January 2006 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:13667] A thank-you
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

_____ From: Lozada, Marilu [mailto:Marilu_Lozada@wpbt.org] Sent: Tue 1/31/2006 4:08 PM To: Brower Sherri (SM, S. FL); Pitts, Allen W1AGP; Huff, Jeff Subject: arrl award letter.doc This letter is going out in letterhead to all of you this week. Thanks again for your help and support! Marilu

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[arrl-odv:13666] FW: FW: Important Message
by Joel Harrison 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

As previously reported by Chris Imlay as forthcoming, here is the "official" note that Franca is leaving FCC to enter the private sector. Joel From: Bruce Franca Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:10 PM To: OET Distribution Group Subject: Important Message To all in OET – I would like to let everyone know that this will be my last week at the FCC. It is very hard for me to express how I feel about the FCC and especially OET. I’ve been very lucky to have had the opportunity to work on some things that people have thought were important -- but I’ve been even more lucky to be able to work with so many outstanding individuals and friends in OET. I have accepted a position with the Maximum Service Television – so I will be back in a year to bother some of you. In the mean time I’ll be back before that just say hi and keep in touch. It has truly been an honor and privilege to work with each of you and I will miss you all very much. Best regards, Bruce Franca Office of Engineering & Technology 418-2470

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[arrl-odv:13665] Re: LOBBYING ACCORDING TO CQ
by Jim Weaver, K8JE 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Sound good off hand to me. Glad they aren't carrying any anti-ARRL baggage with them. Good guys in white hats we can always use. As Frank said, the article was a nice one. It'd be nice if we all encouraged our potential Grassroots appointees to read it for perspective and training. Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org; Tel: 513-459-0142 ARRL Great Lakes Division ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: W3KD(a)aol.com [mailto:W3KD@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 9:43 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13661] Re: LOBBYING ACCORDING TO CQ In a message dated 1/30/2006 11:28:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, k8je(a)arrl.org writes: Hi, Joel, The authors are Tom Coates, N3IJ and Joseph T. Krywsztoforsk, AJ3X. Bill Edgar said they are from a Maryland (Baltimore if I recall correctly) club that has several League bashers as members. I zipped through the web, and found one or more Tom Coates. Couldn't determine if any was the author. No hit on Krysztoforsk. They are indeed from the BARC, which is a big club, not in my experience necessarily League bashers, but they did work hard to get a very nice PRB-1 bill with CC&R limiting language in the Maryland Legislature. Here is a copy of the bill. 73, Chris W3KD

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[arrl-odv:13663] Re: LOBBYING ACCORDING TO CQ
by W3KD＠aol.com 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

In a message dated 1/31/2006 9:31:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, dsumner(a)arrl.org writes: > > > I agree with Frank. It's a good article, with lots of references to ARRL and > QST, and it's good to have it in a non-ARRL publication which reaches some > non-members (although most CQ readers are ARRL members). It builds on Derek > Riker's April 2003 QST article. Its focus is the Spectrum Protection Act (I > don't see anything in it about state legislatures) although H.Res. 230 and HR > 3876 are mentioned in passing. > FYI, Paul Rinaldo eagle-eyed that article and gave it to John Chwat last week. 73, Chris W3KD

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[arrl-odv:13661] Re: LOBBYING ACCORDING TO CQ
by W3KD＠aol.com 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

In a message dated 1/30/2006 11:28:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, k8je(a)arrl.org writes: > > Hi, Joel, > > > > The authors are Tom Coates, N3IJ and Joseph T. Krywsztoforsk, AJ3X. Bill > Edgar said they are from a Maryland (Baltimore if I recall correctly) club that > has several League bashers as members. I zipped through the web, and found > one or more Tom Coates. Couldn’t determine if any was the author. No hit on > Krysztoforsk. > > > They are indeed from the BARC, which is a big club, not in my experience necessarily League bashers, but they did work hard to get a very nice PRB-1 bill with CC&R limiting language in the Maryland Legislature. Here is a copy of the bill. 73, Chris W3KD

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[arrl-odv:13660] Re: LOBBYING ACCORDING TO CQ
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

I agree with Frank. It's a good article, with lots of references to ARRL and QST, and it's good to have it in a non-ARRL publication which reaches some non-members (although most CQ readers are ARRL members). It builds on Derek Riker's April 2003 QST article. Its focus is the Spectrum Protection Act (I don't see anything in it about state legislatures) although H.Res. 230 and HR 3876 are mentioned in passing. Our approach has been to try to get members to come to the Web site where they can link directly to thomas.loc.gov and can find sample letters ready for downloading into their own word processors, but as Frank (and others of you) pointed out at the Board meeting that effort hasn't been as visible as it should have been during the last half of 2005. We're fixing that now, and it's good to have CQ helping. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Frank Fallon [mailto:n2ff@optonline.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 9:06 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13659] Re: LOBBYING ACCORDING TO CQ Very good article, Jim and very supportive of ARRL. This is very good how to article about grassroots action. It tells folks what to do to get their congressmen behind a bill. Please take a look and let those working in your division grassroots program know about it. They will find it most helpful. One again CQ has done us a favor. The authors N3IJ and AJ3X are both ARRL members living in MD. Sign them up in the grassroots program, Bill. Frank...N2FF.... Jim Weaver, K8JE wrote: > For you who may not have seen the article, CQ has published a how-to > discussion entitled Effective Lobbying In Support of Amateur Radio – > Step by Step. > > Does anyone know the pedigree of the authors? > > //Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director// > > //5065 Bethany Rd.////, ////Mason////, ////OH//// ////45040// > > //E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org <mailto:k8je@arrl.org>; Tel: 513-459-0142// > > //ARRL ////Great Lakes//// Division// > > //ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is!// > > //Members, the Reason ARRL is!// >

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[arrl-odv:13659] Re: LOBBYING ACCORDING TO CQ
by Frank Fallon 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Very good article, Jim and very supportive of ARRL. This is very good how to article about grassroots action. It tells folks what to do to get their congressmen behind a bill. Please take a look and let those working in your division grassroots program know about it. They will find it most helpful. One again CQ has done us a favor. The authors N3IJ and AJ3X are both ARRL members living in MD. Sign them up in the grassroots program, Bill. Frank...N2FF.... Jim Weaver, K8JE wrote: > For you who may not have seen the article, CQ has published a how-to > discussion entitled Effective Lobbying In Support of Amateur Radio – > Step by Step. > > Does anyone know the pedigree of the authors? > > //Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director// > > //5065 Bethany Rd.////, ////Mason////, ////OH//// ////45040// > > //E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org <mailto:k8je@arrl.org>; Tel: 513-459-0142// > > //ARRL ////Great Lakes//// Division// > > //ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is!// > > //Members, the Reason ARRL is!// >

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[arrl-odv:13658] Re: LOBBYING ACCORDING TO CQ
by Joel Harrison 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Jim and everyone, Well, we did get there first. ARRL has been doing lobbying on behalf of amateur radio for years!! One article an effective lobbying campaign does NOT make! They may have some good info in the article that we can benefit from...don't know as I have not yet read it. In any event, we are on the right track! Thanks for everyone's support to move forward. 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: Jim Weaver, K8JE [mailto:k8je@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:27 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13656] Re: LOBBYING ACCORDING TO CQ Hi, Joel, The authors are Tom Coates, N3IJ and Joseph T. Krywsztoforsk, AJ3X. Bill Edgar said they are from a Maryland (Baltimore if I recall correctly) club that has several League bashers as members. I zipped through the web, and found one or more Tom Coates. Couldn't determine if any was the author. No hit on Krysztoforsk. The article really aims at the state legislature level. It shows me, though, that we lost a huge opportunity to "get there first" when we didn't act fast enough with our program. I'll do my damnedest not to let this continue. FYI, I have just scheduled a telecon of the Grassroots committee set for Thursday, 2/9 at 10 PM Eastern Time. It is planned just for the five committee members, but if you'd like to drop in to say a word or two, feel free. Obviously, you can stick around and participate in the discussion if you wish. I have not extended the invitation beyond the Committee and you, because I do not feel we need input from others at this time and because I'm concerned that having too many people involved could distract us from our goal. The purpose of the call is to hash over the approach and interview outline we will use with our fellow Directors that Jim Fenstermaker is drafting. I plan for this to be a fully-working discussion among the five of us. My hope is that within a week after the telecon, we can begin to interview Directors to get input from them on the issues that have hindered full implementation of the program in all divisions. I'm pleased with our progress to this moment. I'm equally thrilled with the enthusiasm of each of the committee members. Tnx, 73, enjoy, Jim Please let me know Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org; Tel: 513-459-0142 ARRL Great Lakes Division ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:50 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13655] Re: LOBBYING ACCORDING TO CQ Jim, I have not yet seen it....who are the authors? Joel -----Original Message----- From: Jim Weaver, K8JE [mailto:k8je@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 2:45 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13654] LOBBYING ACCORDING TO CQ For you who may not have seen the article, CQ has published a how-to discussion entitled Effective Lobbying In Support of Amateur Radio - Step by Step. Does anyone know the pedigree of the authors? Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org; Tel: 513-459-0142 ARRL Great Lakes Division ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is!

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[arrl-odv:13664] CONFIDENTIAL
by Joel Harrison 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

As each of you know Mr. Don Hamrick, KI5SS, has been sending email to a large number of people involved with ARRL at a number of levels. Some of those individuals are active in our field organization, and had responded to Mr. Hamrick requesting that he remove them from his distribution list. Mr. Hamrick's response demanded the immediate resignation of these volunteers, suggesting they had some requirement to receive and act on his requests. I do not take lightly the abuse of our field volunteers in areas where they have no responsibility. On January 25 I instructed Mr. Sumner and Mr. Imlay to advise Mr. Hamrick that his email attack campaign on our volunteers should stop. On January 26, Mr. Imlay sent Mr. Hamrick an email advising such. Mr. Hamrick responded on that same day with a statement that he possibly would seek legal action against ARRL. No correspondence has been received from Mr. Hamrick since that date. Because of Mr. Hamrick's suggestion that he may seek legal action, future correspondence from Mr. Hamrick, if any, should be responded to only by Mr. Imlay. If you receive any direct correspondence from Mr. Hamrick, please forward the correspondence to Mr. Imlay. 73 Joel W5ZN

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[arrl-odv:13657] Brief Update
by Joel Harrison 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

Greetings, As Dave mentioned over the weekend, Kim and I are currently in KH6 on vacation. We'll be returning later this week. At that time, I'll be taking action on a few items that have been working since the board meeting. Some of these are: 1. Appointment of the Emergency Communications Ad-hoc committee There have been a number of excellent recommendations 2. Appointment of the VUAC. We're still waiting on three divisions to make appointment recommendations 3. Update on Advocacy. Regarding advocacy, I want to emphasize that while our recent focus has been on our grassroots effort, our advocacy program involves a much broader effort. It includes our FCC contact, our Washington office work and IARU support for ITU/WRC, as well as our congressional effort. In the coming days you will be receiving more information about each of these as we coordinate the activities and plans. On the congressional front, we'll have the 90 day plan from Chwat I mentioned at the board meeting completed in a few days and then we can begin coordinating that effort with the Grassroots ad-hoc committee. Dave has already communicated with each of you on the "35 Letters" campaign. Thank you for actively moving forward with this effort. As previously mentioned, the Executive Committee will be meeting on March 11. The location will be identified later this week. First Vice President Craigie will be directly involved in the EmComm Ad-hoc committee and Vice President Roderick will be preparing the draft terms of reference for the band planning committee that will be presented to the EC March 11. IAVP Stafford continues his involvement in IARU Region II activities and interface with our sister societies. 73 Joel W5ZN

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