2019 was a big year for the Network Time Foundation. New software releases, attendance at global events and growth in memberships were among our many accomplishments. Following is a list of achievements by quarter that we are particularly proud of:

• Q1

  • Release of NTP 4.2.8 p13

  • Completion of IDT Driver Project (a Renesas Company)

  • 4 NTF -owned NTP Time Servers added to pool

  • Noted Membership Renewals

    • Facebook

    • Cox Communications, Inc.

    • Microchip (formerly Microsemi)

• Q2

  • Bugs.ntp.org now being served from load balancer/proxy servers

  • Public rsync servers brought up on new infrastructure, in 4 data centers

  • Public bk servers moved to new infrastructure, with mirrors in 4 data centers

  • 4th data center load balancer/proxy server brought online

  • Initiated foundation Code of Conduct

  • Applied for MOSS Track 1 Award

  • IETF-NTP Interim Workgroup Meeting

  • Completed 2018 Financial Review

  • Noted Membership Renewals

    • Meinberg

    • Verizon Media (formerly Oath)

  • Noted donations

    • EndRun Technologies

• Q3

  • Signed 2 new volunteers

  • Signed 1 new contractor

  • Wrote/Signed off/Published RFC 8633 on Network Time Protocol Best Current Practices

  • Accepted as a member of the Open Source Initiative

  • Attended ISPCS 2019 Portland

  • Secured $2,000 towards ISPCS attendance – Thank you Meinberg!

  • Noted Membership Renewals

    • VMWare

    • Orolia (Spectracom)

• Q4

  • Oregano provided Syn1588 Gbit Switch to NTF

  • Received a $3,000.00 donation from Masterclock

  • Operating revenue increased over 2018

  • Noted Membership Renewal

    • Renesas (formerly IDT)