In the course of an ongoing, and quite interesting debate among AMSAT, IARU and ARRL with Bruce Perens, a long time ham radio activist from the Pacific Division about Section 97.113, the FCC business communications rule and its application to the small satellite proceeding, Bruce sent along the following quote from Maxim. I thought this to be most relevant to cite in connection with ongoing internal disputes within our organization. Time, as my Quaker brethren like to say, to come together and reach a sense of the Meeting. Hiram Percy Maxim from September 1927 QST: *And as the last embers of the old pipe turn to grey ash, I ask how it all came about: that the A.R.R.L. should have succeeded and all its opponents failed. The answer is clear. It is because with our opponents there was always some kind of a selfish motive to be served for someone, whereas in our A.R.R.L. we insisted from the beginning that no selfish motive for anybody or anything should ever prevail. Everything that A.R.R.L. undertakes must be 100% for the general good. That policy bred loyalty and confidence. With those two things an organization can prosper forever.* -- Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret & Imlay, LLC 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD@ARRL.ORG