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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It’s also interesting to see how many people didn’t apply for funding or weren’t approved.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Supposedly they reckon there were about 400 ISP’s, not that they actually really know which I think it crazy, but out of those 400 there are only 180 approved funding requests, so what happened to the other 220 ISP’s ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I know we didn’t even both applying, so is that the attitude that many others have taken or have 220 odd ISP’s been rejected in the funding provided ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nick Evendor<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 5 September 2016 6:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> David Allen; Brent Paddon; Nathan Brookfield<br><b>Cc:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Aus Industry Congratulations Email<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I thought we asked for a lot of money.... $30k<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Anyone other than the big 4 networks asking for more than $100k I hope you get audited and charged with fraud.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I have lost a lot of respect for some networks operators and people on this list after seeing how much they have requested.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Nick<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> AusNOG <<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>> on behalf of David Allen <<a href="mailto:david@virtutel.com.au">david@virtutel.com.au</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 5 September 2016 8:47 AM<br><b>To:</b> Brent Paddon; Nathan Brookfield<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Aus Industry Congratulations Email</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>+1</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></a><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> AusNOG [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Brent Paddon<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 5 September 2016 6:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> Nathan Brookfield <<a href="mailto:Nathan.Brookfield@simtronic.com.au">Nathan.Brookfield@simtronic.com.au</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Aus Industry Congratulations Email</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Completely. Hopefully some auditing to come.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Brent<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Nathan Brookfield <<a href="mailto:Nathan.Brookfield@simtronic.com.au" target="_blank">Nathan.Brookfield@simtronic.com.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Looking at this list and knowing the size of some of these networks first hand, I'm completely speechless..... Hookers and blow for some companies this week I'd say!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><br>Nathan Brookfield <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Chief Executive Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Simtronic Technologies Pty Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.simtronic.com.au" target="_blank">http://www.simtronic.com.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><br>On 5 Sep. 2016, at 18:41, Brent Paddon <<a href="mailto:brent.paddon@gmail.com" target="_blank">brent.paddon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>So you should lie about how much this is going to cost you and just put your snout in the trough ?? <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Awesome attitude...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>Brent<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 6:33 PM, Matt Palmer <<a href="mailto:mpalmer@hezmatt.org" target="_blank">mpalmer@hezmatt.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 06:23:48PM +1000, Brent Paddon wrote:<br>> <a href="https://www.ag.gov.au/NationalSecurity/DataRetention/Documents/DRIGP-recipients.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ag.gov.au/NationalSecurity/DataRetention/Documents/DRIGP-recipients.pdf</a><br>><br>> Some of the people on that list should be ashamed of themselves for the $$<br>> amounts they applied for/received IMHO.<br><br>Why? Gov't offers money, you don't turn it down. May as well wet your beak<br>properly, might be a while before you get another shot.<br></span><span style='color:#888888'><br>- Matt</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>