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
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> 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.
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> 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."
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> 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."
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> 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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