[ECAC] Future of our report

[John J. McDonough]

I'm thinking we should touch bases with Mike Corey beforehand, not to
get his blessing but just to check that his FEMA initiative (or others)
have gone nowhere.  I suspect that there is nothing there, but best to
avoid being blindsided.

--McD

On Thu, 2014-04-10 at 23:28 -0400, Jim Cross wrote:
> To:  Former ECAC members
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> From: Jim Cross WI3N, Former Chair
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> >From the very beginning of this effort, we've agreed that ECAC must do
> whatever it can to shepherd our proposal through the approval process and
> hopefully prevent it simply being shelved like earlier proposals. I've been
> thinking about posting the ECAC report and NTS' rebuttal and
> counter-proposal with our counter-rebuttal comments on my website and
> sending the link to the SMs, SECs and STMs to look it over.  This will
> allow them to offer fully informed comments to the PSC and Board.  They
> will also be free to receive comments from whomever they wish to forward
> the link to.  In my opinion, an elected body that decides issues affecting
> their constituents, whether it's the ARRL Board of Directors, or a city,
> state or federal legislative body, needs to know what their constituents
> think.  By putting this out to the Field Organization leadership, I believe
> we're doing the Board a favor by getting them feedback on which to make a
> decision.  Without informed feedback, all legislative bodies tend to sit on
> a fence rather than act.
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> As I'd mentioned at an ECAC meeting following a discussion with Dave
> Sumner, K1ZZ, his take on the rules is that once the Board has had the
> chance to act on a report, if nothing happens then it is ok to release the
> report to the membership.
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> Below is what I plan to send via the official SM, SEC, and STM email
> reflectors to those groups and also to the Board of Directors and Vice
> Directors.  I'd appreciate any comments from you regarding this action. If
> a majority of you feel we need to meet to discuss this before I do it, I
> will arrange a time and date with Ken Bailey.
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> 73, Jim Cross WI3N
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> SM MDC
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> To: All SMs, SECs, STMs, Directors and Vice Directors
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> From:  Jim Cross WI3N
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>             SM MDC
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>             Chair of the former ARRL Emergency Communications Advisory
> Committee
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> The Emergency Communications Advisory Committee worked diligently to
> produce recommendations that provide a way forward for ARES(R) to develop and
> promote best practices with regard to Part 97.a, and increased
> collaboration between ARES and NTS.
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> The committee presented its extensive twenty-four page report to the
> Programs and Services Committee mid November, 2013. Members of the PSC
> almost unanimously lauded it as the best researched and written ARRL
> committee report they'd ever read. As you will see, we also provided
> language for motions that would be needed for the Board to act on it at
> their next meeting. The Board opted instead to send it to a newly formed
> PSC for further study, we believe, partly due to the extensive implications
> of both our proposal and NTS' counter proposal.
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> In a discussion with Dave Sumner K1ZZ last fall, he suggested that after
> the Board had the opportunity to take action, releasing the reports to the
> membership, who would after all be most affected by any decision, would be
> reasonable.
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> In that light, and with the knowledge and consent of ECAC's members, I have
> made both the ECAC report and NTS rebuttal and counterproposal available
> for download by anyone who wishes to read and study them. Our hope is that
> you will develop an informed opinion and make it known to your Director and
> the PSC.  We believe your comments will help guide the PSC and Board's
> decisions regarding the recommendations in the ECAC report.
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> Please let your Director know what you think.
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> To download the report please click this link:
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> <http://www.arrl-mdc.net/ECAC/Documents.html>
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