Congratulations Charles, so now we have a "little Wu" I'm sure
you're a
proud father. That's great.
I'm not trying to start an argument here but WISPA was not invited
to attend
this function. We received very late notice about the conference
call two
weeks ago and none of us caught it in time. Because of that missed
conference call, Part-15 submitted a plan to the FCC and became one
of the
"approved vendors". It is my understanding that this open commission
meeting is to allow those vendors to tell their story.
Each vendor has five minutes to give a short presentation. Would
the FCC
allow another slot for WISPA? I'm not sure, maybe Marlon would have
insight
into this. The next question is: Do we want to portray a divided
industry
with Part-15 and WISPA taking credit for the same work? Michael has
asked
the WISPA board to provide him with bullet points of what we have
accomplished this week. He given his word to portray WISPA as an
important
contributor in the efforts of this week and last week. He is very
aware
that the Mac Dearman team has been aligned much closer to WISPA than
Part-15
and he realizes the damage he will do to his own reputation if he
labels
this effort as a Part-15 project.
I am unable to make this trip myself even with Charles great
contribution.
I have been burning the candle at both ends the last two weeks and have
plans to go help Mac's Team this weekend. I have been accumulating a
truckload of supplies, computers, monitors, etc. from my local
community
this week. If WISPA needs to have a representative in Washington on
Thursday, I suggest someone step up. I don't believe it necessarily
needs
to be a board member. Mac would be great, but do we really want to
ask him
to do more than he already is? Matt Larsen would be great as well,
so would
Marlon. We will need to get on the agenda right away if someone is
committed to do this.
I have been communicating with Michael a lot lately and I believe I
have
convinced him that part of his frustration in getting assistance has
been
because his first several press releases focused most of the
attention on
Part-15. He IS GETTING BETTER now. He took on a huge project, one
that is
bigger than any one man can handle himself. He has assigned
volunteers to
help lead different aspects of his plan. If you really look at it,
Michael
took the reigns of a "no win" task. I know I appreciate his
willingness to
do this......I recognized that I didn't have the time to do it right
now and
thus recommended that WISPA throw our support behind his effort to
consolidate resources and give the public a view of a stronger effort.
So, Michael has been burdened with this huge project and now has a
competing
association board and members to deal with at the same time. He not
only
has to organize the effort but he has to try to keep the WISPA
members happy
at the same time. Sound impossible? It does to me! The real fact is,
Michael Anderson has done a trememdous amount for our industry in
the last 5
years. Not everything he does is approved by everyone, how can it
be. Heck
that is why WISPA got started in the first place. Is WISPA perfect,
no way,
we get criticized all the time for different things. Face it, our
industry
is a group of rather independent thinkers and businessmen that want
to prove
that they can do it on their own. We are all leaders in our own
minds, we
bring solutions to people everyday that make their lives better.
I personally think it is time for the Part-15 leadership and the WISPA
leadership to unite our efforts or our fragmented industry will
crumble a
slow death. For some that means swallowing some "crow", but if we
truly
care about the industry and our future, we need to open our eyes,
recognize
our weaknesses and other's strengths and combine these resources to
create a
powerful team.
Ok, flame away! :P
Rick Harnish
President
OnlyInternet Broadband & Wireless, Inc.
260-827-2482 Office
260-307-4000 Cell
260-918-4340 VoIP
www.oibw.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Charles Wu
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 5:53 AM
To: 'WISPA General List'
Subject: RE: [WISPA] Need Inputs From Hurricane Relief WISP Teams
ForFCCPresentation on Thursday
I agree w/ Alex and will take this one step further
Mike has a history of "taking undue credit" for other's actions
At this risk of sounding anti Part-15, in order for WISPA to establish
credibility to its members and the FCC, it needs to be able to stand
on its
own 2 feet as a separate organization with SEPARATE REPRESENTATION
Another fact worth noting is the effectiveness of the WISPA (Dearman
and a
group of 20+ volunteers who ACTUALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE) response vs.
Part-15's response. Mac and co have made an IMMEDIATE impact and
have gotten
exposure on the national news media, while Part-15's efforts got
bogged down
and ultimately ended up getting "lost in the shuffle."
At this point, it seems to me that Part-15 is trying to "ride WISPA's
coat-tails"
Personally, I think it would be best for Michael to not try to "take
the
spotlight" but step aside and turn the FCC presentation over to
someone who
was actually "in the trenches" (e.g., a WISPA representative or maybe
someone from Mac's crew).
That said, unfortunately, with a new baby due this month, my
schedule has
been filled with diaper changing classes and I have been unable to
devote
the time/energy that many other volunteers have had; however, I
would like
to support this effort (and help establish WISPA's credibility) by
putting
$500 up for a WISPA REPRESENTATIVE to travel to DC to represent WISPA's
HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORT in front of the FCC
Back to diaper changing class...
-Charles
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Technology Architects
http://www.cwlab.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of A. Huppenthal
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 11:58 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Need Inputs From Hurricane Relief WISP Teams For
FCCPresentation on Thursday
Steve,
Its great the FCC asked Mike to speak to them. He can only represent
those people and businesses that establish him as their
representative. I have Scriv, Marlon and Rick as well as other WISPA
members who represent my interests. I'm curious to understanding
what Mike wants to speak about as well as seeing whatever materials
he's producing for his 5 minute talk. If he'd like to represent me,
I'd like to better understand what his platform is, motivation,
interests, previous qualifications, and so on. This looks like a
nice opportunity and if Marlon could go along and speak for me, that
would be great. I know Marlon, and unfortunately, I don't know
Mike, except as a leader of a for-profit organization which uses FCC
part15 as its main interest.
Congratulations to Mike and his company for getting FCC attention.
Its great PR for his company. Whatever he can do to convey that
WISPs need more spectrum, better anti-trust legislation that is to
say - some policing of mega-business policies and better
co-ordination among BLM and FS with WISPs would be wonderful. If he
would add his support for WISPA and suggest that the FCC should
support WISPA's non-profit effort to create a forum for Part15
associated issues and interests would be greatly appreciated by me.
It would be wonderful to see additional FCC interaction with the
WISPA organization and its membership. Perhaps he could suggest a
periodic meeting between the FCC and WISPA membership?
Thanks for the good news that the FCC is paying attention to
Independents and their representatives. I hope he invites Marlon or
at least mentions that Marlon and WISPA exist and are making good
progress.
Cheers,
AH
Steve Stroh wrote:
All:
Michael, as usual, has understated this a bit a bit, so I'll step into
the role of blatant Public Relations once more.
There's a detailed explanation at
http://www.part-15.org/emergencyrelief/fcc.html.
Here's the terse version. Michael Anderson, Chairman of PART-15.ORG
was asked to speak at the upcoming FCC Open Commission Meeting on
Thursday morning.
His speaking slot is 5 minutes.
It's short in time, but a lot of content can be crammed into it,
considering that he can breeze through the PowerPoint slides, talk
fast, and people can look at the replay and the PowerPoint slides
in detail later.
He needs the inputs soon; Monday's gone already. That basically gives
him Tuesday to put an short, effective, "punchy" presentation
together. He flies from Chicago to DC on Wednesday. The more
diverse input he gets, the sooner, the better and more
representative the presentation can be.
It SEEMS likely (we don't know for sure) that this meeting will have
lots of press attending, since it's requested that all the entities
under FCC jurisdiction (telephone, cable, broadcasting, public
safety comms, etc.) do the same sort of presentation. So... we want
the WISP industry to be WELL represented, and it will be with YOUR
inputs.
To be clear... CRYSTAL clear... Michael was NOT asked to speak to
represent just PART-15.ORG. He was asked to speak to represent the
WISP industry as a whole.
Michael would like your input. The web page above has some suggestions
for interesting input to Michael.
The form found, linked at the bottom of the web page, (at
http://www.part-15.org/emergencyrelief/report.asp if you'd prefer
to skip reading the long, wordy web page) has additional
suggestions on what to mention.
Photos would be great; again, more info at the two URLs.
Please - take some time out of your activities to provide your inputs.
Thanks,
Steve
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Date: September 12, 2005 18:44:38 PDT
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http://www.part-15.org/emergencyrelief/fcc.html
Thank you
Michael
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