September 2006 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

DIRECTORS - YOUR ATTENTION REQUIRED
by Bob Vallio 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Again, the question before you, the ARRL Board of Directors, is "Do you agree with the EC recommendation to pursue a judicial appeal?" I support the recommendation of the EC to pursue a judicial appeal. This is good news to me, and I am particularly pleased to be able to vote affirmatively for us to seek resolution of this issue at the highest level. Bob Vallio, W6RGG Director, Pacific Division On 9/6/06, Joel Harrison <w5zn(a)arrl.org> wrote: > > Please see the attached memo regarding a judicial appeal of the FCC's > action regarding BPL. > > > > Your action is required in this matter. > > > > If you have any questions, please ask. > > > > 73 Joel W5ZN > > > >

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[arrl-odv:14460] Re: DIRECTORS - YOUR ATTENTION REQUIRED
by Jim Weaver 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Joel, First, I fully support the plan to sue FCC over its outrageous stance in promoting BPL. Second, I fully support going to outside, expert counsel to pursue the case for us. This is not a question of Chris' competency. He is highly competent. Instead, it is a question of focus by leading counsel. If we are to pursue this case, we absolutely should obtain the best lead counsel we can afford. Chris will certainly prove as invaluable in assisting lead counsel as they prepare for and pursue trial as he has always proven to us on more general matters. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director Great Lakes Division, ARRL 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 Tel. 513-459-0142; E-mail k8je(a)arrl.org ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 11:17 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:14456] DIRECTORS - YOUR ATTENTION REQUIRED Please see the attached memo regarding a judicial appeal of the FCC's action regarding BPL. Your action is required in this matter. If you have any questions, please ask. 73 Joel W5ZN

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[arrl-odv:14459] Re: FW: Ask this go to the ODV please
by Jim Weaver 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Boy Dave, you certainly know how to deflate a guys ego. All along I thought my margin of victory was due to my good looks and inherent charm plus a wee bit o the gift from the Blarney Stone. Hi! Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director Great Lakes Division, ARRL 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 Tel. 513-459-0142; E-mail k8je(a)arrl.org ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 4:44 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:14455] Re: FW: Ask this go to the ODV please If Joe's premise is valid one would have expected somewhat different numbers from last year's Great Lakes Director election: IN THE GREAT LAKES DIVISION: Incumbent Director James E. ''Jim'' Weaver, K8JE, of Mason, Ohio, was elected to a second term. By a vote of 3505 to 883, he held off a challenge from Neil Sablatzky, K8IT. My own theory is that some of Mark's support is the result of his having a two-letter call sign vs. Joe's 1x3. Dave K1ZZ

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RE: [arrl-odv:14456] DIRECTORS - YOUR ATTENTION REQUIRED
by John Bellows 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

I support the recommendations of the EC to proceed with an Appeal in the USCA DC Circuit as outlined in President Harrisons Memo of September 6, 2006. While I dont doubt for a minute the ability of General Counsel Imlay to prosecute this appeal, that may not be the best use of his time. I agree the preferable course of action would be to have Chris work with Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr in this appeal in his capacity as ARRL General Counsel. This approach affords us appropriate oversight of the appeal, input in the process, and full use of the particular skills and experience of the Wilmer, Cutler firm in administrative appeals, while still permitting GC Imlay to address the myriad of legal issues we send his way on a daily basis. Jay, KØQB If you have any further questions regarding my opinions of the FCC in this matter, I refer you to Vice President Roderick. JB -----Original Message----- From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 9:17 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:14456] DIRECTORS - YOUR ATTENTION REQUIRED Please see the attached memo regarding a judicial appeal of the FCCs action regarding BPL. Your action is required in this matter. If you have any questions, please ask. 73 Joel W5ZN

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[arrl-odv:14457] Re: DIRECTORS - YOUR ATTENTION REQUIRED
by Brian Mileshosky 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Joel (et al) -- I think that FCC and certain BPL companies have screwed with us on this issue for long enough. BPL is a credible threat to our ability to communicate as licensees, whether casually as a hobby or seriously during/after an event which has caused other methods of communication to fail. ARRL calls itself the national association for Amateur Radio, and it has taken up many causes in the past to defend our ability to pursue and enjoy Ham Radio -- not just for members, but for the entire Ham community. BPL is obviously one such cause. When we commit to a certain cause that threatens our abilities and/or existence as a Ham community, we owe it to our loyal, dues-paying members as well as the general Ham community to **NOT** bring a knife to a gun fight. Otherwise we have no business claiming to represent them, anywhere. While it will be expensive and arduous, I am pleased that our organization is finally leaning towards a means of slowing/reducing/ending this threat in a courtroom rather than expending more time and money on another petition addressed to a seemingly and grossly biased body. Given your memo, Chris's memo, and Dave's position that our oganization can afford this action, I support the pursuit of a judicial appeal. 73, Brian, N5ZGT ARRL Vice-Director, Rocky Mountain Division On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Joel Harrison wrote: > Please see the attached memo regarding a judicial appeal of the FCC's action > regarding BPL. > > > > Your action is required in this matter. > > > > If you have any questions, please ask. > > > > 73 Joel W5ZN > > > > ARRL Vice-Director, Rocky Mountain Division

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[arrl-odv:14456] DIRECTORS - YOUR ATTENTION REQUIRED
by Joel Harrison 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Please see the attached memo regarding a judicial appeal of the FCC's action regarding BPL. Your action is required in this matter. If you have any questions, please ask. 73 Joel W5ZN

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[arrl-odv:14455] Re: FW: Ask this go to the ODV please
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

If Joe's premise is valid one would have expected somewhat different numbers from last year's Great Lakes Director election: IN THE GREAT LAKES DIVISION: Incumbent Director James E. ''Jim'' Weaver, K8JE, of Mason, Ohio, was elected to a second term. By a vote of 3505 to 883, he held off a challenge from Neil Sablatzky, K8IT. My own theory is that some of Mark's support is the result of his having a two-letter call sign vs. Joe's 1x3. Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:14454] Re: FW: Wade Walstrom photos
by Jim Weaver 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Very appropriate ARRL contingent at the funeral. Wish I could have made it as well. Tnx for making the photos available, Joel. Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director Great Lakes Division, ARRL 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 Tel. 513-459-0142; E-mail k8je(a)arrl.org ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 10:48 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:14451] FW: Wade Walstrom photos Some of you may be interested in these photos from today's service. Joel _____ From: arericks(a)mchsi.com [mailto:arericks@mchsi.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:24 PM To: w5zn(a)arrl.org Subject: Wade Walstrom photos Wade Walstrom funeral <http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arericks/album?.dir=/bc21re2&.src=ph&.tok=ph 6gNdFB9eCz1Y41> Check out my photos _____ arericks has invited you to view a photo album on Yahoo! Photos Photos taken at Wade's funeral 9/5/2006. Original 5M-pixel files available on request. Alan WB0OAV View Wade Walstrom funeral <http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arericks/album?.dir=/bc21re2&.src=ph&.tok=ph6 gNdFB9eCz1Y41> Try Yahoo! Photos for yourself Got digital pictures of your own? Upload them to Yahoo! Photos - then share them with friends and even get 35mm-quality prints. Find out more <http://photos.yahoo.com> . Get 10 FREE Prints Order Prints of arericks's photos for yourself - your first 10 are FREE! Just click "Order Prints" while viewing photos to get started. If you can't see the button above, copy and paste this web address into your browser's web address bar: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arericks/album?.dir=/bc21re2&.src=ph&.tok=ph6g NdFB9eCz1Y41 <http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arericks/album?.dir=/bc21re2&.src=ph&.tok=ph6 gNdFB9eCz1Y41> _____ Copyright C 2006 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy <http://privacy.yahoo.com/> - Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>

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[arrl-odv:14453] Re: FW: Ask this go to the ODV please
by Jim Weaver 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Joel, Now you're being practical! ;-) Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director Great Lakes Division, ARRL 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 Tel. 513-459-0142; E-mail k8je(a)arrl.org ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:08 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:14446] FW: Ask this go to the ODV please Jim, I really don't want to get into a long email debate about over this, but Joe seems to have left out one very, very important reason why there may have been 747 votes for his opponent. It may have not had anything to do with a national policy of ARRL but rather maybe they didn't like Joe's policies in the section! Now, don't take that to mean, nor should you conclude, that I'm of the opinion Joe is not doing a good job. Quite the contrary. I'm just saying that what I interpret Joe saying is that the reason there was 747 votes for his opponent is because 747 people didn't like ARRL's current direction nationally. What I submit is there may have been 747 votes opposed to him. If my math is correct, Joe still received over 63% of the vote. In today's environment when an election is held that is a sizable margin because there is a larger percentage now than I can recall that will vote for an opponent just to vote against an incumbent and for no other reason. I'm not trying to dismiss Joe's point or his comments, they are well taken. I'm just saying that in my 25 years of being directly involved in ARRL campaigns and elections you could have developed the same theory in 80% of the elections that have occurred over that period. 73 Joel W5ZN _____ From: Jim Weaver [mailto:k8je@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 12:58 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:14446] FW: Ask this go to the ODV please Ladies and Gentlemen, I am forwarding the following message from OH SM Joe Phillips at his request. This is FYI and consideration. I believe Joe is on the right track, actually. I don't know about the relative numbers of dissatisfied members in Ohio; however, I am positive these folks exist - I've talked to several of them as you probably have. As one example, a number of GLD members have told me they think we are dedicating too much effort to our BPL project. At the same time, they also recognize the importance of this effort. The overall situation poses an interesting dilemma. 73, Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director Great Lakes Division, ARRL 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 Tel. 513-459-0142; E-mail k8je(a)arrl.org ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: K8qoe(a)aol.com [mailto:K8qoe@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 12:39 PM To: k8je(a)arrl.org Cc: ki4la(a)arrl.org Subject: Ask this go to the ODV please MESSAGE TO THE ARRL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM THE OHIO SECTION The Ohio Section just completed a section manager election with nearly 2,000 ballots cast - an unusually high number for a two candidate race. Even more astonishing is that the vote total represented 33 per cent participation. It was the fine work of the Ohio Section Cabinet which encouraged such a high participation rate. But there is a lesson which I wish to share with all of us in American Radio Relay League leadership. From the first day of this election cycle, I told the Ohio Cabinet that there was a cadre of ARRL members - loyal to the ARRL - but nonetheless upset with the direction of ham radio. All hams are unhappy with ham radio's aging population and declining numbers. But this cadre I spoke of were looking for some way to strike back. A group which would use an Ohio section manager election to send a message - in short, a motivated force. Particularly motivated in getting their vote to the ballot box in Newington. The election is now history and I wish to comment on 700 of those nearly 2,000 votes. Ask Division Director Jim Weaver, K8JE and Vice Director Gary Johnston, KI4LA, and I am confident both will agree my opponent, Mark Erbaugh, N8ME, did not run an effective campaign. Even the issues Mark chose to stress were not "hot button" issues which would usually motivate voters. He ignored the goodies like "I will restore CW" and the ever popular "I will stop dumbing down the hobby." His 300 word statement took on issues which generally put people to sleep. Yet he received 747 votes. I doubt he received more than 50 votes based on a belief he was the more qualified to be section manager. Which means, in simple arithmetic, almost 700 votes of nearly 2,000 cast were from that motivated and dissatisfied group. More than one-third of the total vote. My only comment here is to observe the size of that motivated group at least as it can be determined in Ohio. Those dissatisfied with ARRL leadership are generally asking for us to stop those things we have no control over. But a lesson for us still exists - this subtle dissatisfaction is sizable. May I suggest when we speak to groups or when we communicate by letter to our membership, to remember this unhappiness is out there and in greater numbers than we may wish. Joe Phillips, K8QOE Ohio Section Manager Joe Phillips, K8QOE Ohio Section Manager American Radio Relay League 2800 Jupiter Drive Fairfield, Ohio 45014 E-mail: k8qoe(a)arrl.org E-mail: jphillips(a)arrl.org Home: 513-874-0006 Pager: 513-971-5048

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RE: [arrl-odv:14446] FW: Ask this go to the ODV please
by Joel Harrison 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Jim, I really don't want to get into a long email debate about over this, but Joe seems to have left out one very, very important reason why there may have been 747 votes for his opponent. It may have not had anything to do with a national policy of ARRL but rather maybe they didn't like Joe's policies in the section! Now, don't take that to mean, nor should you conclude, that I'm of the opinion Joe is not doing a good job. Quite the contrary. I'm just saying that what I interpret Joe saying is that the reason there was 747 votes for his opponent is because 747 people didn't like ARRL's current direction nationally. What I submit is there may have been 747 votes opposed to him. If my math is correct, Joe still received over 63% of the vote. In today's environment when an election is held that is a sizable margin because there is a larger percentage now than I can recall that will vote for an opponent just to vote against an incumbent and for no other reason. I'm not trying to dismiss Joe's point or his comments, they are well taken. I'm just saying that in my 25 years of being directly involved in ARRL campaigns and elections you could have developed the same theory in 80% of the elections that have occurred over that period. 73 Joel W5ZN _____ From: Jim Weaver [mailto:k8je@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 12:58 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:14446] FW: Ask this go to the ODV please Ladies and Gentlemen, I am forwarding the following message from OH SM Joe Phillips at his request. This is FYI and consideration. I believe Joe is on the right track, actually. I don't know about the relative numbers of dissatisfied members in Ohio; however, I am positive these folks exist - I've talked to several of them as you probably have. As one example, a number of GLD members have told me they think we are dedicating too much effort to our BPL project. At the same time, they also recognize the importance of this effort. The overall situation poses an interesting dilemma. 73, Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director Great Lakes Division, ARRL 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 Tel. 513-459-0142; E-mail k8je(a)arrl.org ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: K8qoe(a)aol.com [mailto:K8qoe@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 12:39 PM To: k8je(a)arrl.org Cc: ki4la(a)arrl.org Subject: Ask this go to the ODV please MESSAGE TO THE ARRL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM THE OHIO SECTION The Ohio Section just completed a section manager election with nearly 2,000 ballots cast - an unusually high number for a two candidate race. Even more astonishing is that the vote total represented 33 per cent participation. It was the fine work of the Ohio Section Cabinet which encouraged such a high participation rate. But there is a lesson which I wish to share with all of us in American Radio Relay League leadership. From the first day of this election cycle, I told the Ohio Cabinet that there was a cadre of ARRL members - loyal to the ARRL - but nonetheless upset with the direction of ham radio. All hams are unhappy with ham radio's aging population and declining numbers. But this cadre I spoke of were looking for some way to strike back. A group which would use an Ohio section manager election to send a message - in short, a motivated force. Particularly motivated in getting their vote to the ballot box in Newington. The election is now history and I wish to comment on 700 of those nearly 2,000 votes. Ask Division Director Jim Weaver, K8JE and Vice Director Gary Johnston, KI4LA, and I am confident both will agree my opponent, Mark Erbaugh, N8ME, did not run an effective campaign. Even the issues Mark chose to stress were not "hot button" issues which would usually motivate voters. He ignored the goodies like "I will restore CW" and the ever popular "I will stop dumbing down the hobby." His 300 word statement took on issues which generally put people to sleep. Yet he received 747 votes. I doubt he received more than 50 votes based on a belief he was the more qualified to be section manager. Which means, in simple arithmetic, almost 700 votes of nearly 2,000 cast were from that motivated and dissatisfied group. More than one-third of the total vote. My only comment here is to observe the size of that motivated group at least as it can be determined in Ohio. Those dissatisfied with ARRL leadership are generally asking for us to stop those things we have no control over. But a lesson for us still exists - this subtle dissatisfaction is sizable. May I suggest when we speak to groups or when we communicate by letter to our membership, to remember this unhappiness is out there and in greater numbers than we may wish. Joe Phillips, K8QOE Ohio Section Manager Joe Phillips, K8QOE Ohio Section Manager American Radio Relay League 2800 Jupiter Drive Fairfield, Ohio 45014 E-mail: k8qoe(a)arrl.org E-mail: jphillips(a)arrl.org Home: 513-874-0006 Pager: 513-971-5048

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