Re: [44net] And the fraud begins.

On Aug 6, 2019, at 12:08, Victor Vaida via 44Net &lt;44net(a)mailman.ampr.org&gt; wrote: Wrong On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 11:52 AM K7VE - John via 44Net < 44net(a)mailman.ampr.org&gt; wrote: > 1. 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. > 2. The portion of addresses that were sold was not in use (with the > exception of a block in Germany and the leaders of that community were > agreeable - they can adopt new addresses). They were not used in a way > that is routed to the general Internet as addressable nodes. > 3. The corporation had no formal mechanism to "consult" with the amateur > radio community and no obligation to do so. Again, no members and more > importantly no contract. > 4. People who thought differently, need to study this out and move on. > > ------------------------------ > John D. Hays - K7VE > Kingston, WA > <http://k7ve.org/blog> <http://twitter.com/#!/john_hays> > <http://www.facebook.com/john.d.hays> > _________________________________________