AREDN Project Announces Strategic Changes

K6AH · Aug 22, 2018

KV4UC said: ↑

Well, what you see on the inside versus appearances is different. When broadband hamnet came out, we had a lot of people that jumped on the that bandwagon and acquired boxes full of WRT-54 routers to reprogram that were left in somewhat of a deadend when the aredn group split off to chase the more expensive (albeit more capable) ubiquiti hardware. You now have another split with someone that I must assume was somewhat involved in the aredn effort. That leaves me with the perception that you have a number of personalities involved that rather than maintain a cohesive group, are more willing to split up to pursue their own individual focus. Thus, the sense that the reliability of your team of volunteers is still developing and not necessarily all on the same page for the long term. Just because your new cohesion is organized under 501(c)(3) doesn't mean it cannot fall apart again, just that a new group has a sense of control over things. Who is your corporation board, officers, etc. Can others join the corporation to have a substantive voice in proceedings? Or is it just a closely held corporation by a handful of people that can dictate to others without risk of being replaced?

When I look at making investments in the technology, I worry that it may be something whihc looks kinda "free" now, but could have unknown cost and consequences later. I am still impressed by what you have done moving this technology forward and wish you the best in future endeavors with it. But, I feel that you need to all step back, look at yourselves in the mirror, and work to bring the entirety of your mesh developers back into the fold with out cutting each other off at the knees to get what the different factions want. Only then can I look at mesh as a long term viable solution, rather than an interesting experiment.

73
Mark, KV4UC
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Well... We look forward to proving that to you, Mark.

73,

Andre, K6AH

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