[EAS] Williamsburg, KY monitoring assignments

[Sean Donelan]

On Tue, 25 Mar 2014, Mike McCarthy wrote:
> While that's certainly true, EAS plans are a matter of public record and
> can not be declared secret.

Its a great tribute to many volunteers across the country that EAS
works as well as it does.  They do a great job.

Participation in state and local EAS is voluntary.  SECC/LECC are 
industry run groups, not governmental agencies; although in a few 
instances a government agency representative effectively runs the group. 
SECC/LECC have no governmental authority, no enforcement authority, often 
no legal incorporation. And in at least one instance, a LECC has said it 
was not subject to public record laws. Although I think it was just a 
case of the individual volunteer stuck with being "the LECC", and had no 
local plan written, rather than a formal legal opinion.

But there is a lot of local variability.  How your state's SECC/LECC 
operates is probably different than other states' SECC/LECC.

In my experience 12 out 13 state SECC's and dozens of LECC's were great to 
work with, and extremely helpful ensuring EAS worked with a new-fangle 
thing called IPTV video distribution system even when they didn't know
how IPTV worked.

But when you run into a LECC chair that refuses to give you a copy of
the local EAS plan, because you weren't a radio, tv or cable system,
its a pain.