[MLB-WIRELESS] Fw: Public Wireless Networks Fight Back

[Marian Szczepkowski]

> If any of you have ever done an interview for an article before, you will
> understand that you can be mis-quoted. I believe even your own President
> Stephen Haigh was misquoted in his last interview.

> To clarify, we are NOT looking at $100/year membership fees. I don't 
think
> even I would bother at that cost if it came down to it.

> These figures are not concrete yet as we are waiting on final insurance
> quotes to see if we can get better deals.

Structure can remove most of this burden.
If you as the coop/Whatever lease the equipment of the owners and any 
site 
maintenance and whatever is the responsibility of the equipment owner 
then 
you as an organisation have no insurance cost for that unit. 
Any maintenance is performed by the owner. 
You could be just leasing a guarantee of bandwidth.

Your role could devolve into that of a co-ordinating entity, providing 
billing
services to a group of independently contracted relay units.

Shouldn't cost too much the units have no economic value in isolation, 
and
only gain real value when they perform a user function.

One wireless node in desert is irrelevant, 100 connected wireless nodes 
in a 
city is called a network.

> Initial Membership fee - Approx $65 once off

> This would cover -

> Your membership "pack". There is a fair amount of paperwork that you are
> required to be given (rules, reg's etc) when you join as a member. This
> assists in paying for disposables.
> Funding towards the infrastructure you are connecting to. It's no good
> having a wireless card and an antenna and no WPOP to connect to.

> Yearly Membership Fee - Approx $35/pa

> This would mostly cover the insurance, as well as this any
> upgrading/maintenance and other expendature relating to the every day
> running of the Assoc.

> As I said however, we are not concrete on these figures yet as we're 
hoping
> for better quotes.

> Think about it. $35/year.

> Thats under $3 month.

> |
> | As for ourselves, I guess a lot will come into the meeting on Thursday.
> I'm
> | concerned about the legal aspects.  Actually, been speaking with 
someone
> | here who has a strong legal aspect about incorporation, which we both 
felt
> | was necessary.  But as I said, a lot of this will probably come up at 
the
> | meeting, and that's the best forum to hash it out.
> |

> So your going to incorporate and STILL not charge membership?

> Who's paying for all the insurance requirements etc?

> Let me know how. I'd be interested to know.


> Regards, Craig Mead
> Vice President & Project Manager
> Australian Wireless Association
> craig at sydney.air.net.au



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