8 Jan
2016
8 Jan
'16
11:53 a.m.
On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 09:34:16AM -0800, Bill Vodall wrote:
Delays of months and years by coordinators continues
to be heard of -
why aren't there coordinator teams instead of individuals. Then if
one is busy somebody else can immediately take care of it. Or better
yet - automate the whole process. In these days - tasks like this
should take milliseconds, not months..
On the contrary Bill, it may be too automated already. We have a
continuing problem with ineligible people requesting addresses and
registering gateways; we currently need to keep knowledgeable people in
the loop to reduce the probability of our network being abused or used
for abuse.
We have a constant problem with finding volunteers to do coordination.
The question of automating address assignment has been looked into;
about the only way it could be done would be if we had a secure method
of making sure that the applicant is a bona fide ham radio operator.
At the moment, the only known automated way of doing this is to use
Logbook of the World certificates, which greatly restricts the number of
people who could prove their eligibility and has its own set of problems.
Teams are a good idea. I think there are a few already.
- Brian