Regarding your last paragraph, some respect is in order. Best not employ someone's hospitality to trash them.
I don't think I was trashing anyone. But it did seem to me to be a "snap judgement", with no research, or consideration. A simple google search, would produce numberous documents, supportive of the program, free of any political stigma, and nary a one, would come close to calling it a "scam", as it was referenced. Am I a bit bitter, yes, because I felt that I was in a place, where people rationalized things, instead of making knee jerk reactions. If that's trashing someone, I apologize, but that's the way I feel.
I won't address this directly to Mr. Robinson, but my opinion is, you might have served your board better, instead of making irrational statements about a very distinguished scientific project, you would have just let the individuals know, that you would take it "under advisement".
To those on Team #36120... Klutz will keep on folding, wherever y'all go, or re-name it. I'm bitterly disappointed, but hey, life goes on, and then, there's always beer :)