Facing a number of upgrades, we have to start somewhere. I choose MtValeUMC.org because it is relatively simple.

On Tuesday, 2008-06-24 18:00 (GMT-4), LS Net convened a Galax Prime Sirloin buffet dinner meeting and brainstormed the defining marketing qualities of our community. Attendees were Jim Tarvid, Jeff Miller, Barbara Jarrett, Robert "Woody" Woodside, Amy Jarrett, and Barb Tarvid. Amy's attendance was delayed, by employment obligations, until 19:15. The topic, scheduled for discussion, was "Marketing LS Net."

The consensus of LS Net finds our portfolio needing adjustment. Jim proposed several items:

• include the Stewart Furniture website as a Drupal reference
• template qualification letters
• template declaration of intent
• staff profiles

To address the last adjustment, Jim posed a question to all in attendance: "What do you want to do?"

A walled garden has application for The Old Time Fiddler's Convention.

Considerable features:

• Advertisement of service
• Community bulletin
• User accounting
  • Previous session statistics
  • Current session statistics
  • MAC records
• Session management
  • Rent-a-day
  • Bandpass cut-out

Perhaps strangely, I think we are ideally suited for Community Organizing. There is an interesting section at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_organizing. We might start by describing how and why we might be good at that.

We need a simple letter describing our qualifications and declaring our interest in an organization's needs.

Proposal writing and submission may be a way to get into organizations that don't recruit directly.

http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/faqs/html/propsample.html has lots of suggestions.

 

We are currently using Forums as an approximation of Scrum - one of the versions of "Agile" development. Drupal Forums were handy (i.e. already in place). Modest efforts have been made to flesh out some examples. After two weeks, the results are not encouraging.

As the most ardent advocate, my own level of compliance is meager. Team compliance even less.

Looking for the magic "pill", I found the NetBeans people were using "Teamwork" - http://www.twproject.com/home.page

Teamwork is written in Java and the web component runs under a web server with Java support. Their recommendation is "Tomcat". Early experience with Tomcat (Jasper Server) suggested that "Tomcat" was not a "good neighbor" for Apache/PHP. Although the source is available (GPL), the installer leads to a per user fee. Tomcat is a task/project in itself.

We have a network monitoring tool in place - "ntop". I'd like to know specifically how we can use "ntop" in a "bottom line" sense at LSNet. There is an overview here - http://www.ntop.org/overview.html

 

Three hardware zones

• DMZ - between Comcast cable modem and hecate, horace, badday, pbx, etc
• NOC - everything south of bench room
• WAR - Grayson St to Bench room

One 3com router for each

Need a solution which is rapidly deployed. Fiddler's convention enlightens strategy Elk Creek Volunteer FD Prototype (commercially powered) used in festival Tripod Remote administration Two radios with POE Panel/Parabolic uplink Omni (12 db should suffice with good placement) Battery powered -- solar charging

Miller's location has reasonable backhaul to contribute. Has clear views to dial-only populations. Has clear view of other potential backhaul providers. Relatively minor heroics required. Some elevation gain would be helpful. Winds can be strong.

Hughesnet sucks. Find an alternative connection.