[Elecraft] WWV PETITION — send to ARRL

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

Folks -
WWV threads closed.   Both OT and way over our OT positing number limits between 
this one and the other WWV threads.

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73,
Eric
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On 8/20/2018 7:36 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
> Remember that Congress has completely rejected the President's budget
> and has generally set funding levels far higher than requested,
> especially for agencies involved in science and research, like NIST.
>
> In this case, the House and Senate appropriations bills have funding
> levels for this account that are nearly $150 million higher than NIST
> requested. That makes a shutdown of WWV services unlike in FY 2019 as
> they won't need to make cuts to deal with a reduced budget.
>
> Specifically, while NIST requested $573,429,000 for Scientific and
> Technical Research and Services in FY 2019, the House Commerce,
> Justice, and Science appropriations bill gives them $720,000,000
> (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5952/text).
> The Senate version of the legislation gives them $724,500,000
> (https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3072/text).
>
> It's certainly worth it to make our voices heard that we want these
> services to continue, but there is little actual danger of them being
> shut down over the next year.
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:29 AM Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
>> * On 2018 20 Aug 08:59 -0500, John Altman wrote:
>>> The ARRL has MORE than a 100,000 members!
>>>
>>> I have forwarded the petition to the ARRL for membership action.
>> The League is already well aware of this per Midwest Division Director
>> Rod, K0DAS, who spoke at the Kansas Convention yesterday.  He said that
>> right now the understanding is that the House and the Senate have both
>> passed budget bills and that the bill is in the budget reconciliation
>> committee.  They [HQ] are looking at which of those committee members
>> they can work with on this.
>>
>> My humble suggestion is that anyone whose senators or representatives
>> are on the budget reconciliation committee to contact them.
>>
>> 73, Nate, N0NB
>>
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