44net August 2020

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by Tracy Markham

I had reached out to the good people at GL.iNet and asked for help getting one of their openWRT routers to run my 44 net assignment. I referred them to the page explaining openWRT setup ( wiki.ampr.org/wiki/Setting_up_a_gateway_on_OpenWRT) and requested they compile an executable for the processor in the router. Apparently they did it. It will be a bit before I can try to configure it but its a one click installation. It's available to anyone with a GL.iNet router product, just navigate to Applications -> Plugins and Update, then navigate to the R section. I have a screencap of all the dependencies it installed if anyone is interested. I reached out to them because I've failed on my previous attempts to set up an EdgerouterX for my assignment... I am by no means a network engineer, this is my foray into getting a gateway going. If anyone could confirm this works that would be great. If you're willing to help me get mine going that would be even better. Tracy N4LGH

3 years, 11 months

Re: [44net] Say hello to Rosy Wolfe, ARDC's new Executive Director

by Paul Sladen

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 28 Aug 2020, Phil Karn wrote: > On 8/27/20 5:12 AM, Paul Sladen wrote: Hello Phil, > point is taken. Excellent. Glad that was useful; hopefully the rest is useful too. > > * page 2, > > http://rct.doj.ca.gov/Verification/Web/Download.aspx?saveas=Founding+Docume… > This document is out of date. > ... > As you can see, the purposes of the foundation were broadened ... QED. Metamorphosis has occurred; and further metamorphosis is planned in 2021: https://www.ampr.org/amprnet/ ] (Now that we are receiving significant investment income from our ] address sale, in 2021 we will transition to a private grant-making ] foundation required to disburse at least 5% of our total assets each ] year, on average.) (Please be very, Very, careful with the wording "total assets"...) ...However, the founding document from 2011 is still /the/ founding document, which enabled charitable incorporation, and immutable, and so still to remind incoming employees/trustees of (p.5): ] All assets of this corporation are irrevocably dedicated to public ] and charitable purposes and no part of the net income or assets of ] this corporation shall ever inure to the benefit of any director, ] officer or member thereof or to the benefit of any private person. Which brings us back to the "assets of this corporation"; > > (ADRC is custodian of US$0.25+ Billion in tangible +non-tangibles). > We will be able to talk about the actual numbers as soon as ... Tangible numbers are unncessary for discussion of the quarter-billion, which is obtainable purely from remaining intangibles (unsold IPs): * US$0.25+ Billion == nominal book value of the remaining IPs (intangible assets) held by ADRC: ($20 * ~12.58 million) ...accounting for retained IPs in the "total assets" appears to be a necessary condition, to have allowed made the declaration that the sale of ~25% of total assets was "insubstantial". (p.1): https://www.ampr.org/wp-content/uploads/Courtesy-Notice-to-AG-Signed-ARDC.p… ] the Sale represents only about one-quarter of ARDC's IP Addresses ] and is therefore not a sale of substantially all of ARDC's ] assets. and thusly fall under the s.5913 non-prior-notification exception: ] Accordingly, advance written notice of this Sale was not ] required under California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law ] Section 5913. So putting together (1) the 5% disbursement plans for 2021, and (2) the necessity to account for "total assets" to claim the non-prior notification in 2019, ...: There would shortfall after 5 years, because... disbursing 5% of ~0.3 billion total assets (tangible + intangible) = US$15 million/year outgoing (cash); against investment income of say ~10% of that. Result would be ARDC, Inc. returning to being non-liquid c.2025, ...necessitating a further sale of AMPRNet IPv4 addresses. > Until then we are not contractually allowed to disclose But, the Trustees would presumably be completely free to give an update on the planned relationship with CAIDA (UCSD Network Telescope), and long-term sustainable plans for AmprGW? -Paul TL;DR: Be very, Very careful of the 5% total assets idea. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFfSRSdc444tukM+iQRAjv1AJ44Rwblo1HStD+pRTawuoeHYvuDIgCdHRtR WaquVeRqmuymtjxm/Q8sUMc= =uvsx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

4 years, 3 months

Say hello to Rosy Wolfe, ARDC's new Executive Director

by Phil Karn

Hello 44net, I'd like to announce that ARDC now has an Executive Director: Rosy Wolfe. She becomes ARDC's second paid employee. We initially looked for people near San Diego where fellow board member KC Claffy and I reside. Rosy, who lives in Portland, OR, came highly recommended by Board Member John Gilmore, and we discovered his instincts were good. She has hit the ground running, providing not just considerable help and support to the Board and Grant Advisory committees, but also some very useful insights from her own experiences as we figure out how to attract a new and more diverse generation not just to ham radio, but to (digital) communications and to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields more broadly. This bears some emphasis: we see ARDC as not being just about ham radio, or even just about ham radio and the Internet. Ham radio is fun, but it's also a powerful tool for public service and above all, education. And we define "education" very broadly. It goes far beyond formal classroom instruction to group projects to the kind of self-motivated, individual hands-on tinkering and learning-by-doing that is the essence of ham radio. We want to bring that to as many people as possible. We know this isn't going to be easy, so we're going to need a lot of new ideas to fund. We expect many will fail, but that's OK as long as a few really succeed. Rosy definitely understands what we're trying to do. After getting her MS in Digital Media in 2011 at Georgia Tech, Rosy worked at the intersection of technology, activism, art, and design for nearly a decade. In that time (and under her birth name, Beth Schechter), she co-founded and ran an international open source map making community and worked with John Gilmore at an organization supporting open scientific data exchange in cannabis research. Through this work, Rosy has written curricula on basic HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and open source map making, drafted diagrams and educational content on design, science and regulations, the patent system, and more. She has also managed many projects, from data visualizations to installations at Burning Man. She doesn't have her ham license yet, but hey, nobody's perfect... Nevertheless, we are happy to have Rosy's experience in nonprofit administration, project management, and technical education as we move from being a small charity to a large grant-making foundation. Her email address is rosy(a)ampr.org Please join us in welcoming Rosy! And I'll let her introduce herself. 73, Phil Hello 44net! And many thanks to Phil for the kind introduction. I'm thrilled to be here and to finally e-meet all of you. I'm also incredibly excited to be working with ARDC - the organization has an opportunity to do tremendous good in the world, and it's an honor to be selected to help shepherd the process. In addition to supporting grant making for the many innovative initiatives listed on our Grant making Goals page, I'm particularly excited to support emergency communications preparedness, remote deployments, STEM, and generally expanding the demographics of amateur radio and digital communications. Speaking of communications, a key part of my role is to help increase communication and transparency between the Board and this list. To that end, and particularly as we get into administrative flow, please expect updates and reports from me. On the flip side, if you have any questions that I can answer, please don't hesitate to reach out, either on this list or by email: rosy(a)ampr.org. Like Phil mentioned, I don't have my ham license yet, but I'm happy to report that I'm studying for it. In addition to learning more about the radio spectrum, antennae, and repeaters in the coming months, I'm also looking forward to learning about this international community and the many people who are a part of it. If there are community resources or organizations you think I need to know about, I invite you to share them with me. In the meantime, thank you, again, for the warm welcome. Here's to the future of amateur radio and digital communications. Sincerely, Rosy

4 years, 3 months

POS for AMPR router configuration?

by Assi Friedman

Hi: Who took over Brian's role maintaining the router? I need implement a change that was done outside the portal's options. Thanks, Assi kk7kx

4 years, 4 months

Hello, I could use some help recovering my password to the portal

by Muriithi Njeru

In registered as M700KE, if you could help me retrieve my password to the portal the password recovery process is not completing sending email to my email address. Thankyou, Regards.

4 years, 4 months

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