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BTW - You're welcome for the award. We paid for it out of our own pockets.

When the voting took place, I was under the impression that the "Chapter of the Year" Award was for the Free Republic Chapter of the Year -- not the Network Chapter of the Year. As such, I would have thought that the cost of the award would have been paid out of the donations made to Free Republic. I don't understand why the Network paid for the Forum awards. We will be happy to send a check to Free Republic for the cost of the award and Jim Robinson can reimburse you for that cost. Didn't you mention on the thread announcing the winners of the awards that the cost for each was about $80.00 and that you were seeking donations to help cover the costs of the awards? Please let me know if that is the correct amount.

By the way, when Taxman inquired about accepting the Network's generous offer to comp the DC Chapter's representative who would accept the Eagle Award, he was told that the offer had been rescinded.

The Network organized the Eagle Awards. We set up the voting system on the Network site because the vote system Jim has here wouldn't work. Nominations were taken from a committee (one of your chapter members was on this committee), the vote was taken (it was open to anyone who wanted to vote) and winners were announced.

We paid for the actual awards, which wasn't a big deal. It just seems unusual that you keep coming at us with these groundless allegations, when we have done everything we can deal with you graciously.

First you say that your speech wasn't allowed to be read, which was false. Now I hear the offer to pay your way was taken back which was also false. Where did you hear that? Again, who is spreading such horrific lies? I am the one who extended the offer to you that the Net wanted to comp someone from your chapter at the event. You certainly never heard from me we had taken this offer back. Did you think to check? I spoke to Kristinn on the phone months ago about this very issue. He could have called and verified the offer was taken back. No one said anything.

BTW, Sauropod was the person who got the free registration. He had registered before it was determined he would be the DC representative, so he will be getting a check for his fees back.

Angelwood, during the brief period when you had access to the FR Network directors discussion forum, did you make copies of our private communications and subsequently provide them to others?

When the voting took place, I was under the impression that the "Chapter of the Year" Award was for the Free Republic Chapter of the Year -- not the Network Chapter of the Year.

The nominations were made by a volunteer nomination committee made up of chapter leader representatives and it was explained that they were open to any Free Republic related individual or organization.

As such, I would have thought that the cost of the award would have been paid out of the donations made to Free Republic.

In the three years I have been organizing these awards, they have never been paid for by Jim Robinson, Free Republic LLC or donors to the site. I paid for them out of my pocket until this year when the FRN BOD requested to take over the nominations, balloting, voting and awarding.

I don't understand why the Network paid for the Forum awards.

These are not and were not billed as "Forum" awards. They are in recognition of activism outside of the FR bulletin board. In that regard, the FRN is the perfect vehicle for the generation of this recognition.

We will be happy to send a check to Free Republic for the cost of the award and Jim Robinson can reimburse you for that cost.

I would prefer not dragging Jim into this. If you want to make a point, make it to the FRN BOD and members, but let's keep Jim out of it. He has plenty on his mind right now without having to worry about petty bickering and point scoring.

Didn't you mention on the thread announcing the winners of the awards that the cost for each was about $80.00 and that you were seeking donations to help cover the costs of the awards? Please let me know if that is the correct amount.

Since we didn't use the brass eagles this year, the cost was less. Please don't worry about sending a check, the FRN was happy to sponsor them and will be proud to do so again in the future. Earlier comments may have been terse but for the people who put their time, effort and money into making these awards possible, a "thank you" can go along way to making them feel that investment was well placed. Again, you're welcome.

By the way, when Taxman inquired about accepting the Network's generous offer to comp the DC Chapter's representative who would accept the Eagle Award, he was told that the offer had been rescinded.

This has already been answered, but I'll add a little more illumination. When we didn't receive word from your chapter concerning your designated recipient, Saurapod was asked and was happy to act as your chapters official representative. When Taxman called, I explained this and he said no problem. You are not getting legitimate or accurate information from your sources.

Considering that several points of the information that you have been receiving has proven to be inaccurate, and, I'm just taking a shot in the dark, but is it possible that you may be receiving this information from individual(s) who may not wish to see our differences solved, but rather to inflame and ignite them with incendiary and provacative rumours? Perhaps if we knew where this erroneous data was coming from, we could solve it together and take the edge off of what is fast becoming an FR farce.