Jim, glad you raised this. Yes, the strategy is still the same. The strategy is that of Greg Walden and we want to do this according to his plan. This is seriously confidential and under no circumstances is it to be mentioned outside the Board family but when we reach critical mass on cosponsors, Walden plans to call his former staffer at WTB, FCC and tell them to do this on their own and not make Congress pass this Bill. Critical mass at this juncture is about 30 cosponsors. We can do this. As to the arguments to be made, Mike and I have a talking points paper that I thought had been circulated to the Board. It deals appropriately with what reasonable accommodation in the CC&R context means. I have a few edits for Mike's "how to sell this Bill" piece that I will get to the Board ASAP. We want to be ahead of the petition guys here who may be well-intentioned but on the wrong track. Also, the Keelen Group is working with us very closely on getting cosponsors on a surgical basis rather than on a shotgun basis so it is best not to get too far ahead of them on rounding up cosponsors. We are paying them a lot of money to strategize this and believe me, they know what they are doing. 73, Chris W3KD Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 5, 2014, at 9:52 AM, "James F. Boehner MD via arrl-odv" <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> wrote:
I know we have no say in how these petitions are presented, but I hope the petition designers realize what market they are going for.
If they are going for Amateur Radio Ops, a graphic of a beam is going to get the most powerful positive reaction; but it will probably get a very powerful negative reaction from non-hams. A graphic of amateur radio ops in the field assisting with disaster operations would elicit a much more positive response from non-hams.
To us, a beam is a sign of beauty. To others…..not so much.
Late last year Chris indicated that this bill could act as a “cover” for the FCC to move forward with their own authority. I have not seen this mentioned since the bill came out. Is there any new information on this? The development of our policy in handling the lobbying of this bill will certainly depend on this.
’73 de JIM N2ZZ
From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Marty Woll Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 2:10 AM To: 'JRS'; 'arrl-odv' Subject: [arrl-odv:22945] Re: Fwd: Co-sponsor HR.4969, the “Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014”
A similar petition is being circulated by a member in the Bay area: U.S. House of Representatives: Co-sponsor HR.4969, the “Amateur Radio...
It reached me through multiple sources, so it’s spreading. I’ve asked those sending to me to QRX until the League formulates its talking points and Congressional outreach plan. Unless we act quickly, though, it may be out of our hands.
73,
Marty N6VI
From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of JRS Sent: Friday, July 4, 2014 10:44 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:22944] Fwd: Co-sponsor HR.4969, the “Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014”
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HR.4969 would require the FCC, within 120 days of the Bill’s passage, to amend the Part 97 Amateur Service rules to apply PRB-1coverage to include homeowners’ association regulations and deed restrictions, often referred to as “covenants, conditions, and restrictions” (CC&Rs). PRB-1 states that local governments cannot preclude Amateur Radio communications; they must “reasonably accommodate” amateur operations, and the state and local regulations must be the minimum practicable regulation to accomplish a legitimate governmental interest.
Presently, PRB-1 only applies to state and local zoning laws and ordinances. Since PRB-1 was enacted, the FCC has said several times that it would prefer to have some guidance from Congress before extending the policy to private land-use regulations. HR.4969 will provide that guidance, and give PRB-1 the force of Federal law.
Radio amateurs, while providing a valuable and necessary service to their communities, are frequently and increasingly precluded from installing necessary equipment (antennas, coax, etc) by unreasonable private land-use restrictions, including restrictive CC&R covenants. The net effect of HR.4969 passage will be to suppress those unreasonable restrictions and allow licensed amateurs to install reasonable equipment for practicing our hobby and having the means to serve our communities.
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