On Jan 23, 9:47*pm, John Smith I wrote:
John Smith I wrote:Oh yeah, I forgot, unless the ARRL swings towards becoming an ISP,
publisher of internet material or are able to become the
"High-Priest-of-the-Internet" (remember al gore, he tried) you can kiss
them GOODBYE ... tear-streaked-face

Er, not quite, John. For years the ARRL has been losing members.
They don't make a big fuss over that and one can't tell without
going
to QST's "sworn statement" (of circulation) that they publish twice
a
year. Their MAJOR income HAS to be from the publishing side of
that triad. Three or four years ago it had an IRS reported income
of
$12.5 million. [not bad for a "non-profit" organization] There
was,
may still be, a website that publishes the IRS income statements of
the ARRL.

Just the same, the Believers, the Acolytes at the Alter of Maxim
(note "alter" not 'altar') shall Raise The Hue and Cry! for the
heads
of all who DARE negatively criticize the god-given glory of the
ARRL.
That may start a whole new juicy thread of Flame War as the
fedayin of the morse mavens rise up from the ashes of their coded
glory, sort of like a "Feenix" that was once the home town of one
Hashafisti Scratchi.

LA