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John Smith I

wrote:

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That's a subjective opinion, JS, and I won't fault Carl S. on
what he has done and stated in various places. I disagreed
with what NCI did NOT do immediately on FCC 06-178 when
it first broke news last December...but then NCI is really
an international movement, not strictly one for the USA.

Subjective? Well ya, all you see in my posts are one mans humble
opinoions. But then, the president pulls his pants on one leg at a time
(well, I believe he does!) and no mans opinion counts more than
mine--not even his!

NCI has REAL relevance, in my humble opinion ... your mileage may vary.

While the USA is a LATE-comer on tossing the morse code
exam internationally, there still exist other countries who have
kept it, one way or another.

Hmmm. Yep, we may be dumb, but we can always point out someone dumber!
sticks-out-tongue

In my opinion, NCI could either dissolve or change away from
being USA-oriented with a different direction. NCI's basic
goals have largely been realized and, in that, was a success
to my mind.

Yep, time for NCI to step into phase two, hope Carl is "psychic" enough
to realize that!

As long as there is money to be made from publishing to a
niche hobby activity, the ARRL will be firmly entrenched.
Human attrition will eventually cause their metamorphosis.

73, LA

Time for the "common ham" to fire up. Setup some web pages with
training, "elmering", etc. Heck, where is the group
rec.radio.amateur.new-licensees ??? Instead, we have self-protecionist
hams creating groups like "rec.radio.amateur.good-ole-boys-club"

Krist, Dee has better ideas than most, that alone should shame us into
better behavior and efforts ... are we men or are we mice?

The world is owned by the common man (in this case, common ham)--strange
how so few "common men" realize that we put amateur radio forward "one
ham at a time ..."

The little amateur who got me started, ran his rig with dignity, gained
my REAL respect and was one "HELL OF A GOOD JOE" (might I add, was LOVED
by his town and community?) and will always be remembered in my book. I
cannot find his equal easily these days ...

The arrl can go to ... well, you know where ...

Warmest regards,
JS