I have been told many times that we vet our advertisers’ advertising claims. A member has raised what appears to be a potential issue. No one has suggested an “investigation of a New York charity”, rather some simple vetting like we claim to do with our advertisers. Doug K4AC From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Imlay Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 12:33 PM To: JRS <jrs@hamradio.us.com> Cc: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:25870] Re: Radio Club of JHS 22 Why is ARRL the proper entity to do an investigation of a New York charity? 73, Chris W3KD On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 12:29 PM, JRS <jrs@hamradio.us.com <mailto:jrs@hamradio.us.com> > wrote: Doug, Tom, Rick Someone from HQ should contact the administration of JHS 22 to obtain more information about the "club" — how long it has been active, number of members, administrative sponsor, source(s) of support/funding, etc. If there is no club or WB2JKJ has no contact/relationship with an existing club, then the matter should be turned over to competent CT counsel for further investigation. If the worst allegations about/against WB2JKL and The Radio Club of JHS 22 are or appear to be true, the ARRL needs to be very careful as the falsity of the fundraising effort would implicate Federal and state laws regarding fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud. If the inquiries/investigation proves there is no basis for concern, then the League will have done its due diligence and will have a safe harbor if anyone were to bring a complaint against the League. 73 ----------------------------------------------------- John Robert Stratton N5AUS Office telephone: 512-445-6262 <tel:512-445-6262> Cell: 512-426-2028 <tel:512-426-2028> PO Box 2232 Austin, Texas 78768-2232 ----------------------------------------------------- On 10/24/16 11:03 AM, Doug Rehman wrote: A member has complained to me about The Radio Club of JHS 22 NYC Inc which has been a QST advertiser for a very long time. Their half-page ad is on page 124 of the November issue. The allegations are that there isn’t actually a radio club at JHS 22; the founder, WB2JKJ, is said to have been a teacher at that school decades ago. The allegations continue that when asked, WB2JKJ will not divulge where the money is actually going. Here is a multi-year eHam.net thread: http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php?topic=75401.0 A couple questions: 1. What vetting has been done, and how recently, to determine if this is currently a legit charity or basically a self-serving scam? (I.E. what percentage of donations go to “administrative expenses” versus to actually helping students?) 2. Do we know if there is actually a radio club at JHS 22 in NYC? If not, the ads are deceptive as everyone I’ve asked believes there is an actual active radio club at that school that is being supported by the proceeds. 3. Are the ads being discounted? Doug K4AC _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv -- Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret & Imlay, LLC 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD@ARRL.ORG <mailto:W3KD@ARRL.ORG>