Tom, What you have said here parallels some of the work I have been trying to accomplish. We Have to look at the bigger picture, not just the petty day to day stuff that happens, usually as a result of list traffic. We need to recognize our strengths and weaknesses (we definitely have both of them) and take a look at other groups which have similar interests yet a different menu of strengths and weaknesses. While it would be nice to have a WISPA presentator at the FCC open commission meeting, I see it more as a wedge driven between efforts to unite the industry. In the eyes of the FCC, further fragmentation of the WISP industry will not be looked kindly upon. They want one interface to deal with. That seems to be one of the advantages that Part-15 has over WISPA right now. Part-15 is the interface of choice in the current administration. My opinion is that we accept that fact and begin interacting with Michael, removing personal issues we may have and doing what is right for our industry. This crisis will come and go, there will be another, but if we allow the building blocks of this "partnership" to be set in the foundation, we can continue to build the wall strongly in a more calm period. This is obviously not the time to force these talks right now, but it is time to strengthen our relationship with Part-15 by showing our willingness to trust him when he says he will represent the WISP industry in Washington and not just Part-15.
Look at it this way, If Michael takes credit for all that has happened and does NOT give WISPA, Mac and JohnnyO's teams any credit, I can envision a mass exodus of Part-15 subscribers from his ranks. Who in their right mind would want to support such a selfish display of grandstanding! I say, let's give the man a chance to do right. Will he say everything correctly? I doubt it, but would any of us in that situation. Michael has provided us a seat at the table, let's support him on this one. Respectfully, Rick Harnish President OnlyInternet Broadband & Wireless, Inc. 260-827-2482 Office 260-307-4000 Cell 260-918-4340 VoIP www.oibw.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 3:02 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Need Inputs From Hurricane Relief WISPTeamsForFCCPresentation on Thursday > explain what benefit it is to form a "relationship" with Part-15. The benefit is there is strength in numbers and strength in unity. The world doesn't know the difference between a WISP, a WISPA member, a Part-15 member, a training organization, or a non-profit association. Customer awareness is weak just for "wireless" alone. By partnering with any organization that represents WISPs, for any reason, it strengthens WISPs in the public eye. Regardless of wether Part-15's first effort worked out, they openly took WISPA on as partners before hand, and I see no reason to change that after the fact, just because one party ran into an unfortuneate situation. That would be like using them. Everyone has their contribution. Part-15 has gotten the ear of the FCC and DC officials, and WISPA has success stories like Mac Dearmans. Its a match to work togeather. We all have a common goal, to help solve a crisis. If the intent is real, it only makes sense to work togeather where ever we can. By coordinating, we also minimize duplication in efforts between the groups, which in turn allows us to move faster. I don't know how you can't see that. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Butch Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 2:26 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Need Inputs From Hurricane Relief WISP TeamsForFCCPresentation on Thursday > On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, George wrote: > >>I believe that it's important for WISPA and Part-15 to have a >>mutually beneficial and respected relationship between us. I am not >>for casting stones, or trying to blur the efforts of Part-15. > > I am not up to "blurring the efforts of Part-15", but someone please > explain what benefit it is to form a "relationship" with Part-15. >>From what I recall, Part-15 is a for profit organization focused on > "training and education". The only "benefit" I see is that the > Part-15 membership rolls are good "targets" (forgive the not exactly > accurate term) for WISPA membership. I don't see the two > organizations as being an either/or type deal. > > What Part-15 attempted to do in the aftermath of the Katrina event > was honorable and would have been beneficial had it worked out. > There were a combination of things that happened to make their > efforts futile. Even so, they DID send some things down to Mac > Dearman, and perhaps JohnnyO, too. I am not sure about the Johnny > shipments, but it seems that I heard that they did. Either way, > their effort was good, their intent was honorable...it just didn't > work out. > > Is it apparent that I tried very hard to keep my "personal issues" > out of this? Probably not....I'm not that good at that kind of > thing. > > -- > Butch Evans > BPS Networks http://www.bpsnetworks.com/ > Bernie, MO > Mikrotik Certified Consultant > (http://www.mikrotik.com/consultants.html) > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.21/96 - Release Date: 9/10/2005 > -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
