At 05:02 PM 1/12/2017, Gallagher, Tom, NY2RF wrote:
We have had in the past day and a half several events that have created an opportunity for ARRL in our legislative effort that we did not anticipate. This opportunity called for an immediate action that we have taken that you need to know about right now. In acting on these events, we have protected the Board's prerogative in all respects, as explained below.
On Tuesday evening, Frank McCarthy at the Keelen Group received a call from the Chief of Staff of Senator Nelson's office. She told Frank that Nelson was receiving large amounts of critical mail from Florida amateur radio operators chastising Nelson for holding up the Parity Act last Fall. Frank replied diplomatically that ARRL had not asked for any such mail to be sent, but we did report to our membership factually in December that the only obstacle to passage of the Bill was Senator Nelson's hold. Frank said that we were looking forward to working with Senator Nelson to address his concerns going forward. Nelson's Chief of Staff told Frank that the Senator had as a "high priority" the passage of the Parity Act "early in this new Congress" and that they would work with ARRL on it right away.
1000% support from me. -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444