Hi Glenn,
- AFRINIC staff?Hi
If you recall at the last ARIN meeting we saw many of our NARALO members comment on the ARIN Community Networks policy
See policy document
I spoke with ARIN staff about their programs on community networks today and they too are struggling with fee structure for AFRNIC Membership from community networks. Note they
- FIRE (grants and award program) is also heavily funded by IDRC, ISOC and Google.fund FIRE which has funded community networks in Uganda and in South Africa.
- This is related to the question I asked during the open mic about whether ARIN is considering setting up a grants program (LACNIC, APNIC, AFRINIC have grant-making programs, RIPE NCC is in the process of setting one up). John Curran said that you may request funds from ARIN for projects (but that they hadn't funded anything for five years) and that there was no plan to set up a grants program unless it was something the members specifically requested that their money be used for. One member then stood up and said that he wouldn't want his money spent on community projects unless they benefitted the ARIN community directly. ARIN is set up as a trade association rather than a not-for-profit like (all?) of the other RIRs, which have to get rid of all their extra funds somehow.
Perhaps we need to ask our community to request financial support for ARIN for community networks as well.
Comments?
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