The point is, the address block was privately held. The owner(s) *could* have sold the whole thing and bought a very nice boat with the proceeds. I am really glad I was not not faced with such a dilemma. We are all the beneficiaries of their good will.
-k9dc
On Aug 6, 2019, at 14:49, K7VE - John via 44Net 44net@mailman.ampr.org wrote:
- The 44/8 (now 44.0.0.0/9 and 44.128.0.0/10) was never owned by "the
community" - It was obtained by *an individual* as a resource to be used by the amateur radio community - It passed through a series of individuals and has been used by the amateur radio community (at no charge/no contract) - A wise decision was made to form a public benefit non-profit corporation to own the address space, rather than an individual and it was assigned to that corporation. - That corporation has a board of volunteer directors, who receive no salary, and oversee its operation under their legal by-laws. It has no *members* or shareholders.