News covering Ham operations on Katrina damage...

[Rob Locher W7GH]

I called Mr. Gorecki to hear Motorola's side of the affair.  I was  
referred to someone else, who is apparently handling public relations for  
this issue.  He apologized for five minutes to me.  (That was way more  
than I needed for my own satisfaction.)  He said that the remark was  
completely taken out of context, and that they had received hundreds of  
calls, letters, and emails about the remark.

He also said that Motorola want to issue an apology via the arrl.org web  
site, but haven't heard back from the ARRL leadership yet, possibly  
because many of them are also in the hurricane-damaged area helping out.

In other words, this is another tempest in a teacup.

- Rob
KE7EAG
K2 #5004, in construction



On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:51:31 -0700, EricJ <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Your post didn't include this quote from Mr. James Screeden who is a Vice
> President at Motorola working in the field, drawing a salary, and  
> tending to
> the needs of his commercial accounts, NOT the suffering people of New
> Orleans.
>
> "The hams also get little respect from telecommunications-equipment
> companies, such as Motorola Inc. "Something is better than nothing,  
> that's
> right," says Jim Screeden, who runs all of Motorola's repair teams in the
> field for its emergency-response business. "But ham radios are pretty  
> close
> to nothing." Mr. Screeden says ham radios can take a long time to relay
> messages and work essentially as "party lines," with multiple parties
> talking at once.
>
> I think Mr. Screeden owes an apology for demeaning the hard work and
> dedication of those hams who go unpaid and unreimbursed to help in this  
> and
> other disasters. Mr. Screeden should be ashamed, Motorola should be  
> ashamed,
> and this mean-spirited insult should not go unanswered.
>
> You can contact the following person to let your views be known:
>
> Media Center
> Steve Gorecki
> Motorola, Inc.
> 847-538-0368
> [hidden email]
>
> I think the ARRL should demand a formal apology from Mr. Screeden and his
> superiors at Motorola, but I think every amateur radio operator should
> contact Mr. Gorecki and express your own thoughts.
>
> Eric
> KE6US
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Highlights from a story in today's Wall Street Journal, As Telecom Reels
>> From Storm Damage, Ham Radios Hum:
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[Thom LaCosta]

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Rob Locher wrote:

> I called Mr. Gorecki to hear Motorola's side of the affair.  I was referred
> to someone else, who is apparently handling public relations for this issue.
> He apologized for five minutes to me.  (That was way more than I needed for
> my own satisfaction.)  He said that the remark was completely taken out of
> context, and that they had received hundreds of calls, letters, and emails
> about the remark.
>
> In other words, this is another tempest in a teacup.

Without the actual statement of Mr Screeden, are you willing to acccept the
statement of the PR guy?

Remember, one of the roles of the PR types is damage control.

But, I suppose there are some of us that are more willing to accept the PR stuff
as truth, with no substantiation of actual fact.

>From a PR/Spin perspective, the unamed someone else earned his money.

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[wayne burdick]

END of thread, please. We've beat this to death.

Thanks,
Wayne
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[N2EY]

In a message dated 9/9/05 10:38:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[hidden email] writes:


> Globalization, exporting of jobs, foreign investment, huge increases in
> demand, pressure from stock holders, Iraq, Afghanistan, the rise and fall of ham
> radio manufacturers in the U.S.:  I'm blaming 1's and 0's.
>
>

That's certainly one factor, but here's another: A big box.

Way back before WW2, some railroads experimented with the idea of putting
metal boxes on flatcars. The idea was that shipments smaller than a boxcarload
could be handled, as well as shipments to folks without a siding.

Then came the idea of putting an entire trailer on a flatcar. Then someone
asked why the wheels needed to go along for the ride, and the cargo container
became a reality.

Containerized shipments can go by rail, truck, ship, or sometimes air without
any handling of the contents. Speed is up, cost, damage, and pilferage are
down.

The rest is history.

73 de Jim, N2EY
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