I agree except they should be representing all of us, not necessarily just
those opposed to the proposal (or those in favor as it seems they are right
now). The end-around they did (in spite of being instructed to get our
feedback in the minutes of the board meeting) warrant a change in
leadership. Thats what burns me the most.
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal LLC
On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists@subich.com> wrote:
>
> I just wish the League would be transparent enough to tell us what
>> the hell they are doing. Either we or the league are completely
>> wrong on this thing.
>>
>
> Since the League are supposed to be representing *US* and it is not
> chartered in Putin's Russia, it is obvious that the League's "Staff
> and Management" - including its CEO who has put his name to most of
> the BS in print - are dead wrong and need to be replaced.
>
> 73,
>
> ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
>
> On 3/30/2014 7:58 PM, Neal Campbell wrote:
>
>> Carter,
>>
>> I agree with you 100%. I find that the business angle of ham radio
>> (including its lobbying arm) is so small that almost every company is 1 or
>> 2 bad quarters away from closing its doors. Equipment manufacturers
>> (outside of Flex and Elecraft) are in the ham business, not for windfall
>> projects, but because it costs very little for them to take their existing
>> technology and sell it to us.
>>
>> Dennis Bodson, one of the two supporting directors, is one of my customers
>> and I have worked with him a lot over the past 2-3 years. I would be
>> incredibly surprised if he is "following the money" and I sincerely doubt
>> there is any money to follow. He is a very humble, friendly and gracious
>> person.
>>
>> So what is the game going on?
>>
>> When I read the "robot response" FAQs, its almost like they are talking
>> about a completely different proposal than the one we are fighting.
>> Thinking cynically (and its hard not to), they could be feeding us the
>> FAQs
>> to convince us we don't have a clue whats going on.
>>
>> I don't like to think cynically so it must be something I just do not see.
>> For sure, the two directors pushing this have a very hard road for
>> reelection.
>>
>> I just wish the League would be transparent enough to tell us what the
>> hell
>> they are doing. Either we or the league are completely wrong on this
>> thing.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Neal Campbell
>> Abroham Neal LLC
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Carter <k8vt@ameritech.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 3/30/2014 3:28 PM, Thomas W4HM wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I don't want to start an ARRL rant thread but when I came to understand
>>>> this I dropped my ARRL membership. Yes I know about the argument that
>>>> you
>>>> can't change how the ARRL operates if you are not a member. But I just
>>>> don't buy that logic as the ARRL does not listen to it's membership no
>>>> matter what.
>>>>
>>>> Nothing is perfect, not even the ARRL.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Nothing is all black or all white.
>>>
>>> You say you quit the ARRL because you disagreed with them on -an- issue.
>>> Do you really expect them to agree with you (and you with them) 100% of
>>> the
>>> time on every issue?
>>>
>>> Even though you may disagree with them on -this- issue, I would
>>> respectfully submit that the ARRL, in general, does a lot of good for ham
>>> radio.
>>>
>>> Like it or not, they are the only game in town, the only national
>>> organization we have...and IMHO, deserving of our support.
>>>
>>> Just my 2 cents...
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Carter K8VT
>>>
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