In an earlier post, I had made mention that I didn't see that a merger would happen except out of necessity, which I still believe, even though I believe it could conceivably work sooner than that.
The various posts on the subject reinforce something else I had said - that some of the same issues that led to the divide are still in play today. They also reinforce that among those who were there at the time, on both sides of the fence ( and due to the comparative ages of the active participants at the time, there are more of these folks left in IRCA than in NRC ) are not currently in favor of a merger. My personal view is that my biggest concern about it is that old animosities might be rekindled, in which case it is better left undone. Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id <[email protected]> -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 3/14/14, James Renfrew <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: [IRCA] More on mergers To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, March 14, 2014, 10:46 AM This got bounced from the IRCA list yesterday due to length, though it appeared on the NRC list. So I removed the rest of the thread. So if there is significant overlap, according to Russ' estimation, it can't be that either club is TOO intolerable to the other. When it comes to mergers that I know about - churches - I've learned a few things: <snip> I suspect that if clubs stop functioning there will be at least a loose e-network of DXers, but how that is organized remains to be seen: a single individual who comes forward to maintain an e-list? or web site? A cluster of people willing to do the same? People finding a medium wave message board created in Yahoo Groups or the like? DXer friends maintaining their own contact lists? Or we become the "medium wave" tab on the web site of a more general all-band group (that may also be in decline). If print operations are discarded, then the financial dimensions of our operations are likely to be significantly reduced. You usually need a board of directors when money is involved, but do we need a board when there's a lot less money?* > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected] _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
