[FADCA] Anyone want to take exception to this?

[Russell Oder]

Doug I would love to see that happen. I only hope that it will occur and 
that the desired consequence is your DEC will take the lead in causing 
things to happen.

I had Bud come to a presentation of the whole system (Bud how long ago was 
that?) and while I get lip service and my EC says we are going to be a 
Winlink using county and my DEC has never said anything to me to discourage 
it, I have yet to see either of them say to the general ARES membership, "I 
want this to be implemented in my area and on X date we are going to 
implement the system.  I expect X number of Paclink and Airmail 
portable/mobile stations to be operational by X date. This is important and 
I am taking a personal role to make sure it happens."

Boy, wouldn't that be wonderful.

When you look at what has been done and what is achieved, it has been 
because a LEADER has made it a priority, a necessity, a goal and has pulled 
together the resources and expertise to make it happen.

I can offer and offer and show and ask and do it all over again, but until 
the element of commitment and ACTION takes place it is not going to happen.

Bud has made many presentations. But unless the participants are going to do 
something with the presentation it is pretty much wasted time. (Sometimes 
the organizers don't what things to happen - I remember a trip to 
Tallahassee and a lot of financial investment and time spent that resulted 
in nothing but continued interference by a particular person who is supposed 
to be a leader but has turned out to be an interferer.)

Again, I hope that what you say is going to happen will happen and the 
result will be an awaking of ACTION in your District that will spread to 
other Districts to the East, West and South of Tallahassee.

I encourage you and am willing to travel to Tallahassee if there is anything 
that I can do to help make it happen. I'll go anywhere I can to help make 
similar opportunities happen if it will result in action.  I can't do it if 
it is a "program" to fill time.

Russ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Ferrell" <kd4moj at kd4moj.org>
To: "Florida Amateur Digital Communication Association" 
<fadca at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: [FADCA] Anyone want to take exception to this?


> On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, Russell Oder wrote:
>
>> There is absolutely NOTHING that is operational from Jacksonville to
>> Pensacola and the Gulf until you get to Tampa as far as I can see.
>>
>> Until the ECs and DECs start encouraging the development of Packlink
>> portable stations and Telpac Gateways, and mobile or portable Airmail HF
>> stations, as well as get together and develop an ARES (r) Northern 
>> Florida
>> Emergency Communications Plan that encourages the development of more
>> efficient and capable digital communications there won't be much 
>> development
>> as the people who think they are the SECTION officials don't understand
>> Winlink, Don't Have any Plans to try to encourage it or even understand 
>> it.
>> The Northern Florida Section Emergency Coordinator, while he is a great 
>> guy
>> and I like him, is not inclined to take any steps into the 21st century 
>> (he
>> did not even read all the stuff I have sent him over the last year and 
>> did
>> not even try to respond to a message I sent him and he received in an 
>> Email
>> through the Winlink system - he said he did not know he could reply to 
>> the
>> message using his Email client by sending a response!. (Email is Email!)
>>
>> Any development that occurs in the Northern Florida Section will have to
>> come for individuals, ECs and DECs.  It is a poor state of affairs.
>
> Russ et al.
>
>   I think that it takes a demo to put the point with the
> DEC/EC's. "Sedan" is about all they are familiar with. I don't know enough
> about Telpac, Winlink etc to be a source of info. Dave Davis is the DEC
> for Northern Florida. I do have a tower site complete with TCP/IP. I just
> have to make the 400 ft climb to replace the  antenna. It's within
> spittin' distance of the State EOC.
>
>  I've been swamped with a mobile data project (800Mhz) at work (working
> 12-14 hour days) so I haven't had time lately to play radio. I've been
> tring to catch up on the emails with the Linux project...
>
> -- 
>
> ...DOUG, KD4MOJ
> http://www.kd4moj.org
>
>
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