Jim, I don't make that call but it seems to me that we need the Bill dropped in the House before we turn the grassroots loose. My understanding from TKG is that the Bill will be dropped by Kinzinger and Courtney at the end of this month and what we are trying to do until then is to get back the cosponsors that we had in the House last term, and to get an original sponsor in the Senate. Frank McCarthy and I have had a series of meetings with Senate offices trolling for sponsors as I have reported earlier but so far, no bites at the bait we put in the water at about 8 offices visited. 

73, Chris W3KD

On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Jim Pace K7CEX NW Division Director <nwdvd@comcast.net> wrote:
Ah ha: Now I know why (I think) my Rep. Jamie Herrera Beutler backed off from the time I met with her and her denial.  She did tell me that she was good friends with Rep. Kinzinger and would talk to him.  This latest CAI effort is pretty damning if taken at 'face value'. 
 
Are we ready yet to set the members free to write letters/make contacts?
 
73, Jim

Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 6:58 AM
Subject: [arrl-odv:23978] CAI Propaganda About ARRL CC&R Legislation

This is some information that I thought you should all see as part of our effort to keep the Board better up to speed on the legislative effort than we did late last year.

Last year, we didn't see much of the Community Associations Institute on Capitol Hill, and their absence was reflected in the ease with which we got our 69 House cosponsors in very short order last Summer and early Fall. CAI did visit Josh Baggett in Rep. Kinzinger's office and they made a late Fall run at Dave Redl, in both cases attempting to spread blatant lies about our legislation and its effect on HOA jurisdiction. It didn't work in either case; we had provided briefing documents to both Josh and Dave ahead of time. 

However, CAI is aware that we are back at it this year. This link to the Washington State chapter of CAI shows that their current pitch is even worse than the misreps they made last year. Kay wondered how anyone could oppose the concept of "reasonable accommodation". Indeed. However, the answer is that they are now tying it to the OTARD ruling of FCC which has nothing whatsoever to do with either the PRB-1 "reasonable accommodation" standard that FCC established for us. 

Check this out: if this doesn't stir your blood, you must have let your amateur license expire:

https://wscai.org/community-associations-institutes-call-action-oppose-federal-ham-radio-standards-community-associations/

73, Chris W3KD

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