----- Original Message ----- From: "Butch Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 1:35 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Need Inputs From Hurricane Relief WISPTeamsForFCCPresentation on Thursday
> On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Mark Koskenmaki wrote: > > >Hey, Butch, there are part-15 organized people on the ground in > >Louisana right now, and we're funnelling support to them as we > > Yeah, congratulations. I must have been all wrong about Part-15. > (sigh) You know, it's kinda strange... Back on 9-1 and 9-2, we were all asking how we could help. Mac Dearman asked for some help in his efforts. Bullit was asking people to join in emergency relief in an active organization. A couple people were suggesting that an organized group of WISP's should be actively out there attempting to get stuff done on this list. In the timeline of events, Bullit was the first to try to put together a structured organization. He tried to get WISP's a role in the official efforts of FEMA and ARC, and in return the ARC mislead us and FEMA never offered any role at all. Now, in the timeline of things as they occurred, Part-15's efforts are pretty much the only structured means of WISP's deploying. The ad hoc support and efforts of others, like Mac Dearman have been, as could be expected, relatively small in terms of numbers of people, but highly effective. WISPA did not form an organization, but a couple of our influential members have played some personal roles in supporting those who were already there and on the ground. None of this says anything negative about the character, intentions, motivations, or anything else, of the people who joined in each effort. Rather, it offered some of us, who didn't have money or hardware to send, the ability to use our time and skills the means of least trying to help, and it offered those who did have those or could move immediately, a means of doing the same. Now, becuase I had and have no means of supporting Mac (I have neither money nor stuff to donate), I offered to support the other organization if they had some role for me. And they offered me a small one. Should I, then, have to observe hostility toward the organization I was offered a small role in by people who I trust to have no other desire than to be useful or do something good? I'm sure none of you have any desire to obstruct - I'd bet my last buck and my business on it. Whatever the personal motivations that an individual, even if that individual were the one who started t he organization, may or may not be, it doesn't really matter anymore. There's a whole chartful of people who, as best I can tell, REALLY want to do something. I know, becuase they've spent a lot of thier own money to come and play a role, some as far as from IRAQ to get here. No matter what I think of Michael Anderson personally, be it good or bad (and I"m not willing to open my mouth and say ANYTHING on that topic right now), those people who are under him are dedicated to doing something good and have made great investments, some of time and money and equipment, others of just time, none of which are in ANY way antagonistic to WISPA, the WISPA members efforts and it would be totally wrong if they met obstruction or hostility, or a lack of cooperation or support from us. The very best outcome is that both means of support work out well. The worst possible outcome at this point, since there's folks on the ground doing what needs to be done... Is that Part-15 hogs all the "credit" to the press. Does that really hurt me, as a WISPA member? No, but it does mean lost opportunity to advance WISPA in the public eye. And right now, I don't see that happening. Let's not make there be any reason for it happen, and if it does, it's a relatively small setback on the road to carrying out our WISPA mission, that I believe is more than offset by our concerted efforts. In other words, the outcome - people helped - is to me, worth any possible future negatives. These two diverse approaches will be a good study in the future... something we can all learn from, so we can be more effective in the future, next time tragedy strikes... and there will be a next time. There always is. Thanks Mark > > -- > 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/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
