Perhaps the lesson might be that unless we come to the meeting and speak up, our voices will not be heard. Actually, special interest groups such as SMIRK, SWOT, etc., should position themselves as advocates for their members point of view. I assume that they did this? If not, it would be very difficult to complain since one of the values of having a special interest group is to poll the members and find out the majority view as much as you can and advocate for that view.
After all that is what ARRL did when they asked for input and many of us gave our Division Directors our position on a number of issues including bandwidth and mode proposals. They had a near impossible situation since many of us are on totally opposite sides of the fence on some issues. 73, Rick, KV9U DuBose Walt Civ AETC CONS/LGCA wrote: >Bruce, > >You said"...and the 6 meter users groups ( SMIRK ECT ) were never contacted..." > >When a proposal is made and published for comments by the FCC, it is incumbent >on all interested parties to respond to the FCC and make appropriate comments. > It is not a requirement for the FCC to contact potential interested parties >for their comment. > >Its sad but true, this is how the process works. > > > Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
