[CW] READEX Survey & 1997 Board Meeting

[Bill Evans]

Philip:

Thanks very much for providing this record of "ARRL policy".
They should have a tough time squirming off the hook, with
this stance having been taken and recorded.

Bill Evans VE4UD

> As to the ARRL Morse exam survey printed in "QST."
>
> It was a mail-in survey, you had to copy or clip the
> page from "QST."
>
> Here's the pertinent URL and citation from the
> minutes.
>
> 73 es ZUT,
>
> Philip, K9PL
> FISTS, JARL A-1
>
> *****************************************************
>
> http://www.arrl.org/announce/board-9701/97annual.html
>
> 49. The Board next moved to consider Directors'
> motions. Mr. Mendelsohn assumed the Chair at 1:27 PM.
> Mr. Race yielded the floor to Mr. Stafford for the
> purpose of allowing the President to offer a motion.
> On motion of Mr. Stafford, seconded by Mr. Race, it
> was unanimously voted that the following resolution
> is ADOPTED:
>
> WHEREAS, WRC-99 will discuss, among other things,
> whether testing the Morse code ability of certain
> amateur licensees should be retained as an
> international treaty obligation; and
>
> WHEREAS, input from the membership of ARRL, through
> the recent READEX survey, shows that the majority of
> members responding favor the retention of Morse Code
> for HF operating privileges;
>
> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that with regard to
> possible modification of Article S25 of the
> international Radio Regulations, the report of the
> ARRL WRC-99 Planning Committee is accepted and the
> recommendations are adopted as ARRL policy; and
>
> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the ARRL not support
> changing the existing treaty requirement for the
> demonstrated ability to send and receive Morse
> code; and
>
> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Executive Vice
> President is instructed to publish the conclusions of
> the WRC-99 Committee in QST and to forward
> them to the IARU Future of Amateur Service Committee
> (FASC) as the ARRL response to the FASC discussion
> paper.