[SCCC] Additional link to explanatory message

[Terry A Dennison]

I agree with the comment that we need to get the clubs around the country to denounce the proposed action as undemocratic (small ‘d’) and inappropriate for an association like ARRL with very active and interested members.  The clubs need to, in the next week, flood the ARRL Executive Management, their Division Directors, and their Alternatives with strident denunciations of the proposed actions.

The louder the better!

I’ll leave you with a couple of relevant quotes:

	Don Ohlmeyer (ESPN) – “The answer to all your questions is money”
			Hmm, what do they want to keep confidential?

	Lily Tomlin – “No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up”

73, Terry
K9TAD

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Terry A. Dennison

terry at dennisonla.com
www.terryadennison.com


-----Original Message-----
From: SCCC <sccc-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Steve Harrison
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2024 5:44 PM
To: sccc at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [SCCC] Additional link to explanatory message

On 12/31/2023 4:07 PM, Wolf Leverich, WA6I wrote:
> FWIW, if we're gonna make it hard for the ARRL members to know which 
> Board member is doing what, we probably ought to discard the whole 
> geographic organization of the BoD and make the whole Board 
> accountable to the entirety of the membership.  Or something ...  ;)

IIRC, the sole reason for this geographic distribution of directors is because as amateur radio operators from all corners of the country (or continent, since the ARRL also represents Canada, a totally-separate country AND area), different areas encounter very different (and sometimes conflicting with another area's concerns) facets of our "hobby". Propagation is what is common to we all; yet, propagation is what is most different between each area of the US (and continent, as a whole). Weather concerns are also different and concern only certain areas; the Pacific northwest, for example, is not the least bit affected by a hurricane striking the east coast. Nor does a tornado hitting Lone Pine, Colorado, have any effect upon Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

And so, way back in the olden days, Hiram Percy Maxim, himself, proposed the concept of geographic area organization of the ARRL. I remember reading an article back during the 50th anniversary year explaining this reasoning.

I cannot conceive of this sort of geographic area concern being of any interest for such national organizations as the AARP, AAA, or any others. But note that Congress, itself, is geographically-organized, precisely because pork for one state may well be stinky, smelly turds for another  8-D  While there are differences between the experiences and concerns of diverse retirees of, say, New England versus the US southeast, or midwest, or far west; and similarly, while driving habits and techniques are somewhat different between those same areas; they are all similar-enough as to be able to be ably represented by someone from another altogether-different area. With the exception of Congress, the ARRL seems to stand alone in this regard.

... And isn't it somewhat disturbing to compare the ARRL to Congress, and declare them to be organized similarly for the same reasons....  ==8-O

Steve, K0XP


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