Herein lies the fundamental problem ... this and "ARRL Contesting" were billed as "on-line discussion groups" with HQ offices.  Ria is the only ARRL rep who frequents these lists, and the various HQ offices [Awards is but one] do not, or if they do, they lurk, don't speak, and apparently don't act on what they see.  If things change as a result of member input, even glacially, Ria gets all the credit, at least in my notebook.  If we elected our Board of Directors at large, as I believe we should two decades into the 21st century, I'd cast my ballot for her in a heartbeat.

"Contact your Director," a mantra we all hear, is perpetuating the long-standing problem that, "What happens in Newington stays in Newington."  We elect our Board to govern the Corporation, not to fix operational problems.  Part of governance is employing the right leader.  After two seriously failed attempts, a decade later I think they have gotten it right, and I believe change will happen.  The pace just needs to be picked up dramatically.  Having the Awards Department active on this discussion group would be a huge improvement.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 7/26/2021 12:45 PM, Ria, N2RJ wrote:

 I think you meant April 2021 and not April 2020. Staff was not in the building in April 2020.

And you are right - it was changed by headquarters without member input. Now we are reversing that based on member input. 

I will not go into further details other than there is new management in that department.

73

Ria

N2RJ