Re: [44net] Fraud update: 110k to ARISS

This is interesting...as of today: On 09/16/2019 at 18:17, Paul Sladen via 44Net wrote: OK, that says, as you mention "Grants are not yet available. Do not apply at this time." But this indicates that 2 grants have, in fact, been dispersed. So...if nobody can apply for grants at this time, how did it work for TAPR and ARISS, exactly? And since the 44/8 sale was announced on 2019-07-19 and the TAPR grant is listed on that page with a grant date of 2019-08-01, that's a duration of (8) business days in between. Seems like an awfully fast turn around from "bear with us, we have no process for you to even apply for grants, much less award anything yet!" to: 1) TAPR becomes aware of grants from ARDC 2) TAPR writes grant request and applies to ARDC 3) ARDC reviews grant request 4) ARDC awards TAPR $10k USD. One wonders, then, if TAPR had advance knowledge of the availability of grants, or if their request got somehow fast-tracked because some animals are more equal than others? Mind you, I have no problem with TAPR as an entity nor what they're doing with the award...just wondering how the process managed to unfold so quickly, especially since the grants page still tells everyone else not to bother applying yet. --adrock