I shared the guidelines with Bill Cross and Laura Smith this morning and received the following note back from Laura. Dave From: Laura Smith [mailto:Laura.Smith@fcc.gov] Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 9:07 AM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ; William Cross Subject: RE: ARRL guidelines on the appropriate use of Amateur Radio Thank you Dave. We appreciate the League's willingness to research the issue and put together a wonderful informational tool for the amateur community. Please extend our thanks to both the Board and the ad hoc committee for all their hard work! Laura ________________________________ From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 8:47 AM To: William Cross; Laura Smith Subject: ARRL guidelines on the appropriate use of Amateur Radio Bill and Laura, Later today we will be posting the following release along with the "guidelines" document that was developed by an ad hoc committee headed by Kay Craigie and vetted by the Executive Committee and the Board. We hope it will shed a little light and deflect some of the heat.