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"Arthur Harris" wrote in message . .. The anonymous "KeyBoard In The Wilderness" wrote: I write my government reps and the ARRL regularly -- do you ?? I did write ARRL when I was a member, and also spoke to their reps at club meetings. But they always seemed more interested in justifying the positions the League was committed to than listening to members' ideas. Did you try running for office yourself or, if you lacked time to run, encouraging others with your views to run for office? There comes a time when you have to think and act for yourself. If the League is going to pander to the "give me a free upgrade" crowd, then let that crowd support them. I dropped my membership a few years ago after seeing the League's "re-structuring" proposal. Well you can drop out and scream on the NG's or you can work with and thru the ARRL to get things done. I'm not screaming, just stating my opinion. I was a League member for many years. But when they repeatedly take positions on important issues that I think are wrong, why should I continue to support them? If they feel that the long-time hams will always support them no matter what, they will continue to ignore us and take us for granted. Perhaps if enough of the Old Timers drop out, they will get the message. Did you try running for office yourself or, if you lacked time to run, encouraging others with your views to run for office? Old timers dropping out will not do a thing. There are enough new people coming in that they won't even notice. Instead we will be left with an even more unbalanced viewpoint. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com...
Old timers dropping out will not do a thing. There are enough new people coming in that they won't even notice. Instead we will be left with an even more unbalanced viewpoint. Depends on your point of view. I'm going to encourage more cranky old hams to drop out. |
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"William" wrote in message om... "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... Old timers dropping out will not do a thing. There are enough new people coming in that they won't even notice. Instead we will be left with an even more unbalanced viewpoint. Depends on your point of view. I'm going to encourage more cranky old hams to drop out. Although new versus old does cause friction, the balance is still needed. The new bring fresh enthusiasm and new ideas. The old have the experience to weigh these ideas and modify them so they will work or to spot ideas that have been tried in the past and known to fail. We need both old and new. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com...
"William" wrote in message om... "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... Old timers dropping out will not do a thing. There are enough new people coming in that they won't even notice. Instead we will be left with an even more unbalanced viewpoint. Depends on your point of view. I'm going to encourage more cranky old hams to drop out. Although new versus old does cause friction, the balance is still needed. The new bring fresh enthusiasm and new ideas. The old have the experience to weigh these ideas and modify them so they will work or to spot ideas that have been tried in the past and known to fail. We need both old and new. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE Here we go again with the demographics. The ARS is a geriatric service. Too bad they took the birth date out of the database. |
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William wrote:
"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... "William" wrote in message .com... "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... Old timers dropping out will not do a thing. There are enough new people coming in that they won't even notice. Instead we will be left with an even more unbalanced viewpoint. Depends on your point of view. I'm going to encourage more cranky old hams to drop out. Although new versus old does cause friction, the balance is still needed. The new bring fresh enthusiasm and new ideas. The old have the experience to weigh these ideas and modify them so they will work or to spot ideas that have been tried in the past and known to fail. We need both old and new. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE Here we go again with the demographics. The ARS is a geriatric service. Too bad they took the birth date out of the database. She's *kind* of right, Brian. I'd modify it that the oldsters should be the helpful type, not the ones spitting bile about how awful or stupid everyone is anymore. 8^) I really enjoy talking with old timers about ham radio and radio in general as long as I don't get an earful of vitriol. - Mike KB3EIA - |
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"Mike Coslo" wrote in message ... William wrote: "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... "William" wrote in message .com... "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... Old timers dropping out will not do a thing. There are enough new people coming in that they won't even notice. Instead we will be left with an even more unbalanced viewpoint. Depends on your point of view. I'm going to encourage more cranky old hams to drop out. Although new versus old does cause friction, the balance is still needed. The new bring fresh enthusiasm and new ideas. The old have the experience to weigh these ideas and modify them so they will work or to spot ideas that have been tried in the past and known to fail. We need both old and new. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE Here we go again with the demographics. The ARS is a geriatric service. Too bad they took the birth date out of the database. She's *kind* of right, Brian. I'd modify it that the oldsters should be the helpful type, not the ones spitting bile about how awful or stupid everyone is anymore. 8^) I really enjoy talking with old timers about ham radio and radio in general as long as I don't get an earful of vitriol. - Mike KB3EIA - Keep in mind also that the vitriolic ones tend to be highly vocal and noticeable thus giving people the impression that there are a lot of them when in reality they are only a handful. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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Mike Coslo wrote in message ...
William wrote: "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... "William" wrote in message .com... "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... Old timers dropping out will not do a thing. There are enough new people coming in that they won't even notice. Instead we will be left with an even more unbalanced viewpoint. Depends on your point of view. I'm going to encourage more cranky old hams to drop out. Although new versus old does cause friction, the balance is still needed. The new bring fresh enthusiasm and new ideas. The old have the experience to weigh these ideas and modify them so they will work or to spot ideas that have been tried in the past and known to fail. We need both old and new. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE Here we go again with the demographics. The ARS is a geriatric service. Too bad they took the birth date out of the database. She's *kind* of right, Brian. I'd modify it that the oldsters should be the helpful type, not the ones spitting bile about how awful or stupid everyone is anymore. 8^) I really enjoy talking with old timers about ham radio and radio in general as long as I don't get an earful of vitriol. - Mike KB3EIA - I kind of miss W0EX. |
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William wrote:
"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... Old timers dropping out will not do a thing. There are enough new people coming in that they won't even notice. Instead we will be left with an even more unbalanced viewpoint. Depends on your point of view. I'm going to encourage more cranky old hams to drop out. HA! Good one! This is Brian, right? - Mike KB3EIA - |
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Mike Coslo wrote in message ...
William wrote: "Dee D. Flint" wrote in message igy.com... Old timers dropping out will not do a thing. There are enough new people coming in that they won't even notice. Instead we will be left with an even more unbalanced viewpoint. Depends on your point of view. I'm going to encourage more cranky old hams to drop out. HA! Good one! This is Brian, right? - Mike KB3EIA - Yup. Got tired of my real email account getting loaded with spam. |
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