From: K=D8=88B on Jul 29, 12:31 pm

"an old friend" wrote

Fred and Bill and I are all free to have opinions on other subjects

Fred and Bill are Directors, and presumably represent all of us members.

Have they SAID so, in public? I don't think so. It IS implicit
that any "directors" DO represent the membership, though.

Has the ARRL said it "represents all radio amateurs?" You betcha
and for years. That's "okay" but a small special-interest group
is in ten kinds of hot water, ain't it? :-)

When Fred, then Executive Director of NCI, makes a speech proposing reduct=
ion of
the technical content of the entry examination, that implies something abo=
ut the
position of the organization which he leads.

Tsk, you've messed up present and past tenses. Are you tense?

I think that regular readers are fully aware of your personal
dislike of Fred Maia. You need not repeat yourself too much.

When the Board of Directors does not issue a disclaimer after that speech,
observers (including the FCC) are likely presume that the statement is mor=
e than
just the personal opinion of W5YI.

I love it when the ARRL is somehow sacrosact and NO ONE dare
question THEIR board of directors...yet a small special-interest
group is suddenly ACCUSED of implied perfidy!

That presumption is reinforced when the same Board of Directors later
enthusiastically supports free upgrades for nearly two-thirds of all licen=
sees
without answering a single test question pertaining to their new license c=
lass.

Tsk, tsk. If the FCC wished, they could eliminate ALL testing
and licensing of U.S. radio amateurs...or not...all without the
permission of K stroke-O H B! Really...

K2UNK can express his personal opinion (and I believe him), but the action=
s of
NCI leadership are at direct odds with his personal disclaimers. You and =
I as
individual NCI members can freely express opposing views, but those indivi=
dual
views carry far less weight than the Board of Directors who express "offic=
ial
policy".

Hot damn...perfect SPIN by a manager on management!!!

Priceless! :-)

That's straight out of Manager's Charm School coursebook.

Good luck on continued harrassment of Mark. It becomes you
and all the other wonderful amateur extras in here. Show
everybody who is BOSS!


73, de Hans, K0HB
Member, ARRL, NCI, FISTS, VWOA, SOC, A1-Op, MWA, TCDXA, etc

Sunnuvagun...lookit all dem memberships! :-)

Tsk. All I can claim is support of the NCI endeavors as a
member...and as a citizen of the United States and as a
veteran of Army service...IN radio communications there.
Obviously must not be enough for this holy group. :-(

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