Dear ODV, This was forwarded to me by Bryan Fields, W9CR, the former technical coordinator of ARDC, who resigned because of this sale. It is in regard to a story we ran about the sale of IP addresses by ARDC. 73 Ria, N2RJ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Bryan Fields <Bryan@bryanfields.net> Date: Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 6:17 PM Subject: ARRL "News" of ARDC grant. To: Jairam, Ria <rjairam@gmail.com> Regarding this article, I have to ask, does the ARRL have any journalistic interrogatory in it's news department?
http://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-digital-communications-announces-gran... This article states ARDC sold off unused IP addresses, this is not the case, they were in active use. The IP's sold were for non-US use, but this was sold to benefit only US users. No one questioned ARDC for the amount they received, or questioned their intent for keeping it secret. Amazon was the buyer, why not state this? ARDC is not the owner of these IP address, merely the custodian of them. ARDC was established in 2011, a full 30 years after the grant was made to "amateur radio digital communications" in RFC790 There is no mention of the three active complaints with ARIN regarding this fraudulent transaction. Had your reporters consulted even Wikipedia, some much needed questions could be asked. This is shirking the responsibility of being a news source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPRNet This entire article reads like the ARRL is condoning the behavior of ARDC. It's the view of many in the community that ARDC is acting in bad faith, and likely is in violation of the laws, and policies of the University of California. The ARRL news organization has a responsibility to let people know the disputes regarding this this funding and the several formal fraud complaints pending against it. This is so anyone in a position to accept an ARDC grant can make a judgement. I would appreciate a response and follow up from the ARRL news organization in this matter. Thank you, -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice http://bryanfields.net