In a message dated 4/28/2005 11:38:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, n5zgt@swcp.com writes:

I may not be reading your response correctly, but my concern is not about
us (the ODV). My concern is of John Q. ARRL Member, and whether or not he
understands -- with clarity -- what this proposal is for, what it fixes,
what happens if we don't act, what rumors not to listen to, etc.

We don't disagree at all, Brian. I actually was addressing a different point than the above; I am sure you are correct that the members require some additional justification for why we are proposing to do this. I am concerned, however, about what is going to happen when the petition is filed. It had better be persuasive, and I worry that it is not now. There will inevitably be those, despite ARRL best efforts to pre-educate and pre-sell the petition, who will see it after it is filed and think about it for the first time. If the Petition has not proven persuasive to our own people, who are intimately familiar with it, it will not be persuasive to those who have given the concept no prior thought or only cursory consideration.

73, Chris W3KD