[KYHAM] My views on ARRL proposal

[Anthony W. DePrato]

>  If ARRL used direct democracy, we'd all get polled on every issue and/or 
> attend meetings on every bit of League business. But that's no practical 
> so we elect representatives who do either what we want them to do or they 
> use their own brains and do what they believe is best for the 
> organization. If members agree with how they vote, great. If not, they 
> get booted out of office.
SNIP

David :
If you will stop and recall the ARRL did just that for years. when a major 
issue was to be made a poll was sent out with QST I still have a few of the 
little blue or green envelopes in some of my old qst that i collected in 
later years.. NOT Practical ? I can not agree with this view.. the website 
has polls all the time. right now you can vote as many times as you like 
but that is a very ez fix. so they CAN poll the membership. or put the poll 
back in QST .. Dave and the boys have removed just about everything from 
QST now in the name of saving money. the section reports are gone  the 
contest scores are on their way out also. just to list two.
If they used all the mailings asking for money for the defence fund, gold 
fund,  and 2 or 3 others  they could poll the membership. but they will not 
as they really do not even care about what the membership thinks.. BLP will 
slowly fade from the picture as FEMA  and Homeland have made a stand but i 
am sure we will read down the road how the ARRL saved us from this and that 
they will need to increase the dues to  $50 p/yr so that the fund can be 
kept full to fight off those wanting our bands..
I do not care if they grandfather hams it is not the first time it has been 
done. but i do not go alone with giving away a ticket.
Do you really believe that some guy will get on HF and run only the 100 
watts he is allowed ? this has not worked in the past 25 yrs and will not 
in the future.. look how many no code tech were found working out of their 
bands.
I respect your views and IF the ARRL would at least try in some small way 
of polling the membership and just act like they were interested in 
supporting the views of the membership i would stay with them and support 
them . But they have not in a very long time.
with best regards
Tony wa4jqs