[BARC-List] BARC Exam Fee?

[Arthur N1NHZ]

>
>At 10:28 PM 2/3/2003 -0500, Dave Hunt  WX1G wrote:
>>What is the fee for taking the Tech exam at the BARC session?
>
> From "The SPARC" Volume XV, Number 1; January 2003
>Page 1, Column 1:
>
>VE Examination Fees Increase in 2003
>ARRL Nov 12, 2002
>Starting January 1, the fee charged all applicants at ARRL VECcoordinated
>Amateur Radio test sessions will increase from $10 to
>$12 for the year 2003. This fee is charged to anyone applying for
>a new amateur license or upgrading their operating privileges.

>Applicants failing an exam element at ARRL sessions where
>examiners permit retesting on the same exam element also must
>submit a retest fee of $12.

>Additionally, the maximum reimbursement ARRL VEC allows
>ARRL volunteer examiner (VE) teams to retain to directly offset
>their prudently incurred out-of-pocket expenses will increase from
>$4 to $6 in 2003 (this fee has remained at $4 per person served
>since 1991). "While the number of examinees has remained
>relatively unchanged in the past 24 months, our cost of doing
>business--and the expenses incurred by ARRL VEs--continues to
>rise," said ARRL VEC Manager Bart Jahnke, W9JJ. "An
>adjustment was needed in the 2003 test fee if we intended to
>maintain the same level of service that our VEs and VE teams
>have come to expect." Jahnke said that adjusting the
>reimbursement level for ARRL VEs who retain a portion of the
>fees to offset their out-of-pocket, exam-related expenses was also
>past due.

de Arthur  N1NHZ, 73
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