All, Attached is a project description by Reynold Guerrier, Network Engineer and Treasurer of the Association Haïtienne pour le développement des technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (AHTIC). I know many have helped and many have offered to help, and kit and people have been sent, and are continuing to be sent, however there is an unmet need, the continuation of the "fuel, food, families" trio that kept the Boutilliers NAP powered and its surviving technical team intact. And the most effective aid is cash, which enables the recipients to prioritize according to their needs, and the bulk purchases of aid recipients proximal to them. The budget and resources for this project is as follows: o $100,000 for salaries to support technicians and their family to get them back on track o 5 content production units o Production software o Management software o 10 data center in a box The data centers in a box resource was identified by Reynold on the 19th, a week after the quake, when he wrote to NANOG:
We would like to provide to the haitian government a UC systems with several branches:
o President office: 10 endpoints o Prime Minister office: 10 endpoints o 12 mayor city hall offices: 3 for each: 36 endpoints o Ministries (9 differents locations 3 for each): 27 endpoints o Communications Center: 20 endpoints o emergency Clusters: 14 ednpoints
Total: 117 endpoints
So if someone can provide recommendations, equipment, skilled technician for that it would be fine.
There is wire transfer information in the attached pdf, and if anyone finds that cumbersome drop me a note and we'll work something out. Yes, there are a lot of aid dollars going to Haiti, but dollars given to AHTIC will go specifically to re-build the network infrastructure and keep the families of the surviving engineers and technicians fed and their basic needs met. Thanks in advance, Eric