in view of Johns comments if she has no practical experience with the amateur service then there is no way 
she can be as effective as Riley.  Suspect there will be more in handiham world or certainly newsline
http://www.arnewsline.org

Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA
UK call sign M0WGA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Lombardi" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "'Ray T. Mahorney'" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 21:33
Subject: RE: FCC Announces Riley Hollingsworth Replacement


A lot of people are saying that.



-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Ray T. Mahorney
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:24 PM
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Subject: Re: FCC Announces Riley Hollingsworth Replacement

if she's not then she's an inappropriate pick for the position.
Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA
UK call sign M0WGA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Lombardi" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 18:44
Subject: Re: FCC Announces Riley Hollingsworth Replacement


No don't believe she is a ham.



-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Colin McDonald
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:42 PM
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Subject: Re: FCC Announces Riley Hollingsworth Replacement

it was not no.  And if she was a licensed ham, im sure it would have been
all over the article.
but, ive been wrong before hi.

73
VA 6BKX

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: FCC Announces Riley Hollingsworth Replacement


>
> That's great but is she a ham?  I don't believe that was mentioned in the
> article.  Lou
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "w4hc" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:52 AM
> Subject: FCC Announces Riley Hollingsworth Replacement
>
>
>> Laura L. Smith of Pennsylvania has been named by the FCC to fill the
>> vacancy created when Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH, retired in 2008 as
>> Special Counsel for the Spectrum Enforcement Division of the FCC's
>> Enforcement Bureau. Hollingsworth served in that position for more
>> than 10 years as the FCC's enforcement watchdog over the Amateur
>> Radio Service.
>>
>> A 1990 graduate of the Pepperdine University School of Law, Smith
>> began her legal career with the FCC, working in the Mass Media
>> Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. She also served as
>> Deputy Division Chief of the Public Safety and Private Wireless
>> Division. Smith is currently licensed to practice in the
>> Commonwealth of Virginia.
>>
>> In 1998, Smith left the FCC to become Executive Director of
>> Governmental Affairs for the Industrial Telecommunications
>> Association (ITA), now Enterprise Wireless Alliance. In that role,
>> she monitored FCC and legislative proceedings and participated in
>> all regulatory proceedings relevant to the private wireless
>> industry. In 2001, Smith became ITA's President and Chief Executive
>> Officer. While in that position, she was instrumental in the
>> formation of the Consensus Group, a group of public safety and
>> private wireless entities responsible for drafting the "Consensus
>> Plan," a proposed resolution for interference in the 800 MHz band;
>> this was adopted by the FCC in 2004.
>>
>> Smith returns to the FCC after serving Of Counsel with the Maryland
>> law firm of Shulman Rogers. While there, she dealt with
>> telecommunications matters and provided counsel to numerous entities
>> in the private radio and public safety communities. Smith has served
>> as an industry consultant and written columns for a variety of trade
>> publications including Mobile Radio Technology Magazine and The
>> Private Wireless Magazine.
>>
>> In an October 2008 letter to then-FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, ARRL
>> President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, urged Martin to name a successor to
>> Hollingsworth: "The appointment of a replacement Special Counsel in
>> this position is of critical importance to the Amateur Radio
>> Service, as the delay in finalizing the appointment stands to
>> undermine in very short order an exceptionally successful and
>> low-cost program of enforcement in the Amateur Service."
>>
>> Calling the FCC's Amateur Radio enforcement program "spectacularly
>> successful," Harrison reminded Martin of the "long period in the
>> late 1980s and 1990s during which the Commission was essentially
>> uninvolved in enforcement in the Amateur Service. The Amateur
>> Service, consisting of some 680,000 licensees of the Commission, is
>> in essence a self-regulating service; however, due to the shared
>> frequency allocations in the Service and the long distance
>> propagation of amateur communications, a very few rule violators can
>> cause severe disruption in the Service. On the other hand, even a
>> minimal Commission presence has a very strong deterrent value."
>>
>> When Hollingsworth was appointed as Special Counsel for Amateur
>> Radio Enforcement, Harrison said that Hollingsworth "established a
>> visible presence in the Service and very quickly, and with very
>> little investment of Commission resources, using little more than
>> the awareness of an enforcement presence, created strong deterrence
>> against rule violations."
>>
>> Upon learning of Smith's move to the Amateur Radio enforcement role,
>> Harrison remarked that he was "very pleased to see the Commission
>> move forward with the hiring of a new Special Counsel responsible
>> for enforcement of the Amateur Radio Service rules," said Harrison.
>> "Ever since Riley Hollingsworth announced his retirement, we have
>> met with the Enforcement Chief numerous times and corresponded with
>> FCC Chairman Martin to ensure this position remains intact at FCC.
>> The Commission acknowledges the self-regulating environment we
>> maintain, but also understands that we need their assistance
>> occasionally to resolve a few situations. They have continually
>> reassured us that this is an important matter for them, and Ms
>> Smith's hiring confirms that."