Dave Heil wrote:
K=D8HB wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:

Carl's race for the Atlantic Division Directorship should be intere=
sting
at the very least. Should he actually get elected,
I'm sure the
seasoned veterans of the League will welcome him
with open arms.

Well, maybe.

Interesting race - the incumbent isn't running again (due to health, I
think) and there are two other candidates.

I was a tad surprised to see his candidacy announced,
based on his
somewhat negative casting of ARRL in the past.

I wasn't surprised at all. It's been clear for 5 years plus
that FCC was sold on complete elimination of Element 1. NCI's
work in the USA is about done. Logical next step for him.

As, when I was ARRL
Dakota Division Vice Director, and he sent this
request to me..... "Now
why don't you do us all a favor and take your lying,
stagnated, ARRL
apologist ass out of here ..."

Perhaps a leopard can change his spots.

Perhaps.

There's a distinct possibility that Carl is a new person.
We'll find
out through the passage of the time leading up to the
election. All it
would take to sink his boat would be a single "Howard Dean
Moment" in
responding to a hot button issue.

I was referred to as a jackbooted thug, a Nazi and worse by
him in the past.

Was it Carl who wrote that or Len Anderson? There was a time when their
styles were quite similar. But Carl calmed down and cleaned up his act
about 5 years ago.

Maybe it was his exposure to W1RFI and some others. Maybe it was his
anti-BPL work, maybe it was his
upgrading to Extra and getting a 2x1 vanity call that caused
the change.

We were all treated to "beeper", "jumping through
hoops", "hazing
ritual", "electronic paintball wars" and the like.

Those I do recall. But you have to look back several years to
see that sort of stuff.

I have to admit
though, that Carl's response to my recent posting of a few of
his past
quotes was quite diplomatic in tone. I understand that Carl is actively
campaigning by visiting Atlantic Division clubs. If the
leopard hasn't
changed his spots, it would be nearly impossible for him to
keep up a
false front under, what is certain to be, intense questioning
from some.

Who knows? Most hams don't read rrap. Most don't know about NCI either.


The membership of the Atlantic Division will have a chance to
learn
about the views of the three candidates and that they'll make
the best
choice from the information available to them.

Yes, we will. ;-)

Maybe a lot of folks will join ARRL in order to vote for WK3C. Maybe a
lot will join to vote against him. Maybe the whole Morse Code test
issue isn't such a big deal to the majority of
members in the Atlantic Division, or maybe they see it as a
done deal and time to move along.

In any event, we haven't seen any of those 'HD moments' in
many a year. And that's a good thing.

None of this is an endorsement for or against WK3C in his run
for the Directorship. Just some observations.

73 de Jim, N2EY