Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:<p>One of the lesser known Projects of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/@ngi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ngi</span></a></span> was <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Fed4FIRE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fed4FIRE</span></a>+. </p><p>Fed4fire came out of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/IMEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMEC</span></a> and was a series of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FederatedTestbeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederatedTestbeds</span></a>. Labs like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@geant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geant</span></a></span> were also a part of the initiative.</p><p>In 2021-2022 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@librecast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>librecast</span></a></span> got a small grant to test our multicast POC IoTupdater.</p><p><a href="https://www.librecast.net/fed4fire.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">librecast.net/fed4fire.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NGI</span></a></p><p>Having testbeds to test <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> is important.</p><p>Ensuring testbeds can keep the lights on is a good use of EU Funds. Especially if it can be available to everyone.</p>