Let's hope this doesn't fall on deaf ears in our Federal Government like so
many other things.
Bruce , K0SON
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> On Jul 29, 2015, at 3:43 PM, Tom Thompson <w0ivj@tomthompson.com> wrote:
>
> Ed,
>
> Please thank the board. This has been a long time problem. Good luck to all
> of you with this plan.
>
> Tom W0IVJ
>
>> On 7/29/2015 10:55 AM, Hare, Ed W1RFI wrote:
>> This is from the minutes of the July 2015 meeting of the ARRL Board of
>> Directors:
>>
>> 39. On motion of Mr. Frenaye, seconded by Mr. Isely, the following
>> resolution was ADOPTED:
>>
>> Whereas, there exist unacceptably high numbers of long-outstanding
>> interference cases in the Amateur Radio Service, most notably in the areas
>> of RFI from power lines; RFI from Part 15 and 18 lighting devices; malicious
>> interference to net operations at HF; and malicious interference by
>> unlicensed and licensed individuals to VHF and UHF repeaters; and
>>
>> Whereas, effective FCC enforcement in our Service requires timely, visible
>> FCC involvement in these cases, which has not been the case in recent years;
>> and
>>
>> Whereas, FCC has very recently made what ARRL views as ill-advised, very
>> substantial cuts in its field office locations and staffing, which will
>> inevitably, absent other offsetting changes, have
>> a further adverse effect on the responsiveness of FCC's Enforcement Bureau
>> in the area of Amateur Radio enforcement, starting immediately;
>>
>> Now, therefore it is:
>>
>> Resolved, that substantial, timely improvement in enforcement is an issue of
>> the highest urgency. The Chief Executive Officer, staff and General Counsel
>> are directed to develop and, under the supervision of the Executive
>> Committee, execute a plan to improve timely and visible enforcement in the
>> Amateur Radio Service. This plan will include (but not be limited to)
>> identification of the most urgent enforcement cases; summarizing evidentiary
>> input to FCC to date in each case; presenting these summaries to FCC
>> Enforcement Bureau staff and FCC
>> Commissioners; other Federal agencies with jurisdiction over rule violation
>> instances; and as necessary, Congressional oversight authorities; and urging
>> the fast, timely resolution of the cases. The plan will also include plans
>> for improved publicity of enforcement actions which are not being
>> effectively publicized by FCC itself; options for providing ARRL resources
>> in the direct resolution of individual cases; and plans to cause FCC to make
>> effective and direct use of evidentiary materials gathered by volunteers in
>> the Amateur Service.
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