[COham] Fwd: Urgent Call to Action -- S. 1685 (Amateur Radio Parity Act)

[Bob Witte K0NR]

> From: "ARRL Members Only Web site" <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
> Date: November 11, 2015 at 19:38:33 PST
> To: bob at k0nr.com
> Subject: Urgent Call to Action -- S. 1685 (Amateur Radio Parity Act)
> 
> Greetings --
> 
> This is a crucial call to action for all ARRL members and amateur radio
> operators across Colorado.
> 
> The United States Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
> has scheduled an executive session next Wednesday, November 18, to mark
> up several bills that it is reviewing.  We have just learned that the
> Senate version of the Amateur Radio Parity Act (S. 1685) is among them.
> A committee markup is the key formal step a committee ultimately takes
> for a bill to advance, in this case, to the full Senate floor, which
> would be a tremendous milestone towards its ultimate passage.
> 
> Colorado's Senator Cory Gardner sits on this very Senate committee and
> he needs to hear an abundance of support from his constituents, urging
> him to vote in favor of this bill to advance it next Wednesday. 
> Opposition to this legislation, led by an organization that lobbies on
> behalf of homeowners associations and is contacting Senate offices
> themselves, is underway.  ARRL leadership is working with offices of
> the Senators on this committee to counter the deliberate misinformation
> they are no doubt receiving.  Of vital importance at this stage is hams
> -- such as yourself, whether you are hampered by property covenants,
> conditions, and restrictions (CC&Rs) or not -- lighting up Senator
> Gardner's phone switchboard and/or inbox, kindly urging him to pass
> this legislation.
> 
> There are presently 16,023 licensed amateur radio operators across
> Colorado -- constituents of Senator Gardner -- who would benefit from
> the regulatory parity and uniformity that S. 1685, the Amateur Radio
> Parity Act, would provide across the amateur radio community.
> 
> Please simply contact Senator Gardner's office by telephone (this is
> the most effective method) and/or e-mail his office with the following
> simple message:
> 
> "I am a constituent and a federally licensed amateur radio operator. I
> am contacting you to urge Senator Gardner to support S. 1685, the
> Amateur Radio Parity Act, when it comes up for a vote in committee on
> November 18th. Thank you."
> 
> Senator Gardner's office number in Washington, D.C. is 202-224-5941. 
> He can also be emailed at
> http://www.gardner.senate.gov/contact-cory/email-cory  Select
> "Communications" from the appropriate drop-down menu, and don't forget
> to include your callsign in your email.
> 
> We've worked so hard to get to this point.  Here is our opportunity to
> get the Amateur Radio Parity Act onto the Senate floor and positioned
> for passage.  Please call and/or write Senator Gardner's office right
> away. 
> 
> (Please distribute this email broadly across the Colorado amateur radio
> community right away.)
> 
> Thank you and 73,
> Brian Mileshosky N5ZGT
> ARRL Director, Rocky Mountain Division
> 
> Dwayne Allen WY7FD
> ARRL Vice-Director, Rocky Mountain Division
> 
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> Director: Brian P Mileshosky, N5ZGT
> n5zgt at arrl.org
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