Charles, That is an excellent choice IMHO. I'm sure that the FCC Committee and others will help you create a great TV Whitespaces FAQ. I'm excited to have you join the WISPA team. I have seen your posts on this listserv for awhile and have always been impressed with both your commitment of sharing information with your peers and the professional manner in which you post.
I sincerely hope that more operators recognize how hard WISPA works for their businesses, follow suit and join our effort as well. The concept of banding together to make great things happen is not a new one. While we continue to create more "tangibles" for our members, WISP operators still need to recognize the "intangible value" of their WISPA dues payments. We ask for a little financial help from a lot of the WISPs and the WISP Vendors and when it accumulates, we have the power to have a relevant voice in our Nation's capital and beyond. We could not have accomplished what we have accomplished without this financial support and the MANY hours of volunteer time that most members have also provided to our "grassroots" efforts. Respectfully, Rick Harnish Executive Director WISPA 260-307-4000 cell 866-317-2851 WISPA Office Skype: rick.harnish. [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Charles n wyble > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 10:29 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Whitespaces faq > > You make an excellent point. I will join wispa in the next few weeks > and contribute to the private wiki. > > Its certainly a well spent investment. Now that I'm in the process of > Fielding the initial access points for my wisp its time for me to join > up. :) > > "Rick Harnish" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Charles, > > > >WISPA has a wiki open to members only. We felt we needed a secure > place for > >secure content which is privy to members only. It would seem to me > that > >having a TV Whitespaces FAQ open to the public would make it easy for > new > >competition to enter the marketplace. Are you sure you want to make > it > >public? Our members dues have paid for the lobbying costs involved in > >making an impact on the TV Whitespaces decision. I doubt if the > members who > >invest $250 annually for dues would appreciate "giving away" the > knowledge > >base involved in TV Whitespaces to every Tom, Dick and Harry who > decides > >they can start a WISP on TV Whitespaces because they have read a FAQ. > > > >I may be wrong in my assumptions here, but I do hope you consider the > >possible ramifications to your business and other WISPs who have > invested > >much of their own money and hard work to build their businesses to > where > >they are today. > > > >The idea is grand, but to me, it makes more sense for all WISPs to > join > >WISPA and keep some of this information out of the public eye. It > seems > >like a very small investment to make for the "insurance" of knowing > that our > >hard work isn't subsidizing competition. > > > >Respectfully, > > > >Rick Harnish > >Executive Director > >WISPA > >260-307-4000 cell > >866-317-2851 WISPA Office > >Skype: rick.harnish. > >[email protected] > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > >> Behalf Of Charles n wyble > >> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 10:01 AM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [WISPA] Whitespaces faq > >> > >> Does wispa have a wiki open to the public? If not I would be happy > to > >> host one. > >> > >> I want to write a whitespaces faq and then we can avoid these > threads > >> over and over. :) > >> > >> Who wants to work on a faq with me? > >> -- > >> from the desk of Charles wyble > >> ceo & president known element enterprises > >> xmpp/sip/smtp: [email protected] > >> legacy pstn: 818 280 7059 > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > >> --------- > >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! > >> http://signup.wispa.org/ > >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > >> --------- > >> > >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >> > >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >> > >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > >WISPA Wants You! 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