[Fists] Disappointing lack of leadership

[K0HB]

If you thought the "Plan for the 21st Century Ham" by theNCVEC gang of four
was lame, wait till you see what the ARRL gang of fifteen is proposing!

A warmed over version of incentive licensing with 3 classes, Novice,
General, and Extra.

Novice is still ghetto-ized and renewable until you assume room temperature.

Extra just like today, including 5WPM Morse exam.

General just like today except without Morse.

Yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!

But there's more.....

A third of a million Tech/Tech+ would get a free pass to General.

All Advanced (currently about 82,000) would get a free pass to Advanced.

That works out to about 60% of todays licensees would get a free pass to
the next higher license without testing for that grade.

And while I personally don't support a Morse test for any license, if we
must have a Morse test for Extra, then lets make it something 'Extra', not
the same old count-the-dots-and-dashes test which Novices have been passing
for over a half-century!  20WPM sounds about right.

C'mon, BoD, this looks like something cobbled together in a
committee-of-fifteen-tired-old-men-afraid-they-won't-be-reelected, not the
National Association of Amateur Radio with leadership and a vision for the
future.

Nasty letter to follow.

Love always,

de Hans, K0HB

I >AM< THE ARRL!!!

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