Mac Dearman, that Scottish guy. Michelob Ultra, what the heck is up with that.
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Kurt Fankhauser" <[email protected]> Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:44:30 -0500 >Yes I won a nice 5ghz moto starter pack. Talked moto into changing that out >to a 4.9ghz PTP link with the help of Ray Savich from Motorola. Here is a >link to the case study. >http://www.motorola.com/web/Business/Products/Wireless%20Networks/Wireless%2 >0Broadband%20Networks/Point-to-Point/_Documents/staticfiles/Breaking%20the%2 >0Shackles%20of%20Inmate%20Transport%20Costs.pdf?localeId=33 > > > >Rick, > > > >I loved the WISP-NOG show, it was one of the best show I have attended. I >consider that to be back in the early days and I still look back upon that >show as a historic memory, Moto was just announcing their 900mhz Canopy >platform. Not too many vendors there at all, think WISP-ROUTER was the only >one. I learned more from sitting down in the hotel bar talking with a lot of >the big names like Mac Dearman, Butch Evans, John Scrivner, Charles Wu and >probably a few others I forget about. I think I had about 35 clients back >then. Never though I would get past the 100 mark or even the 200 or 300. I >remember the presentation that Todd Bergstrohm gave and at that time 3db >networks had about 3500 clients I think. Oh remember the dinner we all went >to? Remember that "butt paste" or whatever it was called, lol. Then we had >the "Beer-n-Wireless-Gear" and I wasn't even old enough to drink. > > > > > >Kurt Fankhauser > >Wavelinc Communications > >P.O. Box 126 > >Bucyrus, OH 44820 > >http://www.wavelinc.com > >419-562-6405 > > > >Sent from Microsoft Outlook > > > > _____ > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Rick Harnish >Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:25 AM >To: 'WISPA General List' >Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISPA DUES - (was: new list) > > > >Kurt was one of our first members signing up at WISPNOG in Chicago in 2005. >He was 18 at the time I think. He took a few years off and came back last >summer joining at the Summer Regional Meeting. It is good to have you back! >You have been an impressive young entrepreneur to watch. I think you won a >pretty nice door prize at the St. Louis Meeting didn't you? > > > >Rick > > > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser >Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:16 AM >To: 'WISPA General List' >Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISPA DUES - (was: new list) > > > >Rick, I look forward to paying my WISPA dues this summer, it is one >investment I know that will have a much higher ROI than anything else. > > > >Kurt Fankhauser > >Wavelinc Communications > >P.O. Box 126 > >Bucyrus, OH 44820 > >http://www.wavelinc.com > >419-562-6405 > > > >Sent from Microsoft Outlook > > > > _____ > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Rick Harnish >Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:09 AM >To: 'WISPA General List' >Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISPA DUES - (was: new list) > > > >Kurt, > > > >You are exactly right. Working inside the Beltway is very expensive. >Office Rent, Malpractice insurance, hotels, food and just about everything >else is twice what it is in the common world. However, to be clued in and >in touch with the daily events that happen at the FCC and Congress, it is >almost essential that we maintain a presence there through our attorney. >Many associations have their corporate offices in the DC Metro Area. We are >a long ways from doing that and we maintain our virtual offices across the >country at Board Member offices and my little rented office in Indiana. We >are appreciative of all the supplies, electricity, insurance and other >expenses incurred by those that serve on the Board, so that we can maintain >low overhead and dedicate the major portion of our revenue to go to lobbying >type efforts. > > > >For those of you that are wondering. Our legal expenses last year were >almost $100,000. > > > >I appreciate your kind words and we will continue to work for the industry. >Hopefully others will join the members in supporting our efforts. > > > >Respectfully, > > > >Rick Harnish > >Executive Director > >WISPA > >260-307-4000 cell > >866-317-2851 WISPA Office > >Skype: rick.harnish. > >[email protected] > > > > > > > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser >Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:11 AM >To: 'WISPA General List' >Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISPA DUES - (was: new list) > > > >Rick, > > > >I just seen the total expenses sheet, and all I have to say is WOW. I had no >idea that there was as much legal fees associated with running WISPA. Lets >face it, these annual member fees are CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP compared to the >overall cost of running WISPA. And right now pretty much everyone that is a >WISP (paying member of WISPA or not) is getting benefit from this >organization from the lobbying efforts and FCC agenda. I encourage anyone >that is not a current member to sign up. I know that there are a TON of >wisps out there that are not members. I would estimate that possibly only >25-50% of all total WISPS are members. > > > >The WISPS that are not current members should be ashamed of themselves >because of all that they are benefitting from at the expense of the rest of >us.. > > > >Kurt Fankhauser > >Wavelinc Communications > >P.O. Box 126 > >Bucyrus, OH 44820 > >http://www.wavelinc.com > >419-562-6405 > > > >Sent from Microsoft Outlook > > > > _____ > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Rick Harnish >Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:57 PM >To: 'WISPA General List' >Subject: Re: [WISPA] new list > > > >Kurt, > > > >We will take this to the members list. I have a couple hours of work to get >the P&L ready. > > > >Rick > > > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Kurt Fankhauser >Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:21 PM >To: 'WISPA General List' >Subject: Re: [WISPA] new list > > > >Rick, > > > >What does WISPA take in total for a years time and where is all this money >going? > > > > > >Kurt Fankhauser > >Wavelinc Communications > >http://www.wavelinc.com > >P.O. Box 126 > >Bucyrus, OH 44820 > >419-562-6405 > > > >Sent from Microsoft Outlook > > > > _____ > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Rick Harnish >Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 11:29 AM >To: [email protected]; 'WISPA General List' >Subject: Re: [WISPA] new list > > > >It isn't about bashing WISPA in my view. It is providing input so that the >WISPA Board can make the appropriate decisions that are representative of >the majority of operators. The Board is made up of operators just like the >rest of you and they are human, they make mistakes and they don't always >have the funding or impact to get everything they want in regards to FCC >policy. Any Board member will tell you that criticism is the name of the >game. If you can't take it, you don't run the next year. > > > >Sure I wish we could be right all the time and never receive any criticism, >but that will never happen. We pledge to do the best we can do. Understand >that the Board is still a volunteer position and they do have a business to >run as well. That is why they hired me to run the day to day affairs and >stimulate the membership totals. Below is a graphic of WISPA revenues since >March 2008. I started on August 1st, 2010. You can see that typically, we >have a revenue spike with every tradeshow that we do as our membership >grows. > >January 2011 numbers are not complete yet but in general, we seem to be >progressing nicely. The large spike was the Summer Regional Show in St. >Louis. Obviously there were rather large offsetting costs but it was a >profitable show for us. > > > > > > > > > >Respectively, > > > >Rick Harnish > >Executive Director > >WISPA > >260-307-4000 cell > >866-317-2851 WISPA Office > >Skype: rick.harnish. > >[email protected] > > > > > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Bobby Burrow >Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 10:30 AM >To: 'WISPA General List' >Subject: Re: [WISPA] new list > > > >This is disappointing. IF you read the Mission Statement and Goals of WISPA, >you would understand that this forum is not the place to vent or air ill >feelings. We are supposed to be a community of peers that can look to each >other for support and encouragement as we pursue of business goals. > > > >Freedom of speech in these public forums is not intended to be the freedom >to complain or bash each other, let alone the organization that provides the >service. I would suggest that those that feel that need should find another >venue so the rest can continue on per the goals and mission as defined. > > > >Bobby Burrow > >WISPA Supporter > > > >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Josh Luthman >Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:30 AM >To: WISPA General List >Subject: Re: [WISPA] new list > > > >To be entirely neutral. We can't bash WISPA if we wanted to, for example. >We can't bash a company that is affiliated with WISPA. Probably not the >best example, but this way we are entirely free to do what we want. > >Josh Luthman >Office: 937-552-2340 >Direct: 937-552-2343 >1100 Wayne St >Suite 1337 >Troy, OH 45373 > >On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Steve Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > >Not sure of the reason for this Post here. Isn't the [email protected] a >free non-vendor specific list? Is this a post to pull users from WISPA? > >Steve Barnes > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Travis Johnson >Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:36 AM >To: WISPA General List >Subject: [WISPA] new list > >Hi, > >In an effort to create a neutral discussion forum, a new mailing list has >been created called Wireless Users Group. This list is 100% free, and is not >tied to any product or service being sold. It is hosted on a free server, >with free bandwidth and free administration. No fees or vendor sponsorship >will ever be asked by this new list. > >To subscribe to this new list, send an email to [email protected] with >"subscribe" in the subject field. > >We support many of the wireless pioneers in this industry such as Motorola, >Wireless Beehive, and WISPA. 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