{"id":5698,"date":"2025-08-25T23:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T03:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/?p=5698"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T03:56:10","slug":"september-monthly-general-membership-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/september-monthly-general-membership-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"September Monthly General Membership Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"longdesc description\">\n<p>We invite you to join us at the\u00a0<b>Lancaster Amateur Radio Club General Membership Meeting<\/b>\u00a0this September 2nd, at 7pm where we\u2019ll be diving into the exciting world of\u00a0<b>Meshtastic<\/b>\u00a0\u2014 the open-source, long-range, low-power mesh communication platform.<\/p>\n<div>To make the most of our time together, we are asking participants to\u00a0<b>update their Meshtastic devices in advance<\/b>\u00a0with a special channel and LoRa configuration that will be used during the meeting. This ensures everyone can connect seamlessly and take part in live demonstrations, testing, and collaboration.<\/div>\n<div><b>How to Prepare<\/b><\/div>\n<div>We\u2019ve made setup simple:<\/div>\n<div>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<b>Scan the QR Code<\/b>\u00a0(below or at the meeting)<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5696 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/w2so.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/meshtasticQR.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w2so.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/meshtasticQR.png 860w, https:\/\/w2so.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/meshtasticQR-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/w2so.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/meshtasticQR-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/w2so.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/meshtasticQR-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<b>Or click the link<\/b>\u00a0provided to automatically assign the correct channel and LoRa settings to your device<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/meshtastic.org\/e\/?add=true#CgMSAQEKHRIQBIYbPd2Vyq2ks_bshhCKTBoEVzJTTyUBAAAAEg4IARAIOAFAA0gBUB5oAQ\">https:\/\/meshtastic.org\/e\/?add=true#CgMSAQEKHRIQBIYbPd2Vyq2ks_bshhCKTBoEVzJTTyUBAAAAEg4IARAIOAFAA0gBUB5oAQ<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">That&#8217;s it! Once updated, your node will be ready to mesh with the group at\u00a0<b>W2SO<\/b>.<\/div>\n<div><b>Why Update in Advance?<\/b><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><b>Instant Connectivity<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Join the shared network as soon as you arrive<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><b>Hands-On Demos<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Participate in live examples without setup delays<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><b>Community Building<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Experience how Meshtastic strengthens communication across Western New York<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><b>Event Ready Mesh\u00a0<\/b>\u2013\u00a0The event configuration includes sensible defaults to help ensure mesh stability in the dense mesh environment we expect to experience<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mc-location\">\n<div class=\"address location vcard\">\n<div class=\"adr h-card\">\n<div><strong class=\"location-link\">Lancaster Office of Emergency Management (OEM Building)<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"sub-address\">\n<div class=\"street-address p-street-address\">525 Pavement Road<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"locality p-locality\">Lancaster<\/span><span class=\"mc-sep\">,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"region p-region\">NY<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"postal-code p-postal-code\">14086<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We invite you to join us at the\u00a0Lancaster Amateur Radio Club General Membership Meeting\u00a0this September 2nd, at 7pm where we\u2019ll be diving into the exciting &hellip; <a title=\"September Monthly General Membership Meeting\" class=\"bnm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/september-monthly-general-membership-meeting\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">September Monthly General Membership Meeting<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","bnm-entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5699,"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5698\/revisions\/5699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}