There's something that's happened recently over at the #arrl, which is the national #hamradio organization for the USA.
ARRL identified, by name, clubs and organizations that produce educational videos as "being in competition with" the ARRL "Learning Center".
ARRL then retaliated against these clubs and organizations, calling them up and stating that these organizations *would be excluded from ARRL publications and partnerships*
Firsthand, #qsotoday and #ratpac are affected.
This is bad.
If they keep this up the argument could be made they're not acting as a non-profit and perhaps their status should be re-evaluated
That would likely REALLY screw them over.
I mean the IRS was the ones to put Capone away....just saying.
@nq4t there's so little oversight of non-profits, it's really sad. Foundations (like ARDC) especially can act in repugnant ways and very little can be done to stop it.
What's offensive to me is that ARRL is the org that (for now) gets to pick who represents amatuer radio in national and international venues, as if they were acting as an amateur radio advocacy group.
You can act like an advocacy group, or you can act like a bay area startup. Trying to do both means you understand neither role.
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Jay (NQ4T)