February 2006 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:13776] Re: USING OUR FIELD ORGANIZATION TO ADVERTISE?
by Jim Weaver, K8JE 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Frank and others, I certainly do not (in spite of my parabolic) reference to a brothel, believe there is anything immoral or illegal about the belt buckle. I think this is a nice item for folks who "do" belt buckles. What I question is the appropriateness of HQ giving the OK to the makers of these buckles to promote them through our SMs or other appointee groups. The wording of the letter from the makers that says there is a business deal between them and ARRL suggests to me (admittedly it does not confirm) this is the case. Dave, was sending the ad to our SMs part of this marketing arrangement? Finally, I certainly applaud our people at HQ for continuing to test the waters for new ways to make money for the League. Doing this is important. However, based upon the discussion of who it is that actually sponsors ARRL operating events (at the last Board meeting) and the fairly knee-jerk reaction I had to this belt buckle promotion, I certainly feel that zeal in tapping new sources of income needs to be managed consistent with long-established Board attitudes and practices. Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, ARRL Great Lakes Division Chairman, ARRL Legislative Action Committee 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org; Tel: 513-459-0142 ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: Frank Fallon [mailto:n2ff@optonline.net] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 1:31 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13774] Re: USING OUR FIELD ORGANIZATION TO ADVERTISE? Jim, I don't see a problem here. No one is forcing ARES participants to make a purchase of this item. Obviously these two SM are probably not going to pass the word on in their section. But at this point no one is forcing them to. But it's a bit like the ARRL credit card. Or it's very much like offering clothing itmes, which we have been doing for years. I am sure we may ahve had some complaints to staff about that too at some point. If some of our members are inclined to make a purchase we get a percentage. It 's simply good old American business in action. Many hams, and in this case your two SMs, have a problem with their being any business aspect of ham radio or ARRL. I don't see that any line has to be redrawn here. But then I'm not a big belt buckle guy. Frank...N2FF..... Jim Weaver, K8JE wrote: > I've already heard from two of my SMs who think the following message > is way out of line. The product being advertised and promoted in a > manner supposedly fully compliant with League policy may be nice and > represent good value and all this, but . . . > > Isn't this going a bit far to ask our SMs to become proponents of > goods? Would we approve of this advertising strategy if it was any > number of other non-essential-but-nice items related to Amateur Radio? > Would we approve of this strategy if it was in support of a new Ten > Tec or Icon or Vertex or whatever rig? > > I have my opinions, but I really am asking where the heck everyone > thinks the line ought to be drawn. We need revenue, but I wouldn't set > up a brothel to get it. > > > > Greetings ARRL Section Manager, > > We have entered into a business agreement with ARRL and we request > your help and support. >

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[arrl-odv:13775] Re: USING OUR FIELD ORGANIZATION TO ADVERTISE?
by W3KD＠aol.com 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

In a message dated 2/23/2006 1:30:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, Howard.Huntington(a)motorola.com writes: > > > I would assume that ItsUrCall is authorized somehow to use the ARES logo as > a third party, collect payment and forward $5 to ARRL. Maybe this has been > done previously for shirts, banners, etc. > > Howie, K9KM > > We have a trademark for the letters ARES, so one would hope that they have obtained a license from us, lest they be infringing our trademark rather obviously. Chris

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[arrl-odv:13774] Re: USING OUR FIELD ORGANIZATION TO ADVERTISE?
by Frank Fallon 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Jim, I don't see a problem here. No one is forcing ARES participants to make a purchase of this item. Obviously these two SM are probably not going to pass the word on in their section. But at this point no one is forcing them to. But it's a bit like the ARRL credit card. Or it's very much like offering clothing itmes, which we have been doing for years. I am sure we may ahve had some complaints to staff about that too at some point. If some of our members are inclined to make a purchase we get a percentage. It 's simply good old American business in action. Many hams, and in this case your two SMs, have a problem with their being any business aspect of ham radio or ARRL. I don't see that any line has to be redrawn here. But then I'm not a big belt buckle guy. Frank...N2FF..... Jim Weaver, K8JE wrote: > I’ve already heard from two of my SMs who think the following message > is way out of line. The product being advertised and promoted in a > manner supposedly fully compliant with League policy may be nice and > represent good value and all this, but . . . > > Isn’t this going a bit far to ask our SMs to become proponents of > goods? Would we approve of this advertising strategy if it was any > number of other non-essential-but-nice items related to Amateur Radio? > Would we approve of this strategy if it was in support of a new Ten > Tec or Icon or Vertex or whatever rig? > > I have my opinions, but I really am asking where the heck everyone > thinks the line ought to be drawn. We need revenue, but I wouldn’t set > up a brothel to get it. > > > > Greetings ARRL Section Manager, > > We have entered into a business agreement with ARRL and we request > your help and support. >

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[arrl-odv:13773] Re: USING OUR FIELD ORGANIZATION TO ADVERTISE?
by Huntington Howard-CADV02 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

I would assume that ItsUrCall is authorized somehow to use the ARES logo as a third party, collect payment and forward $5 to ARRL. Maybe this has been done previously for shirts, banners, etc. Howie, K9KM ________________________________ From: Jim Weaver, K8JE [mailto:k8je@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:08 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13772] USING OUR FIELD ORGANIZATION TO ADVERTISE? I've already heard from two of my SMs who think the following message is way out of line. The product being advertised and promoted in a manner supposedly fully compliant with League policy may be nice and represent good value and all this, but . . . Isn't this going a bit far to ask our SMs to become proponents of goods? Would we approve of this advertising strategy if it was any number of other non-essential-but-nice items related to Amateur Radio? Would we approve of this strategy if it was in support of a new Ten Tec or Icon or Vertex or whatever rig? I have my opinions, but I really am asking where the heck everyone thinks the line ought to be drawn. We need revenue, but I wouldn't set up a brothel to get it. Greetings ARRL Section Manager, We have entered into a business agreement with ARRL and we request your help and support. We are ARRL/ARES members in the Commonwealth of Virginia. We have designed the original ARES(r) commemorative belt buckle. It is cast in solid brass and is customized to carry the ARES operator's call letters. Each one is unique. They are labor-intensive and take 60 to 90 days for delivery. Please view our product at www.ItsUrCall.com We ask that you consider asking your ARES Section Emergency Coordinator to pass the word to all ARES members in your section so that they all might have the opportunity to purchase one of these fine buckles. $5.00 is given to the ARRL with each buckle purchased. The is the ad we request you pass on to the ARES members: ARES(r) First Commemorative Brass Belt Buckle with your call letters cast--not engraved--in solid brass. A great birthday gift for that amateur! A collectible to be viewed and ordered at www.ItsUrCall.com. We thank you in advance for your consideration. 73, Chris Skolt, K4CES ItsUrCall.com <http://www.ItsUrCall.com> Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, ARRL Great Lakes Division Chairman, ARRL Legislative Action Committee 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org; Tel: 513-459-0142 ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is!

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[arrl-odv:13772] USING OUR FIELD ORGANIZATION TO ADVERTISE?
by Jim Weaver, K8JE 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

I've already heard from two of my SMs who think the following message is way out of line. The product being advertised and promoted in a manner supposedly fully compliant with League policy may be nice and represent good value and all this, but . . . Isn't this going a bit far to ask our SMs to become proponents of goods? Would we approve of this advertising strategy if it was any number of other non-essential-but-nice items related to Amateur Radio? Would we approve of this strategy if it was in support of a new Ten Tec or Icon or Vertex or whatever rig? I have my opinions, but I really am asking where the heck everyone thinks the line ought to be drawn. We need revenue, but I wouldn't set up a brothel to get it. Greetings ARRL Section Manager, We have entered into a business agreement with ARRL and we request your help and support. We are ARRL/ARES members in the Commonwealth of Virginia. We have designed the original ARESR commemorative belt buckle. It is cast in solid brass and is customized to carry the ARES operator's call letters. Each one is unique. They are labor-intensive and take 60 to 90 days for delivery. Please view our product at www.ItsUrCall.com We ask that you consider asking your ARES Section Emergency Coordinator to pass the word to all ARES members in your section so that they all might have the opportunity to purchase one of these fine buckles. $5.00 is given to the ARRL with each buckle purchased. The is the ad we request you pass on to the ARES members: ARESR First Commemorative Brass Belt Buckle with your call letters cast--not engraved--in solid brass. A great birthday gift for that amateur! A collectible to be viewed and ordered at www.ItsUrCall.com. We thank you in advance for your consideration. 73, Chris Skolt, K4CES ItsUrCall.com <http://www.ItsUrCall.com> Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, ARRL Great Lakes Division Chairman, ARRL Legislative Action Committee 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org; Tel: 513-459-0142 ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is!

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[arrl-odv:13771] Re: Michael Powell Says Washington Broke
by dick＠pobox.com 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

23 FEB, 2006 -1115 CST In view of what happened (or failed to happen) during his tenure as FCC Chairman, I find Michael Powell's comments to be disingenuous at best, maybe an outright lie. Or perhaps one could say he was a good soldier doing what his political superiors in the White House told him to do. For those of you who may have trouble with the URL pointer (it was word wrapped) in Bill Edgar's message, the text is below. - Dick, W9GIG =========================================================================== Former FCC Head Powell: Washington Is 'Broken' Michael Powell, speaking at a conference this week, says the level of partisanship is the worst in decades, making it impossible to get anything accomplished. "When your major objective is to make sure the other team fails.. that's not policy making, that's like rugby." By <mailto:paul@kapustka.com>Paul Kapustka <http://www.networkingpipeline.com/>Networking Pipeline Feb 22, 2006 09:00 AM BOULDER, Colo. -- Washington is "broken" right now, according to former FCC Chairman Michael Powell, who says the current "brutal partisanship" dims the chance for political leadership in many arenas, including technology and telecom. "Washington is more broken than any time I have seen in my adult life," said Powell, during an appearance Monday [Feb. 20] at the Silicon Flatirons <http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/conferences/20060219dbm.asp>telecom policy conference here at the University of Colorado. "I asked my father [former Secretary of State <http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/powell-bio.html>Colin Powell] and he said it's the worst he's seen in 40 years. It's broken, collapsed into brutal partisanship. When your major objective is to make sure the other team fails that's not policy making, that's like rugby." The poisoned atmosphere surrounding legislative interactions, Powell said, is especially damaging to telecom and technology policy-making, where nuance, technical knowledge and a delicate balancing act are required to bring off any significant regulatory reform. "Tech policy is such a subtle thing to get right," said Powell, "and it [Washington] doesn't have a scalpel anymore." Powell, whose tenure atop the FCC during the Bush administration's first term was <http://news.com.com/Mixed+legacy+for+FCCs+Powell/2100-1033_3-5545030.html>a mixed bag of technical and social policy directions, said the FCC has become the "default wrestling pit that Congress punts to" when it can't solve communications issues through legislation. "The mudwave just rolls down Capitol Hill, you can look out the window, and here they come," said Powell, drawing laughter from the audience of telecom legal and policy insiders. And even when the FCC would try to take a position on an issue, Powell said, it is guaranteed to spend years in court defending it. "Every single decision now at the FCC takes 4 years," said Powell, giving the recently decided <http://news.com.com/Cable+wins+Supreme+Court+battle/2100-1036_3-5764120.html>Brand X case as an example. The political battles at the agency, Powell noted with regret, "have become a business unto itself," with no shortage of wasted time and money. "Companies spend fortunes in the fight(s), and untold ink flows in the newspapers," said Powell, who thinks the FCC is too political and too beset by the armies of lobbyists seeking favors. The process, he said, has convinced many that "the FCC is always 'open for business' to the idea that it can make a rule" that could change the balance in a marketplace. "That's what Congress should step in and stop," Powell said. "Stop the merry-go-round of lawsuits." As part of his trademark question-and-answer appearance, Powell also told event host and questioner <http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/about_us/meet_us/phil_weiser/>Phil Weiser that parents need to take more responsibility for their childrens' Internet and television consumption habits, a bit of a break from his actions at the FCC, where he tried to use agency fines and other pressures to <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62718-2004Nov19.html>control indecency. "There is no passive fix," said Powell, noting that his own children, like others, are technically adept and therefore likely to find technical shortcuts past adults' laws and rules if left to their own devices. "You can cut off TV all day, and they find something through the Xbox 360," Powell said. "Parents have to be involved in their childrens' lives, and what they cull from that universe. If you don't do that, [it doesn't matter] how many laws we pass." - Copyright 2006: Information Week

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[arrl-odv:13770] Re: Michael Powell Says Washington Broke
by Joel Harrison 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

For some reason I did not receive the original posting regarding this matter. It's probably not important to me (or anyone for that matter) for two reasons: 1. It is a statement from Michael Powell 2. Kay's assessment of it. I would like to see it, though...Kay, can you please forward to me direct. Joel -----Original Message----- From: Kay Craigie [mailto:n3kn@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 8:26 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13768] Re: Michael Powell Says Washington Broke Seeing a quotation from a whiny Michael Powell touting the need for technical knowledge in FCC decision-making made me consider sending out my morning coffee to be analyzed for hallucinogens. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:13769] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

IN-Newsletter Vol. 29, No.8 February 22, 2006 -- Covers the period February 12-18. Upcoming Meetings Executive Committee March 11 in St. Louis, MO Development Returns are coming from various campaigns. The carry over from the fall Defense campaign has topped $41,000 from 221 donors including a $25,000 contribution in January. So far the W1AW Endowment campaign has attracted $18,739 in contributions from 305 donors. The follow up letters to major donors are scheduled to mail the week of 2/21. No results so far for the test campaign for Ham Aid. The Spring Spectrum Defense campaign is in the planning stages and is on schedule. After discussions with COO Kramer and Dave Patton, NN1N, an informal proposal is being prepared for CNCS to cover the remaining unallocated funds in the CNCS Ham Aid grant fund. Media & Public Relations CD's, DVD's, buttons, stickers, websites, email options, and a host of detail work filled the past week in preparing all the elements of the Hello campaign. There has been great cooperation among the staff of different departments as the deadlines come closer. In addition, work has begun on the annual report planned to be completed May 26. Regulatory Information John Hennessee answered a number of varied regulatory questions and sent Web updates to WSDD. He assisted amateurs with local government zoning problems in North Port, FL (W0AC)Yoakum, TX (K5MTO) and Oro Valley, AZ (K7KGB) and with covenants in Tampa, FL (K4LEG) and Ocala, FL (W3BPP). Production/Editorial The April issue of QST will be released to the printer February 23. Rick Lindquist reports The ARRL Letter, Vol. 25, No. 07, distributed to 65,817 members on Feb 17. Rick this week submitted the "Happenings" column (5 pp) for April QST. He also prepared/edited stories on the status of the Morse code proceeding, SuitSat-1, ARISS school contacts in Oklahoma and Texas, ARRL's complaint to the FCC re BPL database irregularities, ham radio-coordinated salute for Navy veteran and ham radio mentioned in US House committee report on Hurricane Katrina as well as several news briefs and announcements. On Feb 17, he also covered via a 2 AM teleconference an ARISS contact involving a school in Australia. Rick voiced, edited and produced ARRL Audio News for Feb 17. Sales and Marketing Work continued on April QST advertising. Palstar has committed to a 12 month campaign in QST. Mosley Electronics is back for the April and May issues. Idiom Press is advertising a new product in this issue; they generally advertise in the tear-outs only. We continue to receive advertising commitments for the May "Dayton-themed" tear-out. Alinco has inquired about ARRL Passport (scavenger-hunt activity sponsored by ARRL at Hamvention) and will be donating prizes for this activity again this year. A Presidents' Day campaign helped drive higher-than-typical ordering levels to the publication e-store throughout the holiday weekend and in the days following (ended Wed, Feb 22). A handful of popular publications and "sale" items were featured. Gross sales topped $30k during the 6-day period. Prospective Ham Packages this week: 11 Online Courses Jean processed another 5 Field Tests this week. Tests have been returned for 53 students in the last two weeks. Typically, we process 10 or 15 in one month! The online course registration process now allows us to collect a source or discount code, allowing us to track the response to various direct marketing solicitations and promotions. A solicitation was sent to affiliated clubs promoting the RFI course. During February, we have enrolled 169 students: 104 EmComm, 46 technical courses, and 19 Technician license course. ON-LINE COURSES Registrations During this week Graduations Antenna Modeling (EC-004) 1 1 HF Digital (EC-005) 0 0 RFI (EC-006) 0 0 VHF/UHF (EC-008) 3 0 Antenna Design and Construction (EC-009) 0 0 Technician Licensing (EC-010) 2 0 Propagation (EC-011) 0 0 Analog Electronics (EC-012) 3 0 Digital Electronics (EC-013) 1 0 Emergency Com. Level 1 (EC-001) 13 26 Emergency Com. Level 2 (EC-002) 10 19 Emergency Com. Level 3 (EC-003) 6 14 Membership Services DXCC Branch For the Week of: February 19, 2006 Beginning Credits 49,171 Credits Received 4,236 Credits Processed 15,008 Ending Credits 38,399 Applications Pending 301 Processing time 5.5 Weeks Year-to-date (2006) Credits Received 46,502 Credits Returned 91,858 DXCC is currently entering credits received on February 1, 2006. DXCC is currently mailing applications received on January 11, 2006. Awards Branch Category Processed WAS Certificates 19 Replacement Awards 1 A-1 Operator Nominations 9 Awards Mailed 25 WAC Certificates 22 5BWAC Certificates 3 Processing Status: Current or up to five weeks. Contest Branch Certificates for the 2005 August UHF and 10 GHz and Up events were printed and should be mailed within the week. Several replacement/duplicate certificates were printed and will be mailed at the same time. The combined Logs Received list for the 2006 ARRL RTTY Roundup was prepared and posted to the ARRL Web. Data entry for the 2006 January VHF Sweepstakes was begun. We archived logs for several contests and initialized databases for several upcoming contests. We are still working on a couple of certificate/database issues and worked with the consultant to begin to get these updated and corrected. Logbook of the World QSO records entered into system 92,226,262 QSL records have resulted 4,898,190 Logs Processed 190,319 Active Certificates 17,588 Users registered in the system 11,659 Hybrids Pending Mail 72 QSL Branch There is a 2 day processing time delay. This week, 97 pounds of cards were received from members. The next scheduled shipping date is Friday, February 24, 2006. W1AW Thanks to Dan Henderson, N1ND for operating W1AW in the CQ World Wide DX CW contest. Despite poor band conditions, Dan made 48 QSOs on 15 meters, for a claimed score of 4176. Scott worked on slow and fast code practice files for the month February. He also handled some evening phone sales calls in the daily 5 PM to 8 PM time slots. Joe updated the web code practice files. He also spent some time swapping rigs for the 160-meter transmissions. He ended up modifying another Omni VI+ to cure the key click issue. Joe also worked on list administrator duties, especially with the implementation of a new reflector for the VUAC. Field & Educational Services Field Organization/Public Service Team Official Observers have supplied Chuck Skolaut with documentation that covers cases on 75 meters and also on a 2 meter simplex frequency in California. He has forwarded this to the FCC. Interference to 20 meters originating from commercial equipment in Ohio has resurfaced again. Some intentional interference to the Peter 1 DXpedition has been reported on 75 meters. ARRL volunteer monitors note a strong signal on 40 meters, a foreign broadcaster on 17 meters, and a fishnet beacon on 160 meters. In addition, a unique sounding signal was reported on 60 meters in Massachusetts is under investigation. Leona Adams and the Field Organization Team is preparing to count Virginia Section Manager election ballots on Tuesday, February 20. She handled 45 initial supply packages to a variety of new appointees including two Official Observer test packages those who have been recommended for this training. Steve Ewald took part in the monthly teleconference for Citizen Corps Affiliates and regional Citizen Corps offices. Work was completed on April QST's Public Service column, and we handled questions about the FEMA-sponsored on-line training course (IS-700) that introduces the National Incident Management System. Steve also hosted a brief visit to HQ by a radio amateur who lives near New Orleans. The visitor share stories of his first-hand experiences during the aftermath of Katrina. ARISS PR: As of Feb 17, SuitSat was still alive, but voltage was depleting. WWW.SuitSat.org Web site had 8 million hits! Audio and SSTV images are posted at http://www.aj3u.com/blog/. Reporters continued to interview the ARISS Team for info for SuitSat stories- the latest were ABC World News and an editor at Electronic Design Magazine writing about the engineering side of SuitSat. For the Timber Creek (FL) ARISS QSO, media reps included the Orlando Sentinel, CBS, East Orlando Sun, plus Timber Creek's paper and TV station. For ARRL Members: Rosalie and Norm are tracking the number of SuitSat QSL requests for Goddard Space Flight Center, provider of the certificates. The author of the ARISS QST article that Rosalie edited reports receiving 11 pieces of correspondence. Rosalie acted as Control Op for Bloomington (IN) South High School Radio Club students working School Club Roundup. ARISS News Update: Of the 14 graduates in the latest astronaut class, 8 have earned their ham tickets thanks to the Johnson Space Center ARISS Team; the team is working on the other 6 astronauts, too. Bill McArthur's tour of duty may be extended by at least a week, allowing for more backlogged US schools to get a QSO! ARISS' Effect on Schools/Students: The West Point Military Academy's radio club had died in recent years, but after Bill McArthur requested an ARISS QSO with them (his alma mater), the club became active again, and was on the air for School Club Roundup. A school that had an ARISS QSO reports that a number of lessons about weak copy of SuitSat were integrated into their classroom. The Florida Commissioner of Education attended and enjoyed the Timber Creek (FL) ARISS QSO. Rosalie networked a teacher from a years-ago SAREX QSO to Mark Spencer. International Aspects: The European team reports the FM antennas for the Columbus ISS module are still under development and won't meet expected delivery date, but this isn't a problem since Columbus' schedule has changed. The European Space Agency has agreed to support required environmental antenna tests at their Holland ESTEC facility; the two FM and two EM antennas were transported from Italy to ESTEC on Feb 17. Field & Education Team Hamfest & Conventions Hamfest Applications sent to Division Director for Approval 13 Hamfest Approval Letters sent to event sponsor 14 Handouts and Door Prize Material Orders Processed 0 Label Requests for upcoming events 1 Convention Applications sent to Division Director for Approval 2 Convention Approval Letters sent to event sponsor 2 Approval Letters for Newly-Affiliated Clubs sent to Club Officials 0 Charter of Affiliation Certificates sent for Presentation to New Clubs 0 New club applications reviewed 1 New clubs sent to Director & SM for approval by Director 4 New SSC Application sent to Director, SM, & ACC for Approval 0 SSC Approval Letter sent to Club Official 1 SSC Certificate sent to newly-designated SSC Club 1 Acknowledgement letters sent to club officials 1 Hamfest announcements for QST 0 Convention announcements for QST 0 Clubs & Mentors Club Updates 71 Club special assistance/research Below 51% notification 6 SSC sent to ACC SSC Certificates 7 letters sent 3 Instructor Reg 3 Teacher Reg 0 Class Materials Graduation Kits 41 Exhibit Kits/ brochure requests 5 Jota Kits 0 Label Requests Filled 1 Prospects 2 Sales Orders Processed 2 Public Service Reports 0 Amateur Radio Education & Technology Program-Mark Spencer The teachers institute web page has been updated with text. Parallax has been advertising the TIs on their web page and this has generated a number of inquiries from interested teachers. There was a snag in the ETP grant bids and I did not meet my target of getting the purchasing process started on Monday. I am awaiting refined bids before I begin purchasing equipment. One of the recent ETP grant recipient schools has declined the grant because the teacher has resigned from the school. The production modulation demonstration PCBs have been delivered, the next step is the authoring of the construction manual and lesson plans, once those documents are complete, kit production will continue. I expect to complete the kits by the end of next week. The ohm's law board layout has been verified and the production PCBs have been ordered. NASA will not be supporting the ITEA conference this year so I have taken steps to cancel the logistic arrangements I had made to support my attendance at ITEA. The learning objectives for the new technician license class lesson plans have been drafted and work continues on developing lesson plans. The target date is to have draft lesson plans ready for Dayton. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List Ed Hare 3/12-3/17 ANSI Committee Meeting, Piscataway, NJ `` 3/30-4/1 IEEE EMC Meeting, Orlando FL Steve Capodicasa 3/3 Vacation Joe Carcia 4/21 Vacation Scott Gee 3/6-3/7 Vacation `` 3/29 Vacation `` 4/24-4/28 Vacation Zack Lau 3/2-3/3 Vacation Dan Henderson 3/2 Vacation Wayne Mills 3/10 Charlotte Hamfest `` 4/20-4/21 International DX Convention, Visalia, CA Leona Adams 2/23-2/27am Vacation Mary Hobart 2/23 Vacation `` 4/21-4/23 International DX Convention, Visalia, CA Monique Levesque 2/21-2/24 Vacation Dave Patton 3/16-3/19 Nebraska State Convention, Norfolk, NE Cathy Stepina 3/13-3/17 Vacation Allen Pitts 3/3 Vacation Steve Ford 2/24 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:13768] Re: Michael Powell Says Washington Broke
by Kay Craigie 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Seeing a quotation from a whiny Michael Powell touting the need for technical knowledge in FCC decision-making made me consider sending out my morning coffee to be analyzed for hallucinogens. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:13767] Michael Powell Says Washington Broke
by wedgar＠verizon.net 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Mr. Powell's latest comments... http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=1802063 15

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