One of our members is quite concerned with this message which was shared with me. I believe their fear is that ARES and NTS traffic will be made obsolete and/or unnecessary by this implementation. Any comments for me to share? Thanks. Bob -- W6RGG DE NNN0ASA 061 R 161400Z SEP 2009 FM NNN0ASA VA TO NNN0ALL BT UNCLAS SUBJ: MEMBERSHIP SURVEY OF WL2K KNOWLEDGE 1. ARMY MARS HAS BEGUN ISSUING MARS LICENSES TO FEDERAL STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SO THEY MAY UTILIZE THE WL2K SYSTEM FOR HANDLING EXERCISE AND REAL-WORLD ECOM TRAFFIC. NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS IS DEVELOPING A DATABASE OF QUALIFIED MEMBERS TO ASSIST SERVED AGENCIES IN THEIR EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT WL2K RADIO E-MAIL. THIS INITIAL FACT- FINDING QUESTIONNAIRE IS THE FIRST STEP IN VETTING VOLUNTEER NAVY- MARINE CORPS MARS MEMBERS WHO MAY BE ASKED TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED 'HANDS-ON' COMPONENT OF THIS IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY. 2. PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON THE SURVEY (LISTED BELOW) TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY. AVOID ANY TYPOS AND/OR ERRORS IN YOUR ANSWERS. WHEN YOU ARE SATISFIED THAT THE ENTIRE FORM HAS BEEN FILLED-IN CORRECTLY, CLICK THE 'SUBMIT' BUTTON TO SEND YOUR INFORMATION. 3. EACH SERVICE BRANCH WITHIN MARS HAS THEIR OWN IDENTICAL SURVEY FORM... PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOU ARE FILLING OUT THE PROPER FORM FOR NAVY-MARINE CORPS MARS. THIS INFORMATION WILL NOT BE MADE PUBLIC OR DISTRIBUTED TO THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP. THE SURVEY IS FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING URL WHICH IS BEING SENT IN MIXED UPPER AND LOWER CASE AND MUST ALL BE ON THE SAME LINE (IT IS LONGER THAN 69 CHARACTERS): http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFpIX0t0RmVseUJIamFhQ1NJeDB3... 4. MARS: TOGETHER WE CAN DO ANYTHING. BT NNNN