19 Jul
2019
19 Jul
'19
5:43 a.m.
On 7/18/19 21:25, Gavin Rogers wrote:
On 19/07/2019 12:19 pm, Phil Karn 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
Like the rest of the amateur community, all of
you
will have the opportunity to apply for grants and do good things for
amateur radio with them.
I don't know much about US-registered charities and
tax law, but will
this include amateurs and clubs located outside of the US?