August 2005 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:12894] Space Adventures
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

Hi, I am passing this along from Rosalie who is still working with ARISS. She wanted Board members to have this information before it was released to the general public. 73, Harold, WJ1B ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- Space Adventures, Lunar Circumnavigation and ARISS Space Adventures is a relatively new company that coordinates with Russia to set up visits by "space tourists" to the International Space Station. Part of the revenue that Space Adventures earns, goes to the Russian space agency and Energia (builder of the Soyuz). A few years ago Space Adventures began negotiating with Russia. NASA wasn't totally enamored with the idea. Space tourists don't get nearly the amount of training an ISS crew member receives (Russia trains the tourists), and that could be problematic in the event of an onboard safety issue. The ISS isn't huge, and ISS crew members sometimes feel the tourists hinder progress with ISS science projects and other duties on the official ISS timeline. When Russia agreed to work with the first space tourist, NASA suggested ARISS would be a useful project to occupy space tourists' time -- the ARISS Team could do all the work to utilize the tourist for educational purposes! Space Adventures liked the idea. The US ARISS Team began cultivating a relationship with Space Adventures. You'll remember that ARISS was thrilled to have more QSOs to offer schools because tourists Dennis Tito and Mark Shuttleworth were going to space. You saw Rick Lindquist's August 18th story (http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/08/18/3/?nc=1) about upcoming tourist Greg Olsen earning his ham ticket (thanks to Joyce Birmingham and her VE Team). Greg wants to do school QSOs. Now, for the new subject. The ARISS international officers learned, in July, the confidential information that Space Adventures wanted to buy a Soyuz to allow space tourists to circumnavigate the Moon! And, Space Adventures asked ARISS to be onboard to do school QSOs! Space Adventures likes it that the ARISS Team is an international team. Energia likes the idea of having ARISS onboard. The ARISS officers kept the exciting offer confidential because 1) Space Adventures hadn't publicized their plans, and 2) the ARISS officers weren't sure how NASA would like the ARISS Team working with the tourist company. ARISS, in the US, is a partnership of NASA, ARRL and AMSAT. NASA considers "anything-Amateur-Radio-in-space" to be ARISS. The ARISS Team does not want to jeopardize relations with NASA in any way. At last week's ARISS International telecon, the international team was told the above information. Frank Bauer reported he will connect with NASA concerning Space Adventures' offer. He'll tell NASA the ARISS Team is "exploring educational ideas with Space Adventures." Rosalie warned that 1) the ARISS Team must ensure the work with ISS QSOs comes first, and 2) the team can't dilute its efforts with NASA's future "Moon, Mars and Beyond Initiative" -- because that's where the real future of ARISS is. Rosalie asked questions to lay aside concerns about pecuniary interests on the part of Space Adventures. The ARISS International team was asked to think about our options for the future Moon circumnavigation by space tourists. But the ARISS Team was ordered not to talk about it with the general ham population yet. We must ensure NASA has no issue with us working with Space Adventures. Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 860 594 0220 www.arrl.org/

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[arrl-odv:12893] ARRL.net Changes
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

Attached are two announcements that will be made public beginning later today regarding the addition of spam filtering and virus scanning to the arrl.net e-mail forwarding service. One is the item that will be on the web page and the second is an e-mail message that will be sent to the 65,000 users of arrl.net e-mail addresses. The heading on the e-mail will be something like..."New Features Added to ARRL.net". I wanted the Board family to see these before the membership and general population in case you got any questions or comments. 73, Barry, N1VXY <<ARRL-E-MailFwdChanges0905.doc>> <<New Services E-mail to Users.doc>>

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[arrl-odv:12892] Had to send as attachment
by Jim K8JE 30 Aug '05

30 Aug '05

Rev, What? No BPL at the cabin? Hi. Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL; http://www.arrl.org/ 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 Tel.: 513-459-0142; E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio Is! MEMBERS: The reason ARRL Is! -----Original Message----- From: warren morton [mailto:mortonwg@bresnan.net] Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 4:16 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:12890] Re: Albuquerque Hamfest I guess the attachment would help. Rev WS7W

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[arrl-odv:12891] Re: Atlantic Division Election; Confidential and Priv...
by Dennis Bodson 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Chris: Thanks Dennis _____ From: W3KD(a)aol.com [mailto:W3KD@aol.com] Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 5:36 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:12887] Re: Atlantic Division Election; Confidential and Priv... In a message dated 8/28/2005 7:31:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, bodsond(a)att.net writes: Chris: I believe that Dick Isley, Chairman of the E&E Committee, is also a member of the ExCom. If true, then Dick should absent himself from voting on this matter as it could be construed as putting the fox in the hen house. Furthermore, I want to know what are the specifics of the alleged conflict of interest Dennis Dennis, that is an issue, I think, for the Executive Committee to handle on its own. I would not want to usurp the EC's authority here. I would think that Mr. Haynie and the rest of the Executive Committee will want to address that issue, but I am sure they will seriously consider your point here. It is important to clarify that no one has concluded that Carl Stevenson has any conflict of interest now. That was not the finding of the Elections and Ethics Committee. Rather, the finding was that Carl's business connections constitute a violation of Article 11, which is rather specifically stated. Carl has done nothing wrong, and it is important that that be clarified. It appears to the Elections Committee that he has business connections that make him ineligible to run for Director of the Atlantic Division. That is the issue that will apparently be reviewed by the EC, if Carl submits materials by this Friday, as he said he will do. Carl disagrees with the Elections Committee's interpretation of Article 11, and suggests that others on the Board have similar business involvements, and that he therefore is being discriminated against in terms of the interpretation and application of Article 11. Dennis, if you wish to review the matter for yourself, the information that the Elections Committee had before it included Carl's web site explanation about his regulatory consulting business, and his campaign materials, which describe his consulting business. Article 11, of course, you have, and it is available on our web site. 73, Chris W3KD

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[arrl-odv:12890] Re: Albuquerque Hamfest
by warren morton 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

I guess the attachment would help. Rev WS7W

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[arrl-odv:12889] Albuquerque Hamfest
by warren morton 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

I apologize for sending this as an attachment but I wrote it at our lake cabin this weekend where we do not have net access. Take care, Rev WS7W

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[arrl-odv:12888] Web Enhancement
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

Hi I wanted to forward everyone on the Board this message from Jon Bloom about some new technology that he has deployed on our web site. I've updated the ARRL Member Search page that appears in the ODV and SM areas of the site. This updated page makes use of "AJAX" technology, a technique used by Google Mail and other interactive Web applications. This is our first foray into the technology, and it will be interesting to see how the users like it. The kind of interactivity AJAX technology brings to the ARRL Member Search page will migrate to the rest of the site over time if it proves reliable and problem-free. The technology in use on the page has some exciting possibilities, of which the use on the ARRL Member Search page only scratches the surface. Probably the most famous AJAX Web application is Google Maps, and while we're not likely to do anything quite like that, clearly the technology has possibilities for new Web interactivity capabilities that would enhance the ARRL site dramatically. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 860 594 0220 www.arrl.org/

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[arrl-odv:12887] Re: Atlantic Division Election; Confidential and Priv...
by W3KD＠aol.com 29 Aug '05

29 Aug '05

In a message dated 8/28/2005 7:31:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, bodsond(a)att.net writes: Chris: I believe that Dick Isley, Chairman of the E&E Committee, is also a member of the ExCom. If true, then Dick should absent himself from voting on this matter as it could be construed as putting the fox in the hen house. Furthermore, I want to know what are the specifics of the alleged conflict of interest Dennis Dennis, that is an issue, I think, for the Executive Committee to handle on its own. I would not want to usurp the EC's authority here. I would think that Mr. Haynie and the rest of the Executive Committee will want to address that issue, but I am sure they will seriously consider your point here. It is important to clarify that no one has concluded that Carl Stevenson has any conflict of interest now. That was not the finding of the Elections and Ethics Committee. Rather, the finding was that Carl's business connections constitute a violation of Article 11, which is rather specifically stated. Carl has done nothing wrong, and it is important that that be clarified. It appears to the Elections Committee that he has business connections that make him ineligible to run for Director of the Atlantic Division. That is the issue that will apparently be reviewed by the EC, if Carl submits materials by this Friday, as he said he will do. Carl disagrees with the Elections Committee's interpretation of Article 11, and suggests that others on the Board have similar business involvements, and that he therefore is being discriminated against in terms of the interpretation and application of Article 11. Dennis, if you wish to review the matter for yourself, the information that the Elections Committee had before it included Carl's web site explanation about his regulatory consulting business, and his campaign materials, which describe his consulting business. Article 11, of course, you have, and it is available on our web site. 73, Chris W3KD

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[arrl-odv:12886] Re: Atlantic Division Election; Confidential and Privileged Communication
by Dennis Bodson 28 Aug '05

28 Aug '05

Chris: I believe that Dick Isley, Chairman of the E&E Committee, is also a member of the ExCom. If true, then Dick should absent himself from voting on this matter as it could be construed as putting the fox in the hen house. Furthermore, I want to know what are the specifics of the alleged conflict of interest Dennis _____ From: W3KD(a)aol.com [mailto:W3KD@aol.com] Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 5:08 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: dpatton(a)arrl.org Subject: [arrl-odv:12884] Atlantic Division Election; Confidential and Privileged Communication Greetings. Over the past few days, the Elections and Ethics Committee has been adjudicating the candidacy for election of Carl Stevenson, WK3C as Director of the Atlantic Division. The Committee has found Carl to be disqualified pursuant to Article 11 of the Articles of Association. Carl has repeatedly stated his intention to ask the Executive Committee to review this decision, and he has threatened litigation repeatedly in connection with this unless he is found eligible. I have now received correspondence from Carl's attorney asking specifically that we not announce any disqualification of Carl, pending adjudication of his candidacy and any further appeals. She indicates that any such disclosure will harm Carl's business and his client relations. Without commenting on this argument, it makes sense not to walk into this trap. It also makes good sense, since Carl has made a serious, credible threat of litigation, to not talk to him, because anything we say to him will be used against him. I would recommend, subject to anything that Jim Haynie has to say to you about the matter, that no one associated with ARRL communicate about Carl's eligibilty to anyone at all, including Carl. I have told Carl that I have recommended that no officers, directors or staff communicate with him about the election issues, because of his threat of litigation. I have also told him that I can't communicate with him further except through his attorney, due to my ethical obligations. Carl is expected to avail himself of the opportunity to have the E&E Committee's finding reviewed by the Executive Committee very soon. His deadline for submission of materials is next Friday, September 2. 73, Chris W3KD

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[arrl-odv:12885] Re: Atlantic Division Election; Confidential and Privileged...
by W3KD＠aol.com 28 Aug '05

28 Aug '05

In a message dated 8/26/2005 5:08:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, W3KD(a)aol.com writes: It also makes good sense, since Carl has made a serious, credible threat of litigation, to not talk to him, because anything we say to him will be used against him. This obviously should have read "...say to him will be used against us". Sorry for the error. Chris

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