Kay, After just two more wounds, you can be rotated back home. Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL; http://www.arrl.org/ 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 Tel.: 513-459-0142; E-mail: k8je@arrl.org ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio Is! MEMBERS: The reason ARRL Is! -----Original Message----- From: Kay Craigie [mailto:n3kn@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 10:37 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:11313] Re: FCC BPL Meetings 9/29/04 Chris has described our meetings very well and I have little to add. The two people we met with were not singing quite the same tune, though I wouldn't want to over-interpret that. Jennifer Manner indicated that the R&O would resemble the NTIA's recommendations, which sounded good on the surface, but she didn't have a good grip on the details. I guess a lot would depend on *which* NTIA they are paying attention to: the one that initially agreed with our evaluation, or the one that came hard about and agreed with what the White House wants. I'm not nearly ready to be happy. Chris and I were dismayed to find out that someone in her position in a Commissioner's office had zero knowledge of Amateur Radio emergency communications work. I suggested this morning that he might send a copy of the Walter Cronkite video to her, and he's going to do that. At least talking to Ms. Manner was not like talking to the wall, unlike the conversation with Ms. Wilkerson. Ms. Wilkerson even had a frosty and defensive reaction to our attempt to begin the conversation on a positive note by calling attention to the encouraging-sounding letter from the White House staff person to Jim Weaver's constituent. We soldiered on. 73 - Kay N3KN