[EAS] Posting on Sen. Collins bill

[Alex Hartman]

Even if the BWWG is a small group, i'd imagine it'd have more
information than any committee the feds could come up with. :)

My apologies for the lobbyist thing. ;)

Lobbyists can throw money at politicians all day long (i can think of
a few broadcast companies who'd love to sway things in their direction
with more money than god for lobbyists, but none for actual content),
but i believe that the BWWG would not be swayed nearly as easily, if
at all.

Unfortunately for this to work, everyone is invited into the room, as
everyone needs a voice. Even the ones nobody wants there.

--
Alex Hartman

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 2:35 PM,  <suzanne at mab.org> wrote:
> BWWG is actually a very small group of broadcasters, though this EAS listserv set up by BWWG is open and inclusive.  The advisory committee that would be created by this bill would also be open and inclusive (in fact, it may include some people and entities that we'd rather keep out of the room!, but that's an argument for another day).  And, for the record, I'm a registered lobbyist too. ;)
>
> --Suzanne Goucher
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Alex Hartman" <goober at goobe.net>
>
> I would ask the senator revise the language ever so slightly on the
> bill, instead of a committee (which wastes a lot of time and money)
> that they instead work with the BWWG as the existing body much like
> the NPRM process. IE, have the broadcasters themselves help implement
> the rules instead of people who have no clue what we're talking about.
> They could have an oversight committee however review the proposals,
> but having a political body govern this system has already gotten us
> in a bit of a mess. We're the ones who have to interact with the
> system daily, not many others know the inner workings like we do. This
> also would give the manufacturers a voice as well through the BWWG. In
> other words, why reinvent the wheel here?
>
> The EAS forum seems to have plenty of membership as a community who
> already cares, and is an open forum to voice concerns and praise, not
> to mention problem solving. My biggest worry about this is the lobby
> system. Companies can lobby/throw money at them to change things to
> get what they want, shifting it into their favor. Using the BWWG
> however does not allow for that influence, IMO.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> --
> Alex Hartman
>
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