At 07:52 AM 8/27/2007, you wrote:
Sadly, there is no such organization. That makes the ARRL no less of a
tax-exempt publishing house, trying to make money off the shhep that
will follow
them anywhere.
--
John - W2AGN
John, that is exactly correct, and that is the reason I phrased my
question as I did. If ARRL is not a friend of Amateur Radio, then:
1) Why do they provide a Volunteer Counsel program? I can tell you
from personal experience that this program saved my fanny back around
1990 or 1991, and it didn't cost me one red cent. I had access to
Chris Emlay, the League attorney any time I needed it, as well as a
competent local attorney. We won the case.
2) Why does ARRL pay an attorney to represent us ar FCC, and to
fight such issues as BPL? If they were simply a publishing company
as you suggest, I doubt that they would waste time, money, and effort
to work the BPL issue as intently as they do.
3) Why does ARRL work as diligently as they do to represent us at
World Radio Conferences? They could just chug along with no effort
in that direction, allowing those expenditures to go to the bottom
line, and we would likely retain the frequency assignments that we
currently have, and they could go on forever as a publishing company.
This list could go on on, but I think you SHOULD get the
picture. If you don't, then there is no hope for you. May I please
suggest that you just sit back, relax, and appreciate the positive
things that the League does for us, and cease wasting your time &
emotion trying to tear them(us) down. I'm not always happy with how
they do things, but all in all, they do a great job compared to the
organization that you support.
73,
Mike, W5UC
"age & treachery will overcome youth & skill"
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