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"Pat Cook" wrote:
I'd offer it as a point of debate Jim (Curiously of course ![]() *would* your new organization offer that ARRL & the many, many other worldwide clubs don't already offer, Klystron & Iitoi? The objective would be to provide an organization to those hams who wish to make ham radio innovative and progressive (again). By comparison, the ARRL exists to serve those hams who wish to keep ham radio retrogressive, insular and xenophobic. Certain technologies would be championed (digital voice, digital data, e.g.) while other technologies would be abandoned to their fate (Morse). I'm a member of one of the local clubs here in Denver. I'm also one of those hams who IS NOT a member of ARRL itself. It's NOT because I don't want to be. It's just that, with a fixed income, if I were to go pluncking down PRECIOUS $$$ left and right for each and every organization covering each and every interest of mine, I'd not only go insane, but I'd also GO BROKE. As such, I have to ask myself WHERE DOES IT END? I don't *need* QST Magazine to keep me updated on the world of Amateur Radio. Besides...Quite frankly, compared to Newsline and ARRL Audio News & the ARRL Newsletter, ANYTHING in QST Magazine would be DATED INFORMATION by the time I got it anyway. True, ARRL does do some valuable things for the Amateur Radio Service and since I *am* a validly licensed Ham, they *do* represent me in various political and legal capacities (For which I am eternally grateful BTW), I still see a reason to join them if they're going to represent me anyway. They know my position on various issues because much the same sentiment is shared by SCORES of Hams like me. And many of those Hams have made their sentiments public. I don't need to submit what would sound like a broken record in the eyes of ARRL because they've heard it many times before. If you look at those organizations that are EFFECTIVE in representing their members and advancing the members' agenda (NRA, teachers' union, tobacco lobby, trade associations that represent defense contractors, etc.), certain patterns emerge, regardless of the nature of the organization or the type of agenda. Such organizations tend to be politically astute when dealing with government. They use PAC's, they organize letter writing campaigns, they advise their members on the voting records of their elected officials, they can deliver votes in support of those who help them and in support of the OPPONENTS of those who oppose them. Further, such constituencies often have MULTIPLE organizations that pursue their agenda separately and with varying levels of militancy (you will recall the fiasco when the NRA tried to pull even with its more militant rivals by speaking of "jackbooted thugs," which was a rare misstep by private-sector Beltway insiders). By comparison, the ARRL's approach of being the FCC's lapdog is laughable. If we haven't lost as much spectrum as we might have, it is certainly not the result of astute lobbying. Well...I could go on and on, but I think you get the idea. So I ask again....What *would* your new organization offer that ARRL & the many, many other worldwide clubs don't already offer, Klystron & Iitoi? I'm really curious. Long story short: Once upon a time, hams were viewed as 'rocket scientists' and were a force for progress and innovation. Now, they're viewed as cranky old geezers who are living in the past and pounding Samuel Morse' old telegraph key while whining about young whippersnappers who don't respect their elders. A new organization would break free of that past and move forward. It goes without saying that ARRL types will not want this and will try to stop it. |
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