[Mldxcc] [NCCC] Sent a Letter to ARRL

Fred Jensen k6dgw at foothill.net
Fri Dec 1 19:17:29 EST 2017 

Well Andreas, it *is* free to use, member or not, world-wide.  
Apparently, the BoD thought the concept was a worthy cause, sort of like 
the Department of Defense's gift to the world of a free unencrypted GPS 
channel.  They face an IT issue of course, it's an OINO database ["Once 
In, Never Out"] and will thus grow in size without limit.  When proposed 
and passed, the BoD had the obligation to fit its costs into the 
organization budget, and I take a little offense at Tom Gallagher's use 
of the $200K to lecture us on fundamental economics and accounting, 
that's the job of the BoD, CEO, and CFO.  If the LoTW operating costs 
are a problem for ARRL, he was hired to fix it, not complain about it.

I am somewhat discouraged by the fact that, other than for a handful of 
CQ contests, and despite admittedly weak promises to do so, ARRL has not 
provided a UI into LoTW to allow other contest sponsors to ask the 
question, "Is this QSO between two stations, neither of which is me, 
confirmed?"  I'm fairly sure I could talk the NCCC BoD into signing onto 
a reasonable annual fee for that service to help the beleaguered WACC 
Administrator. [:-)  Given the size of Bruce's calendar each month, 
those fees-for-service might help out the $200K deficit Tom whines about.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 12/1/2017 10:53 AM, Andreas Junge wrote:
> Uhhmm...
>
> *"That leaves a cushion of about $2 million to absorb deficits and 
> invest in future programs — like LoTW ($200,000 annually), to overhaul 
> our ancient IT systems ($250,000 in DXCC this year alone"*
>
> LoTW runs at at DEFICIT of $200K/year?
>
> Clublog does a better job and they do it with donations. Maybe there 
> is an incompetence claim to be made here.
>
> 73, Andreas, N6NU
>
>
>> On Dec 1, 2017, at 10:15 AM, Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:wk6i.jeff at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> The ARRL CEO's printed comments in QST on That Which Shall Not Be 
>> Commented Upon Or You Will Be Censured should be included in this 
>> archive:
>>
>> http://www.arrl.org/files/file/QST/This%20Month%20in%20QST/July2017/Second%20Century%20-%20July%202017%20QST.pdf
>>
>> 73 jeff wk6i
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 8:44 AM, Bob Frostholm KO6LU <bob at ko6lu.com 
>> <mailto:bob at ko6lu.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     There has been a lot of discussion among some NCCC members on
>>     this reflector regarding this subject.
>>
>>     Has anyone contacted the other large (and maybe medium and small)
>>     clubs to see if similar feelings prevail there? Is there any
>>     benefit to uniting a larger, more geographically diverse base of
>>     support?
>>
>>     Bob
>>     Ko6Lu
>>
>>
>>     At 05:59 AM 12/1/2017, Rick Tavan wrote:
>>>     Surprisingly, I received an immediate response from Chris Imlay,
>>>     ARRL attorney in DC, who was not addressed in my message but got
>>>     it on forward from NY2RF. It was long and defensive and included
>>>     a lot of pedantic teaching on board governance principles that I
>>>     already said in my letter that I was familiar with. I've just
>>>     launched on a convention trip for an international non-profit,
>>>     coincidentally similar in structure and size to ARRL. I'm on its
>>>     Executive Committee; signed some behavior documents when I
>>>     joined its Board; but it's not restrictive in any uncomfortable
>>>     sense. When I get a break, I'll respond to Chris, but it doesn't
>>>     appear to have any chance of changing anything.
>>>
>>>     /Rick N6XI
>>>
>>>
>>>     Rick Tavan
>>>     Truckee, CA
>>>
>>>     On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 10:47 PM, Rick Tavan <rick at tavan.com
>>>     <mailto:rick at tavan.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         I sent my comments today to Lauren Clarke KB1YDD, the
>>>         current ARRL Development Manager, with cc to all directors
>>>         in the list recently distributed on this reflector plus CEO
>>>         NY2RF. I said I will make no further donations and that I am
>>>         taking them out of my living trust (like a will). I told
>>>         them how awful I believe the gag order and censure action
>>>         are and I explained my business/board credentials and my
>>>         history with respect to ARRL. I expect no response since the
>>>         gag order (Code of Conduct) explicitly prohibits such ...
>>>         and that's the point of all this controversy. My language
>>>         was fairly strong but less so than in my first draft.  I
>>>         think it fairly reflected the gravity of their ill-advised
>>>         actions. I am somewhat concerned about possible retribution
>>>         and I expect to be persona non grata in Newington for the
>>>         rest of my life. I regret that, having been a friend of the
>>>         League for over half a century, but I think they need to
>>>         hear these things from many if they are ever to realize how
>>>         grievously wrong they are on this one. I will remain a life
>>>         member and hope to see a tidal change in their attitude,
>>>         policies and actions during that life, not because of what I
>>>         said but because of how many others say similar things.
>>>
>>>         /Rick N6XI
>>>
>>>
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