Yes, I agree, George.

So it is time for an explanation to membership, as Ria stated, before we get queries from membership, or it appears in the Hartford Courant.

Mickey Baker, N4MB
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
“The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead." Robert K. Greenleaf


On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 8:06 PM Hippisley, George (Bud), W2RU, (Dir, RK) <w2ru@arrl.org> wrote:
Mickey, you’re probably right.  And how much better it would be if we could have been “deliberate” in crafting our message prior putting the relevant Minutes up on the public site, rather than now having to scramble to “get ahead of this”.  

Bud, W2RU

On May 17, 2020, at 7:58 PM, Mickey Baker <fishflorida@gmail.com> wrote:

Since PPP is an expenditure of public money, it is not likely to be held confidential. I'm thinking that we might want to craft messaging to get ahead of this with membership.


"...five news organizations have announced they are suing the SBA for access to information on loan recipients. The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal's parent company Dow Jones, Bloomberg LP and ProPublica have filed a joint lawsuit in federal court in Washington, asking the SBA to "disclose who is receiving the funds and in what amounts," according to a statement from the Washington Post's vice president for communications, Kris Coratti Kelly."

Mickey Baker, N4MB
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
“The servant-leader is servant first… It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead." Robert K. Greenleaf