[QCWA] Election

[Larry McCalvy]

Jim, you pose an interesting concept.

I believe QCWA should take an active role in supporting or opposing FCC 
Amateur Radio Related actions. With the knowledge our membership holds in 
every aspect of Amateur Radio and the years of experience honing that 
experience, we should lead the assault or support, depending how the 
proposed actions effects the Ham community - negatively or positively. One 
way this might be accomplished is by the QCWA Board asking for members with 
some insight or expertise in the area of contention (whatever may be riling 
the Ham Community at the moment) to form with other like mined individuals 
into a committee to research and report back a suggested position QCWA 
should take on the issue. The board could then inform the members via a 
"Hot-Line" email report - the topic, the committee's proposed position and 
then ask the members if they have anything to add. It is not perfect, but it 
is timely, cost effective and probable more important - it is doing 
something!

The same would hold for your second question. The action would depend on the 
issue at hand.

Your third question brings two things immediately to mind, and both are my 
opinion and a direction I would like to see QCWA take.

1.  There is a less costly method in conducting our bi-annual elections. 
Place the election card in our Journal, households with two members and only 
receiving one journal would each list their QCWA numbers on the one ballot 
and each select their own candidates. Since the journal is "Mailed" to each 
members it fulfills the requirement of our constitution and bylaws. Those 
members not receiving a journal would received a ballot as usual. Again it 
is not perfect, but it is a starting point. A normal QCWA election costs 
between $5,000 and $8,000.

2. I would suggest moving our annual meeting/convention to coincide with the 
Dayton Hamvention. Most of the QCWA board regularly attends that function, 
we could hold a two-hour forum for the board to give it's annual report to 
the membership as there are far more QCWA members at the Dayton Hamvention 
then there are at any other function.

73,

Larry McCalvy, WA9JMO
Candidate, QCWA Vice-President



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Wilhite" <w5jo at brightok.net>
To: "QCWA List" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 2:39 PM
Subject: [QCWA] Election


>I am contemplating  my vote(s) for the upcoming election and hope all 
>candidates are on line to answer a couple of questions.
>
> 1.    What are your feelings about becoming more active in filings before 
> the FCC on important issues, ie. BPL, the bandwidth petition, and various 
> other rule making petitions?
>
> 2.    Should the QCWA initiate and file petitions to the FCC regarding 
> other issues?
>
> 3.    Are there other directions the QCWA should pursue?
>
> If the candidates would answer these for me, I would be appreciative
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jim   W5JO
> member # 15945
>
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