At 03:13 PM 12/18/2017, Dale Williams wrote:
The attached was released to portions
of the Field Organization today, in preparation for the forthcoming
upgrade to ARES.  I will have the complete implementation details
ready for presentation at the Programs and Services Committee meeting in
January.
Hi Dale -
[wet blanket alert]
This seems like a significant enough change that I hope the PSC will be
spending some time at the January Board meeting to update the rest of
us.
While your intro memo to the the Field says, "So, two years ago, the
ARRL board of directors created the Public Service Enhancement Working
Group to study the ARRL’s public service offerings and recommend changes
and improvements." I don't think the Board ever did
that. The PSC created the working group. Is it the PSC that
gave the go ahead?
At the July 17 Board meeting, we voted:
- 16. Discussion moved to the report of the Programs and Services
Committee and Mr. Olson
- entertained questions. The PSC has reviewed a proposed mission
statement for ARES from the
- PSC’s Public Service Enhancement Working Group, which is still in the
process of formulating
- their report and recommendations. After it is received, the PSC will
bring forward a final report
- to the Board for its consideration.
At the time this was discussed I asked for clarification on whether
you'd be coming back to the Board in January with details of the planned
changes. It now sounds like we've already gone ahead, even before
coming back to report to the Board (and get the OK to move
ahead). This seems like something ( first change in 40 years)
the full board ought to be involved in approving.
[end of wet blanket alert]
-- Tom
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