[QCWA] Corespondance to the Board and Canidates

[Artmouton]

But there is always the other side
Plus ça change, Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
Art Mouton
K5FNQ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "L M" <n2rq at optonline.net>
To: "Discussion of QCWA" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] Corespondance to the Board and Canidates


> Harvey,
>
> I had a Principal who insisted that "change was good".  I had to agree 
> with the premise that change is necessary, but not usually good.  My 
> training and experience, especially studying evolution, has taught me that 
> most change is either neutral or negative and only rarely positive.
>
> The Hawthorne or Westinghouse Effect showed that change in and of itself 
> can have a positive effect, if only temporarily.
>
> The fact that our membership and ham radio in general are aging, supports 
> the argument that was suggested in the quote.
>
> I would be interested to see what the suggested changes are.
>
> Most long established processes and institutions can persist for long 
> periods of time, because they have selected and evolved their optimal 
> behaviors, but if they do not adapt to challenges, they eventually fail.
>
> 73,
> Lew, N2RQ
> n2rq at arrl.net
> Assistant Director, ARRL Hudson Division
> Nassau Co. NY ARES & RACES
>
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
>
> If we don't model what we teach, we are teaching something else.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Harvey&Bessie" <w4tg at bellsouth.net>
> To: "Discussion of QCWA" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [QCWA] Corespondance to the Board and Canidates
>
>
>>  Gene Hawkins wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Remember, QCWA will change, from the status quo or it will die
>>> a slow agonizing death.
>>> ,
>>>
>>>
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>>> I take exception to that statement. Many, many things stay the same for 
>>> years, even centuries, and remain vital without change. This modern idea 
>>> that change is essential, to me , appears pure nonsense.
>>
>> Harvey/W4TG
>>
>>
>
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