Barry Shelley, N1VXY, to Become ARRL Interim CEO

I plead no contest!

 

Bailiff, whack his pee-pee!

 

Wrong. It is soley a service. We invoke 'hobby' as a methodology for use of the service.

FOR EXAMPLE: If you are radio-active, then you are executing mission by being part of the pool of skilled operators. Who cares if you are discussing UFOs, contesting, chasing DX,or the weather, or the DX-60 you can't sell?

The problem is that 65% +of the 'hobby ' people don't get on at all. They are the problem.And that is the target: bands that are not used beyond marginal pools of operators are disappearing, and will continue to disappear, because of failure to execute mission. Why? Because the MISSION STATEMENT for the service is not being justified for the given allocation of spectrum.

This is how its viewed by other services desiring spectrum: using the LANGUAGE OF PART 97 to show we are failing , in allocations, as a SERVICE. The FCC is obligated to concur if the mission so stated is not being met at specific allocations.

I don't know why you guys don't get this....its not 'radio soldiers'. Its use or lose.

73
Chip W1YW

 

You lost me at soley

 

The hams who are true amateurs; those who radio for the love of it, per the definition are also probably the most active. after all, we like doing radio: that's why we are here in the first place.

The ones that never get on the radio are those who got licensed for all the wrong reasons.

1. emcomm: ham radio's own simulation of a four letter word. Yes, I did not capitalize the acronym because I hate even typing it.
2. Utility hams. These are folks who got licensed because they thought that having having a ham radio would help their day-to-day activities. Like talking to the wife, kids or family for reasons related to their own private business.
3. Poor suckers who bought into the whole ham radio shtick only to find that a $25 hand held radio is not going to provide the fun and activities that they were led to believe happens on VHF repeaters.

These are just my own opinions; worth exactly what you paid for them: $00.00...

 

The Keurig has been located on a workbench in the ARRL Lab!

 

From: http://www.arrl.org/news/barry-shelley-n1vxy-to-become-arrl-interim-ceo

At its meeting this weekend, the ARRL Board of Directors did not elect Howard Michel, WB2ITX, as the ARRL Chief Executive Officer. Beginning Monday, January 20, Barry Shelley, N1VXY, will become interim CEO. Mr. Shelley was ARRL’s Chief Financial Officer for 28 years and CEO during 2018 before his retirement. The board has created a search committee to select the next CEO. More details on this and other matters which took place at the board meeting will be released shortly.

 

Discussed at length after the actual meeting (weeks ago, not this past weekend)
https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/barry-shelley-n1vxy-to-become-arrl-interim-ceo.688708/

 

Argue with the ARRL, that was from their online news yesterday

 

ARRL newsline 01/19/2020

 

... and he went to "another" Amateur site and presented this info as something that just happened.

 

It would be a good idea for the board of the ARRL to review the organization to the members. Where is the League making money, where are they losing money. State of publications, membership income, etc. All in simple terms, no balance sheet stuff needed.

One example - I get emails about 'spectrum' crisis for bands that I have to believe few use. 2M is a ghost town, no one on here. Can't believe that ARRL should be fighting for the GHz bands! How much are the legal fees needed?
Another - I stopped buying ARRL publications, as many were just bad reprints of QST articles. And, QST is getting pretty stale, maybe print every other month or once a quarter. Is QST/books making any money?

On the positive side. the podcasts are good and many of the Hallas/Ford QST articles are excellent. They both represent the best of the ARRL. Podcasts and YouTube is a good and cheap way to do what is being done now with expensive magazines.

I have to wonder if the angst around the revolving CEO is related to cutting costs/fat. Hobby is not growing and likely ARRL isn't either. A competent CEO would be making plans to downsize/rightsize the organization. That would not go over well with the 20 year employee or the Life Member. Ham radio is on a downward slope, none of my kids are interested, and none of their friends are either. To be fair NONE of the 'old guy' hobbies, collecting, old cars, baseball, interest them. I enjoy it, but see a fall off in active hams.

The ARRL is at a point where we need a frank discussion- with the members - about the future of the hobby and the organization. The CEO turnover is just a early warning of future issues coming at us rapidly.

 

Instead of arguing over microwave frequencies better suited to internet use the ARRL should be lobbying for opening up the 4 meter (70 MHz) frequencies.

 

As long as there are radios to play with, antennas to build etc, there be some form of amateur radio.

Streamline the licensing process - one license for all. Test should concentrate on rules/regulations/operating procedures and safety.

 

The January Board of Directors Minutes are posted now, if anyone is interested.

No new information about the release of Dr. Michel, just that the vote was 6 to 9.