[QCWA Hotlist] A Change for QCWA?

Thu Oct 27 18:53:23 EDT 2011

In just one day of polling, Chapter 36 members are about 2-to-1 against, 
agreeing in large part with Tad's comments below. Further, early results 
from our chapters "guests/friends" also show little interest in joining, 
though this question was unasked for.

Will provide numbers in about a week if this topic continues, and after 
I get more replies from our group.

73,
Stan Vandiver W4SV
Pres. Ch. 36

On 10/27/2011 5:24 PM, wa8pxl at juno.com wrote:
> 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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