On 5/4/2010 7:55 PM, John Hays wrote: > I totally agree that coordinators need to get their act together and > cleanup paper repeaters and even make highest and best use decisions > for pairs (open and occupied is higher use than closed and quiet
Coordinators are NOT allowed to make this decision, the FCC has been clear that coordination is first-come, first-served unless the coordination body has published by-laws that state otherwise. And getting there, is a vote of the membership in most areas. Most Coordination bodies are NOT allowed to "discriminate" against a closed system, just because it's closed. The FCC sees the coordination job as mitigating interference, NOT choosing who gets to have a repeater and who doesn't. There's a fine line there that Coordinators everywhere have to walk to keep their actions legal. If the vast majority of coordination body members do not agree, as well as put their VOTES behind by-law changes that place particular priority on every POSSIBLE repeater type/use... most Coordination bodies do not have the authority to pick-and-choose like that. They COORDINATE, they don't judge... when done legally and correctly. There's a serious dividing line there. Nate WY0X
