On 12 Nov 2019, at 11:17, John G4SWX via Groups.Io <john.regnault@...> wrote:

On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 02:34 AM, G3ZHI ian wrote:

the challenges that must be faced:

• What is amateur radio?
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• The roles of IARU and its member-societies

I actually disagree with Tim Ellen and the IARU AC, I think this is a retrospective view which needs a bigger jolt of reality to bring it up to date! It is my view that in the UK and many developed countries that amateur radio has gone beyond the point of inflection and is clearly heading downwards.
My view is that stagnation, in many areas,?set in a number of years back and that although there is some realisation that things have to change many of those involved are afraid of the future and 'rocking the boat' and upsetting many established radio amateurs.
For instance the 'Growth' part of the RSGB 2022 strategy:

This all sits within the easy 'comfort zone' with relatively small and correspondingly low impact targets. (men in sheds......)

Most views of amateur radio are introspective and only focused on what existing radio amateurs might think! Amateur radio only exists because other stakeholders allow it to do so. If we did not have access to the amateur bands, which is not a 'God-given right' we would be simply another sub-section of makers, tinkerers and hackers.
Amateur radio needs significant change of attitude to survive even if it causes massive pain to much of its current establishment.

John G4SWX