Bill Sohl wrote:
"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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Dwight Stewart wrote:
"Dee D. Flint" wrote:
(snip) One thing that the NCI has quite
convincingly demonstrated is that HARD
WORK is what is required to achieve a
goal. (snip) They organized on a world
wide basis. They lobbied the various
governing bodies around the world to
support a change in the code requirement
at the last ITU conference. (snip) It
shows that the minority can prevail if they
have the commitment.
I think you're giving NCI way too much credit, Dee. Indeed, created in
the
late 90's, they came to the debate rather late and have done little
beyond
urging members to file comments on related issues before the FCC (no
visible
government lobbying and no significant world-wide organization - a few
members in a few countries). If anything, NCI's most significant
contribution, once they did arrive on the scene, has been to serve as a
lightning rod for criticism from code supporters, leaving a vastly
greater
number of non-members relatively free to make the case against code
testing
wherever possible. Moreover, there would have been no gains at all if
there
had been no substance to the core arguments against code testing. Those
arguments existed, and were being made, long before NCI joined the
debate.
I agree, Dwight. What I find most distressing about NCI is that as a
late comer to the game, they were in a position to offer some leadership
in the "brave new world" post CW. While there is no question that Carl
supports retention of technical acumen in the service, some other
members do not. If I were in charge, I would have a plan all mapped out
to fill the coming vacuum. Of course its hard for me to say what that
plan would be, because I support continuned Morse code testing. 8^)
Two questions...
1. What "other members" (I presume you mean Board Members), other
than W5YI, do NOT support retention of technical acumen?
They don't have to be Board members, Bill. And I don't have their names
off the top of my head.
If you like, I can retract the "members" statement, and substitute
"member" or "prominent member". Although I think that's almost like
saying a person's argument is invalid because they made a typo.
2. What is "the coming vacuum"?
Didn't you ask this question in another post? See that one! ;^)
- Mike KB3EIA -
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