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[ARRL-ODV:9778] Re: Fwd: FW: Wireless Bureau reorganized
by James Weaver 26 Nov '03

26 Nov '03

Thanks Dave. Sounds very true to me. Actually, I was trying to be a budding cynic. AMATEUR RADIO: The only fail-safe communications system in the world. ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio is! Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040-9660, Tel. 513-459-0142, E-mail <mailto:k8je@arrl.org> k8je(a)arrl.org

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[ARRL-ODV:9777] Re: Fwd: FW: Wireless Bureau reorganized
by James Weaver 26 Nov '03

26 Nov '03

Chris, Tnx for the background. I'd picked up pieces of it here and there, but you put it together and added pieces I'd not heard to complete the picture. Tnx AMATEUR RADIO: The only fail-safe communications system in the world. ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio is! Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040-9660, Tel. 513-459-0142, E-mail <mailto:k8je@arrl.org> k8je(a)arrl.org

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[ARRL-ODV:9776] Re: Fwd: FW: Wireless Bureau reorganized
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 26 Nov '03

26 Nov '03

Jim, I don't think we should be either happy or unhappy. The reorganization wasn't driven by anything having to do with us. If you want to be happy you can consider that we might have been shuffled off to an even darker corner of the Bureau. If you want to be unhappy you can consider it as an opportunity missed to get a more dynamic division chief. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Weaver, Jim K8JE (DIR, GL) Sent: Wed 11/26/2003 4:01 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: Subject: [ARRL-ODV:9774] Re: Fwd: FW: Wireless Bureau reorganized Dave, Chris, please don’t try to label me as a budding cynic, but . . . Now I’m really confused! Should I be happy that regulation of Amateur Radio has been handed over to a modern-day Sgt. Schultz (knows nothing, does nothing, eats everything)? On the surface, this might be good. At least we “should” know that nothing bad is going to happen to Amateur Radio while she is incompetently at her post. This is sort of a “let sleeping dogs lie” situation. This approach also got national laurels heaped on an FDA staffer years ago when she simply fell into a bucket of (roses?) while figuratively sleeping at her desk and failed to process a New Drug Application. The drug that she inadvertently blocked proved to be a strong mutant to developing fetuses and she woke up stunned one day to find she was being touted as a national hero. On the other hand, with I-wana, he-wana, she-wana D’wana truly does nothing, nothing good will happen either. Anyone want to pitch in with me to buy a set of 1940’s soap opera tapes (Ma Perkins, Stella Dallas, Lum and Abner, etc.) to see how the story is going to come out? AMATEUR RADIO: The only fail-safe communications system in the world. ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio is! Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040-9660, Tel. 513-459-0142, E-mail k8je(a)arrl.org <mailto:k8je@arrl.org>

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[ARRL-ODV:9775] Re: Fwd: FW: Wireless Bureau reorganized
by W3KD＠aol.com 26 Nov '03

26 Nov '03

In a message dated 11/25/2003 11:05:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, k8je(a)arrl.org writes: > > > Now I’m really confused! Should I be happy that regulation of Amateur Radio > has been handed over to a modern-day Sgt. Schultz (knows nothing, does > nothing, eats everything)? On the surface, this might be good. At least we “ > should” know that nothing bad is going to happen to Amateur Radio while she is > incompetently at her post. This is sort of a “let sleeping dogs lie” > situation. > > Sorry for the confusion, Jim; I should have provided more background. As Dave's message implied, the situation is pretty much status quo at WTB. D'Wana Terry has been in charge of our service rules for some years now, and we have been extremely frustrated with her apparent inability to move items along. Ironically, D'Wana was brought in to replace David Horowitz, a rather intelligent and easy-to-work-with fellow who, according to the Bureau at the time, was not able to move matters along fast enough. So, as with other obfuscators, he was moved to the General Counsel's office at FCC (where else would you put a lawyer who has so established himself?). I must say that D'Wana seems to be to be reasonably intelligent, to the extent that she gets to the point of a matter rather quickly, and understands issues quickly and well. But she has the bureaucratic M.O. down pat. She provides no information, makes no commitments, and vagues out on you at the drop of a hat. She also is a collector of draft reports and orders, and will not release anything until it is so cold and dead that no one cares anymore. Drafts languish in her office for months at a time, witness the Part 97 "omnibus" rulemaking we have waited now over a year for. It was drafted more than six months ago. That D'Wana is keeping Part 97 after the reorganization is largely transparent to us, save for the small benefit of the small promotion of Mike Wilhelm, WS6BR, who can now be a buffer for us between Cross (who is only occasionally helpful to us) and D'Wana. Mike has the advantage of not being trained by John Johnston, W3BE, who, speaking of cynics, taught Cross in his own image: to be suspicious of ARRL and encouraging of other sources of policy input on Part 97 matters. The foregoing is just my take on the WTB situation. One other note. We have NEVER met with Muleta, the relatively new Bureau chief, who is D'Wana's boss. It would be good to introduce ourselves to him but in a positive way, not by way of a complaint about something. Chris

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[ARRL-ODV:9774] Re: Fwd: FW: Wireless Bureau reorganized
by James Weaver 26 Nov '03

26 Nov '03

Dave, Chris, please don't try to label me as a budding cynic, but . . . Now I'm really confused! Should I be happy that regulation of Amateur Radio has been handed over to a modern-day Sgt. Schultz (knows nothing, does nothing, eats everything)? On the surface, this might be good. At least we "should" know that nothing bad is going to happen to Amateur Radio while she is incompetently at her post. This is sort of a "let sleeping dogs lie" situation. This approach also got national laurels heaped on an FDA staffer years ago when she simply fell into a bucket of (roses?) while figuratively sleeping at her desk and failed to process a New Drug Application. The drug that she inadvertently blocked proved to be a strong mutant to developing fetuses and she woke up stunned one day to find she was being touted as a national hero. On the other hand, with I-wana, he-wana, she-wana D'wana truly does nothing, nothing good will happen either. Anyone want to pitch in with me to buy a set of 1940's soap opera tapes (Ma Perkins, Stella Dallas, Lum and Abner, etc.) to see how the story is going to come out? AMATEUR RADIO: The only fail-safe communications system in the world. ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio is! Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040-9660, Tel. 513-459-0142, E-mail <mailto:k8je@arrl.org> k8je(a)arrl.org

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[ARRL-ODV:9773] Re: Wireless Bureau Reorganization
by dick＠pobox.com 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

25 NOV, 2003 - 1730 CST Chris, you stated: "The remaining question: why, if it is critical infrastructure, would they put it into the hands of D'Wana Terry?????" Having met Dwanna Terry a few years ago, I could give you an answer... but it most certainly would not be PC. 73 - Dick, W9GIG

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[ARRL-ODV:9772] Re: Fwd: FW: Wireless Bureau reorganized
by W3KD＠aol.com 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

In a message dated 11/25/2003 4:29:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, dsumner(a)arrl.org writes: > > Chris has received clarification that we're still in D'Wana's Division, > which has a new, more impressive name and less to do. > > Mr. Sumner and I are apparently competing in a cynicism contest. He is also more succinct than I am, which is critical to the successful cynic. He might win, but we will see. Kay has apparently decided to enter also. To provide more details about the reorganization of the Titanic's deck chairs at FCC, here is what I was told. The new Public Safety and Critical Infrastructure Division is pretty much the same as the old Public Safety and Private Wireless Division. D'Wana will head it up, and their duties include: Parts 95 and 97 Marine Aviation Mutliple Address (Part 101) Public Safety Fixed Microwave Private Land Mobile (including Public Safety land mobile) Intelligent Transportation Systems 4.9 GHz Public Safety Mobile E-911 CALEA (law enforcement monitoring of private calls, a' la big brother) What was removed was Fixed Microwave under Part 101, ITFS (instructional fixed microwave), MDA and MVDDS (the latter not being dental fixed microwave video, but instead the old Multichannel MDS for wireless internet access and wireless cable). The new Bureaus have "portfolios" of services they work with. The meaningful changes are not all bad. Bill Cross reports to our old pal Mike Wilhelm, a ham whose bizarre 2X2 callsign escapes me at the moment. Mike reports to D'Wana. Mike has been sort of promoted, and this is a good thing for us. D'Wana's offloading of work is coupled with some offloading of staff, but the staff seems to be dead wood. There is also a lady named Jeannie Kowalski, who handles "spectrum policy" who we ought to get to pretty quickly and give her some policy of our own. I don't know her, but she has been there awhile in non-amateur connections. That is the skinny. The remaining question: why, if it is critical infrastructure, would they put it into the hands of D'Wana Terry????? 73, Chris W3KD

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[ARRL-ODV:9771] wsj article link
by Walton Stinson 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

For those of you who want to read about someone else's country picking travails, here's the wsj article I mentioned yesterday. 73, Walt W0CP http://www.w0cp.com/wsj.htm ________________________________ I've stopped 35,726 spam messages. You can too! Get protection at http://www.w0cp.com/mailwasher.htm -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 8:55 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:9765] Re: DXCC/IARU scoiety question I wasn't involved in the committee discussions at the time, and I don't know the arguments that were advanced in favor of using the IARU society test. However, as long as it's not made retroactive (and there's a rule against doing so), dropping the IARU society test from here on out would have no negative effect that I can think of. Any separate status based on the existence of a "real" (i.e., not manufactured for the purpose) IARU member-society has already been granted. I really don't know why RSGB signed over its right to represent Pitcairn although I can ask the then-president, Don Beattie (who is now IARU Region 1 Secretary). RSGB is a member of Region 3, but by giving up Pitcairn it is now reduced to using Chagos (Diego Garcia) as its sole justification for being a Region 3 member. I don't think the UK plays any active role in administering telecommunications on Pitcairn (which according to the CIA World Factbook has 17 telephones, all connected to one party line), so they don't have quite the same problem that the ARRL would have if American Samoa were separately represented to the FCC. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Frahm, Bruce (Vice Dir, Midwest) Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 5:32 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:9760] DXCC/IARU scoiety question Tnx to Dave for the info on the American Samoa assn. I can understand the awkwardness of not providing them a letter such as RSGB did with PIARA, and the hassles of make-work that might come up from time to time. But -- didn't the DXCC revamp committee have valid reasons for including the IARU society test in the mix for a "Point 1" country? I don't claim any great pool of knowledge or recollection. I wasn't a member of that committee but I did sit in on a number of their meetings..... There were reasons for having IARU membership serve as grounds for parent country status. If ANY of them still have validity, and if methods exist to thwart inappropriate applications to IARU, wouldn't it be worth occasional embarrassment and hassle to maintain the rules as is? I'd like to hear more committee members' recollections of the reasons for including the IARU society test. Also as a sidelight Dave (or Rod), do you think there was an element of a "gift to DXers" counteracting what would (or should) have otherwise been a refusal to sanction PIARA, in RSGB's decision? Bruce

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[ARRL-ODV:9770] Re: Fwd: FW: Wireless Bureau reorganized
by Kay Craigie 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

Doing very little seems to be what she's good at! 73 - Kay N3KN

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[ARRL-ODV:9769] Re: Fwd: FW: Wireless Bureau reorganized
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 25 Nov '03

25 Nov '03

Chris has received clarification that we're still in D'Wana's Division, which has a new, more impressive name and less to do. Dave K1ZZ

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