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

[arrl-odv:13496] Legislative Report
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

The report from Chwat & Co. is posted at http://www.arrl.org/members-only/ODV/docs/Board%20Meeting%20Reports/2006/Ja…. Note that there are four annexes to the report. Because of the size of the file (more than 8 MB) I am not sending it by email. Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:13495] New Policy for Deployed Members of the US military
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

FYI: as requested by the a & F Committee, we are implementing this policy: ARRL announces new policy for deployed members of the US military: In support of deployed US armed forces, the ARRL has adopted a new policy. ARRL members in active US military deployment outside the US and its territories may request to temporarily suspend ARRL dues payments and/or delivery of QST for the duration of their deployments. The objective is to ensure that members in active duty and deployed overseas can maintain their League memberships. The ARRL recognizes that members deployed away from their homes or permanent duty stations may experience difficulties with, or interruptions in, mail delivery or other disruptions. To apply, members should e-mail <mailto:circulation@arrl.org> or send a copy of their deployment orders or a verification letter to ARRL, Attn: Circulation/Military Deployment, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111 USA; fax 860-594-0303. Thanks to Bob, Dennis and Cathy for their help. 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:13494] Re: Bandwidth petition of public notice
by W3KD＠aol.com 10 Jan '06

10 Jan '06

In a message dated 1/9/2006 4:50:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, dick(a)pobox.com writes: 9 JAN 2006 - 1550 CST As of two minutes ago, there were already three short comments on RM-11306 filed with the FCC; all of them negative. - Dick, W9GIG The epitome of "knee jerk" comment filing. Not to worry. That always happens, Dick. The flamers are there first. On the other hand, I do hope there will be some favorable ones down the pike. Chris W3KD

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[arrl-odv:13493] Re: Bandwidth petition of public notice
by dick＠pobox.com 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

9 JAN 2006 - 1550 CST As of two minutes ago, there were already three short comments on RM-11306 filed with the FCC; all of them negative. - Dick, W9GIG

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[arrl-odv:13492] Re: K1LU
by Frank Fallon 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

A few questions: 1. Does the "LU" stand for "loony undertaker?" 2. How many of the folks who live on Coffin Street are optimists? Seriously, Jim, enjoy the new call. Frank...N2FF... Jim Weaver, K8JE wrote: > OK, so Jim got part of the "L" knocked out of him. > > > > //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!// > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] > *Sent:* Monday, January 09, 2006 2:05 PM > *To:* arrl-odv > *Subject:* [arrl-odv:13478] K1LU > > > > Evidence that the FCC is back in the vanity call sign business: > > Mc Cobb Jr, James E, K1LU (Extra) > 65 Coffin Street > Newburyport, MA 01985-1209 > *Previous call sign:* W1LLU >

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[arrl-odv:13491] Re: Draft Agenda, 2006 Annual Board Meeting
by w5jbp＠aol.com 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

brief .... is the key word. Jim -----Original Message----- From: k5ur(a)aol.com To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:05:46 -0500 Subject: [arrl-odv:13487] Re: Draft Agenda, 2006 Annual Board Meeting <<and one on WRC-07 by IARU President Price.>> Oh my..... we'll be there all night. (hi) I'm joking... I'm joking.... Seriously, the band planning issue is going to be a monster, and it would have been good to have had a Thursday night to let our hair down on that one. 73, K5UR -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner(a)arrl.org> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 14:48:21 -0500 Subject: [arrl-odv:13483] Re: Draft Agenda, 2006 Annual Board Meeting Thursday evening will be devoted to two presentations on the IARU: a general overview by IAVP Stafford and one on WRC-07 by IARU President Price. See Minute 8.2, EC minutes, October 22, 2005: 8.2. On motion of Mr. Butler it was agreed to extend an invitation to IARU President Larry E. Price, W4RA, to brief the Board on preparations for the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference prior to the January 2006 Meeting. Mr. Stafford will provide an overview of the IARU at the same time. I'm confident there will be ample time for a useful discussion of how to conduct HF band planning during the course of the Board meeting. Dave -----Original Message----- From: dick(a)pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 2:44 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13482] Re: Draft Agenda, 2006 Annual Board Meeting 9 JAN, 2006 - 1330 CST I agree that Discussion of HF Bandplanning should be added on our January 2006 agenda at the suggested insertion point. If some of you think this discussion will take an inordinate amount of time, perhaps preparation for this agenda item should would be a Thursday evening informal discussion after dinner? 73 - Dick, W9GIG

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[arrl-odv:13490] Re: Board Meeting Agenda Item
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

At this stage our band planning discussion should focus on process rather than on the band plans themselves. Still, it's going to be quite a challenge to come up with a decisionmaking mechanism that will output band plans (and over time, revisions to plans) with sufficiently broad support to cause them to be generally observed on a voluntary basis. Dave

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[arrl-odv:13489] Re: Draft Agenda, 2006 Annual Board Meeting
by Joel Harrison 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

Rick, Thursday evenings have been a good time to "let our hair down" informally, and it still is (and will continue to be). We went to the consent agenda concept in 2004 in order to allow more time to discuss important topics. As we all know, it has been a learning curve for us to move from our "old style" agenda, but we have a full plate at this meeting in that the IARU and WRC-07 report is very important as well and was previously scheduled for Thursday evening. Utilizing the consent agenda concept gives us the time during the meeting to hash out our ideas on band planning. In addition, some have expressed a desire to discuss this during the day when everyone's mind is more fresh and alert. You can still let your hair down during the meeting when this comes up! 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: k5ur(a)aol.com [mailto:k5ur@aol.com] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 3:06 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13487] Re: Draft Agenda, 2006 Annual Board Meeting <<and one on WRC-07 by IARU President Price.>> Oh my..... we'll be there all night. (hi) I'm joking... I'm joking.... Seriously, the band planning issue is going to be a monster, and it would have been good to have had a Thursday night to let our hair down on that one. 73, K5UR

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[arrl-odv:13487] Re: Draft Agenda, 2006 Annual Board Meeting
by k5ur＠aol.com 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

<<and one on WRC-07 by IARU President Price.>> Oh my..... we'll be there all night. (hi) I'm joking... I'm joking.... Seriously, the band planning issue is going to be a monster, and it would have been good to have had a Thursday night to let our hair down on that one. 73, K5UR -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner(a)arrl.org> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 14:48:21 -0500 Subject: [arrl-odv:13483] Re: Draft Agenda, 2006 Annual Board Meeting Thursday evening will be devoted to two presentations on the IARU: a general overview by IAVP Stafford and one on WRC-07 by IARU President Price. See Minute 8.2, EC minutes, October 22, 2005: 8.2. On motion of Mr. Butler it was agreed to extend an invitation to IARU President Larry E. Price, W4RA, to brief the Board on preparations for the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference prior to the January 2006 Meeting. Mr. Stafford will provide an overview of the IARU at the same time. I'm confident there will be ample time for a useful discussion of how to conduct HF band planning during the course of the Board meeting. Dave -----Original Message----- From: dick(a)pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 2:44 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13482] Re: Draft Agenda, 2006 Annual Board Meeting 9 JAN, 2006 - 1330 CST I agree that Discussion of HF Bandplanning should be added on our January 2006 agenda at the suggested insertion point. If some of you think this discussion will take an inordinate amount of time, perhaps preparation for this agenda item should would be a Thursday evening informal discussion after dinner? 73 - Dick, W9GIG

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[arrl-odv:13486] Re: Board Meeting Agenda Item
by Jim Weaver, K8JE 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

I fully support beginning work on the new band plan. I would not expect this to come to completion too rapidly, but we can get a good start on the process if nothing else this month. 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 09, 2006 1:47 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13477] Board Meeting Agenda Item Greetings, The Officers; President Haynie, Vice President Craigie, Vice President Stafford, Executive Vice President Sumner, and I have discussed the upcoming board meeting draft agenda. We propose to insert between #8 and #9 "Discussion of HF Bandplanning" We submitted our petition for regulation by bandwidth instead of mode on the assumption that we would have good band planning mechanisms in place by the time the FCC took any action, but haven't yet begun the process. We believe it is imperative that, before simply appointing a committee to address the matter, the board should have adequate time to discuss and review options in this area. It's going to be a difficult and controversial subject, and providing adequate time for the board to address all of our own questions and concerns is imperative. This is a unanimous proposal to the draft agenda from the Officers. While some have mentioned a desire to discuss the Strategic Plan that was developed a little over two years ago, and the board can certainly do so at this meeting if it chooses, we believe the 2006 Executive Committee that has the task of "Monitoring progress of the implementation of, and suggesting ongoing revisions to, the ARRL Strategic Plan, working in conjunction with Standing Committees as appropriate" should be given an opportunity to take a hard look at the Strategic Plan at its spring meeting and bring further recommendations to the board at the 2006 Second Meeting in July. 73 Joel W5ZN First Vice President

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