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[Paul Dekkers <address@concealed>]

Hi,

On 29/11/2023 12:05, Paul Menzel (via cat-users Mailing List) wrote:
> Dear Eduroam folks,
>
> I am interested, how Eduroam and all the related services are governed 
> and funded. The Web site provides already good information [1][2]. Thank 
> you!
>
>  From *eduroam and GÉANT* [2]:
>
> > The national and international coordination of this infrastructure is
> > undertaken by the Roaming Operators (ROs) and a central eduroam
> > Operational Team that is funded by the GÉANT Project.
> Who is currently the “eduroam Operational Team” and how big is the funding?
>
> What are the tasks of that team? Does it include geteduroam [3]?

I don't know the exact background of your question, but to begin with 
the last: "it depends". The things necessary to offer geteduroam eg. via 
CAT or hosted accounts, are managed by the operational team (OT). As 
well as some of the core services for eduroam like for RADIUS proxying, 
and next to CAT we have more hosted options for IdPs and SPs as well as 
a PKI. Funding comes from the GEANT project for most of this, and 
services are run by GEANT Project partners, like NRENs from various 
countries.

But geteduroam itself, ie. funding for Apps and development, is 
established as a commons conservancy programme. You can find more about 
it on https://commonsconservancy.org - there is a board specific for the 
geteduroam programme.

You may recognize other projects used and developed in our community, 
like SimpleSAMLphp, eduVPN, Filesender to name a few.

It's possible to contribute to the funding of geteduroam, by 
contributing/donating to the commons conservancy project.

I assumed the part of global eduroam governance (and the role of the 
governance committee (GeGC) were clear; they are described on the /about 
page in [1]).

Hope this helps,

Regards,
Paul


> [1]: https://eduroam.org/about/
> [2]: https://eduroam.org/eduroam-and-geant/
> [3]: https://get.eduroam.org/
> [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduroam
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