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Less than 1 GBP per week - good value IMHO!

The following is guaranteed in any hobby (certainly seen on this =
reflector)
- there will always be freeloaders who will:

- criticise the valuable work of the volunteers but will not be prepared =
to
get off their own backsides and offer to do better
- make negative and "clever" remarks without having a clue of the real =
hard
work that goes on unseen in the background ( a case in point is the =
472-479
kHz allocation - it was agreed by WRC07 as an agenda item for WRC12 so =
at
least five years technical and regulatory hard work by the IARU in the =
ITU
WRC and Regional preparatory groups. It got 42 EU countries supporting =
plus
the CITEL countries (North/South America) plus APT countries =
(Asia-Pacific)
plus ATU African countries. The Lead Spokesman on this agenda item for =
the
CEPT (all EU countries) was Colin Thomas - RSGB - that cost more than a
Thameslink fare to London and a cup of coffee!).=20

The trouble with the internet is that it attracts the armchair critics.

Soapbox ready for someone else now.....


73 Terry GW0EZY proud to be an RSGB member since 1972


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
[mailto:owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org] On Behalf Of Dave Sergeant
Sent: 02 March 2012 10:52
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Subject: LF: Re: RSGB Membership - Bit off topic.

A bit harsh Jim. The tower was sold a year ago at what it was bought=20
for. Bletchley opened last weekend and is budgeted for, admittedly a=20
bit over initial budgets.

Remember if it weren't for the RSGB we certainly wouldn't have any of=20
our current LF allocations. Several members of the society (one of=20
which is now on the interim board) were the key players in negotiations=20
on this with IARU.

And nobody else has commented, RSGB subs are =A347 with direct debit.=20
Fairly similar to other organisations of similar size.

73 Dave G3YMC

On 2 Mar 2012 at 10:39, James Cowburn wrote:

> I suspect any incremental cost in my membership due to "non-member
> support" is minimal!  Most will be going on undoing the current fiscal
> mess the society is in, sorting out Bletchley and trying to sell that
> bloody tower they bought!
>=20


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