[SBE] DTV Delay

[Tony Cutraro]

Very well stated....Thank you !

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "k7cr" <k7cr at blarg.net>
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Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [SBE] DTV Delay



> IMHO - This discussion evokes thoughts of what I call the Left/Right Hand 

> of Government rule.    Translation - Any given branch of government (left 

> hand) is not likely to know/understand/support/etc. another (Right) 

> branch, their work or goals.    My experience is that those that supposed 

> that this is not the case have either been ignoring history or have, 

> perhaps due to their desire to see a different outcome, have higher 

> expectations for government. In the defense of those many DC workers that 

> do care, and I have met many. Gary, it's that the 'system' is 

> overwhelming.  To achieve the desired outcome our challenge is to -

>

>> Avoid standing on the outside and throwing bricks or other objects, 

>> rather,  Be ready and willing to seize the opportunities that come along 

>> to work with those on the 'inside'  when we are given a chance to do so.

>

>> Recognize that our system, as bad as it appears, is likely to be better 

>> than most man-made organizational creations in other countries.

>

>> Never give up a fight for something that you, and many others, know is 

>> noble and right.

>

>> Don't - ever -  be afraid to speak out.

>

>> Work to understand the ways of Washington and utilize that knowledge to 

>> advance our cause, after all, this is the method that is the most 

>> efficient as proven time and time again.

>

>> Remember that to many in WDC, we may be viewed as a forest.   For those 

>> of that live within, each of us are trees.  This difference is 

>> perspective permitting  us to see the variables and to understand the 

>> fine points like no others.

>

> And finally -

>

> I really have no idea whether the President knows what EAS is.  Right now 

> he, obviously, has many larger issues on his plate.  Congress is under a 

> lot of pressure to pull the rabbit out of the economic hat right now...had 

> this issue not been on the front burner, a cause such as ours would be 

> able to gain a good deal more traction.   This does not mean give up, but 

> rather to do what we can to insure that the vision of IPAWS is indeed 

> fulfilled.

>

>  The Public Warning Cause is something that all that work in WDC should 

> understand and appreciate and, hopefully, support.   Unfortunately the one 

> organization that was created to, in cooperative manner, promote this 

> cause - The Partnership for Public Warning, PPW, was forced to dissolve 

> due to lack of funding and support.   In this day of difficult economic 

> times, it's going to be hard to find anyone willing to open their 

> pocketbook to fund such an organization again.  I commend those that are 

> trying.  \

>

> In the mean time, we need to understand that our cause is just, but just 

> like the world of news, other issues are getting on the front page right 

> now.

>

> Clay Freinwald

>

>

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Gary Blievernicht" <Garyb at wkar.org>

> To: "'sbe member discussion mail list'" <sbe at sbe.org>

> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 1:26 PM

> Subject: Re: [SBE] DTV Delay

>

>

>> Since Bush gave DHS 90 days to come up with a solution about two years 

>> ago, I don't think anybody in DC cares.  Obama may not even know about 

>> EAS.

>>

>>

>>

>>>>> "Adrienne  Abbott" <weathertop at charter.net> 1/23/2009 15:41  >>>

>> If they're doing this to the DTV deadline, what are they going to do to

>> NextGen EAS?

>>

>> Adrienne

>>

>>

>>

>>  _____

>>

>> From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Bill

>> Whitt

>> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 9:46 AM

>> To: 'sbe member discussion mail list'

>> Subject: [SBE] More probable than not it looks like

>>

>>

>>

>> Delay of DTV transition - got to love it.

>>

>>

>>

>> Here's the article I read this morning.

>>

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>> http://nab365.bdmetrics.com/NST-2-50176238/story.aspx?utm_source=nab365

>> <http://nab365.bdmetrics.com/NST-2-50176238/story.aspx?utm_source=nab365&utm

>> _medium=email&utm_campaign=enewsletter&ocuid=NTY3NzIwMQ==-PQ18K7/w4h8=&r=t>

>> &utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=enewsletter&ocuid=NTY3NzIwMQ==-PQ18K7/w4h8=&r

>> =t

>>

>>

>>

>> The bright side to this is . if they delay the DTV transition to June . 

>> the

>> weather will be better.

>>

>>

>>

>> <Insert engineering smiley face here>

>>

>>

>>

>> Bill

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