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

Tue, 8 Apr 2003 11:00:09 -0400

Greetings to all CCARC members,

	I agree with Philip that the below document is something that
ALL ARRL members should take time and review. I must say that the author
below illustrates some of the exact frustrations that I have had with
the current situation of the section Emergency EC and the
MEMA relationship. We are being underutilized by our county and the
state EMA. This has caused general apathy in the RACES/ARES membership
within our club and our state section. This is something that needs to
be resolved immediately. I do not see Mr. Abernethy doing much about it.
I have spoken both to Mr. Abernethy and Mr. Carr over a year ago and
have gotten very little satisfaction on concrete promises to do anything
about it. I say lets give WA3YUV a try. At least he recognizes the
problem and appears to have a willingness to do something about it.

Regards,
Douglas Kearney N5LBJ

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Philip Karras
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 10:29
To: K3PZN Reflector LIST
Subject: [K3PZN-List] MDC Section Manager Election, some interesting
information

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" <[email protected]>
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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