Greetings,
   The following items have been submitted for consideration to be on the agenda of the next DRG
meeting to be held on October 25th, 2008 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  If you have items or issues you
would like discussed at this meeting, please email them to the DRG mailing list or directly
to me.  If you would like to discuss them over the phone, feel free to call me at
(734)484-5105 anytime between Noon and 6am (yeah, wierd hours).

   Thank You,
      --- Jay Nugent  WB8TKL  jjn@nuge.com
          DRG Chair





                   *** Meeting Announcement ***
                             for the
             Michigan Section Digital Radio Group (DRG)

           Date/Time: Saturday October 25th, 2008 NOON-4pm

            Location:  Washtenaw County Red Cross 
                       4624 Packard Road
                       Ann Arbor, MI 48108 

                       Classroom "A"

            Map & Directions:
               http://www.wc-redcross.org/index.php?pr=Contact_Us

               From the junction of US-23 & I-94 go North on US-23
               Take US-23 Exit #37 "Washtenaw Ave - East" Route-17
               Go East on Washtenaw Ave. to Carpenter Road (~1/10 mile)
               Turn Right onto Carpenter (headed South)
               Go South on Carpenter Road to Packard Road
               Turn Left onto Packard (headed West)
               Go West about 1/2 mile to the Red Cross (on your right)

 


      Agenda Items:
   =============================================================
   Subject to change & Not in any particular order.
   Send changes/additions to: jjn@nuge.com -or- wb8tkl@arrl.net


  -- Appoint a 'Recording Secretary' 
     (record, write up, send back to the list) 

  -- Welcome invited guests
     o Steve Gladden N8LBV
     o Jeff Cowell KN8A
     o Corey Nygaard 


NETWORK STATUS REPORT
=====================
  -- New Hamgates & Key stations
     o Hamgate.Menominee
     o Hamgate.Mackinac
     o Hamgate.Macomb
     o Hamgate.Delta (.221.64/26)
     - Other Key stations???

  -- Potential/Planned new Hamgate/JNOS sites
     o Hamgate.Crawford (RWG)
     o Hamgate.Houghton @Michigan Tech (KD8CPX) 
     o Hamgate.GrandTraverse @T.C. (KB8RIV)
     o Hamgate.Otsego (KC8NTE)
     o Hamgate.Barry (KB8RWX) 
     o Hamgate2.Midland @Jerome (WD8PBT)
     

  :-) Congrats to BBS.N8KUF - Uptime 606 days / 120+ logins


GENERAL BUSINESS
================
  --- S.E.T. results

  --- New Airmail/WL2K support
        o SMS has gone by the wayside with the new RMS/TelPac 
        o Maiko coded to support Airmail w/B2F
        o Any WinLink users want to test this and report back???

  --- 44Net IP Coordinator(s) for Michigan 44.102/16
        o Remove Dan Thompson N8WKM from the list of IP Coordinators
        o Brian Kantor updated the contact list/website

  --- Virgina AMPRnet isolation
       "perhaps I can apply some pressure to have them integrate with the world
        through their Section Manager.  Just let me know what procedure(s) I need
        to pass along.  Perhaps they just don't know their options."

  --- What can we do to improve the network if we had grant money???

  --- D1 D-Star deployment and possible integration with AMPRnet TCP/IP network?
        o Progress report from D1  (Jon KC8VAB  & Jim WB8AZP)

  --- Status of QMN packet network decommisioning?  (N8CML & N8LRF)
        o K8AE Ann Travis, General Manager
        o Asset assignment to DAPR?  501(c)3
        - Pictures of a typical QMN node - mvc-750s (http://www.nuge.com/~wb8tkl/redcross)

  --- Status of NTSD?   (zip|net@NTSMI.ampr.org)

  --- Jason W9JTL stepped down as DEC8
        o Willing to step in and help with AMPRnet coordination/maintenance
        o Engineer better subnetting of the U.P. as the user base grows
            (44.102.220, 221, and 223)

  --- 4-Step Network Performance improvement project (WB8RCR)
        o "Circuit" - Investigate, tests and measure, and suggest better PHYSICAL layer methods
        o "AX25" - Investigate, tests and measure, and suggest better LINK layer settings
        o "TCPIP" - Investigate, tests and measure, and suggest better PACKET & NETWORK layers 
        o "SMTP" - Investigate, tests and measure, and suggest better SMTP settings

  --- ICS-213/FSD3 web application
        o OS agnostic
        o Use combined 213/Radiogram features for better tracking


DISTRICT STATUS REPORTS
=======================
        o What's new
        o What's planned
        o What help do you need??


TRAINING/DEMO's
===============
  -- Soundcard JNOS on Linux on a small laptop (N8LBV)


CLOSING ITEMS
=============
  ++ Update MAPS MAPS MAPS MAPS!!!

  ++ Update EOC's & Key Stations & Email databases!!!

  ++ Push for more Packet/AMPRnet presentations at clubs
     o What have *YOU* done to get more Hams on Packet (JNOS or AX.25)?????
     o What have *YOU* done to get JNOS into your EOC/Red-X/Leaderships home stations???

  -- Set Date and Location of the next Quarterly DRG meeting:
         o  Next meeting should be in January
         o  Set Date and Location 

  


   Please send me any items you would like added to the agenda.

      --- Jay Nugent  WB8TKL