February 2014 - PSDR - mailman.hamwan.org

Re: [HamWAN PSDR] Board of Director's votes - Cory
by Cory (NQ1E) 06 Mar '14

06 Mar '14

Thank you for your nomination Kenny, As many of you know, I've been a big supporter of the project for over a year now and tried to share as much of my knowledge and experience (and money) with it as I could. I wasn't initially a fan of focusing so much on the governance part of a project that didn't have anything to support yet. However, I now believe it's maturing to the point where it's becoming more and more important and I need to decide if I want to be a part of that or not. After careful deliberation over the past several days, I've decided that I will volunteer to serve HamWAN in one of its open director roles, pending approval by other supporting members in the next seven days. One of the things I would like to pursue is a public monthly meeting (either in-person or audio bridge) where we can focus on the governance and have votes without bogging down our mailing list with such things and scaring away any more new people from the project. Since I'm breaking my silence on the subject, I'll list my votes here as well: Bart - Yea Nigel - Yea Ben - Yea Cory - Yea Regards, -Cory NQ1E On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:23 PM, Kenny Richards <richark(a)gmail.com> wrote: > That seems like a crazy way to run things to me, but so be it. > > I vote: > > Bart - Yea > Cory - Yea > Nigel - Yea > Ben - abstain > > Thanks > Kenny > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Nigel Vander Houwen <nigel(a)k7nvh.com> > wrote: >> >> Kenny, >> >> I believe the confusion here is that there are three (and now four) >> elections happening presently. It is not presently an election for Bart OR >> Ben OR Cory OR myself. Each is a separate election, in which you get a >> single vote either for or against. >> >> Nigel >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Kenny Richards <richark(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Per my reading of the constitution, each supporting member receives only >>> a single vote. I take this to mean that they can only support a single >>> director during each election. (If that isn't what was intended, I'd like to >>> recommend it be spelled out a little better) >>> >>> Based on the fact that I get only a single vote, I'm nominating and >>> voting for Cory as a director. >>> >>> 73, >>> Kenny >>> >> >

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Howdy
by Michael Culver 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Hi Folks - New member of the list here. Saw the presentation yesterday at the Mesh-A-Palooza event, and ordered a dish and Mikrotik receiver a few minutes ago. Unfortunately I live in a hole just down the hill from Microsoft, so no telling if I will actually be able to connect. The next new site may or may not work, thanks to trees and terrain. Or maybe someone will get a good deal on almost-new gear :) Mike WA9QHP

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I connected
by Erik Robins 26 Feb '14

26 Feb '14

Last month I tried to connect from my rooftop and got no signal at all. Today, I took my setup up to 76th Street, visually aimed it at the tower and connected. [admin@K7QOG-Paine] > /interface wireless monitor 0 status: connected-to-ess band: 5ghz-n-5mhz frequency: 5905MHz wireless-protocol: nv2 tx-rate: 1.5Mbps rx-rate: 1.5Mbps ssid: HamWAN bssid: D4:CA:6D:7A:B8:07 radio-name: Paine-S2 signal-strength: -35dBm signal-strength-ch0: -35dBm tx-signal-strength: -35dBm tx-signal-strength-ch0: -35dBm noise-floor: -121dBm signal-to-noise: 86dB tx-ccq: 10% rx-ccq: 10% authenticated-clients: 1 current-distance: 3 wds-link: no bridge: no routeros-version: 6.7 last-ip: 44.24.240.161 So, the next thing I will try is to climb a tree and see if I can get a signal. Wish me luck! Erik, K7QOG

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Ben Krueger running for Director
by Benjamin Krueger 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

I too am announcing my intention to hold a Director position on the HamWAN board. I am pleased with the direction that HamWAN is heading, and I intend to continue to providing time and material support for the organization. If anyone has any questions for me, feel free to fire away online or off. I am setting my voting period as beginning now and ending in 7 days. And yes, I vote yay to approve my nomination. :) -- Benjamin

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Re: [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: Bart Kus running for Director
by jason Williams 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Yay for Bart. -----Original Message----- From: "Bart Kus" <me(a)bartk.us> Sent: ‎2/‎14/‎2014 3:09 PM To: "Puget Sound Data Ring" <psdr(a)hamwan.org>; "board(a)hamwan.org" <board(a)hamwan.org> Subject: [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: Bart Kus running for Director Hello, HamWAN presently has 0 directors. All of our terms lapsed and without a list of Supporting Members it was impossible to hold elections. We need to file taxes, and then file our 501c3 application. We also cannot approve any spending without any directors to vote on it, which isn't good for deploying new sites. So... I'm announcing my intention to hold a Director position on the HamWAN board. I'm choosing my voting period as the next 7 days starting immediately. If anyone has any questions about my intentions for the next year, feel free to ask. I'll be pushing in much the same directions as in the past, with added emphasis on wider reach publicity. Each supporting member gets to cast 1 Yay or Nay vote for me, or can choose to abstain from voting. As a supporting member myself, my vote is Yay for Bart Kus. :) Please reply on the list to cast your votes. We'll do it better next time with some kinda web-based voting system. --Bart _______________________________________________ PSDR mailing list PSDR(a)hamwan.org http://mail.hamwan.org/mailman/listinfo/psdr_hamwan.org

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Nomination: Nigel Vander Houwen
by Benjamin Krueger 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

I nominate Nigel Vander Houwen for a directorship term. -- Benjamin

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director responsibilities
by Rob Salsgiver 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

I was going to ask if there were any specific duties, responsibilities, and/or expectations for directors - then I went online and looked it up. In the context of the current vote, is there any value in having a discussion on what expectations there should be of prospective directors? Cheers, Rob

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VOTE: Bart Kus running for Director
by Bart Kus 14 Feb '14

14 Feb '14

Hello, HamWAN presently has 0 directors. All of our terms lapsed and without a list of Supporting Members it was impossible to hold elections. We need to file taxes, and then file our 501c3 application. We also cannot approve any spending without any directors to vote on it, which isn't good for deploying new sites. So... I'm announcing my intention to hold a Director position on the HamWAN board. I'm choosing my voting period as the next 7 days starting immediately. If anyone has any questions about my intentions for the next year, feel free to ask. I'll be pushing in much the same directions as in the past, with added emphasis on wider reach publicity. Each supporting member gets to cast 1 Yay or Nay vote for me, or can choose to abstain from voting. As a supporting member myself, my vote is Yay for Bart Kus. :) Please reply on the list to cast your votes. We'll do it better next time with some kinda web-based voting system. --Bart

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HamWAN Supporting Members List
by Bart Kus 14 Feb '14

14 Feb '14

Hello, After an audit, we're publishing our first (updated monthly) list of official Supporting Members: Bart Kus Benjamin Krueger Cory Johnson Curt Black Jason Williams Kenneth Richards Nigel Vander Houwen Robert Salsgiver These are people: 1) Who have been HamWAN members for at least 6 months, and 2) Whose donations sum up to $120 over the last 6 months (with possible re-disbursement at $20/mo (Basic level) for larger previous donations, when it is favorible to attaining Supporting Member status) These people are eligible to run for Director positions and to cast votes for Director Candidates. If you believe there is an error in this list, please let me know. We have not opened up the financial records that drive the membership of this list, but would like to do so going forward to enhance transparency and catch any errors. If you're a donor and would NOT like to have your donations be published, please let me know. --Bart

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Need a pair of horn antennas
by Bart Kus 13 Feb '14

13 Feb '14

Hello, I'm in need of a matching pair of microwave horn antennas to conduct RF absorber testing. They don't need to be particularly large (desk-top-ish size preferred), nor high gain, nor dual-polarity, nor high power capable. They do need to work over the 5-6GHz range, and have either N or SMA connectors. Low price is also a big factor. Please share your findings (URLs to pages where they can be bought for a published price) with the list in this thread. Thanks for any help, --Bart

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