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

[arrl-odv:13745] Re: HUH?
by Wade 22 Feb '06

22 Feb '06

I was scratching my head on that one for a bit too and then realized he thinks we are not giving enough attention to AM in our publications and QST. I took it as a thinly veiled threat that if we do not give AM the attention he feels it deserves, we may not get the financial support from him we have enjoyed (I am assuming there was some) in the past. I think this is Bill's problem. That's my translation. 73, Wade W0EJ -----Original Message----- From: Jim Weaver, K8JE [mailto:k8je@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 2:42 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13741] HUH? To put it in the very best of Midwestern vernacular, my reaction to WA3VJB 's declaration of interdependence is . . . huh? Am I unusually dense today or has he chosen a very obtuse way to say we shouldn't expect the members to donate unless we are willing to pony up ourselves? 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:13744] Re: Correspondence from Outside Your Division
by Ned Stearns 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

I do believe this individual is with the Ham Radio Think Tank. Treat accordingly. Ned AA7A ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Weaver, K8JE To: arrl-odv Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:12 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:13743] Re: Correspondence from Outside Your Division Just to clarify, I for one had no intention of responding to Courson. I'm still trying to figure out (using as little energy as possible) the presumed logic behind his convoluted message. 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: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 4:25 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13742] Correspondence from Outside Your Division Some of you (maybe all of you in different formats) have received an email from Paul Courson, WA3VJB. I just want to restate that none of you owe Mr. Courson a response save Director Bill Edgar, as Mr. Courson is a member (until Feb 28, 2006) of the Atlantic Division. Response to correspondence from members (or non-members) outside your division can complicate things for the representative director, and it has been a very long standing position of the board, even in the days of "regular mail" before mass communication email arrived, that these matters are to be left to the appropriate Director. Bill can do as he so chooses with the email. Thank you for your understanding. 73 Joel W5ZN

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[arrl-odv:13743] Re: Correspondence from Outside Your Division
by Jim Weaver, K8JE 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Just to clarify, I for one had no intention of responding to Courson. I'm still trying to figure out (using as little energy as possible) the presumed logic behind his convoluted message. 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: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 4:25 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13742] Correspondence from Outside Your Division Some of you (maybe all of you in different formats) have received an email from Paul Courson, WA3VJB. I just want to restate that none of you owe Mr. Courson a response save Director Bill Edgar, as Mr. Courson is a member (until Feb 28, 2006) of the Atlantic Division. Response to correspondence from members (or non-members) outside your division can complicate things for the representative director, and it has been a very long standing position of the board, even in the days of "regular mail" before mass communication email arrived, that these matters are to be left to the appropriate Director. Bill can do as he so chooses with the email. Thank you for your understanding. 73 Joel W5ZN

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[arrl-odv:13742] Correspondence from Outside Your Division
by Joel Harrison 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Some of you (maybe all of you in different formats) have received an email from Paul Courson, WA3VJB. I just want to restate that none of you owe Mr. Courson a response save Director Bill Edgar, as Mr. Courson is a member (until Feb 28, 2006) of the Atlantic Division. Response to correspondence from members (or non-members) outside your division can complicate things for the representative director, and it has been a very long standing position of the board, even in the days of "regular mail" before mass communication email arrived, that these matters are to be left to the appropriate Director. Bill can do as he so chooses with the email. Thank you for your understanding. 73 Joel W5ZN

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[arrl-odv:13741] HUH?
by Jim Weaver, K8JE 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

To put it in the very best of Midwestern vernacular, my reaction to WA3VJB's declaration of interdependence is . . . huh? Am I unusually dense today or has he chosen a very obtuse way to say we shouldn't expect the members to donate unless we are willing to pony up ourselves? 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:13740] A&F minutes - 1/19/2006
by Tom Frenaye 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

I've attached a copy of the minutes for the A&F meeting the day before the Board meeting. -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki(a)arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444

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[arrl-odv:13739] Re: Washington Report
by Joel Harrison 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

Jim - It was a good start. I believe we will make some progress with everyone's help. Thanks Joel -----Original Message----- From: Jim Weaver, K8JE [mailto:k8je@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 2:38 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13734] Re: Washington Report Joel, In my opinion, this not only is an excellent report, but represents excellent effort that one hopes will result in excellent conclusions. As to action on our part to support H.Res. 230, I also believe this can be accomplished fairly readily with the mutual cooperation of us Directors. If anyone is interested to hearing more along this line, I'll be happy share thoughts with them. 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: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 3:04 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13731] Washington Report Greetings, A report on the meetings in Washington Feb 15 and 16 is attached. This report is not to be distributed to anyone other than ARRL Officers, Directors, and Vice Directors. C U all in the ARRL International DX CW Contest this weekend. 73 Joel W5ZN

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[arrl-odv:13738]
by Joel Harrison 20 Feb '06

20 Feb '06

FCC's Independent Panel Reviewing the Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Communication Networks is accepting written reports as well as requests oral testimony that was identified in FCC Public Notice DA-06-256 dated February 3, 2006. We will be supplying written testimony, but in addition have requested an opportunity for an oral presentation to the Independent Panel. The panel is looking for oral presentations from people directly involved in the communications effort, therefore we have nominated Alabama SM Greg Sarrat to the Panel. We'll let you know if we're successful in obtaining an oral presentation slot, but we'll have as a minimum the written report testimony. 73 Joel W5ZN

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[arrl-odv:13737] Re: FW: Please pass on to ODV with attached files
by Brian Mileshosky 18 Feb '06

18 Feb '06

Harold (and Alan) -- This sounds like a wonderful campaign! As often as we save the day during high-profile emergencies, Ham Radio itself isn't as high-profile as we want it to be. I think these efforts will indeed pay off, teaching a bunch of people about our hobby/service and perhaps adding to its ranks. 73, Brian, N5ZGT -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 1:35 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Bloom, Jon, KE3Z; Ford, Steve, WB8IMY; Hare, Ed W1RFI; Mills, Wayne N7NG; Motschenbacher, Dennis K7BV; Patton, David NN1N; Somma, Maria, AB1FM Subject: [arrl-odv:13733] FW: Please pass on to ODV with attached files Hi, I'm passing this along for Allen. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio 860 594 0220 -----Original Message----- From: Pitts, Allen W1AGP Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 3:28 PM To: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B Subject: Please pass on to ODV with attached files Hello to all the members of the ARRL ODV list! Get ready for what promises to be one of the most exciting years yet for being a spokesperson for Amateur Radio. It's about to explode in mid-March! The Hello campaign will provide you with the best set of tools ever assembled for promoting ham radio to non-hams. Several parts are already completed and ready to go - and they are stunning! More is being completed almost daily now, and the target date of release is March 15th. I believe you will be more than "pleased" with what's going to be available to hams in promoting Amateur Radio. Great audio, killer video, brochures, websites, bumper stickers, pins, activities and more. The winter 2006 centennial of voice over the airwaves gets us in the media's door and the tools to succeed will be there. But it will indeed take everyone to put into action what we have been wanting for so long. Simply put, no one can sit back and write one or two letters to the local paper for Field Day and stop there. This is far more than one local club or event. I am putting everything I have into this campaign because I believe in the power of ham radio to make friends. Many others have also really gone out of their way to put huge efforts and reputation on the line to bring Hello to life. I hope you will do the same, for without each of you the tools alone cannot work. To make sure that as many PIOs as possible are involved, I am asking the PIC's to be the distributors of the Swiss Army Knife wherever possible. That gives PIC's a reason to contact their PIOs, provide them with the CD of the Swiss Army Knife 06, and make sure that they are "on board" for the Hello campaign and willing to do some work when it comes out. If a section does not have a PIC (which is very unfortunate!) then I am encouraging them get together with other PIOs in ther area. <<Hello Logo.jpg>> Th <<HellloRadio.mp3>> at would help. But <<E-Book Hello Campaign Broch.pdf>> if not, they can just send me a 1:1 email and be sure to include the mailing address. As the days towards March 15 count down, things are going full throttle here to get it all done. Your help in "stirring up the troops" is appreciated. With all of us, working together, it can be a wonderful year for promoting Amateur Radio. NOT FOR RELEASE YET - Attached are three files for your personal use only. Please do NOT release to anyone else yet. Allen Pitts, W1AGP Media and Public Relations Manager ARRL -the national association for Amateur Radio- (860) 594-0328

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[arrl-odv:13736] Re: Washington Report
by Henry R. Leggette 18 Feb '06

18 Feb '06

Hi Joel, Good report! Excellent team effort! Henry - WD4Q ----- Original Message ----- From: Joel Harrison To: arrl-odv Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 2:04 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:13731] Washington Report Greetings, A report on the meetings in Washington Feb 15 and 16 is attached. This report is not to be distributed to anyone other than ARRL Officers, Directors, and Vice Directors. C U all in the ARRL International DX CW Contest this weekend. 73 Joel W5ZN

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