[FRC] Florida Repeater Council Information

Mon Oct 3 17:01:55 EDT 2016

So Michael why are you sending me this ?

On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 2:58 PM, <k2hxc at comcast.net> wrote:

> To Bryan Fields
> From Michael Wolf
> re: FRC
>
> I did not ask to be on the discussion group nor did I appreciate the
> emails.
> I do agree that the things might need to be improved with the FRC however
> i DO NOT wish to recieve any more emails. Please REMOVE me from this
> disscussion group and please DO NOT .. I repeat DO NOT SEND ANY MORE
> EMAILS REGARDING THIS.
> I will be up in Melbourne and will hopefully attend the FRC meeting.
> Thank you
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Bryan Fields" <Bryan at bryanfields.net>
> *To: *frc-info at lists.keekles.org
> *Sent: *Sunday, October 2, 2016 10:22:22 PM
> *Subject: *[FRC] Florida Repeater Council Information
>
>
> Greetings and welcome to the Florida Repeater Discussion List,
>
>
>
> I am Bryan Fields, W9CR.
>
>
>
> I’m involved in amateur radio in the Tampa Bay area, with membership in
> four local clubs and chairman of the Technical Committee for my local group.
>
>
>
> Professionally I am a Network Architect with a major telecom company.  I’ve
> been a licensed amateur since 1995 (over 2/3 of my life), hold a GROL+Radar
> and have a background in cellular/microwave networks.
>
>
>
> Fellow Amateurs, the FRC is an organization run amuck.  Incompetent
> directors are managing it, flouting the bylaws, violating Florida Law, and
> ignoring member needs.  I am asking for your proxy for the upcoming FRC
> meeting.
>
>
>
> It has failed in its ability to coordinate operations of amateur radio
> repeaters in the following ways:
>
>
>
>    - Publication of the FRC database on a public website
>       - This database dump in MySQL format and the associated webpages
>       show without a doubt the level of incompetency in the programming behind
>       the database.  This is nothing but gross negligence on the part of
>       Director Rodakis and Director Lavender.
>       - Per the coordination policy, locations are to be kept secret,
>       however a Reddit user was kind enough to post a Google earth KML showing
>       the coordinated location of every repeater in the state.
>       -  All your personal data, phone, email, home address, repeater
>       site address and Repeater Site GPS coordinates are published.
>
>       - Length of the coordination process is unacceptable!
>       - As of this writing coordination applications post 1/25/2016 have
>       not been processed.  It’s *October*!
>       - If the coordinator cannot process applications in a reasonable
>       time, he needs to step down.
>       - Renewals have not been processed post 5/7/2016!   As most
>       coordinations expire on 9/30/2016, this means no members may vote under the
>       bylaws!  This applies to the board as well.
>
>
>    - Violation of the coordination policy by the directors
>    - Willful violation of the bylaws by the directors
>    - Willful violations of FS 617 regarding members request for
>    information
>       - Acknowledged receipt of this by President Kassis
>    - Publicly stating the policy of the FRC is “is unable to search for
>    available frequencies”, when this is the FCC definition of a frequency
>    coordinator.
>    - When they do suggest frequencies there active repeaters on them,
>    some even coordinated well under the radius.
>    - Inventing new coordination polices on the fly without approval of
>    the board
>
>
>
> The FRC must be reformed if it wishes to keep its legitimacy.  Frequency
> coordination is voluntary in amateur radio, and there is little reason for
> amateur radio operators in Florida to seek coordination from the FRC under
> this current administration.
>
>
>
> My goal is to transform this organization into a healthy helping hand for
> repeater operators and other amateur spectrum users.  No one should be
> answered with contempt for months after putting an application in for
> coordination only to be told “fill it out again, we can’t edit it”.  This
> should not be an organization which exists as a good-ol’-boy system
> breading contempt; rather one which operates in the open, in accordance
> with its bylaws, and accountable to its members.
>
>
>
> The FRC should ask how to say “Yes” rather than saying “No” in working
> with their members and other amateurs.
>
>
>
> My plan to get us on the right track is:
>
>    - Remove the current directors for gross incompetency and exposing the
>    organization to liability:
>       - Ray Kassis, N4LEM
>       - Dana Rodakis, K4LK
>       - (Glenn) Mike Fletcher, NI4M
>       - Chuck Lavender, W4CLL
>    - Demand new elections for existing directors in compliance with the
>    bylaws.
>    - Establish a bylaw committee to rewrite the bylaws and change the
>    organization structure to better serve all amateurs in Florida.
>    - Establish a development process for new policies from the membership
>    - Encourage input from the membership based on sound technical policies
>    - De-centralize coordination by having a web enabled database be
>    accessible to the public showing all history of an application through
>    coordination.
>    - No one person should be the gatekeeper of the database.
>    - Make all records of the FRC open to the public, as any non-profit
>    serving the public interest must be.
>
>
>
> I will make a motion to accomplish this at the next meeting at the
> Melbourne Hamfest meeting.   To make this happen, I am asking for your
> proxy, if you’re a member of the FRC.   You will need to print out this
> form and sign it, then send a scan or legible picture of it to me via email
> or text message. If you can attend the meeting, please do so.
>
>
>
> It’s $10 to become a member on the FRC website and it buys the right to
> have a say in the future of amateur radio in Florida.
>
> http://florida-repeaters.org/donate.htm
>
>
>
> I fully expect to be shouted down by the board, but as members we cannot
> be ignored.  I wish to resolve this via the membership, but if ignored I
> do intend to comply the board, by any legal means, to follow the bylaws and
> FS 617.
>
>
>
> I need your proxy by the Friday, October 7, 2016.
>
> 73’s and see you at Melbourne,
>
>
>
> Bryan Fields, W9CR
>
>
> P.S. Please feel free to discuss this on list.  If you wish to not be a
> part of this discussion you can remove yourself using the link at the
> bottom.  I'm happy to oblige your wishes via direct email as well if you
> have any questions.
>
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