BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T020000 RDATE:20180311T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180507T234638Z DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180521T200000 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180521T180000 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180507T234638Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20180507T234638Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250473714 DESCRIPTION:We have a problem with federal telecommunications policy in t he US. The problem is that federal regulators have decided that\, inste ad of regulating\, they would rely on competition\, but competition does n't occur naturally because of the de facto requirement to build your ow n infrastructure in order to compete. This leaves users vulnerable to ec onomic predation by the owners of the infrastructure. \;\n \;\nMun icipal Broadband PDX is a newly formed group that wants to solve this pr oblem by creating a publicly-owned network infrastructure. \;\n \; \nRussell Senior\, a member of Municipal Broadband PDX and president of the Personal Telco Project\, has been advocating for this type of infras tructure for years. He'll talk to us about federal policy\, the monopol istic conditions that result\, and the abuses those monopolistic conditi ons allow. He'll also explain how a public telecommunications utility s olves these problems and what such a network might look like. There wil l be a short video included in the presentation. \;\n \;\nPlease j oin us for this informative presentation and discussion! We'll have sna cks\, and there will be an opportunity for networking afterwards. We ho pe to see you there! \;\n \;\n \;\nSchedule: \;\n6:00 PM: D oors \;\n6:10 PM: Introductions and news \;\n6:15 PM: Presentati on \;\n7:15 PM: Q&\;A \;\n7:30 PM: Wrap up and networking \;\n \;\n \;\nBio: \;\nRussell Senior has been involved with th e Personal Telco Project since 2005. The Personal Telco Project is a vo lunteer-based non-profit in Portland\, founded in November 2000\, that c ares about network freedom. We operate public-access wifi networks in a bout about 60 locations around the area\, where other volunteers have ag reed to host them (you can too!). About 120\,000 unique devices connect to our networks annually. About 5\,000 of those are habitual users. I f you connect to one of our networks\, we don't know who you are\, and w e don't care what you do\; we just ask you not to get the host of the ne twork in trouble. Russell has been President of Personal Telco since 20 09. \;\n \;\nRussell has had a 20+ year career as a research progr ammer and data manager. He did a 13-month hitch at the National Science Foundation funded Science and Technology Center for Coastal Margin Obse rvation and Prediction in 2015-2016 and got to work on ocean glider and fixed station measurement data. He did a week-long research cruise from Newport\, Oregon to about Longview\, Washington on the Columbia River\, mapping the ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore mesh network they use\, as w ell as participating in vertical profiling of the ocean\, estuary and ri ver waters. Russell has been using Linux since 1992 and has been doing embedded Linux programming\, primarily OpenWrt/LEDE on wireless routers for over a decade and has helped develop wifi-based consumer products.&# 13\;\n \;\n \;\nBy attending this TA3M meeting\, you agree to foll ow our Code of Conduct: \;\nhttps://www.meetup.com/Portlands-Techno-A ctivism-3rd-Mondays/pages/22681732/Code_of_Conduct/ \;\n \;\n{shor t} Code of Conduct \;\nPortland's Techno-Activism 3rd Mondays is dedi cated to providing an informative and positive experience for everyone w ho participates in or supports our community\, regardless of gender\, ge nder identity and expression\, sexual orientation\, ability\, physical a ppearance\, body size\, race\, ethnicity\, age\, religion\, socioeconomi c status\, caste\, or creed. \;\n \;\nOur events are intended to e ducate and share information related to technology and activism\, and an yone who is there for this purpose is welcome. Because we value the safe ty and security of our members and strive to have an inclusive community \, we do not tolerate harassment of members or event participants in any form. \;\n \;\nAudio and video recording are not permitted at mee tings without prior approval. \;\n \;\nOur Code of Conduct \;\n (https://www.meetup.com/Portlands-Techno-Activism-3rd-Mondays/pages/2268 1732/Code_of_Conduct/) applies to all events run by Portland's TA3M. Ple ase report any incidents to the event organizer.\n\nTags: ta3m\, privacy \, networking\, wifi\, telco\, Municipal Broadband PDX\, personal telco project\, broadband\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/125047 3714 URL:https://www.meetup.com/Portlands-Techno-Activism-3rd-Mondays/events/2 50559549/ SUMMARY:Breaking Telco Monopoly Power through Public Ownership of Infrast ructure LOCATION:Northwest Academy: 1130 SW Main Street\, Portland OR 97205 USA SEQUENCE:2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR