[EAS] Part 11 NPRM

[Wayne R. Miller]

Hello all along the EAS network.....

I spent part of the Holiday weekend trying to make some sense of this with no luck.  It asks more questions than it answers and does not get us one step closer to any solution.  I can best describe it as an "EAS meltdown" (thanks to Warren Shulz for the quote).

Taking a simple system that does work and complicating it to the point where it won't is not a solution.  I am reminded of the definition of a camel: a horse designed by a government committee.

One glaring example.  Replacing the EAS handbook with "approved" state and local plans.  First, when did the FCC gain jurisdiction over state and local governments to force them to draft a plan?  Second, what is the procedure to "approve" a state or local plan?

In closing, let me state one more sore point with me that reading this NPRM has festered again.  Obviously there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of people making millions of dollars from this procedure.  From manufacturers to bureaucrats the bucks are flowing.  Yet...those of us that are actually responsible for making this work and formulating the plans for "approval" are expected to be volunteers and do it for FREE!  Is it just me that is bothered by this?    

Wayne R Miller, Chairman
Illinois SECC
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