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[arrl-odv:13260] Re: Thoughts on Article 11
by Joel Harrison 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

That is why I highly qualified my comments about Green and the fine individual he is (was). In any event, as I said, the statement is something to consider when reviewing Article 11. A review of Article 11 every few years is a good thing. Joel -----Original Message----- From: John Bellows [mailto:jbellows@skypoint.com] Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 11:25 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13258] Re: Thoughts on Article 11 Whether W2NSD was just yanking Harry Dannals chain or expressing his grandiose view of his popularity is pure conjecture. I would seem there were reasons 73 no longer exists.

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[arrl-odv:13259] Re: Thoughts on Article 11
by Kay Craigie 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

Jay wrote: "...not even asking Directors, Vice-Directors and volunteer Officers to disclose potential conflicts during the term of office...." We should be explicitly required to do so. That shortcoming in the AA&BL should be easy to fix with some added language and doesn't per se require throwing open the gates of eligibility any wider than the Board considers in the best interests of the organization. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:13258] Re: Thoughts on Article 11
by John Bellows 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

Whether W2NSD was just yanking Harry Dannals chain or expressing his grandiose view of his popularity is pure conjecture. I would seem there were reasons 73 no longer exists. In any event, I agree some business activities pervasively conflict with ARRL activities as to create an automatic and continual conflict of interest. W5YI's publishing activities, Gordon West's publishing activities and perhaps WA6ITF's involvement with AR Newsline would appear o be examples. The question I am trying to raise is not whether there are Bogeymen out there (Happy Halloween) that can be conjured up or resurrected to create a worst case scenario I simply question whether it is good policy to have a provision in Article 11 that would render an otherwise qualified candidate ineligible simply because of the mere potential that a business or financial connection may give rise to a conflict with a current or future ARRL policy or activity. Maintaining such a subjective and imprecise policy while at the same time not even asking Directors, Vice-Directors and volunteer Officers to disclose potential conflicts during the term of office is inconsistent and could easily give rise to a claim Article 11 is being used to selectively exclude individuals from candidacy. 73, Jay, KØQB ----Original Message----- From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 8:21 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13257] Re: Thoughts on Article 11 Wayne Green is a has-been, but in his day when he used to rant and rave......and we listened to him (!?!), former ARRL President Harry Dannals said a number of times that Wayne Green told him if it were not for Article 11, Wayne would run for Director and win, and would financially support a minimum of 8 director candidates with business ties to him from various divisions that would "vote" his way and change ARRL policy to his liking and business interests. Of course, Wayne was long on mouth and short on action (All hat and no cattle in Haynie-speak), but it is something to consider and to think about what might have been, or what might have been prevented, if it had not been for Article 11. Just something to think about. 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 9:26 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13242] Re: Thoughts on Article 11 Most associations do not address the conflict of interest issue by precluding service by anyone who might conceivably have a conflict. Instead, they require disclosure of any potential conflicts and abstention from voting on matters where personal and organizational interests are in conflict. Our current and longstanding conflict of interest policy is to preclude conflicts by basing eligibility for office on the potential for conflicts: if the potential exists, the person is ineligible for office. Kay cites a number of examples where, without such a policy, Board members' paychecks might come from our advertisers, our competitors, or our regulators. There is one recent example of a candidate being declared ineligible because he worked for a publisher of classified ads aimed at radio amateurs. However, most candidates who have been declared ineligible have not had business connections with amateur radio. For example, in one case the business connection was that the person owned a small railroad and served on the railroad association's spectrum management board. In another the person owned a private cable company. In both cases the amount of potential overlap between the ARRL's interests and the business interests of the individual was small, but was found to be sufficient to preclude their service as Vice Directors. Dave Sumner, K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:13257] Re: Thoughts on Article 11
by Joel Harrison 31 Oct '05

31 Oct '05

Wayne Green is a has-been, but in his day when he used to rant and rave......and we listened to him (!?!), former ARRL President Harry Dannals said a number of times that Wayne Green told him if it were not for Article 11, Wayne would run for Director and win, and would financially support a minimum of 8 director candidates with business ties to him from various divisions that would "vote" his way and change ARRL policy to his liking and business interests. Of course, Wayne was long on mouth and short on action (All hat and no cattle in Haynie-speak), but it is something to consider and to think about what might have been, or what might have been prevented, if it had not been for Article 11. Just something to think about. 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 9:26 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13242] Re: Thoughts on Article 11 Most associations do not address the conflict of interest issue by precluding service by anyone who might conceivably have a conflict. Instead, they require disclosure of any potential conflicts and abstention from voting on matters where personal and organizational interests are in conflict. Our current and longstanding conflict of interest policy is to preclude conflicts by basing eligibility for office on the potential for conflicts: if the potential exists, the person is ineligible for office. Kay cites a number of examples where, without such a policy, Board members' paychecks might come from our advertisers, our competitors, or our regulators. There is one recent example of a candidate being declared ineligible because he worked for a publisher of classified ads aimed at radio amateurs. However, most candidates who have been declared ineligible have not had business connections with amateur radio. For example, in one case the business connection was that the person owned a small railroad and served on the railroad association's spectrum management board. In another the person owned a private cable company. In both cases the amount of potential overlap between the ARRL's interests and the business interests of the individual was small, but was found to be sufficient to preclude their service as Vice Directors. Dave Sumner, K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:13256] Re: IN-News Correction
by Hobart, Mary K1MMH 28 Oct '05

28 Oct '05

Good morning, The correct name for one of the new ARRL Foundation Scholarships is the Northern California DX Foundation. 73, Mary K1MMH ________________________________ From: Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ [mailto:lkustosik@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 9:56 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13255] IN-News IN-Newsletter Vol. 28, No. 43 October 26, 2005 -- Covers the period October 16-22. Upcoming Meetings and Events A&F Committee Meeting November 19 in Newington, CT Annual Board Meeting January 20-21, 2006 in Windsor, CT CEO Dave Patton attended the Federation of Mexican Radio Experimenters' conference in Vera Cruz along with Jon Siverling. Over 100 people attended, and for the first time in many years there were representatives from all of Mexico's states. Along with checking QSLs for DXCC, WAS, and WAC, Dave and Jon discussed issues including emergency preparedness, reciprocal licensing, and assistance from ARRL and IARU. Jon also acted as master translator, both English to Spanish and Spanish to English, for Dave and Radio Amateurs of Canada President Earle Smith, VE6NM. John Hennessee continues work on the HQ Technician Question Pool Committee. He has also answered a wide range of regulatory questions including a local government zoning case in Concord, CA (ND6H). Development The first returns for the 2006 Spectrum Defense campaign total $3000. The follow up mailing will be out October 31. The letter and strategy for the Year End campaign are in the final stages. Development staff continues to contribute to the Growth Task Force, both in Technician question pool development and in instructional materials development. The ARRL Foundation Board has approved new scholarships starting with awards in 2006. The Northern California DX Association will sponsor a $1000 scholarship and the Dayton Amateur Radio Association will sponsor 2 - $1000 scholarships. Production/Editorial Congratulations to Senior News Editor Rick Lindquist, who has begun his second decade of service on the ARRL HQ staff and is now a member of the 10 Year Club. Rick reports The ARRL Letter, Vol. 24, No. 41, distributed to 65,570 members on Oct 21. He prepared/edited stories on ARRL's latest BPL petition to the FCC, Amateur Radio preparations for Hurricane Wilma, participation by NA1SS in JOTA, the ARRL Toy Drive and several announcements and news briefs. Rick completed editing on "Happenings" for Dec QST and edited the Youth column for October and the latest round of FCC enforcement-related correspondence. Rick voiced, edited and produced ARRL Audio News for Oct 21. The number of known outlets US and worldwide for AAN is up to 210. Sales and Marketing The advertising section of December QST, including the 8 page Holiday tear-out ad section, was completed last week. The budget dollar target for this issue has been exceeded by $7,500.00. LDG placed a two page spread, along with HamPROs and R & L. New advertisers included in this issue are hampal/Bosque Communications, Inc., The Mug Factory, Heinz Bolli AG, KVK Antennas, and Advanced Communications & Electronics, Inc. The new Advertising Matters, including the deadline calendar for 2006 is being created. The Dealer Newsline will be produced this week featuring Basic Radio and Emergency Power for Radio Communications. Sarah Dorsey continued her orientation, and she has been actively preparing the membership planning used in the 2006 budget plan. Sarah also continues work on a fall direct Mail piece. U.S. Bank has introduced a new credit card offering for the ARRL Visa Card program. The Select Rewards Visa(r) Platinum Card has no annual fee and earns 1 free reward point with every net purchase dollar charged. Card holders can redeem points for merchandise, electronics, gift certificates from leading retailers, travel options and much more. Addition info at www.arrl.org/visa <http://www.arrl.org/visa> Some initial planning is underway to help introduce a product line featuring ARRL's slogan and logo, "When All Else Fails...Amateur Radio." Many members have suggested posters, T-shirts, stickers, and other promotional items. By the end of the third week of October, product sales exceeded the month's plan by $80k, largely attributed to sales of the widely popular new edition ARRL Handbook promotion. An addendum to our joint marketing agreement with HamTestOnline has been executed, allowing for ARRL to resell the web-based license training product. HamTestOnline is now included among our online catalog offerings at www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=9571 <http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=9571> . Two new ARRL publications will be introduced in December QST. Basic Radio--Understanding the Key Building Blocks by Joel Hallas, W1ZR, is an introduction to radio for everyone: receivers, transmitters, antennas, propagation, radio navigation, and radiolocation. Includes build-it-yourself projects. Order No. 9558, retail $29.95. Emergency Power for Radio Communications by Michael Bryce, WB8VGE covers alternative means for electric power generation: solar, generators, batteries, and more. Order No. 9531, retail $19.95. Information packages for 10 prospective hams were mailed. Online Courses Mentors have been assigned for upcoming courses, including EmComm 1, 2, and 3, and the Technician license course. ON-LINE COURSES Registrations During this week Graduations Antenna Modeling (EC-004) 2 4 HF Digital (EC-005) 0 1 RFI (EC-006) 0 0 VHF/UHF (EC-008) 1 0 Antenna Design and Construction (EC-009) 0 0 Technician Licensing (EC-010) 5 3 Propagation (EC-011) 0 1 Analog Electronics (EC-012) 0 1 Digital Electronics (EC-013) 0 0 Emergency Comm. Level 1 (EC-001) 42 34 Emergency Comm. Level 2 (EC-002) 5 22 Emergency Comm. Level 3 (EC-003) 3 10 Membership Services Awards Branch WAS QSL Cards Checked 200 WAS Endorsements (50 QSLs ES/C) 1 Extra Class Certificates 15 A-1 Operator Nominations 9 A-1 Operator Certificates 1 LTMA Inquiries 4 Replacement Award 1 VUCC Initial Applications 5 Grids 363 VUCC End. Applications 1 Grids 154 Awards Mailed 11 In addition, spent most of the week in various meetings with Bill Moore and working with DXCC staff and various vendors, shipping out various DXCC plaques, plates, pins, etc., resulting from past errors, or damages in shipping, etc. In addition, I began training DXCC staff in the VUCC Program. Processing Status: Current or up to three weeks. For the coming week-VUCC awards, WAC QSL card checking, ship out the DXCC Challenge plaques, mail out the processed awards, and work with DXCC staff on the plaque program and training on Awards Branch programs. Contest Branch Final editing for the 2005 June 2005 VHF QSO Party results article was opened on the ARRL Web. Data entry for the 2005 10 GHz contest has begun, and data entry for the 2005 September VHF QSO Party continued. Additional data was received from the web submissions for 2005 ARRL Field Day and an extra sidebar was written to display some simple data analysis. It was then edited, several photos selected to be included, and sent to Production for layout. Sponsor solicitation letters were mailed for the 2006 International DX Contest plaque program. DXCC Branch For the Week of: October 23, 2005 Beginning Credits 71,550 Credits Received 2,762 Credits Processed 16,262 Ending Credits 58,050 Applications Pending 677 Processing time 9.5 Weeks Year-to-date (2005) Credits Received 518,153 Credits Returned 516,499 DXCC is currently mailing applications received on August 18, 2005. DXCC is currently entering credits received on September 29, 2005. Logbook of the World QSO records entered in the system 81,344,145 QSL records have resulted 3,966,970 Logs Processed 152,823 Active Certificates 16,213 Users registered in the system 10,741 Hybrids Pending Mail 113 QSL Bureau There is a two day processing time delay. This week, 78 pounds of cards were received from members. 37,975 cards were shipped this past Friday. W1AW On Friday, Joe Carcia attended the National Science Teacher Association conference taking place in Hartford. He was presenting the ARRL ETP program, "Bring Space Into Your Classroom at Little or No Cost." Although he had a rather rocky start (just with signing in and registering!) the presentation went well overall. W1AW received as a donation the MFJ-1532N, tri-band (2 meter, 70 and 23 cm) vertical repeater antenna. This antenna will be used as part of the Icom D-Star 23cm digital repeater system. Scott worked on fast and slow code practice files for the latter part of the month of October. He worked the early afternoon shift on Friday for Joe and also handled some evening phone sales calls in the daily 5 PM to 8 PM time slots. Field & Educational Services Field Organization/Public Service Team Leona is updating the Siebel system with new appointments, cancellations and changes so as to get ready to generate the new Field Organization Appointment Report this week. She has sent out over 20 appointment supply packages to new appointees which include EC, DEC, OES, ORS, SEC TS, ACC and OO. She also entered some new appointments, changes and cancellations as well. Chuck Skolaut monitored the progress of Wilma, the latest in a long series of hurricanes this year. Chuck took part in several teleconferences with Florida section leaders as well as local meetings at headquarters concerning Wilma. Chuck received documentation concerning problems with several 2 meter repeaters and one 220 repeater in California. Intruder reports this week included signals observed on 160, 40 and 20 meters. The one on 20 meters was identified by the Region 1 coordinator as being a well known occurrence from Israel. Steve Ewald worked with Norm Fusaro in spreading the word to the ARRL Field Organization about the Citizen Corps' "NOAA Public Alert Radio Program." Through this program, Citizen Corps has distributed over 16,000 NOAA Public Alert Radios free of charge to every public school in 20 urban areas and two states. Through the ARRL, Amateur Radio operators have been asked to assist these schools in setting up these radios. The Field Organization Team at HQ has also asked the SMs and SECs in the Katrina-affected sections to gather and forward initial information about how many radio amateurs participated and for which particular agencies during the relief efforts. As of the middle of October, we have received 125 Ham Aid applications. EmComm Rosalie has exchanged emails in the past year with a ham at the Department of Homeland Security who proposed a program that networked ARES and CERT. The ham's proposal had been turned down for funding reasons, but is being considered again by DHS. Readers of the ARES E-Letter now total 12,174 -- an increase of 476 in the 18 days since the last issue (a special Hurricane Rita edition). Rosalie named Jimmy Floyd, NQ4U, to replace Sheila Dziubak, KB4G, on the ARES Digital Network Management Team; Sheila's personal situation changed, requiring her to step down. Rosalie networked in past years with a ham at FEMA about MOUs. They exchanged emails this week about ARES' specific involvement with FEMA programs. ARISS As with all ARISS QSOs, Amateur Radio got many media hits after space explorer Greg Olsen's three QSOs. In the Space.com article, Greg cited the importance of sharing his flight experience in order to excite students' imaginations. The ARISS US team added several NASA names, including the head of the astronaut office, to receive our weekly NASA Hq update. The updates list many things, but always include where to find Rick Lindquist's ARISS stories. Johnson Space Center team members met with Russian crew training specialist Irma Roshkova. The team is preparing a proposal (vying with other programs) to get a potential exhibit at Goddard Space Flight Center's Visitor Center. Rosalie and Frank Bauer were named the US points of contact for the ARISS International committee planning ARISS' involvement in President Bush's Moon, Mars and Beyond initiative. Astronaut Bill McArthur made general QSOs during his lunch hour last week, and took part in JOTA. Bill is selflessly hoping to have time to make museum QSOs and general QSOs on weekends, in addition to weekday school QSOs. Astronaut Bob Behnken passed his ham exam, and received KE5GGX. He's in the NASA selection pool for future ISS crews. Rosalie prepared background information on two agenda items she'll speak to at the ARISS-I monthly telecon next week. Field Education Team This week Norm Fusaro worked with the QPC on questions for the new Tech pool. Norm also wrote a story for the web and edited another submitted by a member. Tom Hogerty posted both articles to the web. Norm also helped several clubs with ARRL recruiting efforts and detailed the commission program as it applies to their membership. Gail Iannone sent six convention applications and seven new club affiliation application packages to the Executive Committee meeting for their consideration. She sent 12 hamfest approval letters and three convention approval letters to the sponsoring committees confirming the Division Directors' approval of their events as "ARRL-sanctioned," and processed five handout and door prize material orders for upcoming events. She also sent one new SSC approval letter and certificate and one SSC renewal letter and certificate to a clubs seeking and renewing their SSC status. Gail finalized review and signed the contract for the DoubleTree Hotel and sent it to the Sales Manager there for the 2006 Dayton Hamvention. Roseanne worked on SSC renewals all this week. Six were completed this week, six certificates and letters to the president will go out next week, three were good until 2006 and they will be notified, one was two years old and needed to apply for SSC. She assisted two people with their club alias email forwarding. Norm and Roseanne are working on a new, updated Graduation Kit to include an updated "Nobody Talks To Me" and frequency chart. An instructor called today and ordered ten kits. Roseanne also took in some sales orders and conducted interviews for an upcoming story on archiving club history. Roseanne helped someone looking to start a radio club in a hospital for ham MDs and nurses, and link up with other such clubs in the Gulfport, Mississippi area, in the event of another large scale disaster. Roseanne had an opportunity to meet with Mike Harris from Tasmania, Australia. Mike stopped by Thursday to inquire about emergency communications. This visit was made possible by the Winston Churchill Trust. He left a brochure about the trust and its very prestigious fellowship. His primary interest is marine ham radio communications. Bill Moore assisted him with net info, and Roseanne explained the books available and handouts. She will get a package of ARES info ready for him for his return visit next Friday when Steve Ewald is back from vacation. Amateur Radio Education & Technology Program-Mark Spencer I presented the ETP at the California Council of Electronics Instructors on October 22 in San Mateo, CA. The presentation was made to approximately 30 electronics instructors teaching in the middle school through the community college level. This was the right kind of audience for the ETP. During the presentation I summarized the goals and opportunities offered by the ETP and highlighted the ARRL publications and on-line courses that were applicable to their teaching. Overall the presentation was well received and many after-presentation questions and discussions indicated interest and that the audience listened. There will probably be a number of applications stimulated from the effort and maybe some applications to attend the TI. One thing I was looking to accomplish with this trip was to scope out a location for the west coast TI. San Mateo is not a good candidate! I was not impressed with the college campus or the facilities that are available. The CCEI, though a well established group, is not well organized under the current leadership and therefore though they expressed willingness to support the TI, their support would be more work than it is worth. Additionally, traffic congestion in the SF area is counter productive and TI participants would spend more time trying to get to the TI than actually participating in the TI. Parallax has offered the use of their classroom space and technology for the TI. If the dates work out, the Parallax offer is a very viable location for the west coast TI. Sincerely, Dave Patton, NN1N Special Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer DCP:lk Staff Absentee List Harold Kramer 10-31-11/1 Vacation Dave Patton 10/28 Vacation `` 11/21-11/28 Cartagena, Colombia (CQWW CW) Lisa Kustosik 11/3-11/4 Vacation Ed Hare 10/31-11/2 Vacation `` 11/9-11/11 IEEE BPL study project, Portland, OR Wayne Mills 11/21-11/30 Timbuktu, Mali (CQWW CW) Dan Henderson 10/28 Myrtle Beach Convention Steve Ewald 10/19-10/26 Vacation Jean Wolfgang 10/28 Vacation Scott Gee 12/12-12/13 Vacation Dennis Motschenbacher 11/3-11/4 Vacation `` 11/11-11/12 US Power Squadrons HQ, Raleigh, NC Sarah Dorsey 11/11-11/12 US Power Squadrons HQ, Raleigh, NC Steve Ford 11/11 Vacation `` 12/24-1/3 Vacation Eileen Sapko 10/26-10/27 Vacation Bob Inderbitzen 12/27-12/30 Vacation Kathy Capodicasa 10/31-11/2 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:13255] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 28 Oct '05

28 Oct '05

IN-Newsletter Vol. 28, No. 43 October 26, 2005 -- Covers the period October 16-22. Upcoming Meetings and Events A&F Committee Meeting November 19 in Newington, CT Annual Board Meeting January 20-21, 2006 in Windsor, CT CEO Dave Patton attended the Federation of Mexican Radio Experimenters' conference in Vera Cruz along with Jon Siverling. Over 100 people attended, and for the first time in many years there were representatives from all of Mexico's states. Along with checking QSLs for DXCC, WAS, and WAC, Dave and Jon discussed issues including emergency preparedness, reciprocal licensing, and assistance from ARRL and IARU. Jon also acted as master translator, both English to Spanish and Spanish to English, for Dave and Radio Amateurs of Canada President Earle Smith, VE6NM. John Hennessee continues work on the HQ Technician Question Pool Committee. He has also answered a wide range of regulatory questions including a local government zoning case in Concord, CA (ND6H). Development The first returns for the 2006 Spectrum Defense campaign total $3000. The follow up mailing will be out October 31. The letter and strategy for the Year End campaign are in the final stages. Development staff continues to contribute to the Growth Task Force, both in Technician question pool development and in instructional materials development. The ARRL Foundation Board has approved new scholarships starting with awards in 2006. The Northern California DX Association will sponsor a $1000 scholarship and the Dayton Amateur Radio Association will sponsor 2 - $1000 scholarships. Production/Editorial Congratulations to Senior News Editor Rick Lindquist, who has begun his second decade of service on the ARRL HQ staff and is now a member of the 10 Year Club. Rick reports The ARRL Letter, Vol. 24, No. 41, distributed to 65,570 members on Oct 21. He prepared/edited stories on ARRL's latest BPL petition to the FCC, Amateur Radio preparations for Hurricane Wilma, participation by NA1SS in JOTA, the ARRL Toy Drive and several announcements and news briefs. Rick completed editing on "Happenings" for Dec QST and edited the Youth column for October and the latest round of FCC enforcement-related correspondence. Rick voiced, edited and produced ARRL Audio News for Oct 21. The number of known outlets US and worldwide for AAN is up to 210. Sales and Marketing The advertising section of December QST, including the 8 page Holiday tear-out ad section, was completed last week. The budget dollar target for this issue has been exceeded by $7,500.00. LDG placed a two page spread, along with HamPROs and R & L. New advertisers included in this issue are hampal/Bosque Communications, Inc., The Mug Factory, Heinz Bolli AG, KVK Antennas, and Advanced Communications & Electronics, Inc. The new Advertising Matters, including the deadline calendar for 2006 is being created. The Dealer Newsline will be produced this week featuring Basic Radio and Emergency Power for Radio Communications. Sarah Dorsey continued her orientation, and she has been actively preparing the membership planning used in the 2006 budget plan. Sarah also continues work on a fall direct Mail piece. U.S. Bank has introduced a new credit card offering for the ARRL Visa Card program. The Select Rewards Visa(r) Platinum Card has no annual fee and earns 1 free reward point with every net purchase dollar charged. Card holders can redeem points for merchandise, electronics, gift certificates from leading retailers, travel options and much more. Addition info at www.arrl.org/visa Some initial planning is underway to help introduce a product line featuring ARRL's slogan and logo, "When All Else Fails...Amateur Radio." Many members have suggested posters, T-shirts, stickers, and other promotional items. By the end of the third week of October, product sales exceeded the month's plan by $80k, largely attributed to sales of the widely popular new edition ARRL Handbook promotion. An addendum to our joint marketing agreement with HamTestOnline has been executed, allowing for ARRL to resell the web-based license training product. HamTestOnline is now included among our online catalog offerings at www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=9571. Two new ARRL publications will be introduced in December QST. Basic Radio--Understanding the Key Building Blocks by Joel Hallas, W1ZR, is an introduction to radio for everyone: receivers, transmitters, antennas, propagation, radio navigation, and radiolocation. Includes build-it-yourself projects. Order No. 9558, retail $29.95. Emergency Power for Radio Communications by Michael Bryce, WB8VGE covers alternative means for electric power generation: solar, generators, batteries, and more. Order No. 9531, retail $19.95. Information packages for 10 prospective hams were mailed. Online Courses Mentors have been assigned for upcoming courses, including EmComm 1, 2, and 3, and the Technician license course. ON-LINE COURSES Registrations During this week Graduations Antenna Modeling (EC-004) 2 4 HF Digital (EC-005) 0 1 RFI (EC-006) 0 0 VHF/UHF (EC-008) 1 0 Antenna Design and Construction (EC-009) 0 0 Technician Licensing (EC-010) 5 3 Propagation (EC-011) 0 1 Analog Electronics (EC-012) 0 1 Digital Electronics (EC-013) 0 0 Emergency Comm. Level 1 (EC-001) 42 34 Emergency Comm. Level 2 (EC-002) 5 22 Emergency Comm. Level 3 (EC-003) 3 10 Membership Services Awards Branch WAS QSL Cards Checked 200 WAS Endorsements (50 QSLs ES/C) 1 Extra Class Certificates 15 A-1 Operator Nominations 9 A-1 Operator Certificates 1 LTMA Inquiries 4 Replacement Award 1 VUCC Initial Applications 5 Grids 363 VUCC End. Applications 1 Grids 154 Awards Mailed 11 In addition, spent most of the week in various meetings with Bill Moore and working with DXCC staff and various vendors, shipping out various DXCC plaques, plates, pins, etc., resulting from past errors, or damages in shipping, etc. In addition, I began training DXCC staff in the VUCC Program. Processing Status: Current or up to three weeks. For the coming week-VUCC awards, WAC QSL card checking, ship out the DXCC Challenge plaques, mail out the processed awards, and work with DXCC staff on the plaque program and training on Awards Branch programs. Contest Branch Final editing for the 2005 June 2005 VHF QSO Party results article was opened on the ARRL Web. Data entry for the 2005 10 GHz contest has begun, and data entry for the 2005 September VHF QSO Party continued. Additional data was received from the web submissions for 2005 ARRL Field Day and an extra sidebar was written to display some simple data analysis. It was then edited, several photos selected to be included, and sent to Production for layout. Sponsor solicitation letters were mailed for the 2006 International DX Contest plaque program. DXCC Branch For the Week of: October 23, 2005 Beginning Credits 71,550 Credits Received 2,762 Credits Processed 16,262 Ending Credits 58,050 Applications Pending 677 Processing time 9.5 Weeks Year-to-date (2005) Credits Received 518,153 Credits Returned 516,499 DXCC is currently mailing applications received on August 18, 2005. DXCC is currently entering credits received on September 29, 2005. Logbook of the World QSO records entered in the system 81,344,145 QSL records have resulted 3,966,970 Logs Processed 152,823 Active Certificates 16,213 Users registered in the system 10,741 Hybrids Pending Mail 113 QSL Bureau There is a two day processing time delay. This week, 78 pounds of cards were received from members. 37,975 cards were shipped this past Friday. W1AW On Friday, Joe Carcia attended the National Science Teacher Association conference taking place in Hartford. He was presenting the ARRL ETP program, "Bring Space Into Your Classroom at Little or No Cost." Although he had a rather rocky start (just with signing in and registering!) the presentation went well overall. W1AW received as a donation the MFJ-1532N, tri-band (2 meter, 70 and 23 cm) vertical repeater antenna. This antenna will be used as part of the Icom D-Star 23cm digital repeater system. Scott worked on fast and slow code practice files for the latter part of the month of October. He worked the early afternoon shift on Friday for Joe and also handled some evening phone sales calls in the daily 5 PM to 8 PM time slots. Field & Educational Services Field Organization/Public Service Team Leona is updating the Siebel system with new appointments, cancellations and changes so as to get ready to generate the new Field Organization Appointment Report this week. She has sent out over 20 appointment supply packages to new appointees which include EC, DEC, OES, ORS, SEC TS, ACC and OO. She also entered some new appointments, changes and cancellations as well. Chuck Skolaut monitored the progress of Wilma, the latest in a long series of hurricanes this year. Chuck took part in several teleconferences with Florida section leaders as well as local meetings at headquarters concerning Wilma. Chuck received documentation concerning problems with several 2 meter repeaters and one 220 repeater in California. Intruder reports this week included signals observed on 160, 40 and 20 meters. The one on 20 meters was identified by the Region 1 coordinator as being a well known occurrence from Israel. Steve Ewald worked with Norm Fusaro in spreading the word to the ARRL Field Organization about the Citizen Corps' "NOAA Public Alert Radio Program." Through this program, Citizen Corps has distributed over 16,000 NOAA Public Alert Radios free of charge to every public school in 20 urban areas and two states. Through the ARRL, Amateur Radio operators have been asked to assist these schools in setting up these radios. The Field Organization Team at HQ has also asked the SMs and SECs in the Katrina-affected sections to gather and forward initial information about how many radio amateurs participated and for which particular agencies during the relief efforts. As of the middle of October, we have received 125 Ham Aid applications. EmComm Rosalie has exchanged emails in the past year with a ham at the Department of Homeland Security who proposed a program that networked ARES and CERT. The ham's proposal had been turned down for funding reasons, but is being considered again by DHS. Readers of the ARES E-Letter now total 12,174 -- an increase of 476 in the 18 days since the last issue (a special Hurricane Rita edition). Rosalie named Jimmy Floyd, NQ4U, to replace Sheila Dziubak, KB4G, on the ARES Digital Network Management Team; Sheila's personal situation changed, requiring her to step down. Rosalie networked in past years with a ham at FEMA about MOUs. They exchanged emails this week about ARES' specific involvement with FEMA programs. ARISS As with all ARISS QSOs, Amateur Radio got many media hits after space explorer Greg Olsen's three QSOs. In the Space.com article, Greg cited the importance of sharing his flight experience in order to excite students' imaginations. The ARISS US team added several NASA names, including the head of the astronaut office, to receive our weekly NASA Hq update. The updates list many things, but always include where to find Rick Lindquist's ARISS stories. Johnson Space Center team members met with Russian crew training specialist Irma Roshkova. The team is preparing a proposal (vying with other programs) to get a potential exhibit at Goddard Space Flight Center's Visitor Center. Rosalie and Frank Bauer were named the US points of contact for the ARISS International committee planning ARISS' involvement in President Bush's Moon, Mars and Beyond initiative. Astronaut Bill McArthur made general QSOs during his lunch hour last week, and took part in JOTA. Bill is selflessly hoping to have time to make museum QSOs and general QSOs on weekends, in addition to weekday school QSOs. Astronaut Bob Behnken passed his ham exam, and received KE5GGX. He's in the NASA selection pool for future ISS crews. Rosalie prepared background information on two agenda items she'll speak to at the ARISS-I monthly telecon next week. Field Education Team This week Norm Fusaro worked with the QPC on questions for the new Tech pool. Norm also wrote a story for the web and edited another submitted by a member. Tom Hogerty posted both articles to the web. Norm also helped several clubs with ARRL recruiting efforts and detailed the commission program as it applies to their membership. Gail Iannone sent six convention applications and seven new club affiliation application packages to the Executive Committee meeting for their consideration. She sent 12 hamfest approval letters and three convention approval letters to the sponsoring committees confirming the Division Directors' approval of their events as "ARRL-sanctioned," and processed five handout and door prize material orders for upcoming events. She also sent one new SSC approval letter and certificate and one SSC renewal letter and certificate to a clubs seeking and renewing their SSC status. Gail finalized review and signed the contract for the DoubleTree Hotel and sent it to the Sales Manager there for the 2006 Dayton Hamvention. Roseanne worked on SSC renewals all this week. Six were completed this week, six certificates and letters to the president will go out next week, three were good until 2006 and they will be notified, one was two years old and needed to apply for SSC. She assisted two people with their club alias email forwarding. Norm and Roseanne are working on a new, updated Graduation Kit to include an updated "Nobody Talks To Me" and frequency chart. An instructor called today and ordered ten kits. Roseanne also took in some sales orders and conducted interviews for an upcoming story on archiving club history. Roseanne helped someone looking to start a radio club in a hospital for ham MDs and nurses, and link up with other such clubs in the Gulfport, Mississippi area, in the event of another large scale disaster. Roseanne had an opportunity to meet with Mike Harris from Tasmania, Australia. Mike stopped by Thursday to inquire about emergency communications. This visit was made possible by the Winston Churchill Trust. He left a brochure about the trust and its very prestigious fellowship. His primary interest is marine ham radio communications. Bill Moore assisted him with net info, and Roseanne explained the books available and handouts. She will get a package of ARES info ready for him for his return visit next Friday when Steve Ewald is back from vacation. Amateur Radio Education & Technology Program-Mark Spencer I presented the ETP at the California Council of Electronics Instructors on October 22 in San Mateo, CA. The presentation was made to approximately 30 electronics instructors teaching in the middle school through the community college level. This was the right kind of audience for the ETP. During the presentation I summarized the goals and opportunities offered by the ETP and highlighted the ARRL publications and on-line courses that were applicable to their teaching. Overall the presentation was well received and many after-presentation questions and discussions indicated interest and that the audience listened. There will probably be a number of applications stimulated from the effort and maybe some applications to attend the TI. One thing I was looking to accomplish with this trip was to scope out a location for the west coast TI. San Mateo is not a good candidate! I was not impressed with the college campus or the facilities that are available. The CCEI, though a well established group, is not well organized under the current leadership and therefore though they expressed willingness to support the TI, their support would be more work than it is worth. Additionally, traffic congestion in the SF area is counter productive and TI participants would spend more time trying to get to the TI than actually participating in the TI. Parallax has offered the use of their classroom space and technology for the TI. If the dates work out, the Parallax offer is a very viable location for the west coast TI. Sincerely, Dave Patton, NN1N Special Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer DCP:lk Staff Absentee List Harold Kramer 10-31-11/1 Vacation Dave Patton 10/28 Vacation `` 11/21-11/28 Cartagena, Colombia (CQWW CW) Lisa Kustosik 11/3-11/4 Vacation Ed Hare 10/31-11/2 Vacation `` 11/9-11/11 IEEE BPL study project, Portland, OR Wayne Mills 11/21-11/30 Timbuktu, Mali (CQWW CW) Dan Henderson 10/28 Myrtle Beach Convention Steve Ewald 10/19-10/26 Vacation Jean Wolfgang 10/28 Vacation Scott Gee 12/12-12/13 Vacation Dennis Motschenbacher 11/3-11/4 Vacation `` 11/11-11/12 US Power Squadrons HQ, Raleigh, NC Sarah Dorsey 11/11-11/12 US Power Squadrons HQ, Raleigh, NC Steve Ford 11/11 Vacation `` 12/24-1/3 Vacation Eileen Sapko 10/26-10/27 Vacation Bob Inderbitzen 12/27-12/30 Vacation Kathy Capodicasa 10/31-11/2 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:13254] Re: Thoughts on Article 11
by Greg Milnes 28 Oct '05

28 Oct '05

When I first was asked to run for Vice Director, I agreed to do so only with the understanding that I would send out post cards and other material supporting Mary Lou Brown for Director. I told her what I was doing but didnt ask for her support or for her approval of the wording on my mailed materials. We werent a ticket but my goal was to help get Mary Lou elected without regard to my election. When I was informed that I won, I was surprised but mainly interested in the Director electionMary Lou was elected to my great relief and pleasure. Running as a ticket is allowed but only with the two candidates agreement and without League sanction or support. 73/Greg W7OZ _____ From: k8je [mailto:k8je@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 6:59 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:13236] Re: Thoughts on Article 11 You are inherently correct that our election format has all Vice Directors be elected independent of their Director. The veiled, rhetorical question I was trying to ask relates to rare instances in which Vice Director and Director candidates run within their Division as a declared ticket. In these instances, would their declaration effect a de facto loss of full independence? Jim, K8JE -----Original Message----- From: Mike Raisbeck [mailto:k1twf@arrl.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:08 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13236] Re: Thoughts on Article 11 I read Jay's comment about "independently elected" to be generic, that is, all vice directors are "independently elected" since the membership always has the option to vote for any combination of director and vice director candidates. Jay - is that what you intended? Mike ----------------------------------- Law Office of Michael N. Raisbeck Phone: (978) 250-1236 Fax: (978) 250-0432 Web: www.mraisbeck.com Email: k1twf(a)arrl.net CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the above-named recipient. If you have received this in error, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, or copying is strictly prohibited. In such case, please notify us by reply email and delete this message. _____ From: k8je [mailto:k8je@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:54 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13235] Re: Thoughts on Article 11 Jay, A thought. You mentioned that the independently-elected Vice Director could temporarily assume the seat of a Director who must recuse himself from a vote. This sounds reasonable, but we have situation in the GLD this election in which one Vice Director and one Director candidate have chosen to run as a team. Provided the two are elected, there would be no independent Vice Director. Jim -----Original Message----- From: John Bellows [mailto:jbellows@skypoint.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 3:56 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13234] Thoughts on Article 11 Please take a couple of minutes to read the following description of some of the concerns raised by the existing Article 11 and a couple a suggestions as to an alternative approach to protect the integrity of the League while not unduly restricting otherwise qualified candidates for office. I plan to propose a modification of the eligibility requirements of Article 11 at the January Board Meeting. Eligibility questions as to possible conflicts of interest have periodically plagued the Board and created hard feelings since long before I came on the Board in 1998. This should be a collaborative effort and I welcome anyone interested in working on this proposal. For starters take a look at the following: No person shall be eligible for or hold the office of Directorwho could gain financially.. by the improper exploitation of his office for the furtherance of his own aims or those of his employer. That is just one part of Article 11. I suggest that with the possible exception of someone who is in a persistent vegetative state, it is possible for anyone to improperly exploit his office in furtherance of his own aims. While I certainly dont suggest that any member of the Board is or has acted improperly, the fact remains that it would be possible for each of us to improperly exploit our office to further our own aims. As such it could be argued that no one on the Board is eligible for the office they hold. Rather than eliminating otherwise qualified prospective candidates for League office on the basis of conjecture as to what could happen or what is possible It seems to me that we should require full disclosure of real, potential and perceived conflicts of interest as part of the election process and let the members decide who they want to represent them in League affairs. Full disclosure of possible conflicts ought to be required not only during the election process but also during the time in office. Some Directors have expressed a concern that members of a Division would be deprived of representation by their Director if he or she had to recuse him or herself from voting on a particular issue because of a conflict. While the members of the Division might be deprived on the Directors participation and vote on that issue, it would be nearly seamless to have the independently elected Vice-Director could move to the front row for discussion and voting on the particular issue that gave rise to the conflict. I suggest that the appropriate parties to make the decision of who should represent them on the ARRL Board are the members of a Division in the election process, not the Board of Directors.. With full disclosure any concerns can be discussed during the election process and the members can make that judgment. If the members are concerned that a Director may have to recuse him or herself due to a conflict they can certainly factor that into the decision of whom to vote for. In any event the choice ought to be theirs. While we are considering these matters we ought consider some form of ongoing disclosure of possible conflicts after election and while we are in office. 73, Jay, KØQB

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[arrl-odv:13253] Re: Thoughts on Article 11
by John Bellows 28 Oct '05

28 Oct '05

Jim: I suspect it would depend on the individuals. Perhaps it would be similar to a situation were the Director and Vice Director work together on League activities and are supportive. In any event the legal obligation of a director to place ARRL interest ahead of his own would still obtain. 73, Jay, KØQB -----Original Message----- From: k8je [mailto:k8je@earthlink.net] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 8:59 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:13236] Re: Thoughts on Article 11 You are inherently correct that our election format has all Vice Directors be elected independent of their Director. The veiled, rhetorical question I was trying to ask relates to rare instances in which Vice Director and Director candidates run within their Division as a declared ticket. In these instances, would their declaration effect a de facto loss of full independence? Jim, K8JE -----Original Message----- From: Mike Raisbeck [mailto:k1twf@arrl.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:08 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13236] Re: Thoughts on Article 11 I read Jay's comment about "independently elected" to be generic, that is, all vice directors are "independently elected" since the membership always has the option to vote for any combination of director and vice director candidates. Jay - is that what you intended? Mike ----------------------------------- Law Office of Michael N. Raisbeck Phone: (978) 250-1236 Fax: (978) 250-0432 Web: www.mraisbeck.com Email: k1twf(a)arrl.net CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the above-named recipient. If you have received this in error, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, or copying is strictly prohibited. In such case, please notify us by reply email and delete this message. _____ From: k8je [mailto:k8je@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:54 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13235] Re: Thoughts on Article 11 Jay, A thought. You mentioned that the independently-elected Vice Director could temporarily assume the seat of a Director who must recuse himself from a vote. This sounds reasonable, but we have situation in the GLD this election in which one Vice Director and one Director candidate have chosen to run as a team. Provided the two are elected, there would be no independent Vice Director. Jim -----Original Message----- From: John Bellows [mailto:jbellows@skypoint.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 3:56 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13234] Thoughts on Article 11 Please take a couple of minutes to read the following description of some of the concerns raised by the existing Article 11 and a couple a suggestions as to an alternative approach to protect the integrity of the League while not unduly restricting otherwise qualified candidates for office. I plan to propose a modification of the eligibility requirements of Article 11 at the January Board Meeting. Eligibility questions as to possible conflicts of interest have periodically plagued the Board and created hard feelings since long before I came on the Board in 1998. This should be a collaborative effort and I welcome anyone interested in working on this proposal. For starters take a look at the following: No person shall be eligible for or hold the office of Directorwho could gain financially.. by the improper exploitation of his office for the furtherance of his own aims or those of his employer. That is just one part of Article 11. I suggest that with the possible exception of someone who is in a persistent vegetative state, it is possible for anyone to improperly exploit his office in furtherance of his own aims. While I certainly dont suggest that any member of the Board is or has acted improperly, the fact remains that it would be possible for each of us to improperly exploit our office to further our own aims. As such it could be argued that no one on the Board is eligible for the office they hold. Rather than eliminating otherwise qualified prospective candidates for League office on the basis of conjecture as to what could happen or what is possible It seems to me that we should require full disclosure of real, potential and perceived conflicts of interest as part of the election process and let the members decide who they want to represent them in League affairs. Full disclosure of possible conflicts ought to be required not only during the election process but also during the time in office. Some Directors have expressed a concern that members of a Division would be deprived of representation by their Director if he or she had to recuse him or herself from voting on a particular issue because of a conflict. While the members of the Division might be deprived on the Directors participation and vote on that issue, it would be nearly seamless to have the independently elected Vice-Director could move to the front row for discussion and voting on the particular issue that gave rise to the conflict. I suggest that the appropriate parties to make the decision of who should represent them on the ARRL Board are the members of a Division in the election process, not the Board of Directors.. With full disclosure any concerns can be discussed during the election process and the members can make that judgment. If the members are concerned that a Director may have to recuse him or herself due to a conflict they can certainly factor that into the decision of whom to vote for. In any event the choice ought to be theirs. While we are considering these matters we ought consider some form of ongoing disclosure of possible conflicts after election and while we are in office. 73, Jay, KØQB

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RE: [arrl-odv:13236] Re: Thoughts on Article 11
by k8je 28 Oct '05

28 Oct '05

You are inherently correct that our election format has all Vice Directors be elected independent of their Director. The veiled, rhetorical question I was trying to ask relates to rare instances in which Vice Director and Director candidates run within their Division as a declared ticket. In these instances, would their declaration effect a de facto loss of full independence? Jim, K8JE -----Original Message----- From: Mike Raisbeck [mailto:k1twf@arrl.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:08 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13236] Re: Thoughts on Article 11 I read Jay's comment about "independently elected" to be generic, that is, all vice directors are "independently elected" since the membership always has the option to vote for any combination of director and vice director candidates. Jay - is that what you intended? Mike ----------------------------------- Law Office of Michael N. Raisbeck Phone: (978) 250-1236 Fax: (978) 250-0432 Web: www.mraisbeck.com Email: k1twf(a)arrl.net CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the above-named recipient. If you have received this in error, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, or copying is strictly prohibited. In such case, please notify us by reply email and delete this message. _____ From: k8je [mailto:k8je@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:54 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13235] Re: Thoughts on Article 11 Jay, A thought. You mentioned that the independently-elected Vice Director could temporarily assume the seat of a Director who must recuse himself from a vote. This sounds reasonable, but we have situation in the GLD this election in which one Vice Director and one Director candidate have chosen to run as a team. Provided the two are elected, there would be no independent Vice Director. Jim -----Original Message----- From: John Bellows [mailto:jbellows@skypoint.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 3:56 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13234] Thoughts on Article 11 Please take a couple of minutes to read the following description of some of the concerns raised by the existing Article 11 and a couple a suggestions as to an alternative approach to protect the integrity of the League while not unduly restricting otherwise qualified candidates for office. I plan to propose a modification of the eligibility requirements of Article 11 at the January Board Meeting. Eligibility questions as to possible conflicts of interest have periodically plagued the Board and created hard feelings since long before I came on the Board in 1998. This should be a collaborative effort and I welcome anyone interested in working on this proposal. For starters take a look at the following: No person shall be eligible for or hold the office of Directorwho could gain financially.. by the improper exploitation of his office for the furtherance of his own aims or those of his employer. That is just one part of Article 11. I suggest that with the possible exception of someone who is in a persistent vegetative state, it is possible for anyone to improperly exploit his office in furtherance of his own aims. While I certainly dont suggest that any member of the Board is or has acted improperly, the fact remains that it would be possible for each of us to improperly exploit our office to further our own aims. As such it could be argued that no one on the Board is eligible for the office they hold. Rather than eliminating otherwise qualified prospective candidates for League office on the basis of conjecture as to what could happen or what is possible It seems to me that we should require full disclosure of real, potential and perceived conflicts of interest as part of the election process and let the members decide who they want to represent them in League affairs. Full disclosure of possible conflicts ought to be required not only during the election process but also during the time in office. Some Directors have expressed a concern that members of a Division would be deprived of representation by their Director if he or she had to recuse him or herself from voting on a particular issue because of a conflict. While the members of the Division might be deprived on the Directors participation and vote on that issue, it would be nearly seamless to have the independently elected Vice-Director could move to the front row for discussion and voting on the particular issue that gave rise to the conflict. I suggest that the appropriate parties to make the decision of who should represent them on the ARRL Board are the members of a Division in the election process, not the Board of Directors.. With full disclosure any concerns can be discussed during the election process and the members can make that judgment. If the members are concerned that a Director may have to recuse him or herself due to a conflict they can certainly factor that into the decision of whom to vote for. In any event the choice ought to be theirs. While we are considering these matters we ought consider some form of ongoing disclosure of possible conflicts after election and while we are in office. 73, Jay, KØQB

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[arrl-odv:13251] Re: Thoughts on Article 11
by Kay Craigie 27 Oct '05

27 Oct '05

Although Officers are subject to Article 11, I haven't had to fill out an eligibility form since the last time I ran for Director back in 1999. I would welcome a procedure requiring the volunteer Officers to provide information which confirms that we're still eligible. 73 - Kay N3KN

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