PRESENTER OPINION : Many ARRL members couldn’t get there from here…So they left. Here’s how to get them back

PRESENTER OPINION : Many ARRL members couldn’t get there from here…So they left. Here’s how to get them back

This line from the classic movie, Wizard of Oz (1939), largely tells the tale of this article. The sidebar statement to the audience revealed that what was actually going on if the audience was astute enough to see it was not what was being presented to the audience in the play itself. Social scientists use this metaphor to describe organizational behaviour as “front stage” (intended to be seen by the audience) versus “back stage” (not intended for the audience).

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PRESENTER OPINION : What the heck is the ARRL Board of Directors thinking this time?

PRESENTER OPINION : What the heck is the ARRL Board of Directors thinking this time?

I wrote a couple of months ago about the shameful disqualifications of several candidates for the ARRL Board of Directors. In an attempt to prevent future embarrassment—and prevent any dissenting voices being elected to the board—the ARRL Special Committee on By-Law 46 Revisions, headed by Arthur I. Zygielbaum, K0AIZ, ARRL Midwest Division Director, has come up with revisions to By-Law 18. After reading it, and the commentary, By-Law 18 is a Terrible Idea, written by past New England Division director and chair of the Ethics and Elections Committee, Fred Hopengarten, K1VR, I can only ask again what the heck are they thinking?

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