[SOC] Australia Responds

[Chris Redding]

By the way...how many Americans are missing?.

For once the UK has got off lightly (about 400), which is peanuts compared
to Scandinavia.

No point...just asking.

Chris G4PDJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art" <w6ky at sbcglobal.net>
To: <kevinrock at earthlink.net>; "Second Class Operators' Club"
<soc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Australia Responds


> The key is, DON'T donate anything to any agencies that Clinton or the UN
> recommends. They probably have their hands in the pot....
> Seems like this whole thing has turned into a contest of who can give
> the most.
> All the TV entertainment shows jump up and down when a celeb gives any
> money. They overlook Bill Gates who quietly gave $3,000,000 the day it
> happened.
> We forget we are on a little grain of sand hurtling thru space orbiting
> around
> a 3rd rate star. The earth is changing all the time and not much we can do
> except just hang on. When things like this happen we do the best we can to
> help and give thanks it wasn't us (this time)...
> 73, Art  W6KY
>
>
> Kevin Rock wrote:
>
> > I wish there was a way to get aid to the areas effected around the
> > world more simply.  Sending money to agencies and allowing them to use
> > it to create aid packages is the method we normally use.  Is there a
> > way to create an infrastructure which would allow the aid to be moved
> > to those locations with a minimum of waste?  Often we give money to
> > the agencies and only a small percentage of it goes to the disaster
> > victims while a larger share goes to administering the agency.  Which
> > agencies are the most efficient at transporting aid to disaster areas
> > and then distributing it once it arrives?  Are NGOs more effective or
> > are governmental agencies?  Whichever group can give the most aid with
> > the least waste in administration should be given the most donations.
> >    Kevin.  KD5ONS
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 21:06:16 -0000, Chris Redding
> > <chris.redding at g4pdj.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Agreed.
> >>
> >> Obviously the 'old world' is going to throw money at this, because
> >> historically it's 'our' neck of the woods.  But no amount of aid is
> >> going to
> >> do any good if it can't  get to where it's needed.
> >>
> >> Enter the logistical superpower...good ole Uncle Sam (or bad old Uncle
> >> Sam...depending on your prejudices).
> >>
> >> Politics apart...many lives will be saved, and it's churlish to make
> >> cheap
> >> points.
> >>
> >> If I was in their situation, I wouldn't care if the aid arrived in a
> >> lorry
> >> driven by Satan himself.
> >>
> >> Chris G4PDJ
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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