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I was really hoping this drama wouldn't be brought into PSDR, but it
seems John has forced my hand in needing to address this. Also,
since I'm presently running for HamWAN Board, I should make my views
on this clear. Cast your votes accordingly.<br>
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AMPR (really: ARDC, Inc.) has stolen hundreds of millions of dollars
from the global amateur radio community and now they're attempting
to legitimize their crime by appearing charitable. I will not
support touching this dirty money, and encourage others to stay as
far away from it as modern protesters stay away from
conveniently-placed piles of bricks:<br>
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<img src="cid:part1.9A0FD357.9315958E@bartk.us"><br>
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It's all bait to literally buy cover for their theft.<br>
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From a pragmatic standpoint, nobody will prosecute them, because
between ARDC's hundreds of millions and Amazon's legal team
combined, you'll never win. And over time, people will be weak, and
eat from their hand, and eventually forget about it. However, money
has never been a limiting factor for HamWAN, and I'd rather sleep
well at night than corrupt HamWAN by participating in this debacle.<br>
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Given my lovely email here, it's entirely possible ARDC will now
retaliate by rescinding our currently allocated address space. John
is our local coordinator who would be in charge of these decisions.
We should probably make contingency plans to continue the network
without ARDC's involvement.<br>
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--Bart<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/16/2020 3:13 PM, Bryan Fields
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On 6/16/20 5:00 PM, John D. Hays wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Please review <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ampr.org/giving/">https://www.ampr.org/giving/</a>
If you have a project, development, etc. that could benefit from a grant,
here is your opportunity.
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I would hope HamWAN has more morals than to take any money from ARDC. The
people running this organization have perpetuate the greatest crime against
the community in years. They have no oversight, and contempt for the
community. Further they have failed to disclose any details of this "sale",
hence the 30+ million they left on the table.
It's dirty money from a dirty organization. I had the good sense to resign
from the TAC, I can't see how anyone could be part of it in good faith after
this.
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