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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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?

73 de Jim, N2EY