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[arrl-odv:15884] Division election mailings, ideas
by Brian Mileshosky 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Ladies and Gentlemen -- I don't believe there's any problem with sending this type of email to ODV in terms of appropriateness, as I'm not campaigning for any votes here. My sincere apologies in advance if I'm wrong. As you all know, I will be seeking election to Rocky Mountain Division's director this fall since Rev is hanging up the gloves after all these years. My opposition will be tough, as he is a well-known section manager of Colorado - a section that has nearly 50% of the members in my division. Hence my challenge. I've been reading candidate statements on the ODV side of the web, and am picking up lots of ideas there. What I am interested in - for those of you who've done it before - are ideas for mailings to the membership. I need to do this. If you sent a mailing to your members, can you please contact me OFF-LIST and tell me what you did? If you have it in electronic form, I'd love to see what worked for you. The main challenge I need to overcome is chipping away at the Colorado base, somehow. There are no more hamfests in Colorado that I can attend, and I've consulted a few active hams who told me that there's really no dominant clubs in Colorado that'd provide a bunch of members at any given club meeting. So I'm thinking that a darn good mailing, candidate statement and perhaps a website is all I really have to go off of, along with perhaps a letter of candidacy to Colorado (and other) clubs for posting on their websites or newsletter (if they wish). I'm open for ideas, as I dearly want to be seated at the front row this January. Your clever and effective ideas would be appreciated (again, please send off-list and not to ODV). Thank you and 73, Brian N5ZGT ARRL Vice-Director, Rocky Mountain Division

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RE: [arrl-odv:15881] FW: July Membership Report
by K8JE 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

Great news! There is just one minor quandary related to success. It breeds an expectation of continued success even more than failure breeds further failure. Bring on continued quandary of this type. 73, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: <mailto:k8je@arrl.org> k8je(a)arrl.org; Tel.: 513-459-0142 ARRL - The Reason Amateur Radio Is! Members - The Reason ARRL Is! -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 1:29 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Breen,Katie, W1KRB Subject: [arrl-odv:15881] FW: July Membership Report Some good news from Katie. 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: Breen,Katie, W1KRB Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 9:22 AM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ; Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; Hobart, Mary K1MMH; Patton, David NN1N; Somma, Maria, AB1FM; Jahnke, Deb, K1DAJ; Pitts, Allen W1AGP; Hurtado, Amy KB1NXO; Inderbitzen, Bob, NQ1R; Shelley, Barry, N1VXY Subject: July Membership Report Good news to report yet again this month! July ended with 151,695 members - the highest membership numbers we've seen since December 2004. The large mailing we sent to 100,000 certainly contributed to this growth as we saw a higher return for new and returning members. As always, if you have any questions, please do let me know. 73, Katie Katie Breen, W1KRB Membership Manager ARRL - the national association for AMATEUR RADIO 225 Main Street Newington CT 06111 860.594.0297 direct Join Now! www.arrl.org/join

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RE: [arrl-odv:15881] FW: July Membership Report
by Bill Edgar 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

This is outstanding! Way to go! - Bill N3LLR From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 1:29 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Breen,Katie, W1KRB Subject: [arrl-odv:15881] FW: July Membership Report Some good news from Katie. Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio 860 594 0220 hkramer(a)arrl.org _____ From: Breen,Katie, W1KRB Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 9:22 AM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ; Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; Hobart, Mary K1MMH; Patton, David NN1N; Somma, Maria, AB1FM; Jahnke, Deb, K1DAJ; Pitts, Allen W1AGP; Hurtado, Amy KB1NXO; Inderbitzen, Bob, NQ1R; Shelley, Barry, N1VXY Subject: July Membership Report Good news to report yet again this month! July ended with 151,695 members - the highest membership numbers we've seen since December 2004. The large mailing we sent to 100,000 certainly contributed to this growth as we saw a higher return for new and returning members. As always, if you have any questions, please do let me know. 73, Katie Katie Breen, W1KRB Membership Manager ARRL - the national association for AMATEUR RADIO 225 Main Street Newington CT 06111 860.594.0297 direct Join Now! www.arrl.org/join

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[arrl-odv:15881] FW: July Membership Report
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

Some good news from Katie. 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: Breen,Katie, W1KRB Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 9:22 AM To: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ; Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; Hobart, Mary K1MMH; Patton, David NN1N; Somma, Maria, AB1FM; Jahnke, Deb, K1DAJ; Pitts, Allen W1AGP; Hurtado, Amy KB1NXO; Inderbitzen, Bob, NQ1R; Shelley, Barry, N1VXY Subject: July Membership Report Good news to report yet again this month! July ended with 151,695 members - the highest membership numbers we've seen since December 2004. The large mailing we sent to 100,000 certainly contributed to this growth as we saw a higher return for new and returning members. As always, if you have any questions, please do let me know. 73, Katie Katie Breen, W1KRB Membership Manager ARRL - the national association for AMATEUR RADIO 225 Main Street Newington CT 06111 860.594.0297 direct Join Now! www.arrl.org/join

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Spanish Language Exams
by w3kd＠aol.com 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

-----Original Message----- From: w3kd(a)aol.com To: w5zn(a)arrl.org Sent: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:18 am Subject: Re: Spanish Language Exams Joel, it is incredible to me as well. The FCC turned down our good friend Victor Madera's proposal to standardize Spanish language exams, saying it was the VEC's job to determine how best to administer the exams. ARRL-VEC has always led the way in insuring exam integrity. W5YI-VEC, of course, failed to put sufficient safeguards in place to stop Puerto Rico exam cheating, and Riley had to threaten the W5YI-VEC with revocation of their accreditation if they didn't fix their lack of supervision over exams in Puerto Rico. So, this effort is nothing other than a mechanism to insure the high degree of exam integrity that ARRL-VEC has been the standard-bearer of for years. Any other position would be contrary to the best interests of the VEC program. Chris W3KD -----Original Message----- From: Joel Harrison <w5zn(a)arrl.org> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 9:58 pm Subject: Spanish Language Exams I started receiving emails today complaining about ARRL’s “push” to establish Spanish language Amateur Radio exams. The emails are apparently being generated from a W5YI story as well as a spot in the ARRL Letter about a motion ARRL made at the recent NCVEC meeting. Here’s a bit of history and info for use in responding to any members that may inquire. FCC amateur radio exams have been available in Spanish since before the creation of the VEC program, back when the FCC administered all the exams. Remember that the FCC regulates amateur radio (and other radio services as well) in Puerto Rico where Spanish is an official language and only a minority of the citizens are fluent in English. The only current issue, and the purpose of ARRL’s NCVEC motion, is whether there should be a single, standard version of the Spanish question pool (there currently isn’t), or whether the longstanding practice of allowing any translation done by any VE team or VECs should be continued. We believe there should be one standard and only one translation. It’s beyond me how our attempt at tightening the program by having one standard and one single translation based on the current English version is being misinterpreted as a “push” by ARRL to permit Spanish language exams when in fact they have been in existence for decades predating the VEC system. Of course, the current feelings over immigration certainly fuel a fire regarding anything Spanish these days. 73 Joel W5ZN 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:15879] NCVEC Trip Report
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

Here is Maria's excellent trip report from the NCVEC Conference. As noted in the report, this is confidential. Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Telephone: 860 594 0220 email: hkramer(a)arrl.org web: www.arrl.org/ <http://www.arrl.org/>

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[arrl-odv:15878] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

<<080107.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 30, No. 31 August 1, 2007 -- Covers the period July 22-28. Regulatory Information Reported by Dan Henderson, N1ND During the week, I had the opportunity to sit with Bill Cross and Riley Hollingsworth of the FCC to give them an update on the Pave Paws radar situation. The are aware that during the week of July 30th Ed Hare and I will be working on individual mitigation letters to repeater owners and that we expect the DoD to be in contact with them after August 30 regarding the first of any required repeater shutdowns that may be necessary. Also during the meeting Hollingsworth shared that he had received his first complaint regarding interference between an analog repeater and a D-Star repeater (involving Georgia and Alabama). During the next couple of weeks I will be working with Chris Imlay and Paul Rinaldo to draft a statement on D-Star, that when it is being operated as a repeater, meets the criteria for being a repeater. The Field Day Online Soapbox continues to grow, with many interesting photos and stories being shared by 183 groups. As of Friday July 27, a total of 1782 FD entries had been submitted via the web applet. We will begin working on non-web applet electronic logs in the next week. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE Khrystyne Keane and Joel Kleinman wrote and prepared the ARRL Letter, Vol. 26, No. 30, for Friday, July 27. It was distributed to 65,793 members. Thanks to Allen Pitts, who voiced and produced the July 27 edition of ARRL Audio News. Technical material for the October issue of QST has been turned in for composition and layout. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Contest Branch Here is a breakdown of the Field Day submissions received to date: Type of Submission # of Submissions Web Applet 1,771 Robot 940 Paper Submissions to be Entered 200 Paper Submissions Entered 229 Total 3,140 The 2006 ARRL Field Day totaled 2,168 entries. While there are duplicate submissions contained in the "Robot" category, it looks like a sure bet that this year's Field Day will surpass 2006. QSL Branch There is no delay in opening mail and a 3 day delay in slotting of cards. This week, 101 pounds of cards were received from members. W1AW Thanks to Kathy Allison, KA1RWY for her assistance in processing multiple LoTW certificates for the various 2007 W1AW/x operations and for resolving some issues with expired duplicate certificates for older W1AW/x operations. Joe processed eight Qualifying Run certificates and two endorsements. Two of the certificates were for the 7/10/2007 Runs performed at a VE Session in Michigan. He also processed regular W1AW QSL card requests and uploaded logs to LoTW for contacts made the previous week. Scott worked on slow and fast code practice files for the first part of the month of August. He also assisted the DXCC department with checking database-inputted cards against DXCC applications. Field Organization/Public Service Team Leona reports that she has been updating our database with new appointments, cancellations and changes. She also generated the expired membership list and took care of updating that list as well as silent keys, for which their appointments have been cancelled until membership is renewed. Leona will also be sending a new "Field Organization Appointment Listing" to SM's next week via email. She also entered a dozen new appointments and sent out a dozen supply packages to appointees as well. A Section Manager nomination petition was received from James Larsen, AL7FS of Alaska for the term beginning January 1, 2008. Ballots are continuing to arrive here at ARRL HQ from San Francisco. Ballots are to be returned by Friday, August 17th here at ARRL HQ and counted on Tuesday, August 21st. Chuck reports that two new Official Observers were added to the roster this week. Documentation was forwarded to the FCC regarding two stations that continue to operate outside of their license class privileges. A monthly Intruder Watch report was received from the IARU Region 3 coordinator. Word was received from Arizona concerning interference to a local two meter repeater thought to be coming from a nearby military base, investigation continues. Continuous carriers reported on 40 and 75 meters are being checked out by our monitors. Chuck filled in as standby operator at W1AW for the code qualifying run this week. Education Services Reported by Debra Johnson, K1DMJ In recent weeks Rose-Anne and I have been working on revisions to Scouts, JOTA and Instructors areas of the website. Rose-Anne has also been busy registering new instructors. Script development for the Technician video course is progressing. I worked with Katie and Allen to develop survey questions for a new on-line survey to which we hope to drive new licensees receiving the New Ham mailing. Jennie registered students and completed mentor assignments for 100 students in the three levels of emergency communications courses, 17 students in technical enrichment courses and 42 students in the Technician licensing course for sessions starting in August. Howard Robins has agreed to take on the responsibility of working with involved parties to resolve and track content questions that arise with on-line courses and their related print publications. After questions are resolved corrections need to be made to the on-line course, mentors notified, corrections or updates posted on the publications notes page on our website, and changes documented for the next printing of related manuals. Education & Technology Program The bids for the ETP grant equipment purchases for the June grant awards have been evaluated. The purchase will be executed at the conclusion of the Teachers Institutes in mid-August. Preparations for the two Institutes in Newington are complete. They will run sequentially beginning July 30. Board design for the next activity board that will tie the four components of the TI curriculum together is complete. Following the TIs, the requisite parts will be procured to build a functional prototype to prove the design before the boards are mass produced for next year's TIs. ARISS On July 12 and 13, Rosalie attended ARISS meetings at Johnson Space Center which included Susan White, Director of Johnson Space Center (JSC) Education Office, and Cindy McArthur, head of Education Flight Projects, and her boss, Ed Pritchard. The agenda covered many topics such as NASA funding, a new NASA-sponsored Web site, ARISS lesson plans, and NASA educational goals. One outcome is that JSC is considering having some of its staff trained to become hams so that they can share more information about ARISS in their teacher presentations given around the US. In a separate meeting between the JSC Education Office and the ARISS SuitSat-2 team, Rosalie shared ideas on educational and public relations opportunities for the SuitSat project. Rosalie reports that future equipment for ARISS must be small and must require little crew time to operate because there is little space in the Russian segment of the ISS. The problem of crowded space shouldn't apply to the European's Columbus module and its future ham radios, but ARISS hopes to get the European radios on the ISS manifest early, because the modules fill up with each delivery from space shuttles and the Soyuz. Recently William Robertson, AI4QT, of Marshall Space Flight Center gave a presentation and ham radio demo at the Discovery Place Science Center in Charlotte, NC, to 40 fifth through twelfth graders. Their 5 teachers learned how ham radio can be used in science, technology, math and geography lessons. A recent QSO involved the Arnold Palmer Hospital (Orlando). This hospital provides care for kids with long-term illnesses. Web/Software Development Reported by Jon Bloom, KE3Z We are now into the second week after launching the new online membership screens. The application is handling between 70 - 80 transactions per day, with a range of different member/subscriber options, from basic membership through to Diamond Club and even Life Members now paying online. There have been some minor glitches with processing transactions from other countries, or in cases where the credit card address was different from the member's mailing address. But at this point we believe the major functionality is solid and Micah is continuing to enhance the program. In between bug fixes Micah worked on uploading various new website articles. Hugh handled a number of different support issues this week related to the website, including problems getting mail through the ARRL.NET system. He also coordinated the quarterly network security scan with the outside vendor, and made some page fixes for the Lab and VEC. Jon has returned from his vacation and after looking into the problem with DXCC totals not being correct coming out of Logbook, we've restored access to the online DXCC listings. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List All Staff 9/3 Holiday Jon Bloom 9/26-10/5 Vacation Katie Breen 7/30-8/3 Vacation Hugh Brower 9/7-9/14 Vacation Steve Capodicasa 9/4-9/10 Vacation Joe Carcia 8/3-8/10 Vacation `` 8/17 Vacation `` 8/24 Vacation Jackie Cornell 7/30-8/3 Vacation Steve Ford 7/30-8/3 Vacation Norm Fusaro 8/3-8/6 Vacation `` 8/20-8/27 Japan Ham Fair, Tokyo, Japan Scott Gee 8/20 Vacation `` 9/4 Vacation `` 9/21 Vacation Joel Hallas 8/3-8/4 Texas State Convention, Austin, TX Dan Henderson 8/16-8/28 ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL/Vacation `` 9/21-10/1 Wash. State Conv., Spokane, WA/PC NW VHF Conf., OR Mary Hobart 8/3 Vacation `` 8/10 Vacation `` 8/17-8/19 ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL `` 8/20 Vacation `` 8/24 Vacation `` 8/31 Vacation `` 9/7-9/9 MFJ Anniversary/Starkville MS `` 9/14-9/16 W9DX Convention, Chicago, IL `` 9/28-9/29 TenTac, Pigeon Forge, TN Amy Hurtado 8/13-8/15 Vacation Gail Iannone 8/17-8/31 Vacation Karen Isakson 8/6-8/13 Vacation Khrystyne Keane 8/17-8/19 ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL Joel Kleinman 8/2 Vacation `` 9/6 Vacation `` 9/11-9/15 Vacation Greg Kwasowski 8/6-8/13 Vacation Monique Levesque 8/6-8/10 Vacation `` 8/30-9/4 Vacation Frank Perez 8/2-8/3 Vacation AnnMarie Pinto 8/13-8/24 Vacation John Proctor 9/27-10/9 Vacation Eileen Sapko 8/1 Vacation Barry Shelley 8/10-8/24 Vacation Maria Somma 8/16-8/19 ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL Dave Sumner 8/1-8/6 Vacation `` 8/15-8/19 GAREC/ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL `` 9/8-9/15 IARU Reg. 2 Conference, Brasilia Sharon Taratula 8/1 Vacation Perry Williams 7/19-9/4 Vacation Larry Wolfgang 8/13-8/21 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:15876] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

<<072507.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 30, No. 30 July 25, 2007 -- Covers the period July 15-21. Regulatory Information Reported by Dan Henderson, N1ND The PAVE PAWS teleconference with the Air Force Spectrum Management team happened on Monday July 16. Ed Hare, Dave Sumner and Dan Henderson represented the ARRL on the call. There was a good open exchange of information on several topics including possible wrong identification of some repeaters and technical questions from the ARRL Lab. ARRL provided the PAVE PAWS team current updated information to assist them in properly identifying repeaters, as well as information on the current status of voluntary power reductions. The DoD will send us a corrected list of repeaters shortly and ARRL will follow-up with those repeater owners. In the next two weeks Ed Hare will begin contact with individual repeater owners on additional mitigation needs and strategies. The DoD acknowledged this is likely not to be a one-shot deal and that additional mitigation requests may have to be made. They also acknowledged that a re-tasking of the mission of the PPR system meant that interference that could previously be tolerated was now no longer acceptable, hence this becoming an issue of concern. As on Friday July 20th we have confirmed power reductions from 88 of 105 California and 12 of 15 New England involved repeaters. During the week there were discussions with various directors in for the Board meeting on a variety of topics. On Friday we assisted ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD on two presentations for the ARRL Board. I also provided Janet Worthington of John Chwat's staff with a tour of ARRL HQ before taking her to the airport. We also handled a routine number of phone calls and emails related to international operating. Daily updates of Field Day entries received via the web applet at www.b4h.net/cabforms are being posted. Thanks to assistance from the MVP Department, the data entry for logs received via the regular mail has begun. The Field Day Online Soapbox continues to grow, with many interesting photos and stories being shared by 165 groups. As of Friday July 20, a total of 1285 FD entries had been submitted via the web applet. Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH The past week was filled with preparations for the ARRL Committee and Board meetings. At the A & F meeting on Thursday afternoon I presented a brief overview of the Target Analysis results on the 5-year study of membership and development donor behavior. Initially the reports pose interesting questions rather than answers on some topics, but further dissection of the large amount of data resulting from this study will assist membership and development to test new tools to increase response and revenue for both departments. Scholarship award checks are ready to be mailed to the 2007 ARRL Foundation Scholarship winners. In all 61 scholarship awards will provide education funding for young hams seeking higher education. The Education & Technology Program has reached $190,065 on the year, including grants to the Teachers Institute with a high average gift of $72.61. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE The September issue of QST, our first Emergency Communications special issue, was released to the printer July 19. Khrystyne Keane wrote and prepared the ARRL Letter, Vol. 26, No. 29, for Friday, July 20. It was distributed to 66,095 members, an increase of 191 over the previous week. Since June 15, we have added 929 new subscribers. Khrystyne also voiced and produced the July 20 edition of ARRL Audio News. Since she will be on vacation July 27, Joel Kleinman will produce the Letter and Allen Pitts will produce Audio News. Khrystyne also took more than 400 photographs of the Diamond Terrace, all the way from pre-installation to ribbon cutting ceremony. Most pictures are available on the Diamond Terrace Web site at http://www.arrl.org/development/donations/diamondclub/terrace/photos.htm l. Business Services Reported by Deb Jahnke We put together proposals for several manufacturers and retailers to sell ARRL publications and our efforts are beginning to pay off. We are pleased to welcome Radio Daze and Powerwerx as new ARRL Publication Dealers. The September issue of QST has wrapped and advertisers were very interested with the Emergency Communications theme. A number of advertisers tailored their ads to feature emergency related products or used an emergency use spin on their own products. Based on the theme, ICOM America reserved an additional 8 pages. In addition, we have also recruited the following new advertisers beginning their ads in this issue: Dishtronix, Gamma Research, Josef Pehan, W4LIG, and TAC-COMM. We also welcome back US Interface LLC and Tashjian Towers Corporation. Last Thursday we sent send an email solicitation for ARRL Handbook advertising. Early response has been very positive and we are half-way to meeting our revenue goal for this project. Both inside front and back covers have been sold to Ham Radio Outlet. In response to our proposal, ICOM America has, again this year, been persuaded to act as Principal Awards Sponsor for the 2007 November Sweepstakes. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Contest Branch To date; 3,600 IARU, 1,864 June VHF and 3,397 Field Day logs have been received. The plates for the 2007 RTTY plaques and the 2007 International DX Contest pins have arrived from the engraver. We will begin to ship the plaques and pins shortly. QSL Branch There is no delay in opening mail and a 2 day delay in slotting of cards. This week, 112 pounds of cards were received from members. This past week, we mailed 124,400 cards, which brings the total of cards shipped year-to-date to 554,350. Due to a substantial USPS rate increase in May 2007, the Outgoing Bureau did not ship any cards out for the month of June 2007. It was decided to discontinue USPS and employ the services of an international mailing firm. BleuChip International is now handling our mailing requirements at a reduced rate. W1AW Scott worked on slow and fast code practice files for the latter part of the month of July. He also assisted the DXCC department with checking 182 database-inputted cards against DXCC applications. Joe updated the web code practice files and their archives. He also compiled the logs from the W1AW/4. Field Organization/Public Service Team Leona reports that she received two Section Manager nomination petitions this week for the term beginning January 1, 2008. Just a reminder that all the Section Manager nomination petitions for this term are due here at ARRL HQ by Friday, September 7, 2007. James Latham, AF6AQ - East Bay Glen Clayton, W4BDB - Tennessee Leona is also in the process of updating our Field Service database with new appointments, cancellations and changes. She hopes to generate a new appointment listing to Section Managers via email next week. She entered a dozen new appointments along with supply packages for appointees. She also sent out five OO tests to those who were recommended for the OO appointment. Chuck reviewed and forwarded documentation to the FCC regarding a 20 meter frequency following an earlier monitoring request by them. Investigation is being done on several reports of unidentified signals on 40 and 75 meters. Assistance was requested from the FCC regarding locating an unidentified beacon on 30 meters and unlicensed users of a 60 meter frequency. The Section Managers of the New England Division joined the monthly teleconference hosted by Steve Ewald, Chuck Skolaut and Katie Breen. It was held Tuesday evening, July 17. The 2007 Section Managers' Workshop at Headquarters has been scheduled for October 12 -14, and we will be handling reservations for the group of new SMs who are planning and able to attend. Web/Software Development Reported by Jon Bloom, KE3Z The new web-based Membership Application went live on Monday 7/23 and handled about $3,000 worth of memberships, donations and subscriptions during its first day. So far everything seems to be working smoothly. There are just a few things still need to be tweaked in the screens. After people enter their membership info online, their credit cards are charged immediately and the information goes to Circulation for entry into the Siebel system. We hope to 'close the loop' on this by pushing the member info directly into Siebel. This may take several more months to accomplish. We are also testing a new Automated Recurring Billing feature with Development, which will allow them to set up members of the Diamond Club to have their cards automatically charged on a monthly or quarterly basis. Once tested this should also work for Life Memberships. Micah and Hugh also handled a number of web page uploads and changes, including some urgent ones around the time of the Board meeting. There were also a number of website support issues handled, as well as some for the ExamWin and Travel Plus software. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List All Staff 9/3 Holiday Leona Adams 7/20pm Vacation Jon Bloom 7/9-7/27 Vacation `` 9/26-10/5 Vacation Katie Breen 7/30-8/3 Vacation Hugh Brower 9/7-9/14 Vacation LouAnn Campanello 7/19-7/31 Vacation Steve Capodicasa 9/4-9/10 Vacation Joe Carcia 7/13 Vacation `` 7/20 Vacation `` 7/27 Vacation `` 8/3-8/10 Vacation Jackie Cornell 7/30-8/3 Vacation Carole Dimock 7/9-7/20 Vacation Steve Ewald 7/20-7/27 Vacation Steve Ford 7/30-8/3 Vacation Scott Gee 7/30-7/31 Vacation `` 8/20 Vacation `` 9/4 Vacation `` 9/21 Vacation Perry Green 7/25-7/28 NCVEC Conference, Gettysburg, PA Joel Hallas 7/13 Vacation `` 8/3-8/4 Texas State Convention, Austin, TX Ed Hare 7/8-7/13 EMC Society Symposium Committee Meeting, Honolulu, HI Dan Henderson 7/25-7/28 NCVEC Conference, Gettysburg, PA `` 8/16-8/28 ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL/Vacation `` 9/21-10/1 Wash. State Conv., Spokane, WA/PC NW VHF Conf., OR Mary Hobart 8/3 Vacation `` 8/10 Vacation `` 8/17-8/19 ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL `` 8/20 Vacation `` 8/24 Vacation `` 8/31 Vacation `` 9/7-9/9 MFJ Anniversary/Starkville MS `` 9/14-9/16 W9DX Convention, Chicago, IL `` 9/28-9/29 TenTac, Pigeon Forge, TN Tom Hogerty 7/2-7/6 Vacation Amy Hurtado 8/13-8/15 Vacation Gail Iannone 8/17-8/31 Vacation Bob Inderbitzen 7/16-7/20 Vacation Karen Isakson 8/6-8/13 Vacation Debra Johnson 7/2-7/11 Vacation Khrystyne Keane 7/26-7/27 Vacation `` 8/17-8/19 ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL Joel Kleinman 8/2 Vacation Monique Levesque 7/5-7/10 Vacation `` 8/6-8/10 Vacation `` 8/30-9/4 Vacation Carol Michaud 7/11 Vacation Bill Moore 7/13-7/16 Vacation Frankie Perez 7/27 Vacation AnnMarie Pinto 8/13-8/24 Vacation Allen Pitts 7/2-7/6 Vacation Eileen Sapko 7/10 Jury Duty Barry Shelley 7/5-7/9 Vacation `` 8/10-8/24 Vacation Chuck Skolaut 7/5-7/10 Arizona State Convention, Williams, AZ/Vacation Maria Somma 7/13-7/22 Vacation `` 7/25-7/28 NCVEC Conference, Gettysburg, PA `` 8/16-8/19 ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL Dave Sumner 8/1-8/6 Vacation `` 8/15-8/19 GAREC/ARRL National Convention, Huntsville, AL `` 9/8-9/15 IARU Reg. 2 Conference, Brasilia Sharon Taratula 7/26 Vacation Maty Weinberg 7/2-7/20 Vacation Perry Williams 7/19-9/4 Vacation Larry Wolfgang 8/13-8/21 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:15875] RE: Spanish Language Exams
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

We will put something out on this issue. It certainly has been misinterpreted. Maria told me that this was actually was of the least contentious NVEC meetings that she has attended. We'll get the trip report out for the entire ODV shortly. I ran into this issue about Spanish licensing materials personally when I gave a talk at the Hamfest in Estes Park, Colorado. I received some very nasty emails when I mentioned that we were considering translating some of our licensing materials into Spanish. Harold 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: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 11:45 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: Spanish Language Exams They are upset because they have read (incorrectly) into the W5YI Report that ARRL is pushing to create and establish Spanish language Amateur Radio exams for use at test session inside the continental United States where they believe only English should be allowed. Just as a side, from what I've read in the W5YI Report concerning this specific matter, it correctly states what we were attempting to do. One reader interpreted it as stated above and issued an "all points bulletin" somewhere I haven't yet been able to determine....either in a chat room or on the air. The others just took his information without verifying it and started emailing the world. I've only received about 7 emails about this today, most local down here by me. David Woolweaver noted a bit ago that it was being stirred up down in south Texas. 73 Joel W5ZN ________________________________ From: Bill Edgar [mailto:n3llr@earthlink.net] Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 10:29 PM To: w5zn(a)arrl.org; 'arrl-odv' Subject: RE: Spanish Language Exams Joel, Thanks for the information. It would be interesting to know why the complainants are upset. - Bill N3LLR From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 9:59 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: Spanish Language Exams I started receiving emails today complaining about ARRL's "push" to establish Spanish language Amateur Radio exams. The emails are apparently being generated from a W5YI story as well as a spot in the ARRL Letter about a motion ARRL made at the recent NCVEC meeting. Here's a bit of history and info for use in responding to any members that may inquire. FCC amateur radio exams have been available in Spanish since before the creation of the VEC program, back when the FCC administered all the exams. Remember that the FCC regulates amateur radio (and other radio services as well) in Puerto Rico where Spanish is an official language and only a minority of the citizens are fluent in English. The only current issue, and the purpose of ARRL's NCVEC motion, is whether there should be a single, standard version of the Spanish question pool (there currently isn't), or whether the longstanding practice of allowing any translation done by any VE team or VECs should be continued. We believe there should be one standard and only one translation. It's beyond me how our attempt at tightening the program by having one standard and one single translation based on the current English version is being misinterpreted as a "push" by ARRL to permit Spanish language exams when in fact they have been in existence for decades predating the VEC system. Of course, the current feelings over immigration certainly fuel a fire regarding anything Spanish these days. 73 Joel W5ZN

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RE: [arrl-odv:15867] Re:Spanish Language Exams
by Joel Harrison 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

Tom, One thing I forgot to address - I was incorrect about a spot in the ARRL Letter. One of the emails I received made reference to an "ARRL Letter" spot, but upon further investigation he was wrong on that as well. Sorry for my inaccuracy. There has not been an ARRL Letter spot yet. Joel -----Original Message----- From: Tom Frenaye [mailto:frenaye@pcnet.com] Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 9:23 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:15867] Re:Spanish Language Exams At 09:58 PM 8/5/2007, Joel Harrison wrote: >I started receiving emails today complaining about ARRLs push to establish Spanish language Amateur Radio exams. The emails are apparently being generated from a W5YI story as well as a spot in the ARRL Letter about a motion ARRL made at the recent NCVEC meeting. I couldn't find any reference to the NCVEC meeting in the last two copies of the ARRL Letter. The W5YI web site has their story at http://www.w5yi.org/ama_news_article.php?id=203 Is there an ARRL trip report available from the recent meeting in Gettysburg? In the past they have been circulated to the Board. Sounds like we are doing the right thing in trying to move to one Spanish version - a web story on the meeting and this issue sounds like the right step to take. -- 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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