[HCARC] Need help understanding repeater option

[John K5XA]

I did fail to say that if one of the factors to be considered would be a
different use for the repeater (such as to better support Red Cross and
Emergency Communications), that needs to be included as part of the
feasibility of the project.

K5XA John Guida

-----Original Message-----
From: hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of John K5XA
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 4:47 PM
To: 'Bill'; hcarc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [HCARC] Need help understanding repeater option

Bill-

1. My intent was not to characterize club members as subordinates. I was
addressing the email (reflector postings) that would and already have the
project taking on many different directions, intentions, and opinions, while
lacking some understanding, all in the absence of any project management.

2. You don't have to apologize for using the repeater to communicate with
other club members. That's it's purpose, although personally I'm not sure it
is used very much. I often "call CQ" on errands to town, and more often than
not I get no response. Maybe people just not wanting to QSO with me is the
reason!

Nonetheless, there are other factors to be considered, I think the amount of
use the current repeater gets should be one of the factors regarding a
decision to spend a lot of club money and time to replace what we have with
a "Big" repeater, as K5KS puts it.

3. If the Executive Committee, along with attendant engineering input,
should not decide feasibility, then I'm baffled as to who would. If you
expect the membership to decide the feasibility, they would all have to be
provided with all of the facts and data  developed  during the work of the
Executive Committee. Especially if the facts and figures support that a
project is a "dud". 

In either case, it is absolutely the responsibility of the Executive
Committee to report the feasibility of the project to the membership in it's
presentation.

4. All of these reasons, and recent subsequent input from K5HV, W0LPD,
N5NTG, K5KS, and N5BAA, in my opinion, makes this NOT an easy call.

K5XA John Guida

-----Original Message-----
From: hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Bill
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 2:47 PM
To: hcarc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCARC] Need help understanding repeater option

Thank you John,K5XA, for your "Two cents worth.."  I agree with you about
your actions in the corporate world of demanding subordinates not to e-mail
everybody.  

However, a club should be different. We are not subordinates. Especially on
a Reflector that  is intended for communications to all interested.  If that
is not it's intent of the Reflector, then I have misunderstood and apologize
for using it to communicate to other club members.

You also wrote that it does not sound like an easy call.  The answer to why
it's not is what I was seeking.

Your suggestion to  let the Executive Committee analyze the potential
project,decide the feasibility - pro and con, cost, and implementation
requirements, etc.. and present their recommendations to the full membership
is a good one.  

However, I disagree with your wanting the Executive Committee to DECIDE the
feasibility.  Shouldn't the membership decide?  Maybe that is what I'm
missing.

Bill
KF5VMY


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