[Qcwa] QCWA STANDARDS AND MEMBERSHIP

[Gene A. Nailon]

QCWA DATA  (AS OF 26 August 2002)   Gene Nailon  K5DLE

SIGNED UP IS SINCE 1947 FOR NATIONAL and 1973 FOR CHAPTER:

                        SIGNED     CURRENT     SILENT    JUST
                          UP       MEMBERS      KEYS     QUIT

NATIONAL     1982        16200       9600       1850     4750

NATIONAL     2002        31600       8300       9700    13600


CHAP. 63     1982          135         84         11       40

CHAP. 63     2002          311        120         97       94


NATIONAL DATA FOR 1982 IS FROM THE 1982 DIRECTORY

NATIONAL DATA FOR 2002 IS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES,
INCLUDING THE WEB SITE, AND THE JOURNAL.

CHAPTER 63 DATA IS FROM THE CHAPTER DATA BASE.
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1 Sep. 2002

Hello New Officers and Directors;

Draw your own conclusions on the above!
It does not look very good for NATIONAL to me.  A 1300 member
loss in 20 years is damn bad.  You have a chance to turn this
around.

IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE QCWA IS ELITE, THE BEST OF THE BEST,
THEN PROVE IT.

Get out of bed with the ARRL and QUIT calling for lower
standards at all levels!  STAND UP FOR QUALITY.  Just because
the ARRL has sold out to the Equipment Manufacturers for
Advertising and excepted GRANT MONEY from the government does
not mean that the QCWA has to go along.

When a organization is truly ELITE, people want to be a member!
you don't have any trouble keeping members.  If you want QCWA to
grow, stay out of the gutter.

I truly believe there are at least 100,000 people out there
qualified to be members of QCWA, WHY AREN'T THEY?

YOU, THE LEADERS OF QCWA CAN TURN THIS AROUND, IF YOU HAVE THE
GUTS.

Best regards,

Gene Nailon  K5DLE
Member since 1982. The last 5 years, I truly wonder why.
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