The funny thing about this, Jim, and a good example of how
the political environment changes peoples perception over time is how Spanish
language exams came about in the first place.
The government made tax forms and other federal forms
available in Spanish for natives of
It wasn’t an issue then. Everyone thought it was a
great idea and the FCC adopted it.
Fast forward to 2007 and the current political environment
surrounding illegal immigration and the slightest mention of “Spanish”
in any context fuels a wildfire.
Kind of makes me wonder what would happen if the IARU Region
II Conference, being held next month in Brazil, was instead being held in the
United States. IARU Region II requires all written documents to be distributed
in both English and Spanish…for obvious reasons – most of the
member societies are from Spanish speaking countries! If it were held in the
In any event, the matter at hand has absolutely nothing to
do with the current political environment surrounding illegal immigration, it is
about having one standard translation, approved by NCVEC, for all VEC’s
to use and the problem we’re trying to address deals with
Interesting times!
73 Joel W5ZN
From: James
Weaver [mailto:K8JE@zoomtown.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007
10:10 PM
To: w5zn@arrl.org; 'arrl-odv'
Subject: RE: Spanish Language
Exams
This is equivalent to
those who thought ARRL was petitioning to “move” automatic digital
into the “CW” section of bands. It is easy for people who
wish to remain unaware of facts to jump to wrong conclusions. There is
nothing in the way of the misdirecting synapses in the brain.
Jim
Weaver, K8JE, Director
ARRL
E-mail: k8je@arrl.org; Tel.: 513-459-0142
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