[W9RCA-News] Fwd: House Bill 1060 update

[Clarence - W2PGS]

Here is the final update on House Bill 1060 that was talked about at the last club meeting.

73's, Clarence..


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> From: "ARRL IN Section" <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
> Date: January 20, 2010 8:56:01 AM EST
> To: W2PGS at SpamFree.cc
> Subject: House Bill 1060 update
> 
> Hello Fellow Hams,
> We are writing to let you know that if House Bill 1060 (HB1060)
> concerning the use of handheld communications devices had made it
> through the House to a vote, an exempt for Amateur Radio would have
> been added. We have established some new friends in the House of
> Representatives, who are aware of the importance that Amateur Radio can
> bring to the citizens of Indiana. 
> 
> Some of you may know that we have an Amateur in the House of
> Representatives named Matt Pierce, N9VKU. He also spoke with the
> Chairman of the committee we were contacting and asked for an exemption
> as well.
> 
> Here is a paragraph from the email I received from Representative Trent
> Van Haaften, the Chairman of the House Public Policy Committee:
> 
> "A colleague of both of us, Rep. Matt Pierce of Bloomington, has spoken
> to me about the concerns of amateur radio operators.  I have told Rep.
> Pierce, and I am telling you, that if the language of any bill
> interferes with the service you provide, then I will change the
> language.  Rep. Pierce has also committed himself to working with me in
> ensuring any language does not interfere with your service."
> 
> We would like to thank those of you who wrote polite and honest emails,
> letters, or made telephone calls in support of our request. We must
> always remember the old saying you can achieve more with kindness. 
> Writing letters that are not sincere, and offer threats only hurt our
> causes. Luckily, we had very few of those.
> 
> We, as your ARRL representatives, also wrote all of them to express
> our concern at the state level. But even with none of them being our
> representatives, they listened. 
> 
> John, W3ML
> ARRL Indiana Section Manager
> David, N9KT
> ARRL Indiana State Government Liaison
> 
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