[FLARES] Field Re-organization

Wed, 13 Aug 2003 06:57:28 -0500

Dale, you are not out of phase.

That said, I find I disagree with some of the VRC report - that's the one
to read, not just the BOD report.

NTS will likely end of as a revamped system with a different name. 
Change is always difficult but the only constant is change.  

We all need to sit down, take a deep breath and realize that there's an
easier and better way to do most things. (including the drive to work
which is what I must now do.)

Keep the dialogue going folks - it's healthy.

Send your comments to Frank and Sandy so that Frank has concrete thoughts
and numbers when he goes to the committee meetings and the BOD meetings.

73
Sherri W4STB
SFL Section Manager

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:16:19 +0000, "dale huguley" <[email protected]>
said:
> Hi All-
> I finally found the link to the Committee Report to the ARRL BOD
> http://ema.arrl.org/local/FieldOrgEval-1.pdf
> 
> I know this will put me out of phase with  the South Florida Section 
> leadership- but I agree with almost the entire document.
>   Concerning the NTS- an overhaul is long overdue.  NTS has lost its 
> focus and become more of a Luddite* cult than a communications system.  
> The very hard part of replacing  something as long- in- the- tooth as 
> NTS is going to be adding  new blood without losing the present 
> volunteers.  They have put in countless hours perfecting a system that 
> will work under almost any condition.  The replacement system for NTS 
> needs to be able to transfer  a large amount of information, whether 
> voice or data, to a small geographical area instead of a small amout to 
> a large area.  The last hundred miles is what is important these days- 
> get the emergency messages to the nearest point where the modern 
> communications structure is intact.
> 
> **Definition:*luddite
> 
>    1. [n]  one <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/one> of
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/of> the
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/the> 19th
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/th> century
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/century> English
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/english> workmen
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/workmen> who
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/who> destroyed
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/destroyed> labor
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/labor>-saving
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/saving> machinery
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/machinery> that
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/that> they
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/they> thought
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/thought> would
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/would> cause
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/cause> unemployment
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/unemployment>
>    2. [n]  any <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/any> opponent
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/opponent> of
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/of> technological
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/technological> progress
>       <http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/progress>
> 
> 73 de kg5qd Dale
> 
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