[QCWA] re to Quarter Century or Not

[Joe]

Junio membership 0 to 25 years/
sounds good to me.

Joe WB9SBD  squirting RF since 1975!

Richard Munson wrote:

> Why not keep full membership at 25 years but invite Other hams of 
> less  than 25 years  to join as associate with special membership for  
> newcomers needing mentors. I'm for  almost anything that will build  
> ham radio and QCWA.   73   W2GAS.
> On Jul 26, 2008, at 12:12 PM, Phil Temples wrote:
>
>> Okay, I'll bite.
>>
>> First of all, let me state that I'm keeping an open mind with  
>> respect to the idea of change. Right now I'm neither "for" nor  
>> "ag'in it."  I _am_ amused, however, by the sentiment expressed by  
>> many on the reflector who are opposed to dropping the 25-year  
>> requirement because they are hung up on what I'll call "the name  
>> thing."
>>
>> They say, "Our name is the Quarter Century Wireless Association.  
>> It's what defines us. To change the requirement would challenge the  
>> whole concept of who and what we are."
>>
>> Maybe that's not such a bad idea.
>>
>> What's in a name? For example, NARAL first started in 1968 as the  
>> National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws. Obviously, we  
>> don't have abortion laws today. NARAL means something else now. The  
>> NAACP doesn't actually refer to its members as "colored people"  
>> anymore. And how about the ARRL? They started in 1914 to promote the  
>> relaying of message traffic. What is our National Association for  
>> Amateur Radio's mission today?
>>
>> Should the QCWA exist solely as a concept to promote length of  
>> tenure in our hobby service? Or, should it stand for something else?  
>> Perhaps, something bigger, more important?
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Phil, K9HI
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Phil Temples <phil at temples.com>
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