LinuxSA May 2008 - the Village Telco/Mesh Potato

  Hi all,

  Time for the May meeting announcement (it's this Tuesday)...

  The usual details:

   When:   6:30pm-8:30pm on Tuesday, 19th May, 2009
   Where:  Room G05/G06 Gerard Innovation Centre
           Prince Alfred College
           Capper Street, Kent Town SA
   Cost:   FREE
   Who:    Anyone and everyone.
           No pre-registration necessary.

  Presentation:

   David Rowe will be talking about the Village Telco/Mesh Potato:

     The Village Telco is an easy-to-use, scalable, standards-based,
     wireless, local, do-it-yourself, telephone company toolkit.

     The Mesh Potato is a 802.11bg mesh router with a single FXS port.
     It is designed to provide telephony via VOIP while simultaneously
     facilitating a mesh cloud. It is an open hardware and open
     software design. It will run off a nominal 12VDC, from either a
     mains supply or solar PV system, and be priced in the range of
     currently available Wifi routers (sub US$100).

   David Rowe has 20 years experience in the development of DSP-based
   telephony and sat-com hardware/software. David has a wide mix of
   skills including software, hardware, and project management
   including a PhD in DSP theory. He has held executive level positions
   in the sat-com industry (www.dspace.com.au) and has built and
   successfully exited a small business (www.voicetronix.com). However
   he has decided he is better at debugging machines than people so
   currently chooses to hack telephony hardware and software full time.

  Getting to the Venue:

   Prince Alfred College faces Dequetteville Terrace, but access to 
   Room G05/G06 is only available from Capper Street; there is no
   access to these rooms from any other entrances in the College.  On
   Capper Street, Room G05/G06 is closer to The Parade West than to
   Dequetteville Terrace.

   Parking is available on-street or maybe off-street (adjacent to the
   Sports Centre). Look for the two storey stone fronted building with
   the sign "Gerard Innovation Centre". Enter through the double doors,
   first room on the right hand side of corridor (ground floor). The
   external door automatically locks at night. Should it not be propped
   open please be ready to knock loudly.

   There are buses that go along Dequetteville Terrace, with a stop
   adjacent to Capper Street. The 143, 145, and 146 buses leave from
   North Terrace, and the 141 and 142 buses leave from Currie Street
   and Grenfell street.

   If you are in the city, you could also catch the 99C bus to East
   Terrace, then take a 10-15 minute walk to the College.

  Pizza:

   After the meeting, please join us for pizza at San Giorgios (cnr.
   Frome Street and Rundle Street in the city).

  For more information:

   Email:        organisers@linuxsa.org.au
   Web Page:     http://www.linuxsa.org.au/
   Mailing List: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
   IRC:          #linuxsa on irc.freenode.net

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