August 2007 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:15914] RE: [arrl-odv:15907] FW: Candidates for ARRL Director and Vice Director
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 22 Aug '07

22 Aug '07

The Ethics and Elections Commitee has completed its review of the candidates' eligibility and has found all of them to be eligible. For your convenience, here is the list again: Pacific Division for Director: Bob Vallio, W6RGG Pacific Division for Vice Director: Rob Brownstein, K6RB Andy Oppel, N6AJO Rocky Mountain Division for Director: Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT Jeff Ryan, K0RM Rocky Mountain Division for Vice Director: Dwayne Allen, WY7FD Chris Howard, W0EP Southeastern Division for Director: Sherri Brower, W4STB Rudy Hubbard, WA4PUP Greg Sarratt, W4OZK Carl Zelich, AA4MI Southeastern Division for Vice Director: Jeff Beals, WA4AW Sandy Donahue, W4RU Southwestern Division for Director: Carl Gardenias, WU6D Dick Norton, N6AA Southwestern Division for Vice Director: Tom Fagan, WB7NXH Joseph Madas, AE6JM Tuck Miller, NZ6T Marty Woll, N6VI West Gulf Division for Director: Coy Day, N5OK Ed McGinley, W5ETM West Gulf Division for Vice Director: John Teer, AK5Z David Woolweaver, K5RAV 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ ARRL Secretary

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FW: 2008 Annual Meeting Location
by John Bellows 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

I am voting No, on the motion to consider a meeting away from ARRL HQ in January. The allure of a warmer climate is tempting, but as noted by Bill Edgar there is likely an additional cost that should consider. More importantly, I am voting no because the PSC to a greater extent than either the EC or A&F is dependent upon in person reports from Department Managers and senior staffers who are not employed officers who would normally attend Board Meetings away from Newington. It will be particularly important for PSC this year with the new Emergency Services Manager just on board, the activity in VEC and the expanding role of Educational Services. Moving the meeting away would deprive us of full access to all or nearly all of those voices. Since I probably come from the coldest of the Divisions I would logically be one to support a meeting in a warmer setting. Frankly, I dont see much benefit in a southern meeting since we are essentially indoors meeting from Thursday until Saturday. Thanks for hearing me out. 73, Jay, KØQB -----Original Message----- From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:52 PM To: arrl-od Subject: 2008 Annual Meeting Location Interest has been expressed by some of the Directors in holding the 2008 Annual Meeting somewhere other than the Hartford area. A number of locations more southern than Hartford have been our venue in past years, including Savannah, Houston, San Antonio, Atlanta, Albuquerque, and Memphis. No site has been identified as yet, however in order to begin the process we need to know if the board desires to select a location other than the Hartford area for the January meeting. Therefore, the Executive Committee has authorized the following email vote of the board: Moved, that staff is instructed to investigate an alternate location for the 2008 Annual Meeting. If this motion is passed, staff will investigate our options in a few select cities and a final motion will be submitted to you for that specific location. If this motion fails, it will be concluded there is no interest in moving the January 2008 meeting and we will proceed with arrangements in the Hartford area. Please indicate your vote on the above motion. If you have any questions, please ask. 73 Joel W5ZN

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[arrl-odv:15912] Technical Excellence ward
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

The rules for the Doug DeMaw, W1FB Technical Excellence Award are as follows (per the Director's Workbook): ARRL Doug DeMaw, W1FB Technical Excellence Award The ARRL Technical Excellence Award was established in 1975 to honor the author whose article (or series of articles) published in ARRL periodicals for that year is judged to have the highest degree of technical merit. The award is made annually. In honor of the late Doug DeMaw, W1FB, the name of the award was changed to the Doug DeMaw, W1FB Technical Excellence Award in 1997. For articles with more than one author, each is presented with an engraved cup. All winners except those for 1981 lived in the U.S., and each of those awards was presented through Division Directors. The 1981 award presentations were made through sister societies of the ARRL. After the close of a calendar year, the process for determining the winner for that year begins. As established by the Board, the judging is done by a panel of Technical Advisor appointees, with liaison through the Technical Department at Hq. The recommendation of the judging panel is made to the Volunteer Resources Committee, which reviews the recommendation and forwards it to the Board at the second meeting of the Board in the year following the date of the award, after which the award is engraved. The award itself is a 9-inch pewter loving cup and base (the 1983 award was a bowl rather an a cup). The engraving identifies the award and includes the ARRL diamond logo, year, and the author's name and call. The recommendation was made to the Programs and Services Committee (successor to the Volunteer Resources Committee), but PSC did not take up the matter until after the Board meeting. PSC concurred in the recommendation that the award be made to Rick Campbell, KK7B, for his article "The MicroT2 - A Compact Single-Band SSB Transmitter" that appeared in the December 2006 issue of QST. The Executive Committee has unanimously voted in favor of the following: Moved, that the Executive Committee on behalf of the Board accepts the recommendation of the Programs and Services Committee to award the ARRL Doug DeMaw, W1FB Technical Excellence Award to Rick Campbell, KK7B for his article "The MicroT2 - A Compact Single-Band SSB Transmitter" that appeared in the December 2006 issue of QST. Accordingly, we will add Rick to the list in October QST of award wnners from the July Board Meeting. Thanks to the PSC and EC for their prompt action. 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary, ARRL

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ARRL v. FCC, BPL Court Appeal, Oral Argument Scheduled
by w3kd＠aol.com 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

Greetings. We have now received an order from the Court of Appeals scheduling oral argument. We do NOT know how much time will be allotted to ARRL and how much to the FCC. That is sometimes an indicator of the interest of the Court in the case. The numbers are typically either 10, 15 or 20 minutes per side. More than 15 is rare, however. We will know that soon. In any event: Oral argument will be on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 9:30 AM before Circuit Judges Rogers, Tatel and Kavanaugh. Rogers and Tatel are old hands at FCC appeals, and are very knowledgeable. Kavanaugh is not often on FCC appeal panels. I will get a reading on the panel from the WilmerHale lawyers and let you know what we can expect. Anyone feeling the spirit move them to come to D.C. for this will have an interesting morning, I will assure you. To respond to an inquiry perhaps some of you may have, this will NOT be televised. 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:15910] RE: 2007 ARRL National Convention
by Karl Bullock 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

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[arrl-odv:15909] KS State convention
by Bruce Frahm K0BJ 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

The National reports sound delightful. I'd have enjoyed it and NASA's MSFC, but the KS State was Sunday, with home state boy K0BOG helping Cliff and me. We didn't have a foxhunt, but we did have the scavenger hunt and I got hit up for a few signatures in various categories. Maybe that was the work of KC0PTL, KS ASM for youth activities ?? Attendance was 383 which is a good turnout for us. I think the Div. forum had about 70 attendance and the section forum a bit more. We have good attendance at ARRL forums, esp. in the western half of the Midwest Div. I did have one commenter upset with our RBB initiative and semi-auto QRM, who actually says he experiences it 'often'. We had numerous door prizes and first draw got choice -- he was the winner -- that was priceless. Plus we had less humidity than y'all did, surely (still alot by my High Plains standards). Given Coy's plight I won't complain about that. All in all, it'd have been great to be able to do both conventions. 73 Bruce K0BJ -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 35954019) is spam: Spam: http://spam.st-tel.net/canit/b.php?i=35954019&m=948a9328fd3d&c=s Not spam: http://spam.st-tel.net/canit/b.php?i=35954019&m=948a9328fd3d&c=n Forget vote: http://spam.st-tel.net/canit/b.php?i=35954019&m=948a9328fd3d&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS

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[arrl-odv:15908] Re: 2007 ARRL National Convention
by Andy Oppel 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

I second that. I was among the "rare 6" calls in the same area. It was a complete blast to watch the kids experience the fun of a fox hunt. During the day I met the father of the boy who spent most of his day in the pig suit -- both of them will remember their day for years to come. -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO At 10:41 AM 8/20/2007, dick(a)pobox.com wrote: >20 AUG 2007 - 1235 CDT > >I do not normally chime in on an officers' report, but Joel's report of the >youth activities is right on target. As luck would have it, I was sitting >in the Development booth when the hoard of very enthusiastic young rabbit >hunters arrived. It was fun to watch Joel getting a through shake-down by >hunters. > >I was also a "rare 9 callsign" in the youth callsign scavenger hunt. (I >only saw five "9-land" callsigns the whole weekend.) I enjoyed answering >their questions and helping the kids to correctly write down my >callsign and State. > >My hat's off to all the ARRL staff members and member volunteers who >worked long hours to make the 2007 ARRL National Convention a great success. > >- Dick, W9GIG > Andy Oppel andy(a)andyoppel.com andy_oppel(a)alamedanet.net

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[arrl-odv:15907] FW: Candidates for ARRL Director and Vice Director
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

> The following are candidates for ARRL Director or Vice Director in the fall election. The Ethics and Elections Committee is in the process of reviewing the eligibility of candidates; this process is scheduled to be completed Friday, August 24. > > Pacific Division for Director: > Bob Vallio, W6RGG > > Pacific Division for Vice Director: > Rob Brownstein, K6RB > Andy Oppel, N6AJO > > Rocky Mountain Division for Director: > Brian Mileshosky, N5ZGT > Jeff Ryan, K0RM > > Rocky Mountain Division for Vice Director: > Dwayne Allen, WY7FD > Chris Howard, W0EP > > Southeastern Division for Director: > Sherri Brower, W4STB > Rudy Hubbard, WA4PUP > Greg Sarratt, W4OZK > Carl Zelich, AA4MI > > Southeastern Division for Vice Director: > Jeff Beals, WA4AW > Sandy Donahue, W4RU > > Southwestern Division for Director: > Carl Gardenias, WU6D > Dick Norton, N6AA > > Southwestern Division for Vice Director: > Tom Fagan, WB7NXH > Joseph Madas, AE6JM > Tuck Miller, NZ6T > Marty Woll, N6VI > > West Gulf Division for Director: > Coy Day, N5OK > Ed McGinley, W5ETM > > West Gulf Division for Vice Director: > John Teer, AK5Z > David Woolweaver, K5RAV > > 73, > David Sumner, K1ZZ > ARRL Secretary >

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[arrl-odv:15906] Re:2007 ARRL National Convention
by Coy Day 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

I have to chime in as well. The youth at the Convention were quite delightful. They weren't the usual teens but looked like they ranged in age from about eight to twelve. What fun! I did make it home at 11 last evening and a good thing too. Although my daughter and grandson had fired up the generator and pumped the basement out, I found a bout an inch of water still in the floor when I arrived home. The float on the pump switch was hung. Judy and I have been hauling things up stairs and laying them out to dry. It is a mess but we are much better off than others around that lost lives, homes, autos, etc. Coy -- Coy Day, N5OK 20685 SW 29 Union City, OK 73090 405-483-5632 Joel Harrison wrote: > I trust those of you attending the ARRL National Convention in Huntsville > arrived home safely, or are safely returning. > > > > Coy left yesterday morning to return home where, as a result of the > tropical > depression in the gulf, received 9 inches of rain in his home town that > prompted flooding, including his basement. Coy - hope the damage is not > too > severe and you and Judy arrive safely. > > > > For those of you that were unable to attend the convention, it was great! > While we don't yet have attendance numbers, my perception is it was up > significantly from last years Huntsville Hamfest. > > > > The ARRL Expo area was a big hit and traffic through the area was heavy. > Huntsville always has a well rounded group of forums. The ARRL Membership > forum room was full. I did not count the number of attendees, but here > were > several. There were a number of SM's in attendance as well. A number of > good > questions were asked at the conclusion of the forum and there were no > complaints. In fact, I heard no complaints over the entire weekend. There > may have been some, but they weren't expressed to me and if there were, > I'm > sure they were addressed and resolved given the group Directors, Officers, > SM's and staff that we had on hand in the expo area. > > > > There was a considerable amount of excitement and competitive action in > the > expo area as well with approximately 25 youth involved in our youth area. > Several transmitter hunts were held with the "rabbit" being placed in a > different location each time. At one point, I was surrounded by about 5 > kids > with HT's demanding that I let them look into the podium I was standing. A > bit confused, I noticed they each had an HT and had tracked the signal to > my > area, and when they reached the area and the identified the signal being > full scale knew to remove the antenna from the HT to further define the > area > of search. When I raised the podium and they saw nothing was there, one > kid > demanded I empty my pockets on the table!! I laughed, but complied with > his > wish to further disappoint them. Unknown to me, the "rabbit" was in the > Develop booth just behind me. In a few moments, a young lady refined her > search sufficiently to discover the transmitter. The excitement of these > kids using ham radio in a competitive event was quite impressive and we > all > enjoyed watching the action. A number of the kids won great prizes as > well. > Here is a snip from an email I received last night from ARRL Member KD5YP > whose 8 year old grandson passed his Technician Class exam on Saturday at > the Convention (he's now studying for his General!): > > > > "As you remember, Griffin at age 8 got his Tech. license Saturday morning. > Shortly before the hamfest closed on Sunday, he won a dual band antenna > from the kids corner at ARRL, then on another drawing at the kids corner, > he > won a Yaesu FT 60 R/E handi talkie. > > He was really excited. I wouldn't have taken anything for being there and > seeing that. Thanks to ARRL for supporting this great activity and > Convention." > > > > I saw Griffin walking out with his new antenna and from the look on his > face > you would have thought he had won $10,000! > > > > Actual attendance and sales figures will be available later as Bob > Inderbitzen returns and has an opportunity to finalize things. > > > > I want to take this opportunity to thank the staff for their dedication > and > support in organizing the ARRL Expo for the National Convention and for > all > of the hard work in staffing it as well. An event like this just doesn't > happen, and Bob Inderbitzen and his team did an outstanding job. > > > > I also want to thank each of you for your work and support as well. The > board had a good presence in the Expo area, forums and all of the > activities > over the weekend. > > > > GAREC was also a great success, with over 100 attendees at the conference. > > > > Thanks again to all. > > > > 73 Joel W5ZN > > > > > > > >

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RE: [arrl-odv:15904] Re:2007 ARRL National Convention
by Joel Harrison 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

I'm glad you did chime in, Dick, because I completely forgot about the "callsign scavenger hunt"! I'll bet you were a "most wanted" Joel -----Original Message----- From: dick(a)pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 12:42 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:15904] Re:2007 ARRL National Convention 20 AUG 2007 - 1235 CDT I do not normally chime in on an officers' report, but Joel's report of the youth activities is right on target. As luck would have it, I was sitting in the Development booth when the hoard of very enthusiastic young rabbit hunters arrived. It was fun to watch Joel getting a through shake-down by hunters. I was also a "rare 9 callsign" in the youth callsign scavenger hunt. (I only saw five "9-land" callsigns the whole weekend.) I enjoyed answering their questions and helping the kids to correctly write down my callsign and State. My hat's off to all the ARRL staff members and member volunteers who worked long hours to make the 2007 ARRL National Convention a great success. - Dick, W9GIG

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