January 2007 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:15100] CDO report - Document $12
by Hobart, Mary K1MMH 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

I apologize for the delay, but am pleased to attach the CDO report for your information. Please let me know if you have any questions or require clarifications. 73, Mary K1MMH

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[arrl-odv:15099] Re: Another Life Membership Plea
by dick＠pobox.com 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

9 JAN 2007 - 1220 CST Like a broken record, I still believe we need to establish an age-based life membership. Yes, there might be some cash revenue loss. But I think the reduction in membership renewal expense might offset this cost. If such a life membership could be revenue neutral, or very close to it, we should set it up. FYI, Gayle D Zickefoose, W9ESS (born 1934) is a current ARRL member. - Dick, W9GIG ======================================================================= Delivered-To: dick(a)pobox.com Received: from mail.sisna.com (mailx.sisna.com [216.126.204.104]) by cobalt.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11DD1400091 for <dick(a)pobox.com>; Mon, 8 Jan 2007 03:41:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from dmtomc9 [71.57.100.82] by mail.sisna.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.15) id AE1B26C8001E; Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:09:15 -0700 From: "Tom Ciciora" <ttc2301(a)sisna.com> To: <JamesGDZ(a)aol.com> Subject: RE: Life Membership Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 01:10:39 -0600 Message-ID: <000f01c732f4$1ab7a340$6401a8c0@dmtomc9> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0010_01C732C1.D01D3340" This is a proposal which our Central Division Director, Dick Isely W9GIG has been pitching to the ARRL board. I have not spoken to him about it recently, but will. 73-- Tom KA9QPN ---------- From: JamesGDZ(a)aol.com [mailto:JamesGDZ@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 9:13 PM To: ka9qpn(a)arrl.org Subject: Life Membership Dear Tom: Received you e mail about the deletion of the code requirements for an amateur license. I have read you position concerning the necessity of living with the reality of the circumstances. I have another issue that I have attempted to present to the "powers that be" in The ARRL. Thus far I have never received an answer that would address the reality of our ham radio community. Each representative when have presented my proposal have agreed with my viewpoint but I always get that same response (if I get a response at all). The national officers do not want to consider any changes. MY proposal concerns the life membership which is offered. I am in my 70's with my projected life expectancy, the current price to not a sound economic decision. I have been an officer in veterans organizations, which were faced with this same problem. Many due to limited incomes and unexpected expenses (usually medical and/or physical disability) let their memberships lapse. There were times when a conservator had been appointed to manage the financial affairs as the member was physical disabled. Thus the organization lost membership numbers that are extremely important whenever politically lobbying in defense of and improvements for the organization. The average of the ARRL member is u=increaseing years, to the best of my knowledge. What is the percentage of licensed amateur operators which are members of the ARRL? How many of the "lapsed" or non members are like me living on a fixed income? Has the ARRL ever considered polling these non-member concerning this problem? I have been a member whenever possible, but during the years I was raising 5 boy and 3 girls there were times that difficult financial choices had be made. At the present time I am an active member however the lack of consideration response to what I consider a valid question and proposal has caused me revaluate my participation as an ARRL member. I am presenting this to you in response top your plea to the membership to consider the common good and the future of the whole. I feel that if the ARRL national leadership would offer a life membership with a threshold of 60 or 65 at an appropriate rate, which makes a valid economic choice, there are a number of licensed amateur operators that would join the fold. An increase of the membership would be of real value in the proposed goals of The ARRL, in my opinion. I'll be looking forward to receiving a response from a national officer in response to your submission of my proposal. Should there be no response then I will have to presume that what many are saying concerning the lack of concern by the national representatives has at least some degree of validity. 73's Gayle Zickefoose W9ESS

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[arrl-odv:15098] Report of the General Counsel to the Board
by w3kd＠aol.com 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

I apologize for the delay in circulating my report to the Board. I have been working on a new segment of the Board report (dealing with FCC relationships) which is not yet completed. More importantly, I have been distracted from completing the Board report by the urgent need to get certain information to the WilmerHale lawyers for the BPL appeal in the past few days (with help from Ed Hare). That project will culminate in a conference call with WilmerHale in about an hour from now, after which I will complete the report and circulate it asap. Again, sorry for the delay. 73, Chris W3KD ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

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[arrl-odv:15097] A&F Report
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Tom Frenaye has asked me to distribute this. Dave <<17 A&F Report Jan 2007.doc>>

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[arrl-odv:15096] W9GIG Back On-Line
by dick＠pobox.com 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

9 JAN 2006 - 1035 CST I should have called Dave Sumner yesterday afternoon. About 90 minutes after I called him this morning, AT&T restored my third party leased DSL circuit. At the time I called Dave, I had been told it might take another 24 to 36 hours to complete the work. - Dick, W9GIG

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[arrl-odv:15095] W9GIG offline
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Dick Isely has asked me to relay to the Board that he is temporarily offline while AT&T upgrades the DSL service to his neighborhood. He's been off since yesterday afternoon and doesn't know when service will be restored. Dave

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[arrl-odv:15094] ARRL ad hoc Committee on Scouting -- Preliminary report
by Brian Mileshosky 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

All - Please find attached a preliminary report for the ARRL ad hoc Committee on Scouting. We have a teleconference planned towards the end of the week to discuss information that should be included in the final version of this report. Look for a revision over the weekend, or early next week at the latest. 73 and Yours in Scouting, Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT ARRL Vice-Director, Rocky Mountain Division

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[arrl-odv:15093] COO Report Delayed
by Joel Harrison 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

The COO's report will be sent to you by the end of the week. I want to thank those of you that have sent your reports in by the deadline. I appreciate your cooperation. If you are responsible for submitting a report and have not yet done so, please do so a soon as possible so everyone will have time to read them before they depart for the board meeting. And remember, you don't have to wait until the meeting to ask questions about the reports you have received. If you have questions you are free to ask them now. 73 Joel W5ZN

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[arrl-odv:15092] Report of the Executive Committee
by Joel Harrison 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

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[arrl-odv:15091] Report of the President
by Joel Harrison 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

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