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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF JUNE 18TH - 24TH, 2012, TO BE "AMATEUR RADIO | |
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WEEK" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Menard, MacBeth, and McLaughlin | |
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Date Introduced: May 09, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House read and passed | |
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WHEREAS, The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the leading organization for |
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Amateur Radio in the United States; and |
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WHEREAS, Amateur Radio or “ham radio” operators will be celebrating over a century |
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of “the miracle of human voice broadcast over the airwaves”; and |
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WHEREAS, Amateur Radio provides a bridge between peoples, societies, and countries |
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by creating friendships and through the sharing of ideas; and |
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WHEREAS, There are more than 2.5 million Amateur Radio operators worldwide, with |
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more than 650,000 in the United States and approximately 2,000 in Rhode Island; and |
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WHEREAS, Amateur Radio operators have provided countless hours of community |
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service without compensation; and |
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WHEREAS, During June of this year, as they have for decades, Rhode Island’s “ham” |
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operators will join amateur operators from across the United States and Canada in setting up a |
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24-hour emergency encampment exercise, known as Field Day, demonstrating their skills and |
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readiness to provide emergency communications; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the past decade, Amateur Radio operators have provided critical |
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emergency communications when other systems failed during the devastating events of Hurricane |
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Katrina and, more recently, during the catastrophes in Haiti and Chile; now, therefore be it |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
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Providence Plantations hereby proclaims the week of June 18th - 24th, 2012, to be “Amateur |
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Radio Week.” We furthermore thank our local “hams” for their diligence and dedication to our |
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state’s communication preparedness; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Bob Beaudet, W1YRC, ARRL Section |
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Manager, Rhode Island Section ARRL, and the National Association for Amateur Radio. |
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