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<p>Hi Glenn, <br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi <br>
If you recall at the last ARIN meeting we saw many of our
NARALO members comment on the ARIN Community Networks policy
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<div>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 </div>
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- AFRINIC staff?<br>
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<div>fund FIRE which has funded community networks in Uganda
and in South Africa.</div>
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- FIRE (grants and award program) is also heavily funded by IDRC,
ISOC and Google. <br>
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<div>Perhaps we need to ask our community to request financial
support for ARIN for community networks as well. <br>
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- 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. <br>
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That said, John did say to submit proposals for funding so what do
we have to lose?<br>
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Susannah <br>
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