[quote name='John Potts' date='21 January 2010 - 11:12 PM' timestamp='1264115546' post='10966']
Personally, I think the only thing that needs to be standard across the network is the 'Official' Responders' Stickers that are recognised as 'Official' by the user services.
Anything above that is just publicity or window dressing
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Where i would have said the exact opposite. Â*The only non-national thing needed is the 'local call sign / group' sticker - anything else is just window dressing.
It comes down to some people want a national group split into regions, and other want a regional group with affiliation to a national umbrella.
Of course, it's easier for me / West Mids as we had no previous identity to be worried about losing.