September 2005 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:12994] Re: CONFIDENTIAL - Harrison/Imlay FCC Meeting
by Andy Oppel 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

I just got back from the Burning Man Festival in the Nevada desert. Perhaps we could attach this photo to our reply comments with a comment to the order of "this could be you". Rick, is this what you think of the FCC? (Those of you who want to see the entire set of images can drop me a line at andy(a)andyoppel.com and I'll send you the link when I have them uploaded). There is a really scary one of me dispatching on their public safety radio system (really good practice, by the way). -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO At 07:30 AM 9/3/2005, you wrote: >The attached report is an ARRL Board Confidential matter. It is not to be >distributed to anyone other than ARRL Officers, Directors, and Vice >Directors. > >As previously communicated to you, Chris Imlay and I met with Mike Wilhelm >at FCC on Monday, August 29 to discuss NPRM 05-235. > >My report is attached in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. If you cannot open this >document, please let me know. > >73 Joel W5ZN >

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[arrl-odv:12993] Re: Katrina Update Tues. Sept 6
by Frank Fallon 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

Harold, A BIG thanks to you and the staff for all the time and effort you have been spending on the response to Katrina. As others have mentioned the PSA is great too. I am glad we (ARRL) is doing this as we missed the boat on 9/11. We did not throw enough resources into the EMCOM effort or the PR effort at HQ. In both events local ham volunteers are really unable to handle the PR effort as nearly all of them have either evacuated or are in the trenches handling more important priorities than PR. I am very happy to see our flagship station is in there handling traffic. I'll have to send up some Brooklyn bagels for Bill Moore. I am also very proud that you have taken the leadership reigns and organized the response at HQ. This should shut up some of the nay sayers and ARRL bashers for a bit. Actually I think many of our members will be very happy with our effort and if we get good air time for the PSA it should help with getting some new hams. Thanks! Frank...N2FF.....

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[arrl-odv:12992] Re: Determination of Eligibility
by Greg Milnes 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

Dennis Speaking as a Board member and not as an E & E member, I can say that Article 11 of the Articles of Association do not talk about conflicts of interest but really speak to the potential (in a financial sense). "No person shall be eligible . . .whose business connections are of such a nature that he could gain financially through the shaping of the affairs of the League by the Board, or by the improper exploitation of his office for the furtherance of his own aims or those of his employer." Article 11 goes on to speak to potential: "The primary test of eligibility under this Article shall be the freedom from commercial or governmental connections of such a nature that his influence in the affairs of the League could be used for his private benefit." In my opinion, if one wants to call this a "conflict of interest", then it seems to me that it matters not whether it is current or potential. Both are verboten. Is not it a conflict of interest to have that potential? I think yes. Speaking as a lawyer, it seems that current conflict and possible future conflict are essentially the same. Thus I see no difference between the E & E Committee findings and the EC. Is Article 11 an overly strict provision? Maybe. Do we want to go that far? Maybe. At any rate it is a subject that might be discussed by the Board at some future time. Finally, if all this sounds like gibberish, remember I used to do this for a living. 73/Greg W7OZ -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Bodson [mailto:bodsond@att.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 8:22 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:12977] Determination of Eligibility Dear President Haynie: In reviewing the emails from the Elections and Ethics (E&E) Committee and the Executive Committee on this matter, it appears that the right hand and the left hand are not in agreement with each other. The E&E committee determined that there was a "conflict of interest" while the Executive Committee went out of their way to state emphatically that there was no conflict of interest at this time but that there was a potential for one in the future. As I read article 11, it states conflict of interest and not a potential conflict of interest. In light of the above, it is requested that the Board of Directors address this matter and make the final determination. Sincerely, Dennis Bodson ARRL Director Roanoke Division

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[arrl-odv:12991] Re: CONFIDENTIAL - Harrison/Imlay FCC Meeting
by Frank Fallon 07 Sep '05

07 Sep '05

Brian, Basically that will be true. In many ways that will be correct except that the while the old Novice Exam had HF privileges they were only for CW. What we have now proposed is a much better sample of many modes on HF and it will be a permanent license. Originally the old Novice lasted for only one year. That was NOT a good thing. At that time, right after college and in the Army Reserve for six of those months, I was unable to pass the 13 wpm CW test and was without a license for about two years. I didn't know enough about the license structure at time to know I should take the Technician exam. But then I had no interest in UHF/VHF. I was then and still am an HF ham. Frank...N2FF.... Brian Mileshosky wrote: >Hi Everyone -- > >Frank and others are mentioning something that has me wondering (see >below)... > >"Having said that I think we should fight like hell to get a meaningful >entrance class license with some HF privileges. This is really important!" > >...didn't we have this meaningful entrance class license back in the >Novice-Tech-General-Advanced-Extra days (i.e. before Tech No Code)? Will we >basically have gone full circle then? > >The past is all water under the bridge -- I'm only curious. > >73, >Brian, N5ZGT > > > > > > >

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[arrl-odv:12995] Re: Katrina Update Sept. 5 2005
by Brian Mileshosky 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

Harold - Comments are below. 1. President Jim Haynie will try to get a statement from a government official so that hams who would like to serve and need to leave their workplace will have a document to show their employer. This would be similar to documents used by the National Guard and Red Cross for volunteer service during disasters. Wonderful! Great idea. 2. Allen continues to churn out the PR. Local SM, SEC's and PIO's have also been busy with media requests. Watch the NY Times and Wall Street Journal tomorrow for additional coverage. We have a professional videographer/ham from Atlanta who has volunteered to go into the disaster area tomorrow. He will be sending us video for PSA's and other future use. If you (or anyone else in CT) are interested in locating more media hits, go to Google, click on "News" and do a search on "Ham Katrina -arrl -eham" and that'll give you articles containing the words "ham" and "Katrina", excluding ARRL and eHam articles. 73, Brian, N5ZGT

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[arrl-odv:12990] Re: CONFIDENTIAL - Harrison/Imlay FCC Meeting
by Brian Mileshosky 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

Hi Everyone -- Frank and others are mentioning something that has me wondering (see below)... "Having said that I think we should fight like hell to get a meaningful entrance class license with some HF privileges. This is really important!" ...didn't we have this meaningful entrance class license back in the Novice-Tech-General-Advanced-Extra days (i.e. before Tech No Code)? Will we basically have gone full circle then? The past is all water under the bridge -- I'm only curious. 73, Brian, N5ZGT

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[arrl-odv:12989] Re: Fw: New PSA
by dick＠pobox.com 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

6 SEP, 2005 - 1745 CDT Harold, that is a good PSA. I'm very happy to see ARRL is getting quick on its feet when it comes to responding to major emergencies and getting effective PR exposure in the process. - Dick Isely, W9GIG

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[arrl-odv:12987] Re: FW: New PSA
by Greg Milnes 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

Very nice PSA spot. 73/Greg W7OZ _____ From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 10:32 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:12980] FW: New PSA FYI, Our great sounding new PSA! From: Pitts, Allen W1AGP Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 10:38 AM To: HQ Staff; pr-com Subject: New PSA Howard Price and Johnny Donovan have done it again! And at just the right time too! Here's the new PSA. <<ARRLkatrina.mp3>> Allen G. Pitts, W1AGP Media and Public Relations Manager ARRL Newington, CT 06111 (860) 594-0328 What IS working? ..... Ham Radio!

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[arrl-odv:12988] Re: FW: New PSA
by Bernard E. Fuller 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

FW: New PSAGreat stuff, Harold !!! 73, Bernie Fuller-N3EFN Dir/Atl Div ----- Original Message ----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B To: arrl-odv Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 1:31 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:12980] FW: New PSA FYI, Our great sounding new PSA! From: Pitts, Allen W1AGP Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 10:38 AM To: HQ Staff; pr-com Subject: New PSA Howard Price and Johnny Donovan have done it again! And at just the right time too! Here's the new PSA. <<ARRLkatrina.mp3>> Allen G. Pitts, W1AGP Media and Public Relations Manager ARRL Newington, CT 06111 (860) 594-0328 What IS working? ..... Ham Radio!

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[arrl-odv:12986] Test
by Joel Harrison 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

Test - pse ignore

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