I called Mr. Gorecki to hear Motorola's side of the affair. I was
referred to someone else, who is apparently handling public relations for
this issue. He apologized for five minutes to me. (That was way more
than I needed for my own satisfaction.) He said that the remark was
completely taken out of context, and that they had received hundreds of
calls, letters, and emails about the remark.
He also said that Motorola want to issue an apology via the arrl.org web
site, but haven't heard back from the ARRL leadership yet, possibly
because many of them are also in the hurricane-damaged area helping out.
In other words, this is another tempest in a teacup.
- Rob
KE7EAG
K2 #5004, in construction
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:51:31 -0700, EricJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Your post didn't include this quote from Mr. James Screeden who is a Vice
President at Motorola working in the field, drawing a salary, and
tending to
the needs of his commercial accounts, NOT the suffering people of New
Orleans.
"The hams also get little respect from telecommunications-equipment
companies, such as Motorola Inc. "Something is better than nothing,
that's
right," says Jim Screeden, who runs all of Motorola's repair teams in the
field for its emergency-response business. "But ham radios are pretty
close
to nothing." Mr. Screeden says ham radios can take a long time to relay
messages and work essentially as "party lines," with multiple parties
talking at once.
I think Mr. Screeden owes an apology for demeaning the hard work and
dedication of those hams who go unpaid and unreimbursed to help in this
and
other disasters. Mr. Screeden should be ashamed, Motorola should be
ashamed,
and this mean-spirited insult should not go unanswered.
You can contact the following person to let your views be known:
Media Center
Steve Gorecki
Motorola, Inc.
847-538-0368
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think the ARRL should demand a formal apology from Mr. Screeden and his
superiors at Motorola, but I think every amateur radio operator should
contact Mr. Gorecki and express your own thoughts.
Eric
KE6US
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Highlights from a story in today's Wall Street Journal, As Telecom Reels
From Storm Damage, Ham Radios Hum:
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