
The League's upper management is to be commended for becoming aware of the federal government Paycheck Protection Program, filing a loan application immediately, and securing a potential loan. A question that we should all be considering is - should we really be accepting this money? There has been considerable negative publicity about these loans going to companies such as Ruth's Chris Steakhouses and Shake Shack, to the point where the companies returned the money A recent Los Angeles Times article gave bad publicity to private schools receiving loans, although they are generally 501(c)(3)'s.See https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-30/coronavirus-private-scho... One school was mentioned had an endowment of $17.4 million in 2017. The League's endowment is larger than that. I would have trouble defending why society is better served by the ARRL getting this, rather than having it going to 20 or 40 really small businesses. I'm not sure we should accept this. I'm not prepared to go on television defending it. This ARRL is swimming in money. I am not introducing any motions to do anything. I simply felt you should consider how we may be acting with respect to the rest of our society today's stressful climate. 73, Dick, N6AA