RadioBanter - View Single Post - Carl WK3C: Not "Eligble" to Become a Menber of the ARRL Board of Directors

September 16th 05, 02:26 AM

From: on Thurs 15 Sep 2005 04:28

Rick wrote:

My League Director told me in public that only 4 Directors
voted to review the Executive Committee's ruling. He said
he told them that there was no "upside" to keeping Carl off
the ballot, and that as just one director, there was no
damage he could do anyway, even if he was as dangerous as
they thought.

I agree!

You agree that "Carl is dangerous?!?" :-)

But, seems to me the Board is hellbent on paybacks for
Carl's work with NCI. After all, he and the rest of the NCI
Board have beaten them at every turn on the code issue.

No, they haven't.

By all that's been published by the ARRL, NCI *has*.

It's clear that FCC was pushing for reductions in Morse Code testing
long before NCI existed. And there are strong no-code-test directors on
the ARRL BoD.

Crappola. The no-code-test movement was just starting to
pick up momentum TWO DECADES AGO. The FCC knew about it
since they got most of the correspondence on that.

The ARRL has been almost virulent on retention of the code
test up to and after 1990 and the big Comment period of FCC
90-53.

Since YOU were NOT one of the ARRL Directors, or even IN the
ARRL in any capacity, you have NO MORE ACCESS to what the
directors had in mind than do any of the rest of us.

If
it's not paybacks time, then the Board is scared to death of
what Carl might do to try to reform the organization. It's
one or the other.

No, it isn't. There are other possibilities.

Sorry, sweetums, take your League sugar-coating elsewhere.

One is that Carl's manner *in the past* may have upset some people. Or
his *past* comments about ARRL and many aspects of ham radio.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. That's exactly what Rick was alluding to, NOT
an "alternate possibility." :-)

Face it, the ARRL is 91 years old and rather set in its ways.

There's also his leapfrogging over the field organization and going
straight for Director.

OH WOW!!! Heinous ethical crime! Failure to "go through the
ranks" like a good little League soldier? :-)

Personally I don't see any conflict between his present employment and
being an ARRL director. The commitees and Board see different.

Oh? You are an "insider" again? More crappola. You don't
"see" any more than any of us "see." And that consists of
what the League LETS US SEE.

Either way, this will stiffle future candidates who might
otherwise consider running for an ARRL office, but don't
want the public humiliation of being disqualified by the
Elections Committee if they don't like the way you part your
hair.

It might stifle some. But the alleged "humiliation" can be avoided by
not going public until the Board accepts your candidacy.

In other words OBEY THE HIERARCHY, do not speak until given
permission to speak? Be good little troopers and accept
what is allowed?

Too bad old George Orwell couldn't have described the
Animal Farm of today.

And, of course if doesn't do much for League
recruiting, particularly of younger hams who tend to rebel
against such shenanigans when they see them in adults. I
agree that there is no upside to keeping him off the ballot,
but apparently, the Board would rather bring the house down
on their heads than have to deal with an outsider who
doesn't care much for the way the exclusive good ol' boys
club has been doing things.

Seems that way. OTOH, there could be other factors.

Check out the tenure of the existing hierarchy, the BoD,
and report back after you've read ALL the past three decades
of Minutes.

Now write on the black/white board 100 times: GOOD OLD
BOYS CLUB. [is it sinking in yet?]

Spread the word to your clubs around the country, and let's
let the Directors hear of our disgust over this blatant
abuse of power.

Can I be an NCI Board Member?

You are NOT A PARTICIPANT in No-Code-Test movement.

You are OPPOSED to No-Code-Test movement.

You don't have a no-code-test license.

You dislike everyone IN the No-Code-Test movement.

You are mentally an OLD GEEZER who lives in the PAST heyday
of morsemanship in amateur radio.

I would oppose your being a board member and would repeatedly
whap a board on your member if you ever were. Deservedly so.

Any more questions?