[CW] numbers ?

[Steve w0oow]

Just who the heck is the NCVEC?  I know what it stands for etc., but how did
they get into office?  I plead ignorance!  I have read their proposal, and
it is difficult to keep my comments decent.  It seems that they don't even
care about amateur radio, but rather something else.  So, who are they
"supposed" to represent?  (not me)  Who/what DO they represent?  How did
they get into "office"?  How can they be gotten rid of? (legally)
I guess anyone can make up a name.  What did Spock say?  Something like ...
I object to power without discipline.
73.oow

> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:00:40 -0800 (PST)
> From: scott mcmullen <scottamcmullen@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [CW] numbers ?
> To: cw <cw@mailman.qth.net>
>
> --- 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
>
> =====
> Scott McMullen, NJ0E