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
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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 This document is out of date.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.
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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
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.
