PRESENTER OPINION : Do we need more Volunteer Examiner Coordinators?

PRESENTER OPINION : Do we need more Volunteer Examiner Coordinators?

Yesterday, one of the hams I follow on Twitter posted a link to FCC Public Notice DA-21-9, titled, “WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SEEKS INPUT ON EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF AMATEUR OPERATOR LICENSE VOLUNTEER EXAMINER COORDINATORS” (all caps theirs). The first paragraph concludes, “The Bureau seeks to determine whether the existing 14 VECs provide adequate support to volunteer examiners or whether additional VECs are needed.”

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PRESENTER OPINION : ARRL Board Meeting Agenda One of the Least Informative Agendas I’ve Ever Seen.

PRESENTER OPINION : ARRL Board Meeting Agenda One of the Least Informative Agendas I’ve Ever Seen.

The ARRL 2021 Annual Board Meeting will be held Friday/Saturday, January 15-16, 2021. Today, I received the meeting agenda by email. (You can get the agendas, too, by logging into the ARRL website and going to https://www.arrl.org/Users/edit#!/edit-info-email_subscriptions.) I must say, though, that this is the least informative of any agendas that I’ve ever received.

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