Jay, You're right on. And I would add that while clear and specific areas of conduct (such as, for example, conflict of interest) can be with some difficulty controlled through rules and regulations, general matters of good manners are best managed with quiet social pressure, rather than with rules. It is in the area of collegial behavior that we seem to have fallen off the wagon a bit. We will only fix this through the mechanism of personal opprobrium delivered privately. Mike Mike Raisbeck k1twf@arrl.net -----Original Message----- From: jbellows <jbellows@skypoint.com> To: 'arrl-odv' <arrl-odv@arrl.org> Cc: 'email' <jbellows@skypoint.com> Sent: Thu, Apr 19, 2018 1:32 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:27188] Code of Conduct fallback My apology for coming to the “party” so late but I sense there may not be a consensus among EC member on the suspended Code of Conduct at a time of high feelings within and beyond ARRL membership. I recognize I am a guest at this meeting, but feel some responsibility for having had a part in getting where we are now on this issue. Moreover, my firm belief is that ARRL cannot continue to “kick the can down the street” on this issue. In the event the EC cannot reach a consensus on the proposed CoC I am forwarding a Sample Code of Conduct recommended by the National Council of Non-Profit that I ran across. The attached sample lacks the specificity of the (in my opinion) well done draft CoC that the EC has been reviewing. While it addresses most of the issues of concern, it does so in more general, non-legal language. The fact it was generated by a leading organization of non-profits could show the membership that a Code of Conduct is a common and necessary part of the operation of a non-profit organization. Again, it is intended for consideration only if the EC can’t reach consensus on the current proposal. 73, Jay, KØQB _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv