Re: [44net] 44.192.0.0/10 sale

Really at the end of the day its part of the 44net allocation that is not allocated to any country. yes I was pissed at first but after reading the original document it makes sense to me. it protects thecallocations msde to countries etc, just means as co ordinators we need to apply best practice then allocate stupidly to people. at least there are funds to pay costs well into the future. congrats to those who saw the light and did something constructive. Regards Sam Sent from MailDroid -----Original Message----- From: Phil Karn <karn(a)ka9q.net> To: 44net(a)mailman.ampr.org Sent: Fri, 19 Jul. 2019 14:43 Subject: Re: [44net] 44.192.0.0/10 sale On 7/18/19 21:25, Gavin Rogers wrote: Sure. We'd like to cast the net as widely as possible for worthy grant recipients. Doesn't matter where they are in the world, as long as the purpose is consistent with our charter, which is to benefit amateur digital radio and related development. That's a worldwide activity. I suppose US legal restrictions on dealing with certain "pariah" countries might come into play (e.g., North Korea) but that's a very short list and there isn't much ham radio in them anyway. We're already thinking about things like: Educational grants to students who are hams; Existing amateur radio 501(c)(3) organizations; Development of *freely available* technology: hardware, software, protocols, etc Field trials, demonstrations, pilot projects, educational outreach, etc; This list is NOT exhaustive by any means, and in fact we'll be looking for good ideas from anyone who has them. We want to be as transparent about this as possible. Again, though we might have been able to establish a *personal* property claim over network 44, we all quickly decided to not open that can of worms and instead sign everything over to the ARDC. Face it, given who we are we'd probably just spend the money on ham radio development ourselves. This is a much better way to do it. 73, Phil _________________________________________ 44Net mailing list 44Net(a)mailman.ampr.org https://mailman.ampr.org/mailman/listinfo/44net