[K3PZN-List] MDC Section Manager Election, some interesting information

[Philip Karras]

I received this from Roy Bates (EC Frederick County) which filled in some
needed information for me. 73 de ke3fl, Phil

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From:"R&R Bates" <74163.200@compuserve.com>
Subject: Section Manager Election

Colleagues = You should have received a ballot for the
election of a Section Manager in the Maryland/District
of Columbia (MDC) Section of the ARRL = If you belong
to the ARRL, that is 

Vic Curtis, WA3YUV, is the contending candidate, running
agains Tom Abernethy, W3TOM = I've never met either one
although Tom did call me a couple of weeks ago indicating
interest in meeting MADXRA members = Vic Curtis is an un-
known quantity but his WebSite

<http://www.qsl.net/smarc/wa3yuv/>

sets forth his platform and has some criticisms of Tom
that, from my own experience, seem likely to be valid

There is a serious rift between the Maryland Emergency
Management Agency (MEMA) and the MDC Section Emergency
Communications leadership = This has been going on for
some time and, in *my* opinion, has been exacerbated by
the MDC officers who have failed to meet with the served
agency's leadership and resolve the problems 

There have been many e-mail messages sent, some of very
great length, strongly criticizing MEMA and holding MDC's
officers blameless = Anyone who's managed to live 30-40
years should have learned that any major dispute has to
be attributed to some blame on both sides = I wrote two
e-mail messages and one SnailMail letter to Tom, W3TOM,
asking him to step in and broker a settlement between
the MDC emergency communications officers and MEMA, the
served agency

He did nothing about this that I know of = I know for 
certain that he did not answer my e-mail messages and
my letter = I think that this is a *very* important fail-
ure

I suggest that Vic Curtis, WA3YUV, is probably our best
bet for a candidate of change = Tom seems like an affa-
ble and intelligent performer in front of a crowd; I saw
him addressing the T-MARC meeting Sunday = But Vic Curtis
says that he intends to be a candidate for change and I
think we need a change

The failure to resolve an intense ARES-RACES split at 
the state level seems to me to be a significant failure
and I recommend that those of you who are ARRL members
vote for Vic Curtis = We need a change of leadership in
MDC and this is the only chance for change that we have
been offered

73
Roy BATES, N2CSQ/3
Adm Dir, MADXRA



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