[ale] Katrina - Operation Stage Right, Atlanta - Update

[Brian Whigham]

Good-willed citizens of North Georgia
Our operation to restore telephone service along the Gulf coast is well 
under way.  Several volunteers worked tirelessly over the weekend to 
ready (flash) the telephone adapters.  I'll try to do a better job 
quantifying the work accomplished as we move forward.

Thanks to all those who have participated.  Tbese volunteers are really 
great folks to work with and I believe we all enjoyed our time working 
at Verso this weekend.

We started the weekend working as part of the VoIP leg of Part-15.org 
relief effort.  Now, we're offering service directly to the various 
relief organizations.  We have deployed equipment that is working in the 
field as we speak.  Much more needed communications equipment will be 
leaving daily.  Even computer terminals will be unearthed from Atlanta 
computer graveyards for issue to those in need.  So far, I know of about 
1000 square feet worth of palletized computer equipment.

WE STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS!!!  Bill Learning projects that this operation 
will continue for at least 60 days.  For the time-being, there is enough 
work for people to work round the clock.  So, please, let me know if you 
can help, even for an hour.  Send your contact info to katrina at itaki.net 
or just call me.  Laptops are extremely useful right now.  Supposedly, 
it needs to have Windows 2000 or XP (I'll try to test on other OS's 
today) (.  However, we want to better our documentation and visibility.  
If anyone is interested in setting up a simple database to track 
organizations contributing to the effort and sites aided by our 
services, a wiki/blog, a webcam, or (possibly) a 1/2 mile wireless link 
(LOS), we could use that, too.  These miscellaneous tasks could mostly 
be done remotely.

Current Schedule (adjustable if we have sufficient volunteers):
1400 - 2000 hrs (M-Th)

Kris Sheets has lent us his satellite dish and TV.  There will be 
internet service by today, I'm told.  Threre are refrigerators and snack 
machines.  We're even getting a coke machine right in our suite.

There are designated smoking areas (outside).  Please park in valid 
parking spaces.  Bring positive identification.

As we were are assisting part-15.org, here's some more info on that
http://www.part-15.org/emergencyrelief/katrina.html
general mailing list archive - 
http://archives.part-15.org/listarchive.asp?maillist=Emergency-Relief
http://katrinacleanup.blogspot.com/

Information about our local effort is found here:

http://itaki.net/aaug/
http://itaki.net/aaug/verso_directions.pdf
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?ed=vTly4.p_0TqUK2sisD_2hMeaJtFtWgGFPFXGUxw-&csz=30339&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=

Verso Technologies
400 Galleria Parkway,
Suite 1450
Atlanta, GA 30339

next door to Cobb Galleria.

lookin forward to workin with you,
-- 
Brian Whigham

Yonder Networks
888-770-3421
360-743-0217
478-442-1678

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