<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"ARRL IN Section" <<a href="mailto:memberlist@www.arrl.org">memberlist@www.arrl.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">January 11, 2010 11:16:01 AM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:W2PGS@SpamFree.cc">W2PGS@SpamFree.cc</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>House Bill 1060 - use of handheld communication devices</b><br></span></div><br><div>Hello Fellow Hams,<br><br>We are writing to let you know that it is time to write our Indiana<br>State Representatives and let them know that we need to be exempt from<br>House Bill 1060 (HB1060) concerning the use of handheld communications<br>devices. We need all hams that are represented by the members of the<br>State Public Policy Committee listed below to email their respective<br>representative.<br>HB1060 basically reads:<br>"Use of telecommunications devices while driving. Prohibits the use of<br>a handheld personal communications device by a motor vehicle<br>operator...."<br>This means our handheld radios and even microphones would not be<br>allowed for our use.<br>If your State Representative is listed below then they are on the<br>committee that decides the fate of this bill. Please email them and<br>tell them they need to exempt Amateur Radio Operators from this bill. <br>They will listen to you if you are in their district because you vote<br>for them. If you are not in their district, they will probably not<br>listen, so only email your representative.<br>Simply ask them to please add an exemption to HB1060 for Amateur Radio<br>Operators on the basis of our continuing support to Indiana communities<br>and governmental agencies in time of emergencies.<br>Whether or not you are an ARES/RACES member makes no difference, as<br>this bill will affect all hams using a radio while driving. Please<br>write your representative and ask for the exemption of Amateur Radio<br>Operators. Their email address is listed at the end of their respective<br>listing. If you don't know who your State Representative is, then use<br>this easy link to find out:<br><a href="http://district.iga.in.gov/DistrictLookup">http://district.iga.in.gov/DistrictLookup</a> <br>Indiana Public Policy Committee:<br><br>Trent Van Haaften, Democrat, District 076 (Evansville area) -<br><a href="mailto:h76@in.gov">h76@in.gov</a><br><br>Vanessa Summers, Democrat, District 099 (North and Central<br>Indianapolis area) - h99@in.gov<br><br>Terri Austin, Democrat, District 036 (Anderson area) - h36@in.gov<br><br>Phil GiaQuinta, Democrat, District 080 (Ft. Wayne area) - h80@in.gov<br><br>Earl L. Harris, Democrat, District 002 (East Chicago area) - h2@in.gov<br><br>Scott Pelath, Democrat, District 009 (Michigan City & La Porte area)<br>- h9@in.gov<br><br>Mary Ann Sullivan, Democrat, District 097 (South central<br>Indianapolis area) - h97@in.gov<br><br>Matt Bell, Republican, District 083 (Ft. Wayne area) - h83@in.gov<br><br>Wesley Culver, Republican, District 049 (Goshen & Bristol area) -<br>h49@in.gov<br><br>Thomas Knollman, Republican, District 055 (Fayette & Union counties<br>area) - h55@in.gov<br><br>L. Jack Lutz, Republican, District 035 (Delaware, Hamilton, Madison<br>and Tipton counties area) - h35@in.gov<br><br>Jackie Walorski, Republican, District 021 (South Bend, Elkhart, and<br>Saint Joseph county area) - h21@in.gov<br><br>Thank you for the support. We, as your ARRL representatives, will be<br>writing all of them to express our concern at the state level. But none<br>of them are our representatives, so they may not listen. <br><br>John, W3ML<br>ARRL Indiana Section Manager<br>David, N9KT<br>ARRL Indiana State Government Liaison<br><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------<br>ARRL Indiana Section<br>Section Manager: John M. 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