Faced with an avalanche of criticism from members, donors and major clubs across the country, the ARRL board of directors in January decided not to consider several proposed changes to the League's Articles of Association and By-Laws. It did, however, establish a process for presenting proposed changes to the membership ahead of time in the future.
The directors also
decided to undertake a complete review of the controversial code of conduct
they had previously adopted for themselves, and immediately suspended the
section of that code that prevented directors from speaking negatively about
board actions and telling members how they voted on various motions.
The board also voted to
make public the decisions of its Ethics and Elections Committee regarding
candidates' qualifications as well as its reasons for disqualifying candidates
from seeking election (unless, in either case, the candidate requested
otherwise). More details on the board actions will be in the March issue of CQ.
