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Dana — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:23:09 +0000

October – December 2005 Board Meeting Summary

Dana — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 20:40:49 +0000

A summary of partnerships and events, new projects, technology development and policy initiatives that have taken place in the past three months as reported at NYCwireless board meetings.

Partnerships and Events

On October 1-2, NYCwireless participated in the World Summit on Free Information Infrastructure, where Dana Spiegel and Laura Forlano presented on a community wireless panel. As a result, NYCwireless is working with Ile Sans Fil to develop WiFiDog captive-portal software, OPLAN Foundation on a community broadband survey and Open Planet on community engagement programs for municipal broadband projects

On November 28 from 9-10AM, NYCwireless held a live videoconference event between Tompkins Square Park and a park in Stockport, England as part of their “Broadband in the Park Day” in order to raise awareness of the benefits of community wireless projects. Laura Forlano took questions from public officials and community members in Stockport.

NYCwireless has spoken with representatives from BCT Partners, Earthlink, One Economy, Dunn Development, Mt. Hope Housing Company, Tropos on potential partnerships for future projects.

New Projects

NYCwireless is currently discussing plans for five new potential park projects with local businesses and community organizations.

NYCwireless is measuring the degree of interference its members are facing in their residential networks.

Technology Development

NYCwireless is rolling out its WiFiDog captive portal software among members, local businesses and community organizations. Members are invited to upgrade their access points to WiFiDog.

Policy Initiatives

NYCwireless has held ongoing meetings with local government officials, business leaders and activists on the possibility of organizing a conference on municipal wireless issues.

NYCwireless issued a Network Neutrality Broadband Challenge to Internet Service providers asking them to make a public statement supporting the network neutrality principles.

On November 18, Laura Forlano represented NYCwireless at the second meeting of the Federal Communications Commission’s Consumer Advisory Committee. NYCwireless is serving on the Rural and Under-served Communities and Advanced Technologies working groups of this committee.

On December 7, Dana Spiegel briefed the New York City Council in preparation for the 12/12 hearing on legislation to create a Broadband Advisory Committee for NYC government.

On December 12, Laura Forlano testified before the New York City Council in support of legislation to create a Broadband Advisory Committee for NYC government, which as passed into law on 12/21.

September Board Meeting Agenda

Dana — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:39:37 +0000

1. New Projects Update
NY Done Right Partnership
October Meeting Location/Speaker
World Summit for Free Information Infrastructure Participation and Presentation

August Board Meeting Agenda

Dana — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:28:26 +0000

New Projects Update
- Wrote letter of support for “Media and Urban Life in North America: Montreal, New York City, Mexico City” project
- WiFi Dog Update
Policy Update
Fundraising/Development:
- Met with Brooklyn Polytechnic WiCat? project about potential partnership
Administrative

July Board Meeting Agenda

Dana — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:26:03 +0000

Civitium Meeting Update
New Board Member Update
WiFiDog Update
Open Community Network (OCN) Update
Free Press Partnership
World Summit for Free Information Infrastructure Participation
Investors National Conference Application

June 8 Board Meeting Minutes

Dana — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 19:30:40 +0000

Website
- Discussed Transition to Wiki, Updated important Web pages
Meetings in Washington, DC
- Dana will meet with Congressional officials on June 9
FCC Consumer Advisory Committee
Laura and Dana will represent NYCwireless at first meeting of committee on June 10
WifiDog
- Rob/Jacob working on this project
CuWIN mesh
- Dana will test mesh nodes
Discussion of New Board Member
Next Meeting Speaker and Announcement
- Joe will recruit speaker and send out announcement
Mailing list
- Discussed administration of mailing list

May 11 Board Meeting Minutes

Dana — Wed, 11 May 2005 19:26:42 +0000

Follow-up from last meeting
- Officers elected (Dana, President; Ben, Treasurer; Laura, Secretary)
- Adopted pr/messaging statements created at 3/16 session with pro-bono pr firm
- NYCwireless charter and budget needed for review (Ben)
Update on Board
- Anthony’s resigns from Board of Directors and becomes member of Advisory Board
- Need to appoint new board member and create Advisory Board
Update on City Council Hearing
- Rennaissance Integrated Solutions (Laura)
- Need to follow up with EDC re: BID funding initiative (Dana)
Updates on New Projects
- Deployment Projects (Dana)
- Community Access Project (Dustin) 5/18 installation; 5/25 ribbon-cutting
New Ideas
- Non-profit wireless outreach program (Rob) put together a package that we can use to build partnerships with other non-profits to sponsor public hotspots

Minutes from the March 9 NYCwireless Board Meeting

Dana — Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:57:52 +0000

In the interest of more operational transparency, we will begin posting more information about NYCwireless management actions. We are starting by posting minutes from our monthly Board of Directors meeting.

Received status update on wireless deployment projects from Dana and Ben
Reviewed ideas for NYCwireless 2005 projects generated by March 2nd Brainstorming meeting with selected NYCwireless members, including:
- creation of training program and/or workshops for member learning
- creation of a wireless certification program that could be available to members
- an improved hotspot map, either by building internally or partnering with another organization
- holding an annual node census event that would target certain areas of the city in order to understand evolving hotspot availability over time, and allow more contact with local communities
- creating more transparency in the operations and management of NYCwireless business for members
Discussed the creation of Special Interest Group and Leader requirements, including:
- Holding meeting at least quarterly
- Informing general membership and Board of SIG activities and progress through regular published reports
- Bi-annual SIG Leader meetings with Board in order to establish SIG goals and allow SIG Leaders to provide Board with input and discussion
Discussed establishing new Special Interest Groups: Emergency Communications, Policy
Reviewed general NYCwireless practices, which will now include:
- a 5 minute update on Board activities at the start of every NYCwireless general meeting
- publishing Board meeting minutes on an area of our website
Discussed reaching out to related non-profit organizations in order to provide wireless technology assistance and partnership on projects