[FRC] Melbourne update

Fri Nov 11 14:16:16 EST 2016

>>   I sure hope the added stress of this matter didn't lead to his heart
attack/passing.

This is a ridiculous statement. God forbid that we stress someone by trying
to get an organization to be a bit less disfunctional. I didn't know Ray
personally, but obviously he chose these duties, never relinquished them
and, I would guess, took satisfaction in the FRC duties. His health may
have had something to do with the issues that have arisen, certainly the
vesting of the actual coordination with one person and one database in a
single place (until it was hacked) is something that reflected issues, but
you can't blame folks like Bryan who simply identified issues. I haven't
heard any personal attacks from anyone.

Most of us have responsibilities that will need doing after our own death.
It is incumbent upon ALL of us to delegate and insure that succession of
these responsibilites. If we don't, we don't even have ourselves to blame!

When I was president of the Broward ARC, I clearly stated the need for
succession and promised that I would serve no more than two years.

I see little need for repeater coordination these days except in urban
areas and "ego repeaters." I, personally think we can do without the FRC
and move to a more informal method, or perhaps a web based registry. After
all the top level certifying agency, the NFCC seems to be defunct, so there
would be no authority basis for the FRC..

Mickey N4MB

Mickey Baker, N4MB
Fort Lauderdale, FL
*“Tell me, and I will listen. Show me, and I will understand. Involve me,
and I will learn.” *Teton Lakota, American Indian Saying.

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 4:15 AM, Kevin Zari <kk4yel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well you won't be able to work with Ray, as he died. I sure hope the added
> stress of this matter didn't lead to his heart attack/passing.
>
> While I think you may be within your legal rights, and have good
> intentions, as I told you before, Ray had just gotten out of some major
> heart surgery, and was slowly recovering. Not sure what will become of the
> FRC now.
>
> God rest his soul. 73 Ray Kassis-  You were a man with a good heart.
> -Kevin (KK4YEL)
>
>
> -----
>
> The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of
> doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
>
> > On Nov 10, 2016, at 21:26, Bryan Fields <Bryan at bryanfields.net> wrote:
> >
> > I've been holding off on this as I was hoping to have more forward
> progress to
> > report.  Also I've been rather busy at work with out much free time to
> devote
> > to FRC issues.
> >
> > Video/audio of the meeting is here:
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLDaJj0OY3U
> >
> > Prior to the meeting President Kassis and other board members had a
> discussion
> > with my group.  The president wanted to know why we were demanding his
> > removal, and I explained his failure to follow the law and the bylaws
> made him
> > unfit for office.  The same held true for directors Fletcher, Rodkis and
> > Lavender.  The president failed to comprehend how not responding to my
> inquiry
> > and my attorneys inquiry was actionable and exposed us to liability.
> >
> > Secretary Fletcher would not even make eye contact with me when asked
> about
> > the phone call he placed to me regarding this inquiry.  He denied even
> placing
> > it.
> >
> > This was not a good start, but we did make some progress.  What we did
> agree
> > on was to start a process development committee (PDC) where any member
> can
> > propose changes to process and the bylaws and the rest of the members
> will
> > vote on it.  This will check the authority of the board and allow any
> members
> > to improve FRC process/policies.  My friend Dave, NX4Y agreed to be the
> PDC
> > chair with me being a member of this committee.
> >
> > This was our agreement going into the meeting.  I thought we had some
> good
> > progress, and was I positive going into the formal FRC meeting.
> >
> > At the meeting we did get some of what we wanted, director Lavender was
> absent
> > and had tendered his resignation.  The director Butler resigned as well.
> > Secretary Fletcher, President Kassis, and Dana Rodakis (not present)
> refused
> > to resign, but President Kassis had given me his word we would work
> together.
> >
> > All was fine till we got to the board meeting, and it was quite obvious
> > Secretary Fletcher runs things as if he's the president.  One of his
> first
> > orders of business was to remove Director Gonzalez from the board for
> missing
> > two meetings.
> >
> > While this is permitted under the bylaws, the FRC has never done it
> before.
> > The Director was an acquaintance of mine and director Fetcher made a
> motion to
> > remove him due in no small part to this.
> >
> > President Kassis reappointed the removed Director and they voted to
> accept it,
> > with the notable exception of Secretary Fletcher.
> >
> > After this they created the Process development committee as we'd agreed
> to
> > with Dave, NX4Y as the chair.  However they appointed a number of people
> to
> > the PDC and refused to appoint me as agreed prior.
> >
> > Adding further insult to this, Secretary Fletcher invented a new point of
> > business that I was a member of the FRC, as the board never voted to
> approve
> > my membership.  I have been paid for 3 year, have PayPal receipts to Dana
> > Rodakis proving this, and in the history of the FRC, no members have
> ever been
> > approved by the board. Further he stated, they can't process any
> memberships
> > as the treasurer was not in attendance!
> >
> > Moving past this as they knew they were on shaky legal ground, Secretary
> > Fletcher with President Kassis now invented the requirement that I stop
> all
> > legal action and consulting with my attorney regarding the FRC.  This is
> quite
> > illegal.  I had to get up and raise my voice for the President to live
> up to
> > his end of our agreement.
> >
> > Eventually a compromise was reached with me agreeing to halt any legal
> matters
> > and I'll be part of the committee.  Regardless I said I would consider
> the
> > matter closed and we moved forward.
> >
> > As of now we have a PDC forum website and we're working on the process
> of the
> > PDC.  Once this is done, any member will be able to write up a proposal
> and
> > have it voted on by the membership.  I believe this will allow us to
> change
> > the FRC for the better in the long term.  Our goal is to be up and
> running
> > with this in a couple months from Melbourne.
> >
> > Once this is in place we'll be able to attack the ongoing issues such as:
> >    New coordination taking months or years
> >    Renewals not being processed in a timely manner
> >    The ongoing issue of paper repeaters
> >    Unprotected or test pairs
> >    Single points of failure
> >    Legal compliance (FL, IRS, etc.)
> >    Etc.
> >
> > We're going to work hard with the board over the next few months and I
> hope
> > we'll have some forward progress soon.  This is most significant
> development
> > to come from the FRC in the past 20 years.
> >
> > Let's look to the future and how we can improve coordination in Florida.
> >
> > 73's
> > --
> > Bryan Fields
> >
> > 727-409-1194 - Voice
> > http://bryanfields.net
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