Hiya Tom, Yeah I know where we sent it. As far as I'm concerned we speak for all WISPs. If they want to help control what is said they can join. But we're here if they want to provide input....
I think that good ideas are good ideas, no matter where they come from. There are some otherwise smart people that are still not members! AND, I already asked this on the members only list and no one bothered to even talk about it there. laters, marlon P.S. I'm not giving out anything that I think will help my competitors :-). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom DeReggi" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] grant funds ideas > Marlon, > > Also note... Your post was sent to the general list, not the members list. > Technically, WISPA's obligation is to only consider the opinions of its > "members" when formulating official WISPA opinion. > As well, there is risk in sharing WISPA's strategy with the open public, > which include our competitors. > This thread would likely be more active, if it was made on the member's > list, so comments could be made freely, knowing the audience. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John McDowell" <[email protected]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:30 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] grant funds ideas > > >> Rick, will you add me to the grants committee list? >> >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Rick Harnish <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> If everyone would send these ideas to [email protected], I will >>> allow them to go through. The Grants Committee wants your input but >>> does >>> not necessarily read every post on all the listservs. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Rick >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of John McDowell >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:15 AM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] grant funds ideas >>> >>> I thought I saw some posts on that? >>> My main concern is that I do not want a community to be determined by >>> Census. There are too many small communities of 50-100 people that are >>> not >>> on the census that need broadband. This to me is one of the major >>> pitfalls >>> of the USDA program. I could have funded nearly 20 communities for >>> grants >>> already had the rules left out the Census. There needs to be a better >>> way >>> to >>> determine if a community is indeed a community regardless of whether it >>> is >>> reported as a community or not. >>> >>> The second thing that I would propose is the use of funds for obtaining >>> licensed spectrum, including but not limited to EBS/BRS and PTP >>> microwave >>> links. >>> >>> Thirdly, there should be no salary cap as the USDA puts on Network >>> Administrative positions that must be filled to help manage this growth. >>> Quality Network Engineers and administrators are high paying positions, >>> not >>> to mention, engineers with the experience in RF, cellular-type >>> technologies >>> with the know-how to build a top notch wimax network. >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Marlon K. Schafer >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>> > Hi All, >>> > >>> > I've asked before but saw no discussion so here it is again.... >>> > >>> > If WISPA gets a chance to give input to the grant process, what should >>> > we >>> > tell the government? >>> > >>> > I can't believe that NO ONE here has any input on this at all. Did my >>> last >>> > post fail to make it through? Or should we not give any input into >>> > the >>> > process if given the chance? We'll just let the telco's get all of it >>> > then? >>> > >>> > marlon >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> > WISPA Wants You! 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