Letter from the Chairman
2002 Annual Report
January 31, 2003

Dear Adversity.Net Clients, Readers, and Supporters;

I'm proud to report that Adversity.Net accomplished a great deal during 2002, our 5th year in operation. Our readership and our clientele continued to grow in spite of our non-existent budget. The increasing volume of readers who continue to actively seek out our web site indicates to me that dissatisfaction with the race preferences industry is growing. This is a very good sign.

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Adversity.Net Chairman Tim Fay at his "day job" producing a training film.

I personally thank each and every one of our clients and supporters for having had the courage to stand up and fight against discriminatory racial preferences, race-based social and employment programs, and reverse discrimination in general.  Please know that Adversity.Net continues to be on your side!           One year ago today, on Jan. 31, 2002, after a two-and-a-half year struggle with the IRS, we finally received our official designation as a 501(c)3 tax-exempt educational organization.

          Today, on Jan. 31, 2003, we have embarked on a similar struggle: we submitted our application to the Combined Federal Campaign for 2003. If our application is accepted, we will appear on the CFC's charitable payroll deduction checklist for tens of thousands of federal employees.

          In 2002 we provided real benefits and services to victims of reverse discrimination in every state of the U.S.  Here's a typical comment from one of our clients during this past year:

"Again, thanks for the support.  You’re the first one who has really put their name on the line in my efforts [reverse discrimination suit against a gov't agency]. All others would not stick their neck out because they didn't want to get involved ---until I won [my lawsuit]. Thanks again -- (name)."

          Last July we released our analysis of overhiring of preferred/protected minorities by the federal government using the Office of Personnel Management's own hiring data.  We received national distribution via the Washington Times, Townhall.com, as well as via the Americans Against Discrimination and Preferences (AADAP) email distribution list.  In addition, visitors to our web site have viewed our analysis of minority overhiring 2,528 times (unduplicated readers).  Another 1,460 visitors to our web site downloaded our copy of the original OPM data upon which our analysis was based.

          The level of legal help we have been able to provide via our fledgling "Legal Help" page continued to improve in 2002.  We forged several new working relationships with private law firms who have successfully prosecuted cases of reverse discrimination.   We continue to refer clients to them as well as to other firms.

          In fact, last year several attorneys contacted Adversity.Net for assistance in reverse discrimination cases they are prosecuting.

          Adversity.Net also received recognition from the academic community this year. We were featured prominently in a research paper on the effects of reverse discrimination which was published in the Journal of Intergroup Relations, Volume XXXVIII, No. 4 Winter 2001/2002, pages 33 - 44. Additionally, Adversity.Net is to be the central subject of an upcoming paper by the author, Dr. Fred Pincus, who has obtained my permission to publish a separate article consisting exclusively of the extensive email correspondence we exchanged on the topic.  (I'll publish my copy of this correspondence online soon.)

From my perspective, though, our most gratifying accomplishment in 2002 has been the service and assistance we have provided to victims of racial preference policies. While we posted or revised only four new case studies / horror stories, our case work (client support) via email with client-victims soared into the hundreds this past year.

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          I am eagerly anticipating that in 2003 our level of service, and our readership, will soar beyond anything we have seen in the past 5 years.

          My sincere thanks to each of you for your continued support and for your courageous opposition to discrimination in the guise of racial preferences (sometimes inaccurately referred to as "Affirmative Action").

-- Tim Fay, Chairman
-- Jan. 31, 2003

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Annual Report 2002

(1) Summary of Activities and Accomplishments

January 2002: On 1/31/02 the IRS approved Adversity.Net's tax-exempt status as a 501(c)3 charitable organization. Contributions to Adversity.Net are now fully deductible. LINK: http://www.adversity.net/IRS_App/IRS_Rejection_Frames_Page.htm

Spring 2002: Adversity.Net was featured prominently in an academic research project titled "The Social Construction of Reverse Discrimination: The Impact of Affirmative Action on Whites" which was published in the Journal of Intergroup Relations, Volume XXXVIII, No. 4 Winter 2001/2002, pages 33 - 44.  We assisted Dr. Pincus in locating and interviewing victims of reverse discrimination, and we published the results of his work.

LINK: http://www.adversity.net/Pro_AA/pincus_main_frame.htm

August 2002: On-line credit card donations were implemented on our web site.

LINK: http://www.adversity.net/Donations/D_main.htm

July 2002: Adversity.Net published our analysis of overhiring of minorities by federal agencies using hiring data published by the Office of Personnel Management. Our report received several national distributions; the Americans Against Discrimination and Preferences (AADAP) emailed our analysis to their very large email distribution list. Our report also received prominent coverage (without credit to Adversity.Net) in Townhall.com and the Washington Times by syndicated columnist Paul Craig Roberts.

LINK: http://www.adversity.net/fed_stats/OPM/opm2000_MainFrame.htm

October 2002: We published a web page seeking information from U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) employees regarding reverse discrimination policies at the agency. We’ve received info from several employees and have forwarded it to the GSA plaintiff’s attorney in an ongoing lawsuit.

LINK: http://www.adversity.net/GSA_lawsuit/gsa_overview.htm

General 2002: We posted several new "Horror Stories / Case Studies" concerning reverse discrimination.

(2) Readership

During the past year (1/1/2002 to 12/31/2002) our readership has been very good, especially considering that we do not have funds for advertising or promotion.

2002 Total and Average Readership:

          Readership is highest during the middle of the week, and frequently is as high as 2,900 unduplicated readers during that time (equaling approximately 18,000 hits). Weekend readership is lowest, and is often below 1,000 unduplicated readers.

Most Frequently Visited / Read Pages During 2002:

          With no budget for advertising and promotion, we are heavily reliant upon the search engines. The top ten search engine referrals to Adversity.Net during 2002 were as follows:

          Since we are so heavily reliant upon the search engines for readership, it is useful to review the top "keywords" or search terms that brought readers to Adversity.Net during 2002:

(3) Finances

A "shoestring" would be a very generous description of our finances in 2002.   Below we have listed all donations received, and expenditures made, during 2002.

(4) Officers and Meetings

Adversity.Net currently has 7 Directors among whose number are 2 elected Officers, and we hold an annual meeting of the Directors in January of every year.  As of 1/30/03, the current Officers and Directors of Adversity.Net are:

• Tim Fay, Chairman and Director. Re-elected 1/30/03 for a term of 3 years.

• Dave Diersen, Secretary-Treasurer and Director. Elected 1/30/03 for a term of 3 years.

• Sandra Brown, Director

• Lou Calabro, Director

• Arthur Hu, Director

• Michael Leventhal, Director

• Mark Lundin, Director

(5) Annual Meeting 2002/2003:

The most recent meeting of the Directors, which was also the Annual Meeting of the Directors, was convened 1/27/2003 via telephone conference and email conference.  The Chairman originated the meeting from our office address in Silver Spring, MD.

            Directors participating in the meeting were: Tim Fay, Dave Diersen, Mark Lundin, Lou Calabro, Arthur Hu, Michael Leventhal. Director Sandra Brown was absent from the meeting.  The meeting concluded when all directors had finished participating and voting on 1/30/02.

         The next scheduled meeting of the Directors is the Annual Meeting in January 2004.  Interim meetings may also be scheduled.

-- Tim Fay, Chairman 1/30/03

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