Thanks Mark for your comments. I agree with Mark on this one. It may stop possible candidates if they know who already has filed. Lynn Nelson – W0ND ARRL Vice Director – Dakota Division From: Mark J Tharp Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 10:48 PM To: Fred Hopengarten Cc: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:30708] Re: E&E #1 Members are notified at the end of the filing period. That seems sufficient to me. We should be encouraging people to run and knowing ahead that an incumbent or another person is running may actually discourage some from submitting the paperwork feeling they can never beat whomever got their name out first. Nothing prevents people from announcing they have submitted the paperwork and nothing prevents them from campaigning prior to being vetted. I also think that would be an unfair advantage to whomever gets in first as they would be announced prior to the others. Having all the names released at the same time is the most fair to all in my opinion. Back row .02 Mark, HDX On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 8:21 PM <hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> wrote: Colleagues, I attach a Motion from E&E, v3. W7VO and I think it is a good idea As does N6AA. I can’t recall, at this moment, hearing from anyone else. As for me, I don’t understand why we don’t release qualified candidate names as soon as they are approved for the ballot. Why wait? K6JAT objects. So as to not mischaracterize, here is his objection: “My recollection is that the concerns were with potential impacts and interactions with other rules, bylaws, procedures and time frames governing elections. Actually, since the Legal Restructuring Committee is going to be reviewing the Bylaws, wouldn't it be best to wait for that effort? I don't think there is any immediate crying need for this amendment.” W7VO and I hold the view that if there is an interaction of which we are not aware, and it becomes visible later, we can fix it later. But in the meantime, the membership has a right to know who has filed papers and is qualified as a candidate. K6JAT may ask that this motion be removed from the Consent Agenda. If so, there will be discussion in the normal course. In the meantime, if you see something that should be changed in this motion, please let me know. Better to bring up issues sooner than later. Fred Hopengarten, Esq. K1VR Six Willarch Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781.259.0088, k1vr@arrl.org New England Director Serving ME, NH, VT, MA, RI and CT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
