June 2014 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:22898] Bullet point briefing paper for H.R. 4969
by Kay Craigie 30 Jun '14

30 Jun '14

Attached is the updated talking points page mentioned a couple of days ago. A copy of the bill as introduced is still not available, which is annoying, but as the kids say, it is what it is. A copy of the bill will be distributed to the ODV as soon as we have it. Also provided to you asap will be a short informational paper you and your members can use to find out how to schedule appointments with Congressmen's offices, if you don't already know. Members are already asking what they can do to help. The attached bullet point page can be distributed to your members as you see fit, with a note that additional information will follow. Because he was mentioned in the news story announcing introduction of the bill, Mike Lisenco has been getting messages from members, some of whom don't live in his Division. I have suggested that he refer those members to their own Directors. We would like to get about 30 co-sponsors as soon as we can. At this time we are not asking for mass form letter mailings. We'll confer with TKG for their views as to whether carpeting the Hill with form letters is a useful thing to do in this case. Please remember that postal mail to Congressional offices is hideously slow because of the need for security screening of each and every item. Members of Congress have on their web sites a way to send an e-mail to the Congressman. If your members want to write to their Congressmen, e-mail is the way, unless we hear differently from TKG. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:22884] Marco Rubio Legislation affecting 5850-5925 MHz and Who Knows What Else
by Christopher Imlay 30 Jun '14

30 Jun '14

Greetings. I have marveled at how easily we have survived the National Broadband Plan to date. That premature joy may be coming to an end. Senator Marco Rubio has three proposed bills intended to expand broadband spectrum in the hopper. Here is a snippet about one of them: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said he will soon introduce legislation to reallocate up to 200 MHz of spectrum held by the government for commercial wireless use, establish a new spectrum auctions starting in 2018, and make it easier for federal agencies to relinquish their airwaves. Rubio also intends to introduce legislation geared toward allowing Wi-Fi in the 5 GHz band, as long as it does not interfere with vehicle-to-vehicle communications. The senator is also planning legislation to promote the deployment of wireless infrastructure. "Our world has gone wireless, and it did not take long to occur," he said in a speech Wednesday, according to *The Hill*. "That is why I am proposing a wireless innovation agenda with ideas that I believe will ensure the United States is prepared to face the wireless future--an agenda to ensure that Americans can participate in the wireless economy and take advantage of wireless technology to improve their economic well-being." -- The 5 GHz band reference is to 5850-5925 MHz, which is Amateur spectrum. FCC has an open proceeding asking about unlicensed broadband in that same band, and there is tremendous opposition to it from the Intelligent Transportation Services folks who are interested in that band for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-roadside communications. Amateur access is in jeopardy and our participation in the FCC docket proceeding was little more than an effort to protect whatever access we have in that segment (which is lightly used by Amateurs as a general matter). What we don't know yet is where the other 200 MHz of government spectrum is going to come from. It could be up around 3 GHz and it could be 3300-3500 MHz. We will see..... 73, Chris W3KD Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret & Imlay, LLC 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD(a)ARRL.ORG

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[arrl-odv:22888] Re: [exec-com:7261] Re: Fw: Thank you
by Mike Lisenco N2YBB 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

Kay, We already have a talking points sheet that I wrote and Chris fine-tuned, and Chris has already sent it to you and the Board. It’s what TKG has been using and it is what we used when I was in DC this week. This one sheet, along with a copy of the Bill, was given to anyone we spoke to. As I understand it, the immediate strategy is to get as many co-sponsors as possible so that Chairman Walden goes to bat for us in a strong position. I am getting emails as a result of the article that appeared online asking for information that can be used by members who would like to email their Representatives asking for support. It is obvious to me that we need to provide a template for them to use. Emails sent to individual Congressman are now sent through the representative’s website. Unfortunately, we need to play a little catch-up now so that we keep in front of the issue. It would have helped somewhat had the grass-roots and branding training that TKG will provide us had happened earlier so that we were better prepared. I will be more than happy to pick up the ball and run with it with Chris and TKG. We are already more than prepared and able to do it, as I proposed all those months ago to the Board. 73, Mike N2YBB From: Kay Craigie Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 10:35 AM To: 'Executive Committee' Subject: [exec-com:7261] Re: Fw: Thank you Mike, thanks for pitching in on this. This morning I asked the Keelen Group guys what we should do next right now. Here’s Matt’s reply: “My first thoughts are we need to get as much of the low hanging fruit support we can get by the Centennial event. Then roll out a huge grass roots program to up our cosponsors numbers in July and August.” Matt also wants to confer with Chairman Walden and subcommittee staff to ask what they want us to be doing now that the bill is finally dropped. That’s important. We have to cooperate with Walden’s intended strategy. This will be done. I’m going to ask the full Board to prepare to work their Representatives. Chris, we need a talking points sheet for Board members to use and eventually for any and all members to use so our message is consistent. If you have something that was already prepared for earlier discussions on the Hill, let’s get a tweaked up copy of it out to the Board as early as possible next week. Dan Henderson is in Friedrichshafen but as soon as he’s back in the office we will work up a bulletin for the grass roots volunteers so we’ll have it when it’s needed. 73 – Kay N3KN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ exec-com mailing list exec-com(a)reflector.arrl.org http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/exec-com

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[arrl-odv:22879] H.R. 4969, the Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014
by Christopher Imlay 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

A quick head's up: Yesterday, finally, after a tremendous amount of work by our new legislative consultants, the Keelen Group; by my office; by Mike Lisenco; by Dave Sumner and others, Representative Adam Kinzinger of Illinois dropped our CC&R bill yesterday late. The Bill is cosponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney of the Second District of Connecticut. The introduction of this Bill happened far later than we had hoped. I will in my upcoming Board report explain in detail why the delays occurred, and you will hear about this from Mike also; but for now, suffice it to say that (1) the delay was largely due to restrictions placed on our efforts to obtain a Democratic cosponsor by the Bill's sponsor. These were restrictions with which we had no choice but to comply. However, (2) the delay does not change our strategy for getting PRB-1 preemption applied equally to municipal and private land use regulations. I say "our" strategy, but the strategy is actually that of Rep. Greg Walden, W7EQI. There are potential pitfalls, but if we are able to avoid them, this could actually work and the benefit to hams would be immeasurable. Yesterday, Mike Lisenco and I spent a gruelingly long day on the Hill in an effort to recruit cosponsors for the Bill. The timing of Mike's visit to D.C. could not have been better, and we have high expectations for the six offices representing Hudson Division districts that we visited yesterday. The assistance of the Keelen Group yesterday was excellent, and we have high expectations for the next phase of this advocacy effort. The assistance of all of you in this effort in the near term is critical, as we will explain at the upcoming Board meeting. We do not yet have the official text of the Bill because it is not yet back from the GPO, but it will be posted on Thomas and other legislative web sites very soon. There will be an article about this on the web this evening, I believe. 73, Chris W3KD -- Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret & Imlay, LLC 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD(a)ARRL.ORG

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[arrl-odv:22889] ARRL.org Shows Incorrect Congressional District
by Doug Rehman 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

If I follow the Federal link for contacting my representatives, it shows Bill Posey (8th District). That District is the central east coast. I live in the 10th District and my representative is Dan Webster. If we are going to do anything grassroots related, we need to fix this ASAP so we don’t have members contacting the wrong Congressman. Doug K4AC

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[arrl-odv:22881] SCCARA Newsletter Article
by Bob Vallio 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

Some of you may find the article on pages 1 & 2, "PREZ SEZ" by Fred Townsend, AE6QL. president of the Santa Clara County Amateur Radio Association, to be of interest. 73 and have a safe FD, Bob -- W6RGG

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[arrl-odv:22878] Sea-Pac trip report
by Kay Craigie 26 Jun '14

26 Jun '14

The attached document is the report on my visit to the Regional Centennial Convention in Oregon earlier this month. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:22873] K1MAN's license
by Kay Craigie 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

Glenn Baxter K1MAN's application to renew his license has been dismissed. Here are the relevant links, courtesy of Riley Hollingsworth. He had asked Bill Cross if the information he had heard from another source was true. 73 - Kay N3KN ============= From: "William Cross" <William.Cross(a)fcc.gov> To: "rilepatholling(a)comcast.net" <rilepatholling(a)comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:49:08 AM Subject: RE: Baxter--is the letter for real? The letter itself is for real and is on the page at http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applMain.jsp?applID=305266 9. Click on "Attachments" and it will take you to a page that has "automated letters" at the bottom. A link to the letter is there. ============== From: William Cross Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:33 AM To: 'rilepatholling(a)comcast.net' Subject: RE: Baxter--is the letter for real? It's for real. The ALJ's decision is in EDOCS-here's the link http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db0623/FCC-14M- 20A1.pdf The application was dismissed. See http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/ApplicationSearch/applMain.jsp?applID=305266 9 for the ULS entry. We did it as a pro forma red light rule dismissal.

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[arrl-odv:22867] Bylaw 41 change--making E&E elected
by G Widin 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

Doug et al., What problem is being solved by making E&E elected, rather than appointed? Greg, K0GW

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[arrl-odv:22870] Re: Bylaw 41 change--making E&E elected
by vze18vwgu＠verizon.net 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

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