Rep. Glenn offered the following resolution:

House Resolution No. 316.

            A resolution to declare June 20-26, 2016, as Amateur Radio Week in the state of Michigan.

            Whereas, Amateur radio operators are celebrating over a century of the miracle of the human voice broadcast over the airwaves; and

            Whereas, Amateur radio has continued to provide a bridge between peoples, societies, and countries by creating friendships and the sharing of ideas; and

            Whereas, Amateur radio services are provided wholly uncompensated; and

            Whereas, The state also recognizes the services amateur radio’s people also provide to our many emergency response organizations, including the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the Civil Air Patrol and others; and

            Whereas, These same individuals have further demonstrated their value in public assistance by providing free radio communications for local parades, bike-a-thons, walk-a-thons, fairs, and other charitable public events; and

            Whereas, The state of Michigan recognizes and appreciates the diligence of these “hams” who also serve as weather spotters in the Skywarn program of the US Government Weather Bureau; and

            Whereas, The American Radio Relay League is the leading organization for amateur radio in the USA; and

            Whereas, The ARRL Amateur Radio Field Day exercise will take place on June 25-26, 2016, and is a 24 hour emergency preparedness exercise and demonstration of the radio amateurs’ skills and readiness to provide self- supporting communications without further infrastructure being required; now, therefore, be it

            Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of the legislative body declare June 20-26, 2016, as Amateur Radio Week in the state of Michigan and be it further

            Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the Michigan section of the American Radio Relay League as evidence of our highest esteem.