[SixClub] Survey Poll

[Richard Joey Fiero II W5TFW]

   Ok I am going to shut up now,  My original intention was to see just how 
many members use LOTW.
  not to bash the ARRL.   So lets stick to that.   in the future all survey 
questions are just to see what  I can do to help the members of the club it 
wasnt to start an arguement.


                                                                             
      Joey
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 7:48 PM
Subject: OT: [SixClub] Survey Poll


> 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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