One more word that I should have remembered earlier (DX Contest hangover may be to blame): Adm. Barnett asked Chris and me to thank the members of the ARRL Board for your work on the 97.113 issue. Here are the profiles of Adm. Barnett and David Furth taken from the FCC news release announcing their appointments last July. Dave Chief of Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Rear Admiral (ret.) Jamie Barnett: Admiral Barnett served 32 years in the United States Navy and Navy Reserve, retiring in 2008. His last active duty assignments were Deputy Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command and Director, Naval Education and Training in the Pentagon. For the last two years, Admiral Barnett has been a Senior Research Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, a policy think tank focusing on science and technology issues of importance to the nation, including cyber conflict and cyber security. From 1984 to 2001, Mr. Barnett was a senior partner at Mitchell, McNutt and Sams, P.A. in Tupelo, Mississippi with a governmental law practice representing municipalities, counties, law enforcement agencies, schools and local government officials. Deputy Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, David Furth: David Furth has served at the FCC since 1992 and in the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau since the Bureau's formation in 2006. Since January 2009, Mr. Furth has served as Acting Chief of the Bureau. Previously, Mr. Furth was an Associate Bureau Chief in PSHSB, focusing on public safety spectrum policy issues, particularly 800 MHz rebanding and the 700 MHz rulemaking proceeding. Mr. Furth also worked in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau in various capacities, including Deputy Chief and Chief of the Commercial Wireless Division, Senior Legal Advisor to the Bureau Chief, and Chief Counsel and Associate Bureau Chief. Mr. Furth also served as a Legal Advisor to FCC Commissioner Rachelle Chong. Prior to joining the Commission, Mr. Furth was in private law practice in Washington, DC and San Francisco, California. From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 10:55 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18572] RE: [arrl-odv:18562] Update on FCC Meetings, Friday, February 19, 2010 - Confidential, Privileged Communication To Chris's well-chosen words I would add that we did not just tell PSHSB to expect a lot of comments but that the comments would reflect a wide range of opinion, all the way from "no change" to a broader relaxation of the rules than we are advocating. Both Jamie Barnett and David Furth seemed to be appreciative of the fact that the ARRL position on 97.113 resulted from a representative process that included input from this entire range of opinion within the amateur community. By the way, I don't impress easily but I find Adm. Barnett to be quite impressive. Dave K1ZZ