July 2007 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:15815] Re:Report of the President
by Henry R. Leggette 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

Joel, Thanks you for the detailing report. That is a very good enlighting and timing report. I think all the items you mention in your report applied to members here in the Delta Division. I received several calls from non ARRL members asking me questions about regulation by bandwidths and modes? I was very courtesy to them and in the meantime I looked them up as the conversation was in progress and discovered their membership status. As we closed out our conversation and if I discovered them not being a member; I said to them when are you going to send in you ARRL dues? It was always silent on the other end for a few minutes. Very good report! Thanks! 73, Henry - WD4Q ----- Original Message ----- From: Joel Harrison To: arrl-odv Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 11:15 PM Subject: Report of the President My report is attached. Joel

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[arrl-odv:15814] IAVP Report to the Board
by Rod Stafford W6ROD 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

Oops! Here it is! I was a little too quick on the trigger!! Rod

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[arrl-odv:15813] IAVP Report to Board
by Rod Stafford W6ROD 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

Attached is my report to the ARRL Board as IAVP. See you all next week. Rod W6ROD

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Weekly Hill Visit Update
by Joel Harrison 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

ARRL Weekly Update on Hill Visits Weeks of July 2nd and 9th, 2007 Senator John Thune - Monday, July 2 We met with Joshua Shield in Senator Thune (R-SD)'s office, whose member sits on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Joshua is the legislative counsel who handles Telecom issues for his boss. Joshua was not very familiar with amateur radio, so I took the time to explain to him who we are and what we do, as well as our voluntary coordination during emergencies. I then went on to explain our problems with interference caused by BPL. Joshua seemed to understand the issue. He asked if there were other cosponsors, and I informed him that we are just beginning to meet with people, since the bill was only recently introduced. He also seemed happy to learn of the 1,629 operators in South Dakota - which he seemed to think was a lot (and coincidentally he pointed out the number of operators matches the bill number!). I will follow up with him on our request. Rep. Mike Doyle - Monday, July 9 We met with Kenneth DeGraff of Representative Mike Doyle (D-PA)'s office, whose boss sits on the Energy and Commerce Committee. Kenneth is the legislative assistant who handles Telecom for his boss. He was very familiar with amateur radio, and remembered the provision regarding the FCC study that we worked to get included in H.R. 5252, the COPE Act, last year. I explained that we continue to have interference problems, and are again requesting a study by the FCC. Kenneth explained that his boss felt like BPL was a "dead issue" and that because the deployment of BPL is slow moving, his boss didn't want to require the FCC to study something that "wasn't really an issue." It didn't sound like this would be something his boss would oppose, but I also didn't feel like his boss would actively pursue cosponsoring. Senator DeMint - Monday, July 9 We met with Hap Rigby of Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC)'s office, whose boss sits on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. Hap handles Telecom issues for his boss. Hap was familiar with amateur radio operators, as his grandfather used to be a ham. I explained in more detail what we do, as well as our role in emergency communications. He was very interested in this aspect, and I showed him a list of major events where hams had been helpful (on a voluntary basis). I think this may have resonated with him because of the potential for severe weather in South Carolina. I also noted that South Carolina is one of fourteen states whose police use the same "low band VHF." Hap seemed concerned about our problems with interference caused by BPL. He said that he would talk to the Senator about cosponsoring.

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Report of the Executive Committee
by Joel Harrison 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

The Executive Committee report is attached. Joel

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Report of the Vice President
by k5ur＠aol.com 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

Hi All: Attached is the Report of the Vice President. 73, Rick?- K5UR ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

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Report of the President
by Joel Harrison 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

My report is attached. Joel

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[arrl-odv:15808] A&F Report - document #16
by Tom Frenaye 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

(attached MS Word file) 73 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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Ad Hoc Band Planning Committee Report
by k5ur＠aol.com 15 Jul '07

15 Jul '07

Hi All: Attached is the Ad Hoc Band Planning Committee Report to the Board. 73, Rick - K5UR ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

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Ad Hoc Background Investigation Committee Report
by Bill Edgar 14 Jul '07

14 Jul '07

Attached is Report 27 - Ad Hoc Background Investigation Committee for the July 2007 Board Meeting. We have marked this report as Board Confidential. Additionally, it is in Adobe PDF file format due to some of the attachments being in a PDF format. Thank you. Bill Edgar N3LLR

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