I have refrained from commenting on this debacle. However, I appreciate the efforts that folks like Ria make for us all.

+ Like answering a legitimate technical question with a string of personal insults? Is that the example that an ARRL Director should set in an ARRL-sponsored online discussion group that explicitly prohibits such actions?

Dave is tiresome as is his dislike for the ARRL management. 

+ I don't dislike ARRL management, I've been voluntarily working with them for the past decade. What I dislike is poor decision-making and dishonesty. See the first paragraph of 

http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-board-grants-awards-and-recognitions