[Elecraft] News covering Ham operations on Katrina damage...

[Rob Locher]

I called Mr. Gorecki to hear Motorola's side of the affair.  I was  
referred to someone else, who is apparently handling public relations for  
this issue.  He apologized for five minutes to me.  (That was way more  
than I needed for my own satisfaction.)  He said that the remark was  
completely taken out of context, and that they had received hundreds of  
calls, letters, and emails about the remark.

He also said that Motorola want to issue an apology via the arrl.org web  
site, but haven't heard back from the ARRL leadership yet, possibly  
because many of them are also in the hurricane-damaged area helping out.

In other words, this is another tempest in a teacup.

- Rob
KE7EAG
K2 #5004, in construction



On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:51:31 -0700, EricJ <eric_csuf at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Your post didn't include this quote from Mr. James Screeden who is a Vice
> President at Motorola working in the field, drawing a salary, and  
> tending to
> the needs of his commercial accounts, NOT the suffering people of New
> Orleans.
>
> "The hams also get little respect from telecommunications-equipment
> companies, such as Motorola Inc. "Something is better than nothing,  
> that's
> right," says Jim Screeden, who runs all of Motorola's repair teams in the
> field for its emergency-response business. "But ham radios are pretty  
> close
> to nothing." Mr. Screeden says ham radios can take a long time to relay
> messages and work essentially as "party lines," with multiple parties
> talking at once.
>
> I think Mr. Screeden owes an apology for demeaning the hard work and
> dedication of those hams who go unpaid and unreimbursed to help in this  
> and
> other disasters. Mr. Screeden should be ashamed, Motorola should be  
> ashamed,
> and this mean-spirited insult should not go unanswered.
>
> You can contact the following person to let your views be known:
>
> Media Center
> Steve Gorecki
> Motorola, Inc.
> 847-538-0368
> steve.gorecki at motorola.com
>
> I think the ARRL should demand a formal apology from Mr. Screeden and his
> superiors at Motorola, but I think every amateur radio operator should
> contact Mr. Gorecki and express your own thoughts.
>
> Eric
> KE6US
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rick Commo
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 7:23 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] News covering Ham operations on Katrina damage...
>
> Highlights from a story in today's Wall Street Journal, As Telecom Reels
>> From Storm Damage, Ham Radios Hum:
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