I think $500 for this type of representation would is reasonable. Now I need 59 more people to agree....
Question, what if three months go by and we have not gotten anywhere? It's not hard to believe that 3 months could go by and it's realized that we need another 3. I mean, can you get anywhere with the government in three months? Can we get a 6 month quote? Would we have to pay it all if we feel our goals are realized after 4 months? Brian Rick Harnish wrote: > Craig, > > > > Obviously any donation will be appreciated. I believe some of the larger > WISPs will be willing to put in $500-$1000 towards this effort, knowing the > importance to their business. I spoke to Steve Coran a short while ago and > expressed concern over the quick pace this legislation is being pushed > through Congress and what would be done from his perspective over the next > three months. He will be getting me a plan of action shortly and also > stated that once it makes it through Congress, it will be sent to the FCC, > NTIA and USDA for Rule Making. At this time, our lobbying efforts will need > to be moved from Congress to these Departments to help construct the rules > and policy in which this money will be dispersed. > > > > We appreciate your contribution and know that we don't want to unduly burden > your business with this contribution. We do however see the need for > everyone to put up a little so that the aggregate donations can be used to > protect our interests. If you would rather make a smaller donation monthly, > that can be done as well. Please state that when making your pledge. Every > little bit helps! > > > > With that said, I also encourage anyone who is not a member of WISPA yet to > sign up and support WISPA and these efforts with membership dues. If you > have been procrastinating or don't think WISPA does enough for you, please > reconsider and go to http://signup.wispa.org and apply today. For the 30 > new members or so that have joined in the last few weeks, we appreciate your > support. Our billing personnel has had some illness in her family recently > and is running behind on invoicing. She will be getting caught up very > soon. Thank you for your patience. > > > > Respectively, > > Rick Harnish > > > > From: motorola-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:motorola-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Craig House > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 11:35 AM > To: Motorola Canopy User Group > Subject: Re: [Motorola II] Broadband Stimulus Act Representation Financial > Needs > > > > I realize that different sized WISP's can afford different amounts of > contributions to this cause and I think it is worthy of a donation from my > company. What I am curious of is, what would the average donation need to > be assuming all Wisp members were to contribute the same amount to make this > funding possible? > > Craig A House > Operations Manager > Total Wireless Communications. > > Rick Harnish wrote: > > To all WISPA members and interested parties, > > > > I am writing this as a member of WISPA and as a WISP who is concerned about > the upcoming Broadband Stimulus Legislation that is moving through Congress > as I speak. I feel that it is imperative that we as a group work diligently > to lobby our congressmen on the abilities of WISPs to meet the Broadband > Deployment Issues at hand. There is a large amount of funding that will be > made available for Broadband Providers to extend their networks. We need to > speak up and be heard NOW or we may not have access to this funding in the > process of awarding Grants and Loan Programs. > > > > To do this, we need to hire representation as a group to make sure our > interests are heard as this policy and procedure is defined. We have > received a quote from Steve Coran, Rini-Coran and Mercury Strategies to > represent WISPA for three months for a fee of $30,000. I have attached this > proposal for your review. The Board has this proposal under consideration > and Tom DeReggi is heading the Legislative Committee to work directly with > Rini-Coran and Mercury through this process. Our concern as a board is that > this fee on top of the fees incurred for the TV Whitespaces work that > Rini-Coran is doing for us will rapidly deplete our financial resources. > However, it is very valuable work that needs to be done to insure that the > WISP industry has a future. > > > > Our dilemma is that we need to raise additional funding from our members to > insure that WISPA can still exist and remain a meaningful Association to > represent your interests as this Broadband push continues in the future. I > am seeking voluntary donations from individual operators and Vendors to > assist in making this happen. We have always kept dues low to make sure we > included even the smallest WISPs but our fees do not allow us to have the > resources to lobby the way we should. We will publicly post the company > names of those who donate to this cause and I am seeking suggestions on how > we can compensate those who donate with some sort of preferential treatment > in the process of obtaining grant writing resources and prioritizing those > grant applications in the work flow in good measure for your donation. This > is a very resourceful group of operators and I encourage your participation > in deriving this plan. > > > > WISPA is growing daily in membership and respect amongst the > telecommunications industry. With a new website on the way, potential costs > of Association Management, TV Whitespaces Lobbying efforts, US Broadband > Coalition strategy and other upcoming expenses, I see no choice but to bring > this to the membership for input and review. We are on the verge of doing > something to insure our placement in the future. We all need to help one > another. > > > > If you would like to speak to me directly, please call me at 260-827-2482. > I prefer email but will speak to anyone, time allowing that would like to > talk. > > > > Respectfully, > > Rick Harnish > > President > > WISPA > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.15/1921 - Release Date: 1/28/2009 > 6:37 AM > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! 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