Recently a conflict emerged between two ARDC grant recipients – M17 Project and Multimode Digital Voice Modem (MMDVM). As the conflict has been unfolding, a variety of individuals have asked us to comment and provide our perspective. Out of respect for our grantees, our policy is to maintain confidentiality. Thus, we do not discuss specifics … Read More
If you’ve been following our work of creating a vision for the organization and defining strategic goals, you may have wondered what this might mean for our grantmaking criteria. If that sounds familiar, then this blog post is for you! We’ve just posted our new grantmaking goals, along with some priority areas for funding. To … Read More
Transparency is one of our core values at ARDC. Thus it’s important to us that, every year, we take some time to walk through our audited financials, and to do our best to make sure they are understandable by everyone – including people who do not spend their days analyzing 990s. With this in mind, … Read More
ARDC is pleased to welcome Schuyler Erle N0GIS to our team, as he takes the reins as our new Director of Technology. He’s got a history in open source, ham radio / wireless tech, and engineering management, and he’s worked in both corporate and nonprofit environments, all together making him uniquely qualified for this important … Read More
Late last week, as many in our community now know, we lost another member of the ARDC community: Dewayne Hendricks WA8DZP. Obtaining his amateur radio license at the age of 12, Dewayne once stated that he “was amazed at the many things I could accomplish with radios and the people who use them.” One of … Read More