I'm not asking him to work for free. His contract does not assert whether or not answering e-mails are billable, only short phone calls are listed in the contract.
I'm just trying to keep costs down. $500 to $700 an hour adds up to real money pretty quickly.....
73;
Mike
W7VO
On September 7, 2019 at 5:19 PM Greg Sarratt <gsarratt@att.net> wrote:
We should not ask Mr. Siddall to work for free. We hired him, all of his time should be billed.73,Greg, W4OZK-------- Original message --------From: Michael Ritz <w7vo@comcast.net>Date: 9/7/19 5:20 PM (GMT-06:00)To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org>Subject: [arrl-odv:28723] Re: Addition of Mr. Siddall to ODVAs 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.
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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, KB7HDXVD NW Div.______________________________I also want to know.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.RiaN2RJ______________________________On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 4:55 PM Michael Ritz < w7vo@comcast.net> wrote:"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;
MikeW7VO
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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
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