19 Jul
2019
19 Jul
'19
5:31 a.m.
Phil,
I think it was a good move. Some will argue it should have been
discussed on this list, but seeing as how hams argue things to death I
understand how it was done.
Be sure to buy Brian a beer for me, as I am sure he is being inundated
with angry emails right now. In my opinion he has done a great
tireless job at keeping it afloat and useful for a good long time.
Steve, KB9MWR
On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:20 PM Phil Karn <karn(a)ka9q.net> wrote:
Hello all,
I've not been active here, but some of you may remember me as the guy
who first got TCP/IP going on amateur packet radio way back in 1986. At
one time, my name was registered as the owner of the block. This makes
me one of a VERY small group of people with any arguable personal
property interest in network 44. And yes, 25% of this space, which is
VERY unlikely to ever be used by hams, has been sold to Amazon.
Rather than try to personally profit from this, we all readily agreed to
place the *entire* proceeds of this sale into a 501(c)(3) charity
chartered to support amateur digital radio and related developments. No
one is buying a yacht or a mansion. As a tax-exempt charity, our tax
returns and related documents will be publicly available so you can see
what is being done. Like the rest of the amateur community, all of you
will have the opportunity to apply for grants and do good things for
amateur radio with them.
73, Phil
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