Chris, what can you tell us about Amateur Radio involvement in the current effort of the 41-member Federal Advisory Committee that will be making recommendations for delivery of emergency information to the public?  See: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-234929A1.doc.

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From: W3KD@aol.com [mailto:W3KD@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 6:01 AM
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Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8847] Re: Fw: FCC Regulators or Cheerleaders? Money talks.

In a message dated 6/2/2003 9:12:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, w6rgg@sbcglobal.net writes:

To succeed against BPL with this FCC, therefore, we must align ourselves with
HF commercial interests along with similarly well-funded Defense and Homeland
Security HF interests. The ARRL and the Amateur Radio community cannot stand
alone on this issue.

An excellent point. We are doing that exactly, having talked with potential coalition partners, including the National Association of Broadcasters, the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council, The Association of Public Safety Communications Officers, and a few others so far. Jim Haynie determined that strategy from the get-go.

Chris