[MLB-WIRELESS] Major Node Working Group

[Tristan Gulyas]

I'm hearing all this "gear, gear, gear, we need more gear" talk.

If someone could enlighten the list as to which locations we currently have
'in the bag' already and need to find gear for, and if possible,
restrictions that each site has (eg, power, mounting of gear, access to gear
etc).

.t
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Flett" <conhoolio at hotmail.com>
To: "'Melbourne Wireless'" <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>;
<darrend at ndpgroup.com.au>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:21 PM
Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] Major Node Working Group


> Hi Darren and list,
>
> Thanks for replying so eloquently.  We certainly need a lot more
> dialogue on subjects like this.
>
> As far as gear goes - what do you see as the limiting factors in these
> sorts of sites?  Can the cheaper gear be used if the number of clients
> is deliberately limited?
>
> I was thinking that one of the aims of the WG would be to obtain
> sponsorship for these nodes - or at least find people who are in a good
> position to obtain sponsorship.  I'm guessing that there might be some
> companies that would be keen to donate some gear to creating a backbone
> for the Melbourne Wireless network - what with our noble ideals and all.
> :)  Would it be kosher for people to approach companies in the name of
> "Melbourne Wireless"?  With the permission of the committee first, of
> course.
>
> There are some sites that I think would probably be handled better by a
> specialised Working Group rather than the local Region Group.  At the
> February MW meeting someone mentioned a site on a building in the CBD.
> Access to the actual site is very restricted so we can't take up a tour
> group to generate funding and interest.  But I'm sure you'd agree that
> such a site can't be ignored - it is visible from many areas in
> Melbourne.  I think it's a better idea to have a Working Group to
> proactively take advantage of such sites when they become available
> rather than wait for the Region Group to "get around to it".
>
> I'm not dissing Region Groups, but when action is required the people in
> them might be busy with other projects or Real Life (tm).  Which is fair
> enough.
>
> A specialised WG wouldn't intend to replace the work of RGs.  It would
> instead draw upon people across all the RGs so that no one person need
> dedicate large chunks of their time to an important node project.
>
> The WG could also make the first approach to interesting sites where
> there are no Melbourne Wireless people working on the "inside".
>
> I think this idea has generated enough interest to at least get some
> people together to discuss the pros, cons and possible scope of such a
> specialised group.  I'll put the details of the proposed Working Group
> in another email to the list so it's not being advertised in the middle
> of this rather wordy email. :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dan
>


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