[CW] numbers ?

[scott mcmullen]

--- N2EY@aol.com wrote:
> If you think the ARRL proposal is bad, check out the
> NCVEC proposal. Has all the bad ideas of the ARRL
> proposal plus some that are much, much worse. NCVEC
> proposal is so bad it makes the ARRL one look good
> by comparison.

i agree with this. i didn't like the arrl proposal 
very much, but the ncvec's is worse.

what is somewhat maddening is that the ncvec seems
to me to "pretend" to represent more than they in fact
represent.

they "ostensibly" represent the volunteer examiner
coordinators, but i have a friend who is a w5yi ve,
and they have *never* solicited his opinion on any
of these matters. and the arrl has a policy of not
permitting itself to be represented through another
organization, so they, as a matter of policy, 
abstain from voting on items like this at ncvec
board meetings. so the ncvec, in effect, represent
only non-arrl ve's. my guess is that most ve teams 
are arrl teams, so the ncvec *really* represents 
-less- than half of all ve teams, yet they parade 
about as if the represented all vecs.

i know some people may dislike me for saying this;
i think that quitting arrl will likely increase the 
relative influence of non-representative,
unaccountable organizations like the ncvec.

at least in the arrl, you can participate in the
elections for directors and section managers, and
there is the expectation that directors are
accountable to you.

just my 2c

scott nj0e

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Scott McMullen, NJ0E
http://www.geocities.com/scottamcmullen
scottamcmullen@yahoo.com
Dripping Springs, Texas

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