Reaction to the article: Extraordinary congress of the SZR

Here is my personal opinion on contribution by Miloslav OM3AA. At the outset, I must say that since 1990, I have had different opinions (in Slovakian arguments) on essential radio amateur matters (at least 10 times), but it was always either his lack of information or personal desires. We discussed things during quite frequent meetings, but after a few weeks I found out that Miloš did not change his opinion, even on easily provable matters. For example... Miloš applied for the OM1AA brand on 1/1/1993, and when he found out that I had also applied for it, he spread insulting remarks that members of the Presidium of the SZR had priority. Miloš got the brand, and not long ago I learned that the correct OM brand has the number 3, and I scolded him at the time. Since it was just talk on the 80 m band, I reminded him personally and considered the matter settled. Of course, he did not apologize for his statements. There were more such "misunderstandings" and they continue with greater intensity. Unfortunately, only for personal reasons. For example, lately he has been inappropriately slandering the meetings of Slovak radio amateurs in the High Tatras - really, only for personal reasons. At the meeting of the presidium at the end of September, I intended to announce my resignation from the post of president of the SZR for health reasons. The fact that I don't talk can, for example, to confirm OM5BP, to whom I told in Borovci, that I was going to the hospital the following Monday and that I had been PN for almost 3 months (members of PrSZR can also confirm this), but that is not important. Because Miloš is launching a new campaign, from which uninformed and demagogic slander "sticks out", I will defend myself for a while longer and will officially resign only at the next SZR convention. The truth is that, according to today's statutes, my resignation would not have any effect on the events in the SZR, I would just not be performing the function.

Of course, as far as the contribution of OM3AA concerns the convening of an extraordinary congress, the right to do so is granted after meeting the conditions set by the statutes of the SZR. That will probably be the official answer of the Presidium of the SZR. Everything else in the post is propaganda. It just amazes me that OM3AA again puts itself in the position of the wisest and makes fools of the SZR presidium and all radio amateurs, especially those who participated in the fifth SZR conventions. He and two other critics (OM5BP and OM5KP) accuse the presidium of the SZR of inaction and of opposing the work of the members. But as far as I can remember, these gentlemen did not participate in any SZR convention (with a few exceptions) and slept during the meeting in the High Tatras during the report on the SZR activities. Even OM5BP criticizes probably Števa OM3JW that he does nothing for SZR apart from writing DX messages that are read by "50 amateurs". Apparently for the fact that Števo accused him in the interview of losing his memory after the last convention. I am not going to calculate all the activities that members of PrSZR do for SZR, I will prepare that again, according to the statutes of SZR, for the meeting in the Tatras. But try to compare the activity of OM3LU, OM8AA or OM3JW and the aforementioned gentlemen over the last 13-30 years.

Of course, everything is different from what OM3AA writes.

Before each convention, convention documents and the convention program were published in Rádiožurnál, on the Internet, and all clubs received them in writing. So every delegate could prepare for the convention. Documents approved by the congress are valid, nothing can be done about it. That's why I can't understand the remark "..,which alone could correct some deficiencies in our radio amateur organization". But I will mention a few specific points of the OM3AA "design" and the listed "flaws".

On the proposal for changes to the Statutes of the SZR. - OM3AA writes: "The Statutes of the Slovak Association of Radio Amateurs, as well as the Organizational Rules of the SZR, which were created on the basis of a proposal by an unknown entity that is not known to me, underwent some significant changes at the 5th SZR convention in 2002, which the membership probably did not have the opportunity to discuss, as they were not familiar with them. The wording of the Statutes and their changes have traditionally been unanimously approved. This custom persists, I assume, from the past."

Note OM3LU: The answer is in the previous paragraph. It was discussed at the convention and the documents were approved. The delegates voted according to their conscience and certainly did not vote unanimously. Why the blaming of the convention delegates? Why should anyone notify Mr. OM3AA in advance of their proposal? And why does it persist from the past? SZR was established in 1990.

• OM3AA writes: "He did not in any way correct the unprecedented situation regarding the impossibility of carrying out any revision activity, the STATUTE OF THE AUDIT COMMISSION OF THE SZR was not presented by the Presidium at the convention, nor was it approved by the convention, which did not exist until then, contrary to the STATUTES of the SZR, does not exist to this day and cannot exist in the following years until the 6th convention of the SZR in 2006!!!"

Note OM3LU: The statute of the revision commission existed from the first congress of the SZR and the previous commissions worked according to it. It was inaccurate information from Tibor OM3BG at the convention.

• OM3AA writes: "ONLY at an extraordinary congress of the SZR, it would also be possible to specify, correct, supplement or delete some wordings of the unanimously approved Statutes of the SZR, which contain some extremely serious deficiencies."

Note OM3LU: I agree with the opinion that only the congress can change the approved Statutes of the SZR. Other adjectives to Stanov's address are out of place. The gentleman was not at the convention, but he mentions the "unanimous" approval of the statutes as a shortcoming. By the way, the statutes were approved point by point.

• OM3AA writes: "1. Briefly formulate and clarify the relationship of the SZR to the ZTSC, the position of both entities with each other, economic relations and dependencies or dependencies in other areas and the principles that result from this. The majority of the membership does not know the nature of these relations and therefore has no opportunity to influence them."

Note OM3LU: ZTSC has its statutes, and SZR, as a member, is obliged to comply with them, or withdraw. At the first congress of the SZR, the reasons for membership in the ZTSC were explained and the delegates approved the membership in the ZTSC. Since then, the question of the relationship with ZTSC has not been discussed. But there is no need to mention the ZTSC Statutes in our statutes. Just read them.

• OM3AA writes: "2. Similarly, briefly characterize in the Statutes the relationship to IARU.”

Note OM3LU: With the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the ČRK and the SZR applied for membership in the IARU. The question was discussed at the first congress of the SZR. IARU Reg I Statutes are also available e.g. on the Internet, so the wording in the Statutes of the SZR is sufficient. Members of IARU Reg. 1 are all European countries. To state the Statutes of the IARU Reg. 1 in our articles of association is not needed again.

• OM3AA writes: "3. Modify the wording that SZR 'represents Slovak radio amateurs'. In reality, it can ONLY represent members of SZR, no one else, since SZR has not been authorized to do so by other Slovak radio amateurs."

Note OM3LU: This wording was also discussed at the first congress of the SZR. However, the reality is also different. Only one radio amateur organization per country is a member of IARU, so it represents the radio amateurs of that country. The IARU recommendations then apply to all radio amateurs, not just members of national organizations. They are recommendations because only state authorities can make decisions. Furthermore, the recommendations of the ITU conference (WRC03) are binding on all amateurs, not only on SZR members. There is a similar relationship with the Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic, who negotiate only with the Radio Amateur Radio Authority. By the way, the negotiations of members of PrSZR

they were never against radio amateurs-non-members of the SZR, so why the wisdom. Take bandplans, conditions of competition, Article 25 Radio Regulations etc, they apply to all. For example, after the WRC03 conference and the release of the 40 m band, even non-members of the SZR will work on it.

• OM3AA writes: "4. Finding that 'SZR provides international QSL service' is ONLY PARTLY true. Our organization REFUSES to accept QSLs for sending to non-members of SZR. The convention should regulate this area more democratically, allowing non-members of the SZR to send, provided that they pay a certain contribution to the activity of the QSL service. Otherwise, SZR de facto blackmails non-members to become members of SZR if they want to realize their interests in a normal and usual way. We can draw attention to an example from the Czech Republic, where it works and, in addition, e.g. sending QSL tickets for radio amateurs over 70 years of age free of charge, regardless of whether or not they are members of any radio amateur organizations …”

Note OM3LU: Well, this is where OM3AA's greatest demagoguery was revealed. He is a member of SZR only because of the QSL service and it would be useful if it was free again, because he is over 70 years old. He chose the Czech Republic as an example and chose a rule that suits him. The fact that ČRK returns QSL tickets for non-members of ČRK !! sender and carefully did not mention the membership amount. So, SZR provides an "international QSL service" for all Slovak amateurs, because all incoming QSL tickets will be received by all radio amateurs in Slovakia. Non-members after payment of applicable postage. Only SZR members can send QSL tickets abroad, as is the case in the USA and in all European countries except the Czech Republic. So what non-democracy ??

• Bod 5. nekomentujem. Návrh bol iný, diskusia na zjazde pri Fiľakove priniesla schválenie tohto textu. Samozrejme, že návrh bol logicky podložený. Pán vyšetrovateľ iste pochopí túto skutočnosť, keď bude dve funkčné obdobia pracovať ako štatutár amatérskej organizácie.
• I also do not comment on point 6, I leave it for the congress to approve. It is interesting that the opinion of the five congresses was what it was. In the statutes of European organizations, this issue is stated similarly. If this point were illegal, the Ministry of the Interior would not have confirmed the Statute.
• Point 7 shows that OM3AA does not understand, or does not want to understand, what this point is about. Of course, we need to talk about the structure of the organization, but the unequivocal truth is that radio clubs are independent legal entities and it is not possible to prescribe anything to them in our statutes. And the memory of money for radio clubs is demagoguery again. SZR has never financially supported any radio club. It supports only agreed activities that can be carried out by radio clubs (e.g. a course for young operators, a Tatra meeting, etc.).
• Point 8 is another, gross demagoguery of OM3AA. Here we consider whether, at this point, OM3AA does not slander PrSZR and Zjazd SZR. Of course, in the event of the dissolution of the SZR, the congress will decide on the settlement of the assets of the SZR.
• Bod 9. nechávam na zjazd, ale tento návrh je logický. Vždy bol tento problém takto chápaný.

On the proposal for changes to the Organizational Rules.

• Point 1. is again gross demagoguery of OM3AA. All radio clubs always received written materials about the congress, they were published on the OM9HQ broadcast, on the WWW.HAMRADIO.SK website and in the magazine Rádiožurnál SZR (not possible, but certainly.. you just have to find it).
• Bod 2. tento bod bol dlho diskutovaný na viacerých zjazdoch a toto bol logický výsledok diskusií. OM3AA si pletie pojmy a opäť straší amatérov nedemokraciou.
• Body 3. a 4. sú logické a takto sa to vždy praktizovalo.
• Point 5. is completely stupidly demagogic. If OM3AA had listened to the discussion on this issue at the convention, he MAY have understood the current rules for the election of the president and vice presidents of the SZR. The International Organization of Radio Amateurs IARU Region I and some other amateur organizations in Europe have the same rules for electing the representatives of the organization and that they would be undemocratic? OM3AA again using strong words out of own ignorance. He forgot to mention that this election point only applies if there is (or remains) only one candidate. The reason for this choice was clear. The convention preferred the fact that after the conclusion of a particular convention, statutory representatives of the organization MUST be elected, otherwise the organization would cease to exist. The term "self-appointed" is highly offensive. The statutes say otherwise.
• I will leave point 6 again for the congress, but OM3AA insults members of the SZR and members of the PrSZR again. He doesn't understand the problem again.
• I leave point 7 for the convention. The deficiency in the treasury of the former secretary of the SZR was a criminal offense and the amount was returned in full to the treasury of the SZR. The truth is that it should never have happened, but no amount of wording in the statutes would have prevented it. Finally, when we accepted (3LU, 8AA and 3JW) candidacy for positions at the other convention, we emphasized that we were doing so in order to demand the return of this deficiency, which we fulfilled.

In conclusion, I remind you that these opinions are my private ones and I apologize for the comment mixed with the explanation of the fact. I only did this so you could compare the OM3AA article and my explanations. If OM3AA would make a proposal for holding an extraordinary congress and a proposal for changes in the documents of the SZR without offensive labels, my answer would be one-line - the Extraordinary Congress of the SZR can be held after meeting the conditions given in the valid Statutes of the SZR.

Tono OM3LU