FYI from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

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From: "Hank Greeb" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "West Michigan Hams" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:08 PM
Subject: [WestMichiganHams] FCC's Hollingsworth to Retire in January 2008


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>      from: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/10/24/102/?nc=1
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>      FCC's Riley Hollingsworth to Retire in January 2008
> 
> Riley Hollingsworth, Special Counsel in the FCC's Enforcement Bureau, 
> announced his retirement this week, effective Friday, January 3, 2008. 
> While his successor has not been named, Hollingsworth was quick to point 
> out that the FCC's Amateur Radio enforcement program will continue.
> 
> Hollingsworth told the ARRL: "After about a year of thinking about the 
> 'if not now, when?' question, I decided to retire January 3. I love 
> working for the FCC and I've always had great jobs, but this one 
> involving the Amateur Radio Service has been the most fun and I have 
> enjoyed every day of it. For nine years I've worked with the best group 
> of licensees on earth, enjoyed your support and tremendous FCC support 
> and looked forward every day to coming to work. The Amateur Radio 
> enforcement program will continue without missing a beat, and after 
> retirement I look forward to being involved with Amateur Radio every way 
> I can. I thank all of you for being so dedicated and conscientious, and 
> for the encouragement you give us every day."
> 
> Speaking at the New England Division Convention in August 2000, 
> Hollingsworth offered his 10 personal suggestions to secure a sound 
> future for Amateur Radio </arrlletter/00/0901/rileys10.html>, 
> encouraging amateurs to "seize the moment" to ensure a bright future for 
> Amateur Radio. "Look beyond enforcement," he urged, "because if I do my 
> job right, in five years you won't even remember my name." Hollingsworth 
> said that while no one can predict the future, amateurs must invent 
> theirs in an era of converging digital and RF technology. "There is no 
> reason why our Amateur Radio Service can't be the envy of the rest of 
> the world," he said. Getting there, he suggested, comes with each 
> amateur's taking responsibility for his or her behavior on the air. 
> Amateurs should encourage arrogant, negative operators to "take their 
> anger and hate to the Internet," he said. "Every minute they are on the 
> Internet is a minute they aren't on Amateur Radio."
> 
> ARRL Chief Operating Officer Harold Kramer, WJ1B, said, "Riley 
> Hollingsworth has been a tremendous supporter of and asset to the 
> Amateur Radio Service. He will be remembered as being the force behind 
> the re-introduction of Amateur Radio enforcement in 1998 and continuing 
> those efforts through today. His contribution in cleaning up the amateur 
> bands has been substantial and effective. While we are very sorry to see 
> him go, and we wish him every continued success.
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