On Mar 1, 3:15�pm, "Dee Flint" wrote:
"John Smith" wrote in message
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David G. Nagel wrote:

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You can become a VEC if you so desire. All you have to do is find enough
hams to support your efforts and create an organization to conduct
examination sessions.
There is nothing magic about the VEC. It just takes a lot of unpaid work
on the part of a lot of people. Yes some get paid to process the
paperwork and file the actual application for your license. No one is
getting rich on this program.

Dave WD9BDZ

Dave:

Actually, I know all this ... I don't like the system.

Gives too much power to the forces I am opposed to ... but then, you
already knew that ...

So you want to give this much power to the government?? Not me. *This was an
extremely progressive idea and actually gives a great deal of control to the
people. *It maximizes the personal freedom and choices of the participants.
Would you really like to go back to the repressive "old" day??

I don't regard privatization as "progressive," only economical
for the government...and, perhaps, less economical for the
individual depending on where they live relative to any testing
location.

COLEMs have it a bit easier since they can both teach a
commercial licensee and test them in a continuous course.
That is more convenient for the newbie commercial license
applicant. That is similar to school courses with the FCC
exam as the "final."

VECs - usually - do not sequentially teach and then test.
They can if they so desire, but few VEs are qualified or
have experience as teachers. VEs can proctor a test
with little experience other than handling paper and seeing
that all the blanks are properly filled-in and check answer
sheets against a template. That is not a Masters or
Doctorate level work. :-)

73, LA