What is the purpose of the YL System?
The system was originally formed for the purpose of handling emergencies. V. Mayree, the wife of a doctor, saw the need for emergency communications with other medical personnel, missionaries, and people in remote places such as jungles, at sea, etc., etc. While the System would handle a piece of formal written traffic if it related to an actual emergency, handling of routine traffic was not the purpose of the system. During the business meeting at the 2008 convention a motion was made to drop “Handling Emergencies” as the primary purpose of the System. After a discussion, the motion was seconded, voted upon and passed. It should be understood that while we will always give any emergency priority, with modern technology such as cell phones, satellites, and other means of communicating quickly, the frequency of emergencies coming up on the System has become rare thus the reason for the change.
