I hate to be a spoil-sport here, but I think this is a very dangerous matter indeed for policy making members of the ARRL, though obviously well-intentioned on the part of Yaesu. First of all, Joe (or Jo) Member On The Street is going to take a dim view of it, if he or she hears about it. But more importantly, it draws into question any policy decisions made by the Board about advertising policies, etc. For the same reason that you can't take government employees out to expensive dinners, Board members shouldn't subject themselves to having their judgments questioned as the result of benefits conferred on them by advertisers solely because of their role as an ARRL Board member. 73, Chris W3KD -----Original Message----- From: Mike Raisbeck <k1twf@arrl.net> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 7:03 pm Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:15671] Yaesu VIP Discount weet !! However, are there any minuses to this? I wonder where it falls n the ethics spectrum. Mike 1TWF ----------------------------------- ichael N. Raisbeck Phone: (978) 250-1236 ax: (978) 250-0432 mail: k1twf@arrl.net CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain privileged and confidential nformation intended only for the above-named recipient. If you have eceived this in error, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, r copying is strictly prohibited. In such case, please notify us by reply mail and delete this message. ----Original Message----- rom: Coy Day [mailto:n5ok@arrl.org] ent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:06 PM o: arrl-odv ubject: [arrl-odv:15671] Yaesu VIP Discount FYI I visited with Dennis at HamCom and he told me about a discount that Yaesu as for Officers, Directors and Vice Directors. If you are looking for a ew Yaesu, I suggest you e-mail Dennis at: k7bv@aol.com Coy - oy Day, N5OK 0685 SW 29 nion City, OK 73090 05-483-5632 ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.