To Ria's question, Dan researched it and can find
nothing in the minutes or elsewhere stating counsel
should not be added to reflectors. By precedent, Atty
Imlay was on ODV and the EC reflectors.
Regarding charges, in January Atty Siddall told me
he would not charge for reading short emails, but I
don't have anything in writing, or exact details about
what constitutes "short." His contract specifies that
he will not charge for phone calls of five minutes or
less.
When Atty Siddall was first contracted, he wasn’t
sure whether it would be helpful for him to be on
ODV. Since then he has reached out to Dan, me and I
believe Rick saying that it would be helpful to have a
better understanding of the Board's thinking when he
is writing filings, etc.
I think the above answers the open questions.
Rick, I don't think you need a formal motion or a
vote, but as a courtesy to the Board, you should
confirm there are no other objections to adding Atty
Siddall to ODV.
73, Howard
To be clear, my concern only was with adhering
to any resolutions we agreed on.
I have no problems with adding him either,
provided we aren’t going against a previous
resolution.
Ria, N2RJ
As long as Mr. Siddall agrees that ODV time
does not result in billable hours, I have no
other issues with him being on this
reflector. Greg is correct in that his
insight and experience would be a valuable
asset. I just don't know what his contract
stipulates as to what constitutes billable
hours.
73;
Mike
W7VO
On September 7, 2019
at 12:17 PM G Widin <gpwidin@comcast.net>
wrote:
Mike’s points are well taken.
At the same time, if Mr. Siddall were
“reading the mail”, he would encounter
issues where his advice, provided early
on, could help the Board avoid mistakes or
become aware of superior alternatives that
they were not aware of.
If our counsel is good, in the long run
having him along for the ride should be
valuable and cost effective. Also, though
I can’t find the e-mail in a quick search,
I believe that Mr. Siddall has stated that
he does not charge for time reading the
mail, just as he has said he doesn’t
charge for time to accept phone calls of
reasonable length.
A final point—if Mr. Siddall rides
along, whenever members of the Board feel
that advice of counsel is appropriate, it
will take him minimal time to get up to
speed and provide that advice. If he is
not on ODV, he will need to catch up (and
I presume that time will be billable).
Just my comments on the other sideband.
;-)
73,
Greg, K0GW
On Saturday, September 7, 2019, Michael
Ritz <
w7vo@comcast.net> wrote:
Here
is my take on adding Mr. Siddall,
K3ZJ to the ODV list: While as an
insightful resource it'd be great to
get his perspective on things, I
have two considerations:
1.
Mr. Siddall is essentially a highly
paid consultant to the Board. I
don't know what we have in the form
of a contract with his firm, and
don't know whether or not he's on
any form of a retainer. If he's not
on a retainer, he charges by the
hour. Those hours are not
inexpensive, and could potentially
add up quickly if he's tasked with,
or believes he is tasked with,
researching a random question that
comes up on ODV.
2.
As a highly paid consultant, we
probably should limit points of
contact. Right now it's only select
members of the EC that he's working
with, on specific tasks related to
the FCC filings. Would ODV be a
distraction?
Just
my two watts.
73;
Mike
W7VO
On September
4, 2019 at 5:10 PM Mark J Tharp <
kb7hdx@gmail.com> wrote:
I seem to recall that
discussion as well however do not
recall the outcome.
IMHO I think we can include
counsel via direct email and
re-posts if necessary. As with
Ria, I mean no disrespect to
Mr. Siddall, but the ODV
should be that, ODV.
Just the opinion of a back
seat driver. :)
Mark, KB7HDX
VD NW Div.
And while I respect Mr.
Siddall, I have to look back
into my board book in January
to see if we even allowed our
counsel to be added to ODV. I
do know Imlay was here but I
thought that practice was now
ended.
Need some clarity please.
Let’s get this right.
Ria
N2RJ
"In accordance with Standing Order 89-1.43, I
hope that newly
elected Southwestern
Division Vice
Director Mark Weiss,
K6FG, is added to
the ODV list as soon
as possible.
73,
Dick
Norton, N6AA"
Question:
Did Mark Weiss,
K6FG, ever get added
to the ODV
reflector?
73;
Mike
W7VO
On
September 4, 2019 at
12:19 PM "Henderson,
Dan N1ND" <
dhenderson@arrl.org>
wrote:
At the
direction of
President
Roderick, I have
added Mr.
Siddall to the
ODV reflector.
Thanks
and 73
Dan
Henderson, N1ND
Assistant
Secretary –
American Radio
Relay League,
Inc.
Regulatory
Information
Manager
ARRL,
the national
association for
Amateur Radio
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