It’s the ARES Connect login site. Evidently shut down as promised. Yet another failed, undocumented IT project. Sigh. Alert readers might remember that I asked about the sunset plan for ares connect.

From whois, it is obviously a GoDaddy Wordpress site obscured by PIR registration. 2018 would have been too early for Paul Gilbert, but fits the chronology of the ares connect implementation. You might want to check with the folks we were working with at Volunteer Hub or complaining to GoDaddy and see if they will get PIR to reach out to the people who registered it, if it matters.

-- Mickey Baker Director, Southeastern Division ARRL Phone (561) 320-2775 Email: n4mb@arrl.org From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> on behalf of Mark J Tharp <kb7hdx@gmail.com> Date: Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 6:53 PM To: Temples, Phil K9HI (VD,NE) <phil@temples.com> Cc: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:32882] Re: aresconnect.org The committee would not have called it aresconnect to start, and this has been around, or at least registered, since late 2018. AC started late 2017? early 2018. A few of us have been poking about trying to figure it out this week with no luck. Including HQ staff. I am as puzzled as you. Can you ask your SEC how they learned about this? ?? Mark, HDX WHOIS search results Domain Name: aresconnect.org<http://aresconnect.org> Registry Domain ID: D402200000008136389-LROR Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com<http://whois.godaddy.com> Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com Updated Date: 2019-05-15T17:36:53Z Creation Date: 2018-10-29T04:45:47Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2023-10-29T04:45:47Z Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Registrar IANA ID: 146 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com<mailto:abuse@godaddy.com> Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited Registrant Organization: MPK Software Registrant State/Province: Oklahoma Registrant Country: US Registrant Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=aresconnect.org Tech Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=aresconnect.org Admin Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=aresconnect.org Name Server: NS13.DOMAINCONTROL.COM<http://NS13.DOMAINCONTROL.COM> Name Server: NS14.DOMAINCONTROL.COM<http://NS14.DOMAINCONTROL.COM> On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 3:24 PM Phil Temples <phil@temples.com<mailto:phil@temples.com>> wrote: Can someone shed light on a website called aresconnect.org<http://aresconnect.org>? Is it leftover from Paul Gilbert's days? Or did someone from the EmComm & Field Services Committee set this up? Several SECs in my division emailed me to say that they've tried logging in with no success. If it's some sort of placeholder or test page, perhaps it should be labeled as such. 73, Phil K9HI VDir, New England -- Phil Temples <phil@temples.com<mailto:phil@temples.com>> _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org<mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv