29 Sep
2020
29 Sep
'20
10:42 a.m.
Hello Rosy,
Thank you for reaching out to the global AMPR community with a tool to
begin including us in the grant process. I hope this openness will
expand as we had been completely removed from all previous grant
processing. I have completely your survey but one thing seems to be
missing: How some of this grant money can be given back to the 44Net
group (aka.. the people who use this 44.x.x.x address space) or projects
that interface with it. After all, it was the substantial sale of this
44.x.x.x IPv4 address space that made all this possible and we should
invest some of it back into what remains.
- Fortification of AMPR infrastructure
- Ensured 44.x.x.x gateway access to the Internet (currently UCSD
hosted)
- Investment into the AMPR portal, wiki
- Consider hosting a VPN service for those who cannot get IPIP
working through their ISP
- Consideration of solving the pending rPKI issue for our BGP users
- Investment in other projects that use AMPR 44.x.x.x services
- AREDN mesh
- Linux AX.25 stack (in poor shape)
- RoIP communities like Allstar, IRLP, Echolink, DV-Switch, etc
(no specific order)
I'm sure there are many other ideas here but I wanted to kick off the
discussion and consideration
--David
KI6ZHD
Silicon Valley AMPR Coordinator
On 09/29/2020 07:20 AM, Rosy Wolfe via 44Net wrote:
Hello 44net!
Hope you are healthy and well wherever you are. I'm writing to invite
you to a couple of things.
1. ARDC Grantmaking Survey
The first is an invitation to take this survey about ARDC grant making,
which you can find here:
https://www.mysurveygizmo.com/s3/5789610/ARDC-Grantmaking-Feedback-Survey
The survey covers our existing granting goals and some of the kinds of
projects that we've funded so far. What do you think? What other grants
would you like to see? Do you know of organizations, either in the US or
abroad, that you'd like to see us fund? Let us know - it shouldn't take
more than 5 minutes, more if you decide to give some longer
written-out answers.
2. 44net + ARDC Community Video Call
We'll go over the results together in a community video call,
happening Saturday Oct. 10, 2020, at 17:00 UTC (10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm
BST / 7pm CEST).
On this call, we'll introduce ARDC Board members, grants advisory
committee members, and staff; go over the survey results together; talk
about our grants made to date; and talk about any questions you have. If
there's anything in particular you'd like ARDC to cover in the call,
please let us know by responding to this mail or sending me a message
directly: rosy(a)ampr.org.
Here is the link to the call:
https://meet.jit.si/ardc-44net-community-meeting-oct-10-2020
A note on the times: I realize that the times listed are more convenient
for folks in the Americas, Africa, and Europe. If enough people from
Asia and Australia wish to join but can't for timing reasons, we may do
another group call for those time zones. Part of this exercise is also
learning about 44net's distribution - where is everyone located? I'm
looking forward to finding out.
I'm also looking forward to better getting to know 44net and the greater
ham community, and to use what I learn to help shape ARDC's 2021
grantmaking strategy. We are in a fortunate position to do a lot of good
in the world - so let's do it!
All the best,
Rosy