Introduction
Welcome to the September Summary Report, 2024. This month we rebuilt the website...twice. If you've been paying attention, we hope you've enjoyed each expression. The reason we did this was pure misunderstanding of the reasons we were being rejected for our Google Ad Grant--we're not web developers, but communications experts and sometimes we mess that up too.
Volunteer Hours
Special thanks to Mrs. Phillys Koster who out-volunteered me (at least officially) by a solid 6 hours. Ms. Ana Machado also contributed 5 hours and 15 minuets in video production volunteering, obrigado Ana! In total we volunteered 31 hours, 49 minuets and 10 seconds this month. That said, the time tracker was not built until the 24th. Let's see what we can do next month! If you would like to volunteer with us visit www.ntari.org/backend to find a task you would like to complete.
New Tasks By Sector
Sector 1 Forge Lab
Digital Public Goods Alliance et.al. Sep 30, 2024
Forge Lab aspires to publish all projects to the standards established by the Digital Public Goods Alliance. However, we'd like public input on this standard and others as possibilities for publishing.
Once this standard is decided, we will begin posting code for outstanding projects:
Leveson-Based Trade Assessment Scale
SOHO Skills Authorization System
Mycelium Blockchain Trade System
The Fruitful App
Remember to establish an account and track all time spent on this issue at www.ntari.org/time
Sector 2 JCSWM
No New Posts
Sector 3 Read Media School
Read Media School Program Development Sep 30, 2024
Read Media School requires thorough vetting and accountability policies for mentors as well as a code of conduct policy for students and mentors.
The intent of RMS is to teach media literacy using open-source resources on the internet across every digitized format--text, photo, video, audio, coding, augmented reality and virtual reality.
Sector 4 NTARI Mesh
Mesh Engineer Vetting Sep 30, 2024
Mesh engineers are vetted by NTARI to be presented to communities in search of network developers. We currently need to perfect the process of identifying, vetting and pairing engineers.
Assess background check costs by identifying a plan that allows pay-per-view background checks
Assess the cost of reviewing and verifying resumes and CVs
Assess and establish documentation requirements for resume, CV and background checks
Please establish an account and track time www.ntari.org/time
Current Needs of NTARI Mesh Sep 30, 2024
Process for vetting network engineers
Process for pairing communities and engineers
Resources for financing/ funding community-owned networks
Other suggestions
Volunteer your time and receive a thank you letter from NTARI. Track your volunteering time using ntari.org/time
Sector 5 Lost Sheep Research Fellowship
No New Posts
Sector 6 NTARI.org Mass Production Net
Accessibility Sep 30, 2024
We need strong support for accessibility programming at NTARI.org with an accompanying policy statement.
Please remember to establish an account and track your time at www.ntari.org/time
Ts & Cs / Privacy Policy Sep 30, 2024
We need a strong set of terms and conditions and privacy policy for NTARI.org and its programs.
Please remember to create an account and track your time using NTARI.org/time
Podcast Distribution Sep 30, 2024
We'd like to distribute our podcasts (NTARI Podcast and Lost Sheep Research Fellowship) to every possible platform. Currently on Spotify, Castbox and Amazon Music. Had trouble with Apple.
Add
Apple Podcasts
Goodpods
iHeartRadio
Overcast
Pocket Cast
Radio Public
Soundcloud
Sticher
Google Podcasts
Open to other suggestions
NTARI RSS Feed:
Lost Sheep RSS Feed
Sector 7 Etymo
No New Posts
Fund Raising
To date we've raised $2,010.89 of the $1.22 million we need to operate at full capacity. $643.89 of that came in this month. If you would like to help fundraise for NTARI, we are members of the PayPal Giving Fund and discoverable on GoFundMe's organization page. Another great way is simply sharing www.ntari.org/getinvolved on social media.
Upcoming Events
October 7th, 2024 Quarterly Board Meeting
7pm To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/yds-igzz-mjx
Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 657-221-6911 and enter this PIN: 650 431 784#
To view more phone numbers, click this link: https://tel.meet/yds-igzz-mjx?hs=5
Code Review Leveson Trade Assessment Scale
Sat, Oct 06 1:00 pm EST
Online Review with Calvin Seacrest
Forge Lab volunteers will discuss the LTAS system, a component of the Agrinet Project
Other News
We are in need of an additional board member after Mr. Rashod Jones left the board unexpectedly in July. If you are interested, please email info@ntari.org.
Reflection
My biggest revelation this month was that the website ntari.org must be built as a mass production network. Mass production networks are a type of social media system built with the intent that user interactions produce a tangible effect. I wrote an article about this you can read here. To do this wasn't very challenging, but took some rethinking about the tools provided by the WIX platform.
After the experience I think we'll have to migrate away from WIX in the future to gain more control of the site as a platform. I look forward to working with all of you to do that. If you visit our projects page you'll see a bit about the culture we're trying to propagate. I hope that NTARI can help us get there. This has been your September Summary Report 2024. Thanks for reading
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