[A-DX] ANARC

["walter eibl" <we@xxxxxxxx>]

Das erinnert mich irgendwie an ...


> APATHY ENDS ANARC
>
> On Apr 15, ANARC Acting Executive Director Harold Cones announced
> that responding clubs had voted unanimously to dissolve the
> Association of North American Radio Clubs. The vote was the result of
> a meeting of ANARC board and club representatives on Mar 12
> at the Winter SWL Festival in Kulpsville, PA. As reported by Dr.
> Cones:
>
> "After an extended period of discussion, the group, in a unanimous
> vote, felt that the time had come for the dissolution of ANARC.
> Originally conceived to promote information between the clubs and to
> curb verbal wars between SWLers and Dxers, it has now become only the
> operator of a club promotional web site. Individuals and clubs have
> taken up issues such as BPL and the Winterfest and other such club
> gatherings have solved the problem of non-interaction between the
> clubs.
>
> Further, ANARC now serves only 2324 members (over half of them NASWA
> members), about 10% of the number it served in 1964, further diluting
> the need for such an organization.
>
> A review of the written history revealed an organization always bogged
> down in apathy, from the first day of its inception, and that same
> apathy has plagued the operation of ANARC through the last two ANARC
> Executive Directors. Emails from the current Acting Executive Director
> receive very little or no response from club reps and the call for
> nominations for the Don Jensen Award resulted in minimal response.
>
> The dual problem of apathy and ANARC non-mission prompted the call for
> dissolution of the organization. The web site is a valuable tool for
> North American radio clubs and it will continue to operate with
> funding from NASWA and the Winter Fest.
>
> ANARC member clubs were given several weeks to vote. Dr. Cones also
> requested that, "If there is a strong feeling that ANARC should remain
> viable, I would appreciate a plan to discourage the apathy that has
> plagued the organization for 40 years."
>
> ((abridged)Press Release from Harold Cones, Acting Executive Director the
> Association of North American Radio Clubs - ANARC).


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