January 2003 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[ARRL-ODV:8287] 2002 Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional Media Award
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 23 Jan '03

23 Jan '03

A routine item of business that did not get attended to at last week's Board Meeting is the selection of the winner of the 2002 Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional Media Award. In accordance with Article 6 of the ARRL Articles of Association, the Executive Committee authorized the following resolution to presented to the Board for mail vote: WHEREAS, the ARRL Public Relations Committee has made a recommendation from among ten nominees for the 2002 Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional Media Award, and WHEREAS there were several strong contenders for the award, and WHEREAS the committee members were particularly impressed with the news segment prepared by Jill Valley and Greg Schieferstein for KPAX-TV, Missoula, Montana, which featured a young female radio amateur who became licensed for a high school project and showed her with her "Elmer" making a moonbounce contact, RESOLVED, that the ARRL Board of Directors selects Jill Valley and Greg Schieferstein as the winners of the 2002 Bill Leonard, W2SKE, Professional Media Award. The Board voted by mail vote conducted via the arrl-od remailer. All 15 Directors have voted in favor, so the resolution is ADOPTED. The winners are in the Northwestern Division. Congratulations, Greg. 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary

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[ARRL-ODV:8286] CD - Important
by W5JBP＠aol.com 23 Jan '03

23 Jan '03

Dave Bell called me last night and said that some of the CD's have the wrong sound track on them. You need to check and see if yours is OK. Some will have the sound track for a commercial for 1001 Dalmatians. We are having them remade. Jim Haynie

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[ARRL-ODV:8285] Re: Washington and 7 MHz
by Joel Harrison 23 Jan '03

23 Jan '03

Washington and 7 MHzI still don't have the answers to all of my questions, and I don't feel comfortable. If for some reason you don't feel comfortable discussing them in this open forum, then please call me (1st VP) and Jim (Pres) so we all know fully well what is going on. To be more specific, who is in charge of this effort....are you? If so, who is going to be in charge of this effort while you are away from January 28 through February 11 and for the most part unable to communicate back from Armenia on a regular basis? You know I am a huge IARU supporter, but I have to question the request, and your acceptance of going to a Region I Executive Committee meeting during what the board sees as a critical time period in getting our government to support our position regarding 40 meters at WRC03. I realize the Region I officer's are new, but they are not new to IARU or particularly Region I activities and I'm not sure what assistance they are asking you to provide. Does it have something to do with WRC03? Who is covering us at the CITEL PCC II meeting in Orlando? 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 4:33 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8284] Re: Washington and 7 MHz Joel, the immediate plan is as I outlined toward the end of the Board meeting. The meetings that Chris and I have set up for Friday carry out most of it. There's more we can do on the Hill if necessary, but that has a longer gestation period. In the meantime another possible political opportunity has arisen that I don't yet feel free to discuss but that looks to be worth pursuing. We've stirred up a lot of activity in DoD; much of my Tuesday morning was spent on the phone with a DoD staffer who had been handed the ball. The immediate window of opportunity is before the CITEL PCC.II meeting in Orlando the first week of February. We're covered at that meeting. Afterwards we'll see where we are and take the additional steps that are appropriate. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Harrison, Joel (1st Vice President) Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 5:11 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8283] Re: Washington and 7 MHz Dave, When I left the board meeting, I felt like we were all on the same page regarding the urgency and seriousness of addressing this matter. Now, I'm not so sure we were. What is your plan here, who is in charge of directing our resources, and what is the next step to take should these meetings not produce any positive results? 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:25 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8282] Washington and 7 MHz With considerable assistance from Chris, he and I have appointments on Friday with: FCC Chairman Powell's Senior Legal Advisor Bryan Tramont, who handles wireless and international issues for the Chairman Frank Williams, Department of State Nancy Victory, NTIA There are also some irons in the fire on the political front. I am planning to leave for Armenia on vacation as originally scheduled next Tuesday evening, January 28, flying home February 11. I have been asked to attend the initial meeting of the new IARU Region 1 Executive Committee in Amsterdam February 15-17. This involves flying from Boston Friday night, February 14, and returning Monday afternoon. As that Monday is a holiday, the only time I will be out of the office as a result of the Amsterdam meeting is Friday afternoon. Dave K1ZZ

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[ARRL-ODV:8284] Re: Washington and 7 MHz
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 22 Jan '03

22 Jan '03

Joel, the immediate plan is as I outlined toward the end of the Board meeting. The meetings that Chris and I have set up for Friday carry out most of it. There's more we can do on the Hill if necessary, but that has a longer gestation period. In the meantime another possible political opportunity has arisen that I don't yet feel free to discuss but that looks to be worth pursuing. We've stirred up a lot of activity in DoD; much of my Tuesday morning was spent on the phone with a DoD staffer who had been handed the ball. The immediate window of opportunity is before the CITEL PCC.II meeting in Orlando the first week of February. We're covered at that meeting. Afterwards we'll see where we are and take the additional steps that are appropriate. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Harrison, Joel (1st Vice President) Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 5:11 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8283] Re: Washington and 7 MHz Dave, When I left the board meeting, I felt like we were all on the same page regarding the urgency and seriousness of addressing this matter. Now, I'm not so sure we were. What is your plan here, who is in charge of directing our resources, and what is the next step to take should these meetings not produce any positive results? 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:25 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8282] Washington and 7 MHz With considerable assistance from Chris, he and I have appointments on Friday with: FCC Chairman Powell's Senior Legal Advisor Bryan Tramont, who handles wireless and international issues for the Chairman Frank Williams, Department of State Nancy Victory, NTIA There are also some irons in the fire on the political front. I am planning to leave for Armenia on vacation as originally scheduled next Tuesday evening, January 28, flying home February 11. I have been asked to attend the initial meeting of the new IARU Region 1 Executive Committee in Amsterdam February 15-17. This involves flying from Boston Friday night, February 14, and returning Monday afternoon. As that Monday is a holiday, the only time I will be out of the office as a result of the Amsterdam meeting is Friday afternoon. Dave K1ZZ

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[ARRL-ODV:8283] Re: Washington and 7 MHz
by Joel Harrison 22 Jan '03

22 Jan '03

Washington and 7 MHzDave, When I left the board meeting, I felt like we were all on the same page regarding the urgency and seriousness of addressing this matter. Now, I'm not so sure we were. What is your plan here, who is in charge of directing our resources, and what is the next step to take should these meetings not produce any positive results? 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:25 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8282] Washington and 7 MHz With considerable assistance from Chris, he and I have appointments on Friday with: FCC Chairman Powell's Senior Legal Advisor Bryan Tramont, who handles wireless and international issues for the Chairman Frank Williams, Department of State Nancy Victory, NTIA There are also some irons in the fire on the political front. I am planning to leave for Armenia on vacation as originally scheduled next Tuesday evening, January 28, flying home February 11. I have been asked to attend the initial meeting of the new IARU Region 1 Executive Committee in Amsterdam February 15-17. This involves flying from Boston Friday night, February 14, and returning Monday afternoon. As that Monday is a holiday, the only time I will be out of the office as a result of the Amsterdam meeting is Friday afternoon. Dave K1ZZ

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[ARRL-ODV:8282] Washington and 7 MHz
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 22 Jan '03

22 Jan '03

With considerable assistance from Chris, he and I have appointments on Friday with: FCC Chairman Powell's Senior Legal Advisor Bryan Tramont, who handles wireless and international issues for the Chairman Frank Williams, Department of State Nancy Victory, NTIA There are also some irons in the fire on the political front. I am planning to leave for Armenia on vacation as originally scheduled next Tuesday evening, January 28, flying home February 11. I have been asked to attend the initial meeting of the new IARU Region 1 Executive Committee in Amsterdam February 15-17. This involves flying from Boston Friday night, February 14, and returning Monday afternoon. As that Monday is a holiday, the only time I will be out of the office as a result of the Amsterdam meeting is Friday afternoon. Dave K1ZZ

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[ARRL-ODV:8281] Re: Viruses
by Joel Harrison 22 Jan '03

22 Jan '03

Nothing here OM. Joel -----Original Message----- From: Jim Maxwell [mailto:jmax@attglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 4:34 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8272] Viruses I have receive four (4) viruses today via email. Am I the only one so lucky, or is a general attack in progress? 73. Jim, W6CF

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[ARRL-ODV:8280] Re: Re : Board Meeting Highlights
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 22 Jan '03

22 Jan '03

The Web story is up at: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/01/22/2/?nc=1 Dave

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[ARRL-ODV:8279] Re: Re : Board Meeting Highlights
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 22 Jan '03

22 Jan '03

Thanks, Jay. Yes, it was. I had it done Tuesday morning. Frankly, for the rest of the morning and much of the afternoon I wasn't running on all cylinders, but things got better later in the day and I'm doing fine today. Chris has been helping me set up DC appointments re: 7 MHz. We have one for Friday morning and are trying to build others around it. Today is "QST Day" -- we're wrapping up the March issue. 73, Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Bellows, John ( Dir, Dakota) Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:16 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8278] Re : Board Meeting Highlights Dave I'll bet one of those priorities was a Root Canal. How are you feeling? Jay >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry. My review of the story was delayed by other priorities. I finished the review before leaving the office last night and the story will be posted later today. Dave

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[ARRL-ODV:8278] Re : Board Meeting Highlights
by John Bellows 22 Jan '03

22 Jan '03

Dave Ill bet one of those priorities was a Root Canal. How are you feeling? Jay >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry. My review of the story was delayed by other priorities. I finished the review before leaving the office last night and the story will be posted later today. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Walstrom, Wade, W0EJ (DIR MW) Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 8:10 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8276] Re: Board Meeting Highlights I have found that a bit surprising as well. Curious. 73, Wade W0EJ/VE3 > It's been more than 72 hours since the final bell of our Board Meeting > but still no W1AW Bulletin or Web article. Whatsup? > > Clueless in Costa Mesa, > > Art W6XD >

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