[FRC] Melbourne update

Fri Nov 11 19:39:43 EST 2016

Osvaldo,

Got five emails from you with no responses other than old traffic?  

73's
Wes Smith (N3CMH)

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On Fri, 11/11/16, osvaldo hernandez <ozzzy37 at hotmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [FRC] Melbourne update
 To: "Florida Repeater Council Discussion" <frc-info at lists.keekles.org>
 Date: Friday, November 11, 2016, 11:17 AM

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 From: Wesley Smith <snoopy22 at bellsouth.net> 

 Date: 11/11/16 8:16 AM (GMT-05:00) 

 To: BryanFlorida Repeater Council Discussion
 <frc-info at lists.keekles.org> 

 Subject: Re: [FRC] Melbourne update 

 Bryan,

 Good to hear that progress, although small, was made.  I
 like your ideas. Patients!!!

 73's 

 Wes Smith (N3CMH)

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 On Thu, 11/10/16, Bryan Fields <Bryan at bryanfields.net>
 wrote:

  Subject: [FRC] Melbourne update

  To: "Florida Repeater Council Discussion"
 <frc-info at lists.keekles.org>

  Date: Thursday, November 10, 2016, 8:26 PM

  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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