I currently serve on the boards of
the [Software Freedom Conservancy](https://sfconservancy.org),
-the [FreedomBox Foundation](http://freedomboxfoundation.org),
+[Tripoli Colorado](http://tripolicolorado.org),
and [Amateur Radio Digital Communications](http://ampr.org), where I am
-also the Treasurer / CFO.
+also President.
+
+I served for a while on the board of the
+[Freedombox Foundation](http://freedomboxfoundation.org)
+and made significant technical contributions early in the project history.
I served for a while on the board of the
[Linux Professional Institute](http://lpi.org) helping it recover from
[Keith Packard](http://keithp.org). I hold a "Level 3 certification" and am
a member of both the [National Association of Rocketry](http://nar.org)
and the [Tripoli Rocketry Association](http://tripoli.org). My personal
-confirmed flight altitude record is 32,635 feet above ground, my highest
+confirmed flight altitude record is 36,555 feet above ground, my highest
recorded acceleration is 86 g, the heaviest project I ever built weighed 168
pounds on the launch rail, and I've flown a rocket I designed and built
that reached Mach 3.21. I served on the committee that defined the
have a base-model 1987 Porsche 944 with the hard-to find "sunroof delete"
option like the 928. And my current track-day car is a bit of a mongrel...
it started life as a 1987 Porsche 944 Turbo, but now has a Chevy LS V8
-engine, a Ford Hydroboost brake system, a transaxle from a 1989 944 Turbo S,
-and many suspension upgrades. Looks like a Porsche, sounds like something
-completely different, and is a hoot on track wearing Hoosier R7 tires!
+engine, a manual steering rack, an un-boosted balance-beam brake master
+cylinder setup, a transaxle from a 1989 944 Turbo S, and *many* suspension
+upgrades. Looks like a Porsche, sounds like something completely different,
+and is a hoot to drive on track!
Over the years, I've spent a lot of my "spare time" on various facets of
[Amateur Radio](rf/). KB0G is my current callsign, previously I was N3EUA
[Fox](http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1113) cubesat program, and one of my
boards has been "in the stack" on every recent AMSAT-NA satellite.
-If you want to find me "on the air" for a QSO, about the only chance
-right now is to catch us
-[roving](http://gag.com/code/rover/) in a VHF/Microwave contest, or on the
-flight-line at a rocket launch.
+If you want to find me "on the air" for a QSO, I'm operating FT8 on HF fairly
+often, sometimes go [roving](http://gag.com/code/rover/) in VHF-Microwave
+contests, and often have an FM HT on the flight-line at rocket launches.
While I was "born and raised" in the era of 4.1BSD, shared a Vax 11/750
with Eric Crane at CMU, and ran some flavor of BSD on at least one
I was named for my
[maternal grandfather](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_D._Barksdale),
-who was a prominent individual in his time. While my father is the serious
+who was a prominent individual in his time. While my father was the serious
genealogist in our family, every once in a while I go do a web search on
various family names. These are some references to Granddaddy that I have
found:
I've been asked from time to time if I'm any relation to the Barksdale for whom
[Barksdale Air Force Base](http://www.barksdale.af.mil) was named. My parents
tell me they believe
-[Eugene Hoy Barksdale](http://www.barksdale.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=4409)
+[Eugene Hoy Barksdale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Hoy_Barksdale)
was my third cousin twice removed. I had the chance to visit the base museum
in the fall of 2016, and I must say I'm proud of his accomplishments!
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