XPost: uk.radio.amateur, rec.radio.amateur.policy   
   From: Aero.Spike@mail.invalid   
      
   On 16/09/2017 11:10, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:   
      
   >> Spike  wrote:   
   >>> On 15/09/2017 14:54, Ian Wade G3NRW wrote   
      
   >>>> I originally joined the RSGB way back in 1959 (although I am no longer a   
   >>>> member). From that time onwards I've always thought the RSGB was mostly   
   >>>> pretty poor at publicity (except during the days of Sylvia Margolis),   
   >>>> but this video is the exception.   
   >   
   >>>> Well done RSGB. To me this video is easy to watch, has lots of personal   
   >>>> contributions from members, and presents a wide range of topics   
   >>>> illustrating the many interests of radio amateurs.   
      
   >>>> I hope the video enjoys a wide distribution.   
   >   
   >>> It's dreadful. The wide shots say it all: the hobby is hideously pale   
   >>> and old male.   
      
   >> I never had you down as a champion of diversity, Burt. I agree with you   
   >> that more youngsters and minority groups would be a Good Thing and that   
   >> the RSGB should focus all its resources on acquiring them.   
      
   > bollox you can't create interest were none exists ........ and minority   
   > groups as you put it are not stupid enough to take up the hobby .........   
      
   All the blood and treasure expended on the Youth, Equality, and BAME   
   programmes has been wasted, as the video clearly reveals. I'm astonished   
   they advertised those failures in the way that they chose.   
      
      
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