[bars] Discussing ARRL bylaw 18 proposed changes???

[David Marcucci]

My thoughts were the following:

   - I understand that we want directors who are active in their district
   but the 300 / 365 days for "full-time" residency is a bit extreme. In 2019
   I spent more than 65 days travelling for work. Of course, with that
   schedule, I likely wouldn't be running but I know plenty of people
   who split time in FL and MA but travel back and forth often and could be a
   good director. Even some who I know are still active on the air in New
   England while avoiding our winter someplace south, either via HF or using
   Echolink, D-Star, Fusion, DMR, AllStarLink, Zoom, remote station control,
   or other technologies.
   - Restricting any comments about your opponent seems extreme. I'm sure
   some candidates have said stuff that was false, misleading, rude, etc.
   about their opponent but I think a candidate has to be able to say, "My
   opponent does XYZ and I disagree with that", "My opponent is not addressing
   ABC and I think it needs to be a higher priority." If they want to restrict
   derogatory comments, slander, or lying, that's fine with me but discourse
   needs to happen not only during formal debates.
   - The restriction on "communication vehicles" seems to restrict social
   media and email or any tool that could be used outside the district. I'm
   not sure how a candidate gets their message out without those.
   - There also seems to be a restriction on fundraising outside your
   district that is similar to the "communication vehicles" one, restricting
   any method that could be used outside of the district.
   - Finally, the part about making statements about complaints made to the
   Secretary seems easy to abuse. A candidate would just need to complain
   about something their opponent is discussing and now it can't be discussed.

That's just on my initial read! I am sure there are better ways to address
the issues they are trying to address but this seems very restrictive.

73,
Dave KC1TLF

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM Tom Walsh <k1tw at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
>
>
> Well, the recent ARRL election for Director had lots of problems including
> three candidates being dis-qualified before the election.  Not sure that
> has ever happened before.  So the longer by-laws version is an attempt to
> address some of the problems that occurred.  They will surely be discussed
> and probably further modified at the January board meeting in a week or
> two.
>
>
>
> Tom K1TW
>
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> *From:* bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org> *On Behalf Of *Greg via bars
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 11, 2025 1:02 PM
> *To:* David Marcucci <dmarcucci at gmail.com>; BARS <bars at w1hh.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [bars] Discussing ARRL bylaw 18 proposed changes???
>
>
>
> Ain’t bureaucracies wonderful. Turn one page into three. Perhaps the
> league needs to explain the need for these changes based upon “real” issues
> they have encountered for us to better evaluate them.
>
> Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
>
> 73
>
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> On Saturday, January 11, 2025, 12:02, David Marcucci <dmarcucci at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Are there any rules about not discussing the proposed changes to ARRL
> bylaw 18 on this email list?
>
>
>
> Some of the changes look pretty restrictive. If you haven't checked it
> out, you should IMHO.
>
>
>
> From ARRL.ORG:
>
> *Current By-Law 18
> <http://www.arrl.org/files/file/About%20ARRL/By-Laws/Proposed/121724%20/Current%20Bylaw%2018.pdf>*
>  (PDF)
>
> *Proposed Revised By-Law 18*
> <http://www.arrl.org/files/file/About%20ARRL/By-Laws/Proposed/121724%20/Proposed%20Revised%20Bylaw%2018.pdf>
>  (PDF)
>
> 73,
>
> Dave KC1TLF
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