Merit's goal is to provide the
The goals of the Merit GateD Consortium are that:
The Merit GateD Consortium's technical plan for the next three years involves:
The Unicast, Multicast and IP version 6 projects are schedule in sequential years because of the current level of GateD funding. Should additional funding be available, Merit staff can re-assigned to work on the GateD project. The Merit staff contains many partial appointments to the GateD projects so additional staff members are being trained.
In order to reach the goals that the Merit GateD Consortium set, the Merit GateD consortium must change it's funding to support 3.5 worth of staff for the Gated project. The staff planned includes
In order to attain these goals, the GateD Consortium Membership fees must raise $450,000 per year.