http://www.gpalinfo.com/ 2012-05-20T15:03:36+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/ http://www.gpalinfo.com/lib/tpl/gab/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-10-05T10:17:27+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=artherd&rev=1286273847&do=diff artherd is the username of Ben Cannon that he uses to post on the Calguns.net Forums as well as on other internet forums. While it is speculated that Ben Cannon also posts under the GPalVP username, this is unconfirmed. [Canon's avatar as artherd] text/html 2010-10-12T15:34:30+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=ben_cannon&rev=1286897670&do=diff Ben Cannon (Benjamin Phillip Cannon) was born on October 9, 1980 and is a 30-year old entrepreneur from Healdsburg, California. In an upscale version of the Icy Hot Stuntaz, Cannon seems to enjoy taking photos of himself posing with expensive vehicles and posting them on the Internet. text/html 2010-10-05T10:10:27+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=ben_cannon_photo_gallery&rev=1286273427&do=diff Ben Cannon Photo Gallery These photos have been gathered from around the Web. No copyright claims are made by this site, and no alterations to any of the images have been made, aside from resizing to fit on the page. Cannon's avatar (user profile photo) on Calguns.net text/html 2010-10-12T16:39:48+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=ben_cannon_s_resume_in_screen_shots&rev=1286901588&do=diff Full Wiki CalGun Post# 44 White Pages Cartesian Systems Entity # C1629194 California Secretary of State Website CANNON AEROSPACE INC. Central Contractor Registration CBC Construction & Engineering https://www2.cslb.ca.gov/OnlineServices/CheckLicenseII/PersonnelLicenseList.aspx?SeqNumber=823504&PersName=CANNON%2c+BENJAMIN+PHILIP text/html 2010-10-05T10:13:28+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=ben_cannon_selected_writings&rev=1286273608&do=diff Selected Writings of Ben Cannon text/html 2010-10-02T13:26:27+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=brett_thomas&rev=1286025987&do=diff Brett Thomas is Interim Secretary and one of the Directors of the Calguns Foundation. He has posted about his take on the GPal situation in the Cast Boolits Thread, starting the evening of 9/30/10. His Cast Boolits posts can be found here. His lengthy introductory post was welcomed by the Cast Boolits crowd as being a wealth of new information and for striking a proper, informative, professional, non-combative tone. This post is copied in its entirety below: text/html 2010-10-02T06:10:48+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=calguns.net_forums&rev=1285999848&do=diff The Calguns.net Forums are an online discussion forum dedicated to improving the 2nd Amendment rights of California residents. They are owned and run by Paul Nordberg who posts under the screen name Kestryll. The Calguns.net Forums (often abbreviated CGN) are a separate entity from the Calguns Foundation (abbreviated CGF), although the Calguns Foundation Board of Directors includes Nordberg, and most or all of the Calguns Foundation Board of Directors are also members of the Calguns.net Forums… text/html 2010-10-04T00:02:23+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=calguns_foundation&rev=1286150543&do=diff Public Records The Calguns Foundation is a California corporation incorporated on March 27, 2008. Its address is listed as 3200 Bridge Parkway, Suite 202C, Redwood City, CA 94065. The agent for service of process is Gene Hoffman at the same address. This address has also been used for Vindicia, which lists Gene Hoffman as its President and CEO and Brett Thomas as its CTO. text/html 2010-10-02T02:17:13+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=cast_boolits_forums&rev=1285985833&do=diff An internet forum dedicated to Cast Boolits (bullets), i.e. to the process of creating firearm projectiles by sourcing, smelting, and casting lead into molds to form bullets, which are then assembled into loaded ammunition by loading the bullet into a cartridge, along with gunpowder and a primer. The forum is located at <http://castboolits.gunloads.com>. It is home to the Cast Boolits Thread. text/html 2010-10-05T11:19:28+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=cast_boolits_thread&rev=1286277568&do=diff The major repository for information on the GPal Situation, and the longest discussion on said situation, is to be found in a thread on the Cast Boolits Forums. The thread was started on July 21, 2010 and took on a life of its own in September of 2010. The first 90 posts (4 pages) of the thread were posted between its start on 7/21 and 8/31; the next 1508 posts (76 pages) were posted in September. Major contributors to the thread include Recluse, freakshow10mm, Jay and Lisa Wolf, 013102, DedE… text/html 2010-10-02T02:42:19+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=cgf&rev=1285987339&do=diff CGF is the abbreviation for the Calguns Foundation, as opposed to the Calguns.net Forums or CGN. text/html 2010-10-02T02:38:41+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=cgn&rev=1285987121&do=diff Abbreviation for the Calguns.net Forums. As distinguished from the Calguns Foundation or CGF. text/html 2010-10-14T03:33:40+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=complain&rev=1287027220&do=diff You can contact the paralegal who is handling this matter directly for forms and information: sfogel@sonoma-county.org From <http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showpost.php?p=1019282&postcount=2080>: Carl Chapman Marin County District Attorney's Office 707-265-2372 text/html 2010-10-05T11:19:00+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=dedeye&rev=1286277540&do=diff Dedeye is the username on CGN and Cast Boolits of (insert real name here). He is a former employee of Geovario/Ben Cannon. He is also a (former?) personal friend of Ben Cannon. Selected Posts by DedEye ---------- from <http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showpost.php?p=994784&postcount=213> text/html 2010-10-03T23:01:19+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=funds&rev=1286146879&do=diff Some GPal customers have reported success after having made complaints to regulatory agencies: Nobody knows outside of Ben Cannon (and possibly other employees of GPal, if any exist). Judging by the threads on the Calguns.net forums vendor forum for GPal, there are many GPal users/victims who have tried to receive withdrawals from their GPal accounts to their bank accounts via an ACH transfer, but who have not received their money within GPal's stated time frame. There are also many users/vi… text/html 2010-10-02T08:38:07+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=gene_hoffman&rev=1286008687&do=diff Gene Hoffman is the Chairman and a Director of the Calguns Foundation. He was listed as being on the “Board of Advisors” of the GPal About Page until that page was removed from the GPal website. He posts on the Calguns.Net Forums and other sites under the username hoffmang. His single post on the GPal Situation in the Cast Boolits Thread is here and is quoted below. text/html 2010-10-06T09:55:05+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=geovario&rev=1286358905&do=diff GeoVario, LLC is an internet service provider which provides webhosting for various sites. Among its clients are Calguns.net Forums, Calguns Foundation and GPal. The primary owner is Michael Miyabara-McCaskey, who posts as mcubed4130 at CGN. GeoVario's website is at <http://geovario.com> text/html 2010-10-02T08:04:14+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=gpal.net_user_agreement&rev=1286006654&do=diff The GPal User Agreement is located here. [PDF Copy, created 9/30/10 from the GPal.net website] Almost the entirety of the GPal User Agreement is lifted verbatim from the Amazon Payments User Agreement and the PayPal User Agreement. For the most part, only very minor changes are made such as changing “Amazon.com” to read “GPal.net”. text/html 2010-10-05T10:53:22+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=gpal&rev=1286276002&do=diff GPal, formerly known as Gunpal, is an internet-based third-party payment processor, similar to PayPal. It was formed with the intention of being a “rights-friendly” payment processor in contrast to the oppressive policies of PayPal, which officially bans transactions involving firearms, for example, despite the legality of firearms sales between individuals in the United States. It has been used by many businesses and individuals, both for firearm-related transactions and for other transaction… text/html 2010-10-02T04:58:29+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=gpal_about_page&rev=1285995509&do=diff The “About” page on GPal.net was formerly located at <https://www.gpal.net/?req=about>. It was removed sometime in September 2010, although the link from the GPal.net main page is still there. A cached copy of it is located here (originally here). text/html 2010-10-02T04:58:38+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=gpal_about_us_image&rev=1285995518&do=diff [here] text/html 2010-10-02T12:45:17+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=gpal_contact&rev=1286023517&do=diff GPal gives its official Support Phone Line number as 1-800-813-GPAL (4725). There are many reports of callers being on hold for extended periods (up to 3 hours) without their calls being answered. GPal maintains an e-mail “trouble ticket” support option which can be initiated by e-mailing support@gpal.net . Similar to the phone line, many users have reported their support e-mails going unanswered, despite a stated support turnaround time of 48 hours. text/html 2010-10-02T00:24:50+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=gpal_function&rev=1285979090&do=diff According to their website, “GPal is an alternative to PayPal™, Google Checkout™ and OfferPal™ that does not discriminate based on the nature of your transaction, requiring only that the merchandise or services you purchase be legal.” text/html 2010-10-04T07:02:35+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=gpal_history&rev=1286175755&do=diff GPal.com began life as Gunpal.com, a payment processor for firearms-related transactions, apparently because Paypal refused to facilitate transactions relating to weapons. The gunpal.com domain was first registered on January 8, 2003. The gunpal.net domain was first registered on April 17, 2008. text/html 2010-10-05T11:03:30+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=gpal_situation&rev=1286276610&do=diff The GPal Situation refers to the current (as of October 2010) problems that GPal has had in paying monies owed to its account holders. No explanation for GPal's troubles has yet been given by anybody at GPal. Instead, GPalVP has referred to ”ACH system troubles” and to problems with banks. GPalVP claims that “We are hiring even more staff to help out, and continuing to make progress on the problems” and similar blanket statements. The “GPal Phone Support” number (1-800-813-GPAL (4725)) has b… text/html 2010-10-02T13:27:55+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=gpal_status&rev=1286026075&do=diff As of Friday, September 24, 2010, GPal Inc. is an active California for-profit corporation. See also GPal, GPal Situation, GPalVP, GPal Contact, Ben Cannon. text/html 2010-10-02T12:38:42+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=gpal_vendor_forum&rev=1286023122&do=diff The GPal Vendor Forum is a dedicated forum on the Calguns.net Forums where GPal staff handle support requests from GPal users. It is similar to other Vendor Forums on the Calguns.net Forums, which are dedicated to specific vendors who pay some consideration to sponsor a forum to help promote their products. The GPal Vendor Forum is notable among such Vendor Forums in that GPal is the only sponsor with a substantial non-firearm-related business model, as well as the only large vendor which seem… text/html 2010-10-04T13:22:44+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=gpalvp&rev=1286198564&do=diff GPalVP is an anonymous username used by GPal support employees on the Calguns.net Forums and perhaps on other forums (e.g. there were a few posts by a “GPalVP” user in the Cast Boolits Thread, although it remains unconfirmed whether the poster under that username was genuine or not). It is unknown who posts on the CGN forums under this username; many have speculated that it is Ben Cannon himself, although other employees of GPal may use it as well, and this has apparently changed over time as s… text/html 2011-09-28T00:22:36+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=herethefirst_title&rev=1317169356&do=diff Hi to all on this site its content text/html 2010-10-05T11:15:33+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=information_links_to_go_through_and_add_to_the_wiki&rev=1286277333&do=diff This page is used as a temporary “staging ground” where users of this wiki can keep track of pages or threads that they wish to use to put more information into the wiki. <http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showpost.php?p=1015721&postcount=1745> <http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showpost.php?p=1015664&postcount=1736> text/html 2010-10-02T02:31:11+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=kestryll&rev=1285986671&do=diff Kestryll is the Calguns.net forums username of the forum administrator, Paul Nordberg. text/html 2010-10-05T11:02:33+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=leveraction&rev=1286276553&do=diff leveraction is the username of Forrest Jadick, the former web services team lead developer at GPal. He resigned from his employment at GPal sometime in July 2010. Selected Posts of leveraction ---------- from <http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showpost.php?p=998804&postcount=416> text/html 2010-10-02T05:56:04+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=oleg_volk&rev=1285998964&do=diff Oleg Volk is a well-known photographer in the firearms community. He runs a blog at <http://olegvolk.livejournal.com/>. He was a member of the GPal Board of Advisors until September 14, 2010. Information Posted by Oleg Volk pertinent to the GPal Situation From <http://olegvolk.livejournal.com/871303.html> (see also comments): text/html 2010-10-02T04:37:13+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=paul_nordberg&rev=1285994233&do=diff Paul Nordberg is the owner and administrator of the Calguns.net Forums, where his username is Kestryll, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Calguns Foundation. Information Posted by Paul Nordberg pertinent to the GPal Situation From <http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showpost.php?p=5038066&postcount=94> text/html 2011-06-14T19:08:02+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=petaluma1983&rev=1308078482&do=diff Ben Cannon filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Petaluma and a number of other defendants. The complaint is located at <http://gpalinfo.com/11cv00651.pdf>. The City of Petaluma's response is located at <http://gpalinfo.com/gov.uscourts.cand.239733.24.0.pdf> text/html 2010-10-02T02:21:45+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=recluse&rev=1285986105&do=diff Recluse is a poster on the Cast Boolits Forums who was a major contributor to the Cast Boolits Thread. A former law-enforcement officer from Texas, he contributed a lot of information from a law-enforcement and legal perspective. While not a GPal victim himself, he also reportedly contacted his friends in the FBI and other law-enforcement agencies with information pertaining to the GPal situation. text/html 2010-10-02T02:41:21+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=relationship_cannon_cgf&rev=1285987281&do=diff The relationship between Ben Cannon, GPal, and the Calguns Foundation was clarified by Brett Thomas, Co-Founder and Director of the Calguns Foundation, here: " Slightly less brief introduction: I work with Gene Hoffman (professionally). I've been working with him for nearly fourteen years, at PGP, EMusic, and am a co-founder of our current company, Vindicia. CGF was his and my idea. I've had three basic relationships with Ben Cannon. First of all, I met him on the forums at Calguns.net, a… text/html 2010-10-04T06:38:31+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=relationship_cannon_cgn&rev=1286174311&do=diff Ben Cannon is a long-time member of the forums at Calguns.net, otherwise known as CGN (a separate entity from the Calguns Foundation or CGF). He posts there under the username artherd. Cannon is also a partial owner of the ISP Geovario, which provides hosting for the Calguns.net forums. Cannon has posted that he has personally provided substantial amounts of money to fund the operations of the Calguns.net forums: text/html 2011-06-14T19:05:54+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=start&rev=1308078354&do=diff “GPal”, “G>” and the GPal Logo are Trademarks of GPal, Inc. This site is an independent collection of information about GPal. This site is not part of GPal; it is not owned by GPal; and the content is not approved by GPal. This site is a “wiki” - that's a site that's created and edited by its users. Because GPal has been the subject of controversy, it is necessary to register before editing the site. Because the site is a “wiki”, if you vandalize it, your changes can be reversed easily.… text/html 2011-08-28T14:34:00+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=title_for_a_wiki_post&rev=1314542040&do=diff content for a wiki post text/html 2011-07-25T21:16:40+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=wiki_editing_title&rev=1311628600&do=diff wiki editing content text/html 2010-10-05T11:22:27+00:00 http://www.gpalinfo.com/doku.php?id=zamphier&rev=1286277747&do=diff Zamphier is the username of a poster in the Cast Boolits Thread, and he is also a member at CGN. He claims to have spoken with Ben Cannon a few times regarding web hosting with GeoVario. Selected Posts of Zamphier ---------- from <http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showpost.php?p=994724&postcount=206>