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

[arrl-odv:14451] FW: Wade Walstrom photos
by Joel Harrison 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

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=ph6 gNdFB9eCz1Y41> 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 <http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arericks/album?.dir=/bc21re2&.src=ph&.tok=ph6 gNdFB9eCz1Y41> View Wade Walstrom funeral 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=ph6 gNdFB9eCz1Y41> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/arericks/album?.dir=/bc21re2&.src=ph&.tok=ph6g NdFB9eCz1Y41 _____ Copyright C 2006 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. <http://privacy.yahoo.com/> Privacy Policy - <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of Service

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Wade's Service
by Joel Harrison 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

This morning I attended Wade Walstrom's memorial service at St. Marks Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with Directors Bruce Frahm, Dick Isely and Jay Bellows, Vice Director Twila Greenheck, Iowa SM Jim Lasley, N0JL and past Midwest Division DXAC rep Jim Spencer, W0SR. Also attending was a large group of radio amateurs from the area and from Rockwell Collins that included Rod Blocksome, K0DAS. Of the many trips I have taken since becoming President it should come as no surprise this was one I wish I did not have to make. Wade was an excellent example of so many things that are right, and his Pastor's message today was one I wish every radio amateur could hear. It would not only have made you proud to be a ham but to also know amateur radio and our country is better because Wade was a part of it. Wade had not been feeling very well the past few days leading up to last week, but there was no imminent concern about was about to happen. In fact, on Thursday morning Wade drove himself to the hospital for the lung biopsy procedure, expected to take a couple of hours in outpatient and Solveig went to work at Rockwell Collins. During the procedure, some uncontrolled bleeding developed and sadly nothing could be done even right there in a medical facility. For those that may be interested, I have attached a scanned copy of the program from Wade's service. 73 Joel W5ZN

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[arrl-odv:14449] Re: FW: Ask this go to the ODV please
by Jim Weaver 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

Kay, I agree with you in assessing the sanity or legitimacy of some complaints our members and nonmembers may have. I also do not disagree with the other aspects of your comments. On the other hand, I also believe it is to our advantage to consider each complaint seriously from a number of sides. Legitimate or illegitimate, dissatisfaction can lead to loss of members or decisions by nonmembers not to join. I view this overall situation as a marketing or consumer relations issue. I believe you will agree that we need to improve our marketing of the League toward gaining members. To do this, it would seem that we need to be very careful that we avoid dismissing even screwy-sounding complaints too readily. 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: Kay Craigie [mailto:n3kn@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 2:45 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:14446] FW: Ask this go to the ODV please Joe wrote, "Those dissatisfied with ARRL leadership are generally asking for us to stop those things we have no control over." I am reminded of a conversation I had last week with Dave Patton NN1N, who told me he'd been phoned by an irate elderly ham who said the ARRL had to get the space shuttle launched because that's important. Dave says the gent was not perceptibly drunk but was quite serious in admonishing the ARRL to get that spacecraft off the ground. I also had an perplexing conversation at a hamfest years ago with an angry ham who said the ARRL is responsible for global warming because we promote ham radio and ham radio uses electricity and electricity comes from power plants that burn fossil fuels. I couldn't smell anything on him that would account for that train of thought. So people really do have some pretty weird expectations and assumptions about the ARRL. Some of them, as Jim implies, border on the self-contradictory. When people turn out in the numbers they did in Ohio to vote in an ARRL SM election, it shows that members care about their organization. If these people were truly alienated and disaffected, they would not spend 39 cents on a ballot envelope and might not spend 39 dollars on a membership renewal. As long as we do not promise people that we can do what we can't do -- like launch spacecraft or make them young, handsome, and sexy again -- but rather promise to do the best we can on the day life brings us, I can look the members in the eye and feel not one bit defensive about the ARRL. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:14448] Re: FW: Ask this go to the ODV please
by Brian Mileshosky 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Kay Craigie wrote: > As long as we do not promise people that we can do what we can't do -- like > launch spacecraft or *********** MAKE THEM YOUNG, HANDSOME, AND SEXY > AGAIN ************ -- but rather promise to do the best we can on the > day life brings us, I can look the members in the eye and feel not one > bit defensive about the ARRL. Kay -- Your comment above has prompted me to finally divulge a closely kept secret. I am not 26. I am actually 76. Thanks to ARRL I once again fit the above description! (Taking defensive posture in anticipation of retaliatory strikes... especially from folks like Imlay) 73, Brian, N5ZGT ARRL Vice-Director, Rocky Mountain Division

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RE: [arrl-odv:14446] FW: Ask this go to the ODV please
by Kay Craigie 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

Joe wrote, "Those dissatisfied with ARRL leadership are generally asking for us to stop those things we have no control over." I am reminded of a conversation I had last week with Dave Patton NN1N, who told me he'd been phoned by an irate elderly ham who said the ARRL had to get the space shuttle launched because that's important. Dave says the gent was not perceptibly drunk but was quite serious in admonishing the ARRL to get that spacecraft off the ground. I also had an perplexing conversation at a hamfest years ago with an angry ham who said the ARRL is responsible for global warming because we promote ham radio and ham radio uses electricity and electricity comes from power plants that burn fossil fuels. I couldn't smell anything on him that would account for that train of thought. So people really do have some pretty weird expectations and assumptions about the ARRL. Some of them, as Jim implies, border on the self-contradictory. When people turn out in the numbers they did in Ohio to vote in an ARRL SM election, it shows that members care about their organization. If these people were truly alienated and disaffected, they would not spend 39 cents on a ballot envelope and might not spend 39 dollars on a membership renewal. As long as we do not promise people that we can do what we can't do -- like launch spacecraft or make them young, handsome, and sexy again -- but rather promise to do the best we can on the day life brings us, I can look the members in the eye and feel not one bit defensive about the ARRL. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:14446] FW: Ask this go to the ODV please
by Jim Weaver 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

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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[arrl-odv:14445] Re: Germany Trip Report
by Joyce Birmingham 02 Sep '06

02 Sep '06

Mary, I certainly enjoyed reading of your 'international' adventures...and find you most qualified to represent the ARRL on this level. Thank you for sharing this with us. 73, Joyce KA2ANF -----Original Message----- From: Hobart, Mary K1MMH [mailto:mhobart@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 2:15 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:14440] Germany Trip Report Good afternoon, Attached you'll find my trip report of my 6 days in Germany representing ARRL and our members. 73, Mary K1MMH

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[arrl-odv:14444] Re: CORRECTION Arrangements for Wade
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

I said visitation was Sunday, but in fact it's Monday. Sorry, my mistake -- blame Labor Day. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 3:59 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:14442] Arrangements for Wade Solveig just called. Visitation will be Monday, 2-5 PM at the Cedar Memorial Funeral Home. The memorial service is Tuesday, 10 AM at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Wade's obit is posted on the Funeral Home Web site: http://obit.cedarmemorial.com/obit_display.cgi?id=336601 <http://obit.cedarmemorial.com/obit_display.cgi?id=336601&listing=Current> &listing=Current It will appear in tomorrow's Cedar Rapids Gazette. Both of their sons are with her. Dave K1ZZ

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RE: [arrl-odv:14442] Arrangements for Wade
by Joel Harrison 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Thanks Dave. I will be attending the service. Joel _____ From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 2:59 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:14442] Arrangements for Wade Solveig just called. Visitation will be Sunday, 2-5 PM at the Cedar Memorial Funeral Home. The memorial service is Tuesday, 10 AM at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Wade's obit is posted on the Funeral Home Web site: http://obit.cedarmemorial.com/obit_display.cgi?id=336601 <http://obit.cedarmemorial.com/obit_display.cgi?id=336601&listing=Current> &listing=Current It will appear in tomorrow's Cedar Rapids Gazette. Both of their sons are with her. Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:14442] Arrangements for Wade
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 01 Sep '06

01 Sep '06

Solveig just called. Visitation will be Sunday, 2-5 PM at the Cedar Memorial Funeral Home. The memorial service is Tuesday, 10 AM at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Wade's obit is posted on the Funeral Home Web site: http://obit.cedarmemorial.com/obit_display.cgi?id=336601&listing=Current It will appear in tomorrow's Cedar Rapids Gazette. Both of their sons are with her. Dave K1ZZ

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