OT: [SixClub] Survey Poll

[Goody K3NG]

No offense taken.  IANAA (I am not an Accountant), but salaries are an 
operating expense, not profit.  Salaries are what they are regardless of 
revenue.  Admittedly you have to have a certain amount of revenue to 
cover operating expenses, but I don't think any ARRL employees have 
anything analogous to profit sharing nor is there such a thing as ARRL 
stock.  Would increased revenues cause the Board to give an officer a 
raise?  Perhaps.  But any organization worth anything needs revenue to 
remain in existence, and the only way to maintain or grow revenue is 
through leadership or innovation.  So it's a lot like a business in some 
respects, but there's really no investors to harvest profits.

I won't disagree LOTW is bloated and overcomplicated.  They could have 
easily piggybacked on eQSL or the other service whose name escapes me at 
the moment.  Their private/public key authentication system isn't 
without merit, though; it is the right way to do it.  The problem is 
they've locked the front door very securely but the windows (i.e. paper 
QSL cards) are wide open.  Despite being a thirty-something IT 
professional with multiple computers and servers in my home, I like good 
old paper QSL cards better.

I haven't bought any bricks.  It's a bit too much for me, and I'm a life 
member.

73
Goody
K3NG

Richard Joey Fiero II W5TFW wrote:
> Hold on one at a time,
> are you saying there are no paid employees at the ARRL ?   and LOTW,  
> is there because if they let in lets say  " E QSL " for instance then 
> they couldn't control it,  I understand that nothing is free in life,
> BUT,.........  qsl cards are not Plutonium, and if you are clever you 
> can beat any system,   LOTW
> is to complicated, and unnecessary.  Except  that it allows the ARRL 
> to maintain control.
>  and whats up with the Bricks,  any of you buy into that ?
>
>
>                                                                             
>                      Joey
> PS I should be keeping my mouth shut,  its not my wish to run people 
> off the reflector
>     the purpose of the Poll is just to see where the members are, not 
> my personal opnions.
>
>
> Richard Joey Fiero II
> W5TFW  EM-40
> QSL Manager USS KIDD W5KID
> Director 6 Club    www.6mt.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Goody K3NG" <goody.k3ng at gmail.com>
> To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 6:51 PM
> Subject: OT: [SixClub] Survey Poll
>
>
>> I'm not an LOTW fan., but how do you make a profit on a free QSL/log 
>> service and an award program that's essentially free (unless you buy 
>> some of the arguably reasonably priced swag)?  And how/why does a 
>> 501(c) have to show a profit?
>>
>> Richard Joey Fiero II W5TFW wrote:
>>> LOL,
>>>
>>> Sorry I wasnt home for awhile,   Let me take a shot at this,  the 
>>> ARRL wants a Monopoly on DXCC
>>> so they use L.O.T.W. to do it.  they " ARE " a business.
>>> And as such have to show a profit.
>>
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