[SFDXA] Keynote Convention Speech of FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, Available on YouTube

[Bill]

 From Tony N2MFT:

Keynote Convention Speech of FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, 
Available on YouTube
09/09/2014

The July 18 keynote speech of*FEMA* <http://www.fema.gov/>Administrator 
Craig Fugate, KK4INZ, at the ARRL National Centennial Convention in 
Hartford, Connecticut, has been*posted* 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovi8KMtfL6w&feature=youtu.be>on 
YouTube.Fugate spoke before some 800 guests at the Friday evening 
convention banquet. Earlier that day, he and ARRL President Kay Craigie, 
N3KN,signed a/Memorandum of Agreement/(*/MOA 
<http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public%20Service/FEMA/FEMA-ARRL-2014.pdf>/*) 
aimed at enhancing cooperation between the League and FEMA in the area 
of disaster communication. In his remarks at the banquet, Fugate said 
thatbefore he even became FEMA administrator, it became clear to him 
that Amateur Radio could support ad hoc and innovative communication 
without relying on conventional telecommunication systems.

“The more sophisticated our systems become, the more fragile they 
become,” he told the gathering. He emphasized the need for resiliency in 
communication systems. “The relevancy of ham radio only grows,” asserted 
Fugate, who just upgraded to General class. “Amateur Radio is taking 
that hobby and turning it into saving lives.”

After Fugate’s talk, President Craigie presented him with the ARRL Medal 
of Honor.

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