on their win in the Hard Times case! Whatever the final outcome, it's good work to see fair process required by the court. Good work. Paul Zerby --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Send Mpls mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, > visit > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/mpls > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it > is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Mpls digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Mpls Wireless? (Dyna Sluyter) > 2. Mayoral Debate (Pamela Colby) > 3. Re: Accountability in NRP (Annie Young) > 4. RE: pledge to the cloth and flags (Debbie > Urbanski ) > 5. People of Phillips Accountability (Barbara > Lickness) > 6. Star Tribune, local news (Linda Picone) > 7. People of Phillips Accountability (Terrell > Brown) > 8. Fun and games at the legislature (Terrell > Brown) > 9. Re: Mpls Wireless? (Greg R.) > 10. Upper River and other rants (Many Crows) > 11. NRP Accountability and Ineffectiveness > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 12. Re: Accountability in NRP - Directors > Liability (Tim Bonham) > 13. Re: NRP Accountability and Ineffectiveness > (Eva Young) > 14. Re: Accountability in NRP - Directors > Liability (D.Klein) > 15. Hard Times Cafe Decision (Jordan S. Kushner) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 09:20:06 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Dyna Sluyter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Mpls Wireless? > > > These "Apple airport cards with outside antennas" > are an > interesting toy to play with. However, I suspect a > system built with > them would ultimately bog down when it got beyond a > couple hundred > users. I've been trying to find affordable wireless > access for some > time now and still haven't found much. The options > I've looked into > are: > > 1. Amateur packet radio- this is a pioneering > system from the '80s > with a few nodes still active. Limited to 9.6K speed > and cannot be > used for business. Licence easy to get, low cost, > worldwide standard. > This is a real sleeper that could take off with more > users. > > 2. Cell phone- as you can imagine, per minute > charges make this > outrageously expensive. Would work in much of U.S. > though. Our telcos > still use competing (non)standards, so will not work > worldwide. > > 3. GoAmerica and Verizon's cellular based service- > requires $300 > upfront for a PC card radio modem and about $60 a > month for service. > No coverage in many rural areas, limited to 19.2K > speed. > > 4. Ricochet- this is a clever microcell based system > that lives (and > may soon be abandoned) on our Minneapolis street > lights. 128K > speed!, but service limited to major metro areas. > Costs $100-300 for > the radio modem and about $80 a month there after. > Company is in > financial trouble and may soon go under. > > Minneapolis content: Amateur packet radio and the > hacked > airport cards would benefit from access to the great > antenna sites > the city owns. The Ricochet system may soon fall > into the city's > hands and we'd be stupid not to put it to good use. > > peace, > Dyna Sluyter, who wants her Farview Park tower > (antenna site) back! > > -- > Dyna Sluyter > > friend of Bill W. and Harry B. > USPS TTO, 554 MVS tour 3 operator, 6610142('96 Mack > MR tractor, 2.8m > wheelbase ) de N0EGF, qrv 70cm, 2m, 10-80m > proud IBT and APWU member for over 20 years, > solidarity forever! > mk.1 Mini Cooper S, mk.2 Golf diezel, Ranger XL 4x4 > longbed ("da > service truck") > R100GS mit seitzwagen, R65LS > Teledyne Titan, Santana, Trek 7300 > Quickie GP, Fortress AeroEdge > running C/PM, DOS, Linux, and Mac OS. Micro who? > Amtrak 1007, highball! > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 09:59:15 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Pamela Colby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Mpls] Mayoral Debate > > To follow up on Linda Picone's post please find > below the details of > MTN's planned cablecasts of the mayoral debate. MTN > is only in the > city of Minneapolis and is not channel 6, which is > the metro wide > regional channel. > > The Minneapolis Telecommunications Network will be > providing video > coverage of the April 24th Mayoral Debate sponsored > by local > community newspapers. The debate will not be > covered live but will > be played back on the following dates: > Channels > 33/17 May 2nd at 6:00 PM > 58/67 May 9th at 7:00 PM > 33/17 May 16th at 6:00 PM > > MTN's Channels are located on the Time Warner Cable > system in > Minneapolis. Currently Time Warner is in the > process of upgrading > this system. Channels 33 and 58 are in the > non-upgraded areas > (primarily south Minneapolis) and 17 and 67 are in > the upgraded areas > (primarily north Minneapolis). > > Pamela Colby > Powderhorn Park and MTN > -- > Pamela Colby > Executive Director > The Minneapolis Telecommunications Network > 125 SE Main St. Mpls. MN. 55414 > phone 612-331-8575 x 304 > fax 612-331-8578 > http://www.mtn.org > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:27:12 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: Annie Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Accountability in NRP > > I know for People of Phillips the state did try to > take money from Board > members in some time of levy. I believe one of the > Indian men on the Board > had his rent credit check taken and he already was > on assistance with > little money himself. I don't remember all the > details but there was > certainly threats and attempts made at trying to get > some money out of > Board folks. It was a mess and it was ugly. > There is Board Training offered by several > organizations that can help > folks learn the ropes on Board roles and > responsibilitites. And I always > === message truncated === ===== Paul Zerby 97 Orlin Ave SE Minneapolis, MN 55414 612-379-8095 [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
