[QCWA Hotlist] A Change for QCWA?

[wa8pxl at juno.com]

Gentlemen,

If associates pay dues to National HQs, I will ask for a complete refund
of my Life Membership dues. I earned QCWA status. Associates are friends
and they will be ripped off if they TRY to join an organization that they
DO NOT QUALIFY FOR BY BASIC PRINCIPLE.

I urge this argument to STOP NOW. Further considerations are an INSULT, A
BIG FRIGGIN INSULT to those WHO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR MEMBERSHIP.

I quickly and FORMERLY ask for this topic of discussion be stopped
IMMEDIATELY. This OP does not want to be insulted with this topic ever
again. HQ needs to stick with what has been astablished from DAY ONE and
quit this petty bulsshitt. 

Bob Roske, as President, I expect YOU to put this issue to an end as it
has been done several times in the past.

Burik K3QC
On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:35:22 -0500 "Bob Roske" <broske at hutchtel.net>
writes:
> This has been on the website (http://www.qcwa.org/guest-policy.htm) 
> since 
> June of 2005.
> 
> QCWA GUEST POLICY REVISITED
> W3BE, President, QCWA - October 22, 2004
> 
> The matter of non-QCWA member participation, as an associate, in 
> QCWA 
> activities was discussed at the 2001 Meeting of your Board of 
> Directors. 
> Your Board has expended considerable effort toward resolving this 
> persistent 
> matter through letters, e-mail and personal contacts at Chapter 
> meetings, 
> conventions and hamfests. The majority consensus was that an 
> associate 
> category is not desired by QCWA membership.
> For various reasons, however, your Chapter may want to allow guests 
> of its 
> members to participate in its activities. To provide guidance to 
> those 
> Chapters that do so, your Board developed the following statement of 
> policy 
> on non-member participation in Chapter activities. This policy was 
> reaffirmed today at the 2004 Meeting of your Board of Directors.
> One difficulty to resolving this long-standing matter may arise from 
> the use 
> of the unofficial term "associate." Although this A-word can be used 
> as a 
> noun, there is a tendency to use it more as an adjective modifying 
> the word 
> "member." That appears to make it a hot-button issue to those 
> members who 
> oppose any attempt to compromise the very purpose of the QCWA. For 
> this 
> reason, your Board recommends that all references to the A-word be 
> avoided.
> 
> 
> POLICY ON NON-MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN CHAPTER ACTIVITIES
> Adopted October 2001 - Published in our QCWA Journal - Spring 2002, 
> Page 7
> 
> The Quarter Century Wireless Association, Inc. (QCWA) has as its 
> fundamental 
> purpose the promotion of friendship and cooperation among those very 
> 
> distinguished amateur radio operators who were licensed at least 
> one-quarter 
> century ago. The commitment to the pursuit of this purpose is 
> codified in 
> Article II, Section 2 of its Constitution: QCWA memberships are 
> reserved to 
> those currently licensed amateur operators who can prove that they 
> were 
> licensed at least twenty-five years ago. Further, Article VII, 
> Section 2 of 
> the By Laws upholds this obligation by requiring each member of a 
> Chapter to 
> be a member in good standing in the QCWA.
> 
> A QCWA Chapter is, of course, free to welcome to its activities 
> guests 
> invited by its members. When there is more than occasional 
> participation by 
> a non-member, however, the Chapter must make clear to all concerned 
> that the 
> person's participation can be only as the guest of a Chapter member. 
> This 
> differentiation is important to honoring the long-term dedication of 
> our 
> extraordinary members to the amateur service -- as well as to 
> maintaining 
> the very credibility of the QCWA as the unique organization 
> comprised of 
> amateur operators licensed at least 25 year ago. Moreover, a 
> regularly 
> participating non-member should be expected to apply promptly for 
> membership 
> in the QCWA and the Chapter when the twenty-five year eligibility 
> requirement is fulfilled.
> 
> Where it is necessary for a Chapter to designate by titles the 
> participation 
> of it members' guests, the titles used must be such as to avoid 
> implying any 
> category of membership in either the QCWA or the Chapter. Each title 
> should 
> describe the type of participation. Suggestions: Chapter #__ Guest; 
> Friend 
> of Chapter #__; Chapter #__ Newsletter Subscriber; Chapter #__ 
> Supporter.
> 
> By the Board of Directors
> 
> 73,
> Bob Roske, NØUF
> Webmaster QCWA 
> 
> 
> 
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