the Corvallis Gazette-Times notes in its first sentence: A local high tech company ... http://blog.personaltelco.net/2007/12/10/free/ We have fired this up to invite the community to respond to matters in a fashion that seems to be much easier than our other current options (the wiki, mailing lists, irc, etc). Hopefully this will enable more feedback and discussion. Thanks! Jason McArthur http://blog.personaltelco.net/2007/12/10/welcome/ Thanks to Jason McArthur for the idea and the implementation. This will provide a venue for commenting on the state of the community networking world. http://blog.personaltelco.net/2007/12/10/personal-telco-project-launches-a-blog/