Perhaps we should send this out to all the Section Managers. They may get some flak from a few individuals as well, and I think it's always better if they are prepared to respond to things like this. -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO At 07:19 AM 2/23/2005, you wrote:
The White Paper is now available at <http://www.arrl.org/announce/American-Samoa/>http://www.arrl.org/announce/American-Samoa/. You can refer interested parties there, or forward the paper to them.
Bernie McClenny called me this morning. He was a bit sheepish about having sent the KH8SI news release to his Daily DX subscribers, but said he had agonized about it over the weekend and decided that most people would see what Kan was up to. I told him I understood he hadn't done it to embarrass me or the ARRL but that we couldn't leave the false claims unrefuted. He said he would run a brief item that we had rebutted the claims along with a link to a copy of the White Paper on his own Web site. I told him I thought that would be fine.
I also sent the White Paper to Carl Smith but haven't heard from Carl yet.
In addition to ODV and the DXAC, at this point copies have gone to anyone who contacted me directly about the matter. (By the way, so far that's only four people, only one of whom was somewhat hostile. One of the others thought we should disqualify Kan from DXCC simply on the strength of his news release, without even seeing the White Paper.)
My guess is that this is of mild interest to some DXers and of no interest at all to anyone else. Therefore, I'm not inclined to make a Web or ARRL Letter story out of it; that would just give the perpetrators more publicity. But I don't think the White Paper should be withheld from anyone who's interested.
73, Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Weaver, Jim K8JE (DIR, GL) Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 11:12 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11859] Re: White Paper on American Samoa
Dave,
Excellent work!
To carry the release a bit further, I assume it is fair game to quote or to forward to others who are interested in this issue. I've had two inquiries (actually, one inquiry and one blast!) on this issue so far. I expect more.
Jim
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-----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:48 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11858] White Paper on American Samoa
Apologies to officers and directors, who were sent the attachment a few minutes ago and for whom this is a duplication. The discussion of the matter began on OD over the weekend, but it is appropriate to share the attachment with Vice Directors.
Last Friday a news release was sent out by organizers of a DXpedition to Swain's Island, American Samoa, KH8SI. The release included false statements that require a rebuttal. The attached White Paper is that rebuttal.
73, Dave Sumner, K1ZZ
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