Glad to hear it.
Since there were only 987 names on your "backer" list, you need to at least double your number.
The Nic will never be in a contract. You can take that to the bank, when you go get another check to send in.
The list of names that was posted is relatively old. I forget when that came out, I think before the Addington verdict. The list of donor names, and the amounts collected is for the time being a closely guarded secret. You will not be reading it here anytime in the near future.
If the Nic will never be in a contract, there will never be a contract. That is pretty much the east's decision to make, and like I said, West is over it, paying while you decide, and hoping east comes to your senses.