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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 396385, member: 11521&quot;]I doubt he stole any proprietary information. This sorry mess has drug on for so long that some of the details may be a bit fuzzy in my mind but my recollection is the former ANA Executive Director became upset when he learned that the IT contractor was also using the ANA&#039;s server to host his own web site (perhaps not kosher by the letter of the law but not a serious offense in my book as this guy had been running ANA&#039;s computers for about 12 years and created the ANA web site and his personal site was small and did not use very much of the ANA server&#039;s resources). The disagreement became a test of wills due to the personality conflict (a common theme) and became a law suit because, well, the ANA Executive Director is a lawyer and that&#039;s what lawyers do. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think the IT contractor - who, by the way, is a Life Member of ANA - decided to withhold some information (perhaps it was the ANA web site design - I cannot be certain) when he was fired to use as leverage to get paid. That must be where the &quot;theft of proprietary information&quot; came from. The entire episode could have been avoided if another person had been Executive Director at the time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That is the sad thing. This episode has left the ANA with a black eye and turned off untold numbers of collectors from becoming members of ANA or continuing to be members. This entire sorry mess was orchestrated by a single individual (with tacit approval of a Board of Governors - who have all been voted out of office now) who, thank God, has since been fired. It will take time - and money - to clean up the messes he created and left behind. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I really think the new Executive Director is committed to getting this sorry episode resolved satisfactorily and getting the ANA heading back in the right direction. Hopefully the ANA can regain the trust and respect of the collecting community and built its membership so it can fulfill its mission - </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To encourage and educate people to study and collect money and related items by promoting, preserving, and protecting the interests of those who desire to “Discover and Explore the World of Money.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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