IN-Newsletter
Vol. 27, No.40
October 5, 2004
Upcoming Meetings
Executive Committee
October 16th in Dallas, TX at 8:30am
United States Telecommunications Training Institute Course: Amateur
Radio Administration
October 18-22 in Newington, CT
Ballot Counting, Director/Vice Director Elections
November 19th in Newington, CT
A & F Committee
November 20th in Newington, CT at 8:30am
Development
The 2005 Defense campaign is seeing first results of more than $9300
from 165 donors. The follow up segments are scheduled to be mailed the
week of October 11.
With a good draft report from Project Coordinator Dan Miller, the final
CNCS report for Year Two has been submitted.
Development is reviewing a draft report from CNCS on our data collection
protocols for emergency communications volunteer data.
Under the leadership of Rosalie White, Development is assisting in the
interviewing for the CEP Coordinator for the CNCS-funded pilot project.
Preparations are being made to receive and log 2005 ARRL Foundation
scholarships.
Media & Public Relations
Allen Pitts worked with Ed Hare & Dave Patton for USA Today BPL article.
Responded to Chicago Sun Times. Interview with Iowa Gazette News. Work
with Rebecca Ward of Citizens' Corps (D.C.) relating to an article on
their training and ham radio (CERT and CCEP). Work on changes and
updates to PR parts of web (more to come) and PR folders. Attended half
day class on using Bacon's media database.
Review of notes available in preparation for budget meetings. PSA's to
PA, FL and WA contacts. Also took part in annual ARES SET drill on 10/2
and with corresponding TV coverage from WTNH.
Production/Editorial
The November/December 2004 issues of QEX and NCJ have been released to
the printer.
We ordered Your Introduction to Morse Code and the reprint of the first
issue of QST.
Rick Lindquist reports The ARRL Letter, Vol 23, No 39 (Oct 1, 2004)
distributed to 67,070 members--up slightly from last week. Rick
prepared/edited stories on the UPLC BPL conference, Hurricane Jeanne
ARES/RACES response, ARISS QSO with Australian school, ARRL member to
head radiocommunication relief effort to Haiti, JOTA 2004, federal
employees can designate CFC pledges to ARRL, and several news briefs.
He also edited the September Youth column by Andrea Hartlage, KG4IUM,
and the FCC enforcement letters. Rick voiced, produced and edited ARRL
Audio News for October 1.
Sales and Marketing
Another 1,500 orders for the 2005 Handbook were taken this week,
bringing sales to the 6,500-units mark. This far exceeds recent years of
first-month sales.
A 20,000 piece membership mailing has been turned over to the direct
mail production house. The mailing list is concentrated on members who
have lapsed over the last couple of years. Creative approaches to
planning this mailing have directly influenced the list selection,
package, and appeal.
A preliminary look at September's publication sales indicates that
revenues exceeded the plan by a modest margin. This is fairly
significant since it means we overcame a sales month where most of the
orders were for new Handbooks--and these sales will not be booked until
October.
During the past several months, advertising has been focusing on new
advertiser recruitment as well as attempts to lure past advertisers back
into QST. These efforts are paying off. We have included the following
past or new advertisers in at least one of the last three QST issues: A
& A Engineering; Bencher, Inc; Command Productions; Davis Instruments;
G-Whiz Antenna; Idiom Press; International Antenna Corporation;
International Crystal MFG; Maxsell Corporation; Micro Ham; ONV Safety
Belt Co; Palstar Inc; Pietro Begali; Redstar Radio and Tashjian Towers
Corporation.
Barnes & Noble, one of our mainstream book buyers has just experienced a
massive turnover in their marketing and purchasing departments. Lisa
Tardette has been working closely with the new buyer as well as other
Barnes & Noble staff to ensure that they possess up-to-date information
on all existing ARRL products as well as ordering information for new
products.
Dennis traveled to Washington as the League representative for the
Eastern Washington Section hamfest in Spokane and the Pacific Northwest
VHF Conference in Moses Lake. In between weekend presentations at these
gatherings, he called on major advertising and publications dealers in
Washington and California. In brief, these sales calls suggest that the
clients called on are still in a wait-and-see mode, looking for clarity
on the amount of market stimulation license restructuring will bring to
the industry. These clients indicated that we can expect to see
stagnant advertising activity in the coming year.
Membership Services
Awards Branch
WAC QSL Cards Checked 54
WAC Certs. (72 QSLs F/C) 12
WAS End. (7 QSLs F/C) 1
LTMA Inquiries 2
A-1 Op. Noms. 7
A-1 Op. Cert. 4
WAS in the 90th Awards 31
VUCC Initial Apps. 5
Grids 612
VUCC End. Apps. 7
Grids 538
Awards Mailed 12
Processing Status: Current or up to three weeks.
For the coming week- WAS QSL card checking, Basic WAS awards for
September, VUCC awards processing/mailing, LTMAs processing and plaque
order, plus mail out the awards processed this week.
Contest Branch
The August UHF contest checked results were received from the log
checker, processed into the master database and sent to the author. The
annual update of General Rules for All ARRL Contests, Rules for ARRL
Events on Bands Below 30 MHz, and Rules for ARRL Contests on Bands Above
50 MHz was prepared and is ready for posting to the web. QST
Announcements and Web Rules for the 2005 January VHF Sweepstakes, RTTY
Roundup, International DX, and Straight Key Night contests were prepared
and sent to Production. Work continued on data entry for the 2004
September VHF paper submissions. The 2004 ARRL Field Day article for
QST was finalized and sent to Production. Work on the expanded FD
article for the ARRL Web continued.
DXCC Branch
For the week of:
October 3, 2004
Beginning Cards 66,848
Cards Received 7,309
Cards Processed 13,777
Ending Cards 60,380
Applications Pending 696
Processing Time 5.5 Weeks
Year-to-date (2004)
Cards Received 427,246
Cards Returned 424,950
DXCC is currently mailing applications received on August 25, 2004.
DXCC is currently entering cards received on September 2, 2004. LoTW
fees collected via DXCC this week: $169.98.
Logbook of the World
QSO records entered into the system 51,489,497
QSL records have resulted 1,809,500
Logs Processed 70,714
Active Certificates 11,306
Users registered in the system 8,187
Current Applications 173
Ready Applications 60
Applications Awaiting Mail 113
QSL Bureau
Processing time is approximately 4 days from receipt. This week 76
pounds of cards were received from members. Approximately 80 pounds of
cards are waiting to be processed. Cards mailed as of 10/03/04:
801,460. No cards were mailed this week.
W1AW
Thanks to Mark Spencer, WA8SME and Ron Cady, K1RKD (of the Newington
Amateur Radio League) for operating W1AW in the ARES State Drill this
past Saturday. They made 104 QSOs, on 80, 20, 17 and 15 meters using
CW, SSB and some PSK31.
Earlier in the week, W1AW also hosted the Icom IC-7800 demonstration put
on by folks from Icom.
Joe uploaded W1AW/90 logs to LoTW and also updated the web code practice
files. He also began processing HPM/135 log entries.
Scott worked on slow and fast code practice files for the month of
October. He worked the early afternoon shift on Friday for a
vacationing Joe Carcia and also handled some evening phone sales calls
in the daily 5 PM to 8 PM time slots.
Field & Educational Services
Field Education Team
Linda Mullally updated 37 club records, and registered 5 Volunteer
Instructors. She sent 400 assorted brochures, 6 Exhibit Kits and 7 JOTA
Kits. She renewed 2 SSC clubs. She merged 2 clubs and handled 1 Vanity
E-mail request. She sent 167 ARISS QSL cards, and assisted Leona with
field appointments. She completed the F&ES Monthly Revenue Report (we
brought in $1127), the F&ES Monthly Inventory Report, the EAD Video
Inventory Report.
Gail Iannone sent 6 hamfest approval letters and 1 convention approval
letter to sponsoring committees confirming Division Director's approval
of the events as ARRL-sanctioned, processed 11 hamfest/convention
material orders and sent a Wouff Hong supply package for the ceremony to
be performed at Pacificon in October. She sent paperwork for 2 new
clubs applying for ARRL-affiliation to the Division Directors and SMs
for their approval in addition to acknowledgement letters to the club
officials.
Rosalie reviewed over 40 resumes for the new 1-year job position
coordinating the Community Education Program. She prepared a matrix of
skills needed, and filled it out for each candidate, and then
interviewed the first candidate, who lives in Connecticut. She
finalized the budget expense report and plan words.
CCE
Jean Wolfgang emailed a solicitation to mentors, assigned mentors to
students, and processed 5 classes for next week. On Friday (10/08)
almost 100 students will begin an online course of some type. Since the
Mailroom was busy with sending election ballots, Jean handled the
shipping of the graduation packets, including certificates, checks,
surveys, cover letters and ID cards. Howard Robbins is now looking for
beta testers for the next on-line course, Analog Electronics.
Club/Mentor Program
Norm Fusaro interviewed a club mentor from the Anchorage ARC, and wrote
a story on the club activities; he received some nice compliments on the
story. Norm reviewed feature article submissions for QST and met with
the review committee to discuss the articles. He continued work on his
club/mentor workshop program.
Regulatory Information
John Hennessee spent the majority of the week working on corrections to
the FCC Rule Book for the upcoming 13th edition, third printing of the
publication. He also assisted amateurs with local government zoning
problems in Los Gatos Hills, CA (W6EB) and Cross Village, MI (WA8BDA).
Amateur Radio Education & Technology Program
Mark Spencer was the ARRL representative at the ARRL Nebraska
Convention; though it was sparsely attended, those in attendance took
full advantage of forums offered. The ARRL Forum was particularly well
attended. There has been additional media exposure of the upcoming JOTA
event, and queries continue to come in about it. A Big Project school
was dropped from our list when the teacher left, but another school was
added when the SM worked to find a new teacher to transfer the equipment
to -- it appears this will be successful.
EmComm Grants
Dan Miller drafted the final report for the CNCS Year 2 grant. Word
about our Year 3 CNCS grant goal of 75% senior grads is spreading --
this week an 89-year-young senior sent a check for enrollment in the
next Level I online class! Dan sends sincere appreciation to Dick
Mondro, W8FQT, who graciously donated a digital camera to ensure
adequate photos of seminars and conferences are obtained. Dan made
arrangements to speak at the SSCA Recreational Vehicle and Yachters
convention; Dick Mondro will also be in attendance. Year 2 UTC
graduates now total 663.
Field Organization/Public Service Team
Chuck Skolaut received more information and then coordinated efforts
concerning unlicensed use of 2 meters by hunters in Michigan.
Documentation was received concerning problems to 2-meter repeaters in
California, and interference on 20 meters in the northwest that's
thought to be caused by over-the-horizon radar. Chuck prepared a
Web-page and QST article announcing that nominations are open for the
International Humanitarian Award. This news was also sent to ARRL
officials including SMs and to Dave Patton for distribution to IARU
member societies.
With the focal-point weekend for ARRL's Simulated Emergency Test
(October 2 -3) just now past, Steve Ewald has been hearing from many
Sections Leaders and Emergency Coordinators across the country about
their plans to conduct a test. Steve continued to be in touch with
Section Leaders in all three Florida sections and others sections across
the eastern US who dealt with the onslaught of Hurricane Jeanne the
previous weekend or its flooding aftermath.
Thanks to the Mailroom and others, Leona Adams reports the SM ballots
and statements were sent to members in Nebraska, New York City/Long
Island, and West Central Florida. Ballots are due at HQ by Nov 19, and
will be counted on Nov 23. Roy Rabey, AD5KZ, was nominated for another
term as North Texas SM (starts April, 2005). Leona coordinated the
initial-supply package mailings to 40 new field appointees.
73,
Sincerely,
Dave Patton, NN1N
Special Assistant to the
Chief Executive Officer
DCP: lk
Staff Absentee List
Dave Sumner 10/15pm Executive Committee
Meeting, Dallas, TX
Dave Patton 10/20-10/25 FMRE Convention,
Queretaro, Mexico
Rick Lindquist 10/8-10/14 AMSAT Symposium/ARISS
Int'l Meeting
Robert Inderbitzen 10/15 Vacation
`` 12/2-12/3 Vacation
Joe Carcia 10/15pm Vacation
`` 10/20pm Vacation
Dan Miller 10/7-10/8 Vacation
`` 10/14-10/17 Pacificon 2004, San
Ramon, CA
Joel Kleinman 10/7-10/12 Vacation
Scott Gee 10/8 Vacation
Rosalie White 10/11-10/13 ARISS Meeting
Heather Dzamba 10/11 Vacation
Kathy Allison 10/20-10/22 Vacation
Wayne Mills 10/21-10/27 Vacation
Bob Schetgen 10/4-10/6 Vacation
Mark Dzamba 10/11 Vacation
Pam Dzamba 10/11 Vacation
Danny Sayad 10/15 Vacation
Kathy Capodicasa 11/11-11/15 Vacation
