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[arrl-odv:15785] Antenna Defense Committee Report
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

-----Original Message----- From: John Bellows [mailto:jbellows@skypoint.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 5:05 PM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ Cc: Fallon, Frank (Dir, Hudson); Raisbeck, Mike (Vice Dir, NE); Ahrens, Cliff, K0CA (Vice Dir, Midwest); Imlay, Chris; 'Jim OConnell'; Bellows, John (Dir, Dakota) Subject: Antenna Defense Committee Report Dave: The Amateur Radio Legal Defense and Assistance Committee Report is attached. Jay

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[arrl-odv:15784] FW: New QEX Editor
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

FYI Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio 860 594 0220 hkramer(a)arrl.org <http://www.arrl.org/> ________________________________ From: Ford, Steve, WB8IMY Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 4:22 PM To: HQ Staff Subject: New QEX Editor Effective immediately, our own Larry Wolfgang will be taking on the mantle of Editor of QEX, our magazine for experimenters. Larry has been functioning as QEX Managing Editor, but as Editor he will be responsible for the full scope of QEX editorial operations and will report directly to me. For the time being, Larry will also continue his involvement with QST's "World Above 50 MHz", "Hints and Kinks" and "Technical Correspondence" columns, as well as serving on the QST Technical Editorial Committee. Congratulations, Larry. --Steve

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FCC's Katrina Panel Recommendations
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Today's Federal Register carries the FCC Order implementing the recommendations of its Independent Katrina Panel. The whole document is worth reading, but note especially the references to amateur radio in paragraph 5 (and the discussion in paragraph 6) and 104. Some of the other paragraphs worth noting are 25-29 (credentialing), 47 (Web link information), 95 (Lee McVey, W6EM petition), and 108-111 (volunteers who build ad hoc networks in emergencies are not exempt from CALEA). Dave K1ZZ <<FCC Katrina Recommendations.pdf>>

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[arrl-odv:15782] Re:5 mHz -- Report of the General Counsel to the Board of Directors -- Document 13
by Paul L Rinaldo 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

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[arrl-odv:15780] 5 mHz -- Report of the General Counsel to the Board of Directors -- Document 13
by Bruce Frahm K0BJ 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Chris, In item I B 3, page 11 you discuss Ross Merlin's 5 mHz items and characterize them in part as "not particularly worthwhile". They appear to me to all be liberalizations over ARRL's proposal. Is your concern with this action solely that it serves to slow final adjudication, or do you view any of his liberalizations as having inherent negatives attached? Tnx Bruce K0BJ

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Re: [arrl-odv:15776] RE: [arrl-odv:15775] Report of the General Counsel to the Board of Directors -- Document 13
by w3kd＠aol.com 11 Jul '07

11 Jul '07

Dave, an error by a factor of 100 is not a "small correction". That was a horrible error, and one which I had intended to go back and check. I was going by memory with that placeholder, which as everyone now knows, isn't getting any better. Thanks! 73, Chris W3KD -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner(a)arrl.org> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 4:15 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:15776] RE: [arrl-odv:15775] Report of the General Counsel to the Board of Directors -- Document 13 A small correction to Chris's report. At the top of page 9 he says that the market penetration of BPL as a broadband access mechanism "is about 1%." Actually that overstates it by a factor of more than 100. It's less than 0.01%. ? Dave K1ZZ ? -----Original Message----- From: w3kd(a)aol.com [mailto:w3kd@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:30 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:15775] Report of the General Counsel to the Board of Directors -- Document 13 Greetings. Attached is my report to the Board in advance of the upcoming meeting. Please keep this confidential, as it contains some sensitive tactical and strategic information that would be highly damaging if publicly disclosed. This report references two short powerpoint presentations that I would like to?deliver at the Board meeting, with the Board's indulgence. One deals with D-Star and whether or not it is a repeater system, a topic of some significant debate in the field and at FCC. The other deals with the legalities of Winlink operation, about?which FCC would like the Board's views. Paul Rinaldo and I have worked on the D-Star matter, and Dan Henderson, Steve Ford and?I have addressed the Winlink matter. There will not be an opportunity to do these presentations if the attached report remains on the consent agenda. 73, Chris W3KD AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

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[arrl-odv:15777] CTO Report to Board
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

Here is Paul Rinaldo's report. Attachments A and B will be distributed later. Dave K1ZZ <<12 CTO Report.doc>>

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[arrl-odv:15776] RE: [arrl-odv:15775] Report of the General Counsel to the Board of Directors -- Document 13
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

A small correction to Chris's report. At the top of page 9 he says that the market penetration of BPL as a broadband access mechanism "is about 1%." Actually that overstates it by a factor of more than 100. It's less than 0.01%. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: w3kd(a)aol.com [mailto:w3kd@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 12:30 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:15775] Report of the General Counsel to the Board of Directors -- Document 13 Greetings. Attached is my report to the Board in advance of the upcoming meeting. Please keep this confidential, as it contains some sensitive tactical and strategic information that would be highly damaging if publicly disclosed. This report references two short powerpoint presentations that I would like to deliver at the Board meeting, with the Board's indulgence. One deals with D-Star and whether or not it is a repeater system, a topic of some significant debate in the field and at FCC. The other deals with the legalities of Winlink operation, about which FCC would like the Board's views. Paul Rinaldo and I have worked on the D-Star matter, and Dan Henderson, Steve Ford and I have addressed the Winlink matter. There will not be an opportunity to do these presentations if the attached report remains on the consent agenda. 73, Chris W3KD _____ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000437> AOL.com.

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[arrl-odv:15775] Report of the General Counsel to the Board of Directors -- Document 13
by w3kd＠aol.com 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

Greetings. Attached is my report to the Board in advance of the upcoming meeting. Please keep this confidential, as it contains some sensitive tactical and strategic information that would be highly damaging if publicly disclosed. This report references two short powerpoint presentations that I would like to?deliver at the Board meeting, with the Board's indulgence. One deals with D-Star and whether or not it is a repeater system, a topic of some significant debate in the field and at FCC. The other deals with the legalities of Winlink operation, about?which FCC would like the Board's views. Paul Rinaldo and I have worked on the D-Star matter, and Dan Henderson, Steve Ford and?I have addressed the Winlink matter. There will not be an opportunity to do these presentations if the attached report remains on the consent agenda. 73, Chris W3KD ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

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[arrl-odv:15774] Public Relations Committee Report
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 10 Jul '07

10 Jul '07

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The Committee also has a private reflector to share ideas as it takes on tasks parallel to and in support of the Media & PR Manager as well as providing him guidance and feedback. During the first half of 2007 the Public Relations Committee focused on the new EmComm PR campaign by providing ongoing PIO assistance via the PR reflector and individual e-mails to PIOs. To better coordinate PIC activities with clubs that are doing public relations work to non-hams, Jim KB9LEI, began a featured site of the week in May 2006, on the PR reflector. This proved to be popular and he continued to post information about club sites that link to Hello-radio.org. His virtual travelogue showcases clubs and hometowns across the country. In May of 2007 he began promoting featured sites linked to emergency-radio.org and the feature continues gaining in popularity. The tools for PIOs on CDs are part of the ongoing effort to improve and increase HQ public information resources and direction to PIOs and PICs. They fulfill a desire of the PSC expressed several years ago. The materials contained in these tools were often written by or located by the Committee members. In June the Committee judged the nominees for the McGan Silver Antenna Award and the recommendation has been included for a Board of Directors vote during the July 2007 meeting. Dayton Hamvention® Activities Sherri W4STB, Jim KB9LEI and Gordon WB6NOA spoke at the PR forum and Sherri and Gordon presented PR forums on the ARRL Expo stage. Media and Public Relations Department had a booth in the ARRL Expo area. Volunteers at the booth were Committee members Sherri W4STB, Kevin N0IRW, Jim KB9LEI, and Joyce KA2ANF. PIOs Larry McCalvy WA9JMO, Walter O'Brien W2WJO and Jack Sovik KB8WPZ assisted at the booth. Visitors to the booth had questions answered and were given copies of the EmComm brochure. Visitors expressing interest in PR activities were given a copy of the Swiss Army Knife for PIOs and/or the Talk on a Disk, as appropriate. Throughout the year the Committee reviews and suggests materials for Contact! the monthly web based "E-zine" for PIOs. Planning for the future: Bluntly stated, the PIOs must work more closely with the local ARES groups. We continue to lose many media opportunities when no one is designated specifically to be in contact with the media and/or waits until days later to provide a wrap-up report on deployments. The 2007 campaign to educate the non-ham about the valuable emergency communications provided by amateurs is allowing the PIOs to become more involved with ARES, and this has been a topic raised in several PR forums. In a PSC report to the Board it was stated that SMs must understand the importance of public relations to the survival of Amateur Radio and give a higher priority to the public information function - especially in regard to emergency operations. The current PR tools, especially the Talk on a Disk CD will assist in this area. However, the SMs cannot motivate and reach all members. The PR Committee would like the Board members to actively promote the PR materials at hamfest forums and in their newsletters. We would also like to hold PR forums at ARRL state and section conventions, but without promotion from the directors these forums take a back seat to ARES and operating mode forums. Members look to the Board members for direction and the Board can assist Field Operations by mentioning the volunteer appointment opportunities for members in newsletters and at hamfests. One mission of the Public Relations Committee includes recommending strategies for attracting new hams, and for recruiting and retaining ARRL members. We have begun and, for the balance of 2007, the Committee plans to work with Katie Breen W1KRB, Membership Manager and Norm Fusaro W3IZ, Clubs/Mentor Manager to provide short articles, about the value of ARRL membership, for clubs to use in newsletters and dues reminder mailings. The Committee will work with Media and Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP at the National Convention in Huntsville, AL. The half page Media Hits column in QST receives attention from members. Because QST is such a powerful medium within the amateur ranks and sets the tone for activities by clubs and groups, longer articles about public relations are needed throughout the year. The 2008 planned campaign will focus on the technological advancements resulting from amateur radio operators. This campaign will need more financial support than the 2007 campaign due to increased costs of production of PSAs and video. In addition we will lack the contribution from DARA that was used for the 2007 campaign brochure. There will be a need for video as it has been shown to be highly desired and effective -- and it probably will not be donated as it was in 2007. Board support is needed, not only financially, for ongoing public relations efforts. The materials created from the PR campaigns are viable for several years and Board support for other departments to continue reproducing the materials is requested. 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