[WG-Structure] Have a read guys

[Clae]

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Drew" <drew at wireless.org.au>
>Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 3:50 PM
>
>Consider the situation where we spy a beautiful place for an access
>point/repeater/whatever and its owner is happy to oblige. Covering their
>costs would be a nice thing to do.

It occurs to me (IOTM?) that a GPL network does not preclude local 
co-ops or associations or clubs or gangs of mates from getting 
together to group-fund and own an AP that benefits them.  I think 
common ownership of APs is one of the few compelling reasons for an 
over-arching organisation, (insurance being another, but i'm not 
convinced on that either) and...

>Consider that a node became so mind-bogglingly important to the whole
>shooting match

Consider
a. that all nodes will be limited to 11 meg
b. that we should probably try to *avoid* making any single node 
crucially important, by way of redundancy, for reasons of bandwidth 
and robustness.
mesh mesh mesh

>As soon as someone decides to do anything at all these days,
>there is a risk of that anything resulting in a claim against the someone.

any outdoor installations should be put up by a licensed (and 
insured) builder/ roofer/ antenna installer.  even an association 
would be vulnerable to a claim for the proverbial collapsing mast, if 
it was put up by amateurs, and the ass'n owned it.  and that exposes 
the _whole_ of melbwireless to liability for _every_ mast we co-own. 
possibly better to break it down to smaller, local co-ownership 
groups or individuals.

I'm not convinced we need to own anything as a group.

>Part of any incorporation exercise should be to quantify and assess the risk
>of the resultant body as well as the premium for someone else to cover that
>risk.

yessirindeedy.

clae.
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