This sounds good, Trevor! If you can essentially extend these conversations beyond this list WITHOUT canabalising it (i.e., making it redundant), then I think it would add a lot of value given what you said :-)
I especially like the idea of triggering an email to the Atlas list! Warm regards, -Michael On Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 4:34 PM Trevor Goodyear <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Michael. > > 1. User notifications are not implemented at the moment but one could > imagine the site cross posting to the mailing list, or allowing users to > receive an email directly when a new project is added. I'd also considered > allowing donors to Auto Donate to any new added projects, though this would > likely require that the site store API Keys which I'm hoping to avoid. > > 2. My hope is that by having projects visible publicly, the audience for > these network measurement projects would be broadened outside of just the > mailing list - folks can more easily share the details on their social > media pages or in email to colleagues. Project owners can post updates on > their project page. I'm hoping that this can encourage credit recipients to > more easily share results. Something that could be possible is tying > specific Measurements to Projects so that folks can see concretely what the > credits were used for. > > Much appreciate the feedback! > > Trevor > > > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2026 at 10:17 AM Michael J. Oghia <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Trevor, >> >> Thank you for this! >> >> A few thoughts: >> >> 1. Is there any way to get notifications when someone posts? >> >> 2. Regardless if so, one nice thing about sharing on the list is that we >> can then learn about the projects people are doing (and they can share >> results). >> >> It's a good idea, but is it solving a problem we actually have? >> >> Warm regards, >> -Michael >> >> On Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 4:12 PM Trevor Goodyear <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Credit requests often appear on this mailing list. I've built Atlas >>> Relay [0] as a small open-source site where researchers can post those >>> requests so donors can find and fill them. >>> >>> - Researchers sign in with GitHub or Microsoft and post a project with a >>> credit goal. They can update project details and post results as their >>> measurements progress. >>> - Donors transfer on atlas.ripe.net as usual, or paste a transfer-only >>> API key that the site uses once and discards. >>> >>> This site isn't affiliated with the RIPE NCC. It's just a hobby project >>> I've been tinkering with after reading this mailing list and being a probe >>> host for a decade. Every transfer happens in RIPE Atlas, and the site never >>> holds credits or stores keys. >>> >>> The code is at [1]. I'd welcome feedback, particularly around user >>> experience and whether this helps researchers and donors. Looking forward >>> to see who will be first! >>> >>> Trevor >>> >>> [0] https://atlasrelay.org >>> [1] https://github.com/tgoodyear/atlasrelay >>> ----- >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription >>> options, please visit: >>> https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/ripe-atlas.ripe.net/ >>> As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account >>> with the email matching your subscription before you can change your >>> settings. >>> More details at: >>> https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/ >> >>
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