The subject of the exploitation of Amateur Radio for commercial purposes is increasing and even became a topic of discussion during the FCC forum at Dayton in response to a question from the floor. This is both a legal and ethical issue and one that is causing concern among our member ranks. General Counsel Imlay is continually confronted with this issue as is Dan Henderson and Dennis Dura.
 
It has  come to the point that we need the Board to address how far Amateur Radio should go in areas such as, for example, business restoration communications. Dave's editorial on this subject recently was a good intro to the subject, but there is a recent significant increase in issues as noted below, but this is far from the only one
 
After consultation with the Vice President's we have agreed that our scheduled Thursday evening topic will address this matter and will include a presentation from General Counsel Imlay and Dan Henderson. Chris will also be addressing this in his written report to the board. The exploitation of Amateur Radio for commercial purposes is now essentially in the hands of Amateurs themselves to draw the lines however the VP's and I believe this deserves consideration by you for a policy determination and such has been requested by at least one active VC in Georgia. 

 73 Joel W5ZN 
 


 


 
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