Dan Cross wrote:

I see. So just to clarify, you are saying that it is ARDC's official
position that emcomm is not an appropriate use of the 44net address
space?

ARDC has not created an official policy with respect to use of 44net address space for emergency communications, either for or against.  But let's take a few sanity checks here:
  1. ARDC's offices are closed until 3 January, and any discussion here is separate from 'official' pronouncements.  Official positions will be documented on ARDC's official website(s).
  2. Nobody has been granted a service level agreement (SLA) for 44net address space. In part, because the network is not provisioned by ARDC (e.g. ARDC is not building the physical network, which is largely constructed by individuals and groups.)  Unless an entity (ARDC) is provisioning the physical network from end to end (to end) it is impossible to provide a SLA.  ARDC manages the allocation of address space, and users implement the network.
  3. ARDC recently took a survey concerning 44net, which will be published after the first of the year.  One of the topics was the level of service people expect, from purely experimental to mission critical, and the report will outline the responses.
  4. ARDC has funded millions of dollars in grants, some of those grants were to groups who participate in emergency communications.
  5. ARDC has recently hired a Technical Director, who along with the Technical Advisory Committee, is responsible for understanding what needs to be done to support 44net and at what level.
  6. 44net address space is a resource.  Emergency Communications groups can obtain address space for non-commercial and amateur radio use free of charge. However, since ARDC is responsible for 44net address space usage, under several legal requirements, and for technical cohesion certain procedures must be implemented and enforced to assure proper use.
Suggestions and recommendations from users are welcome, but setting policy takes studied review and time to implement.   Please don't expect those policies to be an immediate response.  Also, please do not put words into others' mouths.

-- John K7VE