<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Darryl -- I agree. I think it is a conflicted situation. There are some things that we really need an ARES connection to accomplish, but there is a lot of unhealthy regulation in the mix now!<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">By the way, I finally got the cover for my aunt's book done in GIMP! My nephew who is an art teacher in San Antonio is going to tweak it before I send it to the printer.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Gil WB5RFQ<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 7:40 PM, Darryl Strader Studio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:darryl@straderstudio.com" target="_blank">darryl@straderstudio.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I am working to become a member of ARES now but I DO NOT like the fema garbage courses that you are required to do. They are definite gov driven things.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Darryl Strader Studio, LLC<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><a href="tel:281-646-7300" value="+12816467300" target="_blank">281-646-7300</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.straderstudio.com" target="_blank">www.straderstudio.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> w5sfa [mailto:<a href="mailto:w5sfa-bounces@w5sfa.org" target="_blank">w5sfa-bounces@w5sfa.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dan White<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 4, 2015 7:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> Mail List for the W5SFA Radio Club <<a href="mailto:w5sfa@w5sfa.org" target="_blank">w5sfa@w5sfa.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> SPAM-LOW: Re: [W5SFA] Something to Think About!!!<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">That’s is exactly why I will not be a member of ARIES (or how ever it is spelled). They demand too much.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I will be glad to help if I can.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dan White, W5AOV<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> <a href="mailto:g.a.franke@gmail.com" title="g.a.franke@gmail.com" target="_blank">Gilbert Franke</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> Wednesday, November 04, 2015 6:10 PM<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">To:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> <a href="mailto:w5sfa@w5sfa.org" title="w5sfa@w5sfa.org" target="_blank">SFAustin Radio Club</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"> [W5SFA] Something to Think About!!!<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Hams Are Beginning To See...</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This article included in the Monthly Report for November 1, 2015 by the Arkansas Section leadership... </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">***GOVERNMENT TAKE OVER OF HAM RADIO*** <br></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Home Land Security is trying to or maybe has all ready taken over<br>Amateur Radio Emergency Communications. Not long after Home Land Security was created they started giving out Grants to Amateur Radio Clubs and Organization. Be careful what you ask for. You might get it.<br><br>Any time the Government “gives” you anything, they demand “complete control” in return. Once you accept Government funds they will put restrictions or requirements on our participation.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Wait a minute!.....</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Aren’t we volunteers?</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We communicate among ourselves for our own pleasure and comfort daily/hourly. We are willing volunteers to help when needed. <br>WHY DO WE NEED TO COMPLY WITH NIMS, ICS, FEMA, HOMELAND SECURITY </span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">requirements/demands to communicate?</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are all ready communicating and if the Government wants our help, all they need to do is ask. We don’t have to do anything different to supply the requested communications. We are NOT in charge. We do NOT make management decisions. We do NOT run the event. THEY are in charge. So WHY do WE need to be compliant with Government management bureaucracy<br>demands/restrictions/requirements</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">? </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If the Government wants/needs our help we are willing. What we should NOT be willing to do is comply with demands and requirements by Government bureaucracy to help the Government who is “asking” for our help for something we all ready do daily. We are all ready set up and functional. We are here for the asking. We should not have to “comply” with Government overreach with unneeded “compliance” to help the Government. IF the Government can not communicate and needs/wants our help, WE can more often than not help. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:14.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We DO however, need to maintain our own identity and independence. Otherwise Ham Radio will get swallowed up in the Government Bureaucracy.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We all know what happens then!</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>-- <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div><div><div><p style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">----</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.gilbertfranke.com" target="_blank">Gilbert A Franke</a><br><a href="tel:%28361%20442%206008" value="+13614426008" target="_blank">(361 442 6008</a> - cell)<br>130 N Harris Street<br>Bellville TX 77418 <u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">_______________________________________________<br>w5sfa mailing list<br><a href="mailto:w5sfa@w5sfa.org" target="_blank">w5sfa@w5sfa.org</a><br><a href="http://mail.w5sfa.org/mailman/listinfo/w5sfa_w5sfa.org" target="_blank">http://mail.w5sfa.org/mailman/listinfo/w5sfa_w5sfa.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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