August 2008 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:17053] Re: NVCEC Conference Report
by Tom Frenaye 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

At 02:07 PM 8/8/2008, Richard J. Norton wrote: >I suspect GLAARG wasn't at the meeting in person because Smitty is 86 >and that the meeting is on the other side of the country. It's easy >for local groups like Laurel to drive to the meeting. It's not easy >for GLAARG. Wasn't it a conference call? I don't like seeing proxies... Thought Chris' comments were right on target! -- 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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[arrl-odv:17051] Re: NVCEC Conference Report
by Richard J. Norton 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

I'd like to put in a few good words about GLAARG, the Greater Los Angeles Amateur Radio Group. GLAARG is basically run by R. C. Smith, W6RZA. "Smitty" is an 86-year old, retired Hughes Aircraft Company engineer. GLAARG was formed to be a VEC. It is not a radio club. Initially GLAARG collected operating expenses from donations, but the FCC apparently instructed them to collect from those taking the test. They collected $4 per exam starting in 1988, and still charge $4. They give exams to many of the local disaster and public service groups. They classically give the exams to large groups of high school students. The examiners get the test results to Smitty asap. and he gets the licenses promptly. Because of Smitty's rapid response, people often get their callsigns the next day. I once asked Maria Somma about Smitty. Her response was positive and she told me Smitty was something like the grand old man of the VECs. You can ask her directly. I suspect GLAARG wasn't at the meeting in person because Smitty is 86 and that the meeting is on the other side of the country. It's easy for local groups like Laurel to drive to the meeting. It's not easy for GLAARG. I suspect that the meeting agenda was adequately handled by those in attendance. After the number of years the National VEC has functioned, I suspect they have things under control. I view GLAARG simply as a vehicle that Los Angeles area hams can use to volunteer to test prospective hams. The dedication and attention to honest test-taking is the same as ARRL VECs. The difference is the cost, basically because Smitty is doing the work of the paid ARRL staffers as a volunteer. Smitty and chief tester, K6YXH, are both ARRL members, as are most of the GLAARG group I think. GLAARG guys are our friends, working in their way to advance Amateur Radio. 73, Dick, N6AA On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Bill Edgar <n3llr(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > I've got to wonder why some VEC 's didn't have anyone from their VEC team > represent them and they had to have a proxy represent them and why one VEC > didn't have anyone representing them? > > It would be interesting to see the numbers of sessions and examinees each > VEC has held/tested over the last several years. > GLAARG > > Win Guin, W2GLJ, of WCARS, had GLAARG VEC proxy

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[arrl-odv:17050] Re: NVCEC Conference Report
by w3kd＠aol.com 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

Greetings. A couple of observations from reading Maria's report: 1. I think Maria's report is really excellent -- it is thorough, concise, and gives a comprehensive picture of the nature of the teleconference. 2. I am concerned about the following portion of it, despite the ultimate result: Elections of NCVEC officers and committee chairs and members for 2008/2009 resumed Nominations for NCVEC Chairman: Scotty Neustadter, W4WW, of WCARS, Mike Maston, N6OPH, of SANDARC, Larry Pollock, NB5X, of W5YI. There was a discussion about whether a representative from ARRL or W5YI could serve as chair of the NCVEC. Guin mentioned that there has been a belief among a lot of the VECs that the ARRL and W5YI do more than the rest of us. They are quite involved in a commercial venture along with the testing and that's a big part of why they ought to able to serve on any committee but not chair any committee. To nominate someone from one of those two VECs to be NCVEC Chairman is breaking new ground. Maia observed that while not making anyone from W5YI or ARRL chair of the NCVEC has been the practice, it never was adopted, never was voted on or discussed. He said there is no ruling whatsoever that ARRL or W5YI could not serve as chair of QPC or NCVEC Conference. It was just felt that one VEC and one vote and 95% of all testing done by those two organizations, maybe someone else should be in charge but it has never been=2 0voted on or agreed. Fuszard commented that NCVEC has never addressed this and it's not in the bylaws. They individually or collectively are viewed as the 800 pound gorillas and could influence the group but he questions that concept. The NCVEC decides the direction of the conference and if Pollock was to become chairman and if we determine in the next 12 months we don't like that, we can replace him at the next conference so it would not be a long term experience. Wiley stated he would only be worried if one VEC held 3 or 4 positions. Guin commented that we don't know if we have a problem yet. A vote was called and the NCVEC representatives elected Pollock to his first term as chairman. John Johnston, W3BE, of LARC, was elected as vice chairman. Anders was elected as Chairman of the Question Pool Committee. Green, Pollock, Fuszard and Wiley were appointed as members of the QPC; Anders, Green, Wiley and Pollock are returning QPC members. It strikes me that the bias against ARRL exhibited here, notwithstanding the election of W5YI's Pollock as NCVEC Chair, is disquieting. It reveals that the ARRL is, even now, after all the years of active participation in the NCVEC system, still being deliberately marginalized by the NCVEC, which has historically done this on an ongoing basis. Perhaps as a result of ARRL's experience in the past, where we have had to fight just to keep ARRL representatives on the0Question Pool Committee, I get the idea that the NCVEC is still very much like a homeowner's association, involving people who believe that they have a lot of power as the result of their role in it, and who, for whatever ego reasons, like to exercise that perceived dominion over (especially) the ARRL, the alpha dog of the bunch in terms of exams administered. I have always characterized the NCVEC as a creature essentially created, and very obviously nurtured by John Johnston, W3BE, when he was at FCC as a an entity that would serve as an alternative to ARRL in terms of influence in Amateur Radio regulatory matters (and that John himself could influence). To an admittedly far lesser degree now than in years past, NCVEC still seems to serve that role. I suspect that Johnston's involvement in it now is for the same reasons. I am not suggesting that ARRL do anything affirmative about this now, and I believe that ARRL is exceptionally well-represented at the NCVEC by Maria and Perry. But the rather bizarre logic exhibited by lesser minds at the NCVEC does, I think, bear watching closely, and it is unfortunate that this foolishness continues to the present time. I had hoped it would be gone by now. 73, Chris W3KD Christopher D. Imlay BOOTH, FRERET, IMLAY & TEPPER, P.C. 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD(a)ARRL.ORG -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B < wj1b(a)arrl.org> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Cc: Somma, Maria, AB1FM <msomma(a)arrl.org> Sent: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 9:21 am Subject: [arrl-odv:17048] NVCEC Conference Report Hi, You will find attached Maria Somma’s full report on the NCVEC Conference. An edited version of this information has already appeared on the Web site and will also appear in this week’s ARRL Letter. If you have any questions, please feel free to refer them directly to Maria. 73, 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/

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RE: [arrl-odv:17048] NVCEC Conference Report
by Bill Edgar 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

Harold, Thanks for the info. I've got to wonder why some VEC 's didn't have anyone from their VEC team represent them and they had to have a proxy represent them and why one VEC didn't have anyone representing them? It would be interesting to see the numbers of sessions and examinees each VEC has held/tested over the last several years. GLAARG Win Guin, W2GLJ, of WCARS, had GLAARG VEC proxy Mo-Kan No representatives Sunnyvale Diane Zimmerman, AA3OF, of LARC, had Sunnyvale VEC proxy - Bill N3LLR From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:21 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: Somma, Maria, AB1FM Subject: [arrl-odv:17048] NVCEC Conference Report Hi, You will find attached Maria Somma's full report on the NCVEC Conference. An edited version of this information has already appeared on the Web site and will also appear in this week's ARRL Letter. If you have any questions, please feel free to refer them directly to Maria. 73, 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: <http://www.arrl.org/> www.arrl.org/

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[arrl-odv:17048] NVCEC Conference Report
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 08 Aug '08

08 Aug '08

Hi, You will find attached Maria Somma's full report on the NCVEC Conference. An edited version of this information has already appeared on the Web site and will also appear in this week's ARRL Letter. If you have any questions, please feel free to refer them directly to Maria. 73, 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:17047] Re: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Highlights Domain Name System Vulnerability; Releases Tools
by Andy Oppel 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

It works fine from my office in San Francisco. You may have a browser cache issue -- try clearing it. As for the tool, Jon specifically said the issue was not domain hijacking but a local configuration issue at the ISP. And the tool you found is specifically to combat domain hijacking, so it would not have helped in this case. I also know the problem was not DNS related because DNS updates take up to 2 days to propagate around the Internet to all the various DNS servers. Local configuration issues are a one step fix at the ISP site and they don't have to be propagated. == Andy Oppel On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Bob Vallio <rbvallio(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I am still unable to access arrl.org. > > I received this today, and offer it as a possible tool, not being certain > if it can really help us to preclude a recurrence of this problem; or a > future, different problem. > > Bob -- W6RGG > > > > News Alert > <http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-06aug08-en.htm> > > ICANN Highlights Domain Name System Vulnerability; Releases Tools > ICANN aims to raise awareness of critical Internet security issue > > 6 August 2008 > MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and > Numbers is raising awareness of a recently discovered vulnerability in the > domain name system (DNS). This includes releasing an FAQ and an online tool > for domain operators to test their domains. > > Due to the distributed nature of the DNS, no one organization can implement > a fix for this vulnerability. It requires the cooperation of all name server > operators and DNS software vendors. However, ICANN sees an important goal in > spreading awareness of the need to update Internet infrastructure to cope > with the threat. The organization has been undertaking significant outreach > efforts to top-level domain operators to advise them on the issue. It has > also prepared an FAQ and online domain testing tool to raise awareness of > the problem, and to encourage network operators to rectify or update their > servers. > > Summary of Cache Poisoning Issue > > Security researcher Dan Kaminsky recently discovered a design flaw in the > fundamental DNS protocol. While it is not possible to fully fix this flaw, > there are ways to improve resistance to it. This involves system > administrators patching or reconfiguring their DNS servers. > > The vulnerability affects what are called "recursive" name servers, > typically installed at ISPs and corporate network gateways to assist DNS > lookups and cache results for faster lookups, rather than the type of name > servers used by domain registries which are "authoritative" name servers. > > However, name servers can be configured to perform both "recursive" and > "authoritative" functions from the same machine, and by doing so the > susceptible recursive function can cause security risks for the > authoritative function. > > For domain operators > For operators of domain names, this vulnerability can be used to affect the > contents of their zone if their authorities also provide recursive name > service. To detect whether a particular zone is vulnerable, ICANN has > produced a tool that can check a particular domain: > > <http://recursive.iana.org/> > > Domain operators should look to ensuring that all of the authoritative name > servers for their domain are separated from any recursive name servers to > avoid being impacted by cache poisoning attacks. > > ICANN has also produced a set of question and answers on this topic for > domain operators, which is available at: > > <http://www.iana.org/reports/2008/cross-pollination-faq.html> > > For Internet users > For most users it is important to ensure the DNS servers their computer > uses to look up domains has been patched to enable "source port > randomization". To check if this change has been made by your Internet > provider one can go to an online testing tool provided by the DNS > Operations, Analysis and Research Center at: > > <https://www.dns-oarc.net/oarc/services/dnsentropy> > > To be guarded against the vulnerability, the test result should return as > "Great". If you do not get such a result your should talk to your network > administrator (typically your ISP, or your company's IT department) and > advise them to update their recursive name servers. > > > -- ----- Andy Oppel andy.oppel(a)gmail.com

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[arrl-odv:17046] ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Highlights Domain Name System Vulnerability; Releases Tools
by Bob Vallio 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

I am still unable to access arrl.org. I received this today, and offer it as a possible tool, not being certain if it can really help us to preclude a recurrence of this problem; or a future, different problem. Bob -- W6RGG News Alert <http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-06aug08-en.htm> ICANN Highlights Domain Name System Vulnerability; Releases Tools ICANN aims to raise awareness of critical Internet security issue 6 August 2008 MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is raising awareness of a recently discovered vulnerability in the domain name system (DNS). This includes releasing an FAQ and an online tool for domain operators to test their domains. Due to the distributed nature of the DNS, no one organization can implement a fix for this vulnerability. It requires the cooperation of all name server operators and DNS software vendors. However, ICANN sees an important goal in spreading awareness of the need to update Internet infrastructure to cope with the threat. The organization has been undertaking significant outreach efforts to top-level domain operators to advise them on the issue. It has also prepared an FAQ and online domain testing tool to raise awareness of the problem, and to encourage network operators to rectify or update their servers. Summary of Cache Poisoning Issue Security researcher Dan Kaminsky recently discovered a design flaw in the fundamental DNS protocol. While it is not possible to fully fix this flaw, there are ways to improve resistance to it. This involves system administrators patching or reconfiguring their DNS servers. The vulnerability affects what are called "recursive" name servers, typically installed at ISPs and corporate network gateways to assist DNS lookups and cache results for faster lookups, rather than the type of name servers used by domain registries which are "authoritative" name servers. However, name servers can be configured to perform both "recursive" and "authoritative" functions from the same machine, and by doing so the susceptible recursive function can cause security risks for the authoritative function. For domain operators For operators of domain names, this vulnerability can be used to affect the contents of their zone if their authorities also provide recursive name service. To detect whether a particular zone is vulnerable, ICANN has produced a tool that can check a particular domain: <http://recursive.iana.org/> Domain operators should look to ensuring that all of the authoritative name servers for their domain are separated from any recursive name servers to avoid being impacted by cache poisoning attacks. ICANN has also produced a set of question and answers on this topic for domain operators, which is available at: <http://www.iana.org/reports/2008/cross-pollination-faq.html> For Internet users For most users it is important to ensure the DNS servers their computer uses to look up domains has been patched to enable "source port randomization". To check if this change has been made by your Internet provider one can go to an online testing tool provided by the DNS Operations, Analysis and Research Center at: <https://www.dns-oarc.net/oarc/services/dnsentropy> To be guarded against the vulnerability, the test result should return as "Great". If you do not get such a result your should talk to your network administrator (typically your ISP, or your company's IT department) and advise them to update their recursive name servers.

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[arrl-odv:17045] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

<<080608.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 31, No. 32 August 6, 2008 -- Covers the period July 27-August 2. Upcoming Meetings and Events Executive Committee Meeting October 18 @ 9:00am in Chicago, IL Ballot Counting for Director/Vice Director Elections November 21 in Newington, CT Regulatory Information Reported by Dan Henderson, N1ND With the cooperation of Bob Lanning, W6OPO president of NARCC (the repeater coordinating group for northern California), we finished compiling as accurate contact information as possible for the repeaters near Beale which were newly identified by the Air Force as needing mitigation for PAVE PAWS. On Thursday I held a good discussion with George Dillon of the FCC, who is now handling this issue. Dillon asked for the contact information on the new repeaters, which we provided. His plan of action will be similar to that taken by Riley Hollingsworth with the second PPR list - the FCC will begin making phone calls (or emails if phone numbers were not available) to these repeater owners explaining the issue and asking them to voluntarily implement the dB reductions requested. The ARRL role will continue to be to provide information and support on request to any repeater owner who asks for it (either thru the FCC or directly to us). Dillon shared that they have not decided how to handle the repeaters that had previously been identified and requested to reduce signal strength but have not done so as of yet. I shared the League's position that if the Dept. of Defense wished to implement a quiet zone around the radar site, that such a request needed to go through the proper rule-making procedures. Simply creating a de facto quiet zone based on claimed DoD numbers which have not been examined or confirmed by the FCC was not in the best interest of the amateur community. I spoke with Bill Cross at the FCC about some "loose ends" - corrections to things inadvertently changed or omitted from the updates to the Federal Register when 04-140 and 05-235 were implemented. This includes things like fixing the inadvertent change to the Technician class maximum power limit on bands above 50 MHz. He shared that those fixes are included in an ordering clause to the action on the spread spectrum petition which is forthcoming (but no expected date is known at this time). Updates of the "Logs Received" page for Field Day were posted daily during the week. Since Field Day is not able to use the robot for this function, it is done manually. By the end of the week over 19003 entries have been submitted using the www.b4h.net web applet - an increase of about 100 web applet submissions from 2007. Several hundred additional paper and non-applet submissions have also been received. Contest Branch staff should begin processing them the week of August 4. Media & Public Relations Reported by Allen Pitts, W1AGP CONTACT! for August is posted and was emailed to PIOs. We are encouraging all local clubs and ARES groups to sign up with the READY.gov September Preparedness Campaign. The federal government is planning a major PR push this year in informing families of the need to make an emergency plan. While the ARRL is registered as a national organization, their format is slanted for small, local groups. As many of our clubs are already doing events, we should get credit for them and it can only aid our legislative, regulatory and emergency position if we maximize their sign in pages with Amateur Radio registrations. Groups and individuals can register to become members by visiting www.ready.gov, and clicking on the National Preparedness Month banner. Information is also being sent via the SEC and SM reflectors as well as the ARRL letter. Allen participated in a telephone training conference call on TV show bookings and is evaluating the benefits, options and resources available for creating our own specific classes and trainings for ARRL PIOs in 2009. Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH ARRL has received a second distribution from the estate of Robert Stoner of $21,621. Added to the first distribution amount of 27,027, the Stone estate has added $48,648 to the General Fund of the ARRL Endowment. During 2008 ARRL has received estate proceeds totaling $695,793 which have been added to the ARRL Endowment. The 2008 W1AW Endowment campaign has exceeded its goal of $55,000. The revenues total $57, 539. Campaigns for Education & Technology, Historic Preservation and Lab Funds will be in the mail by week's end. A follow up to major donors for the Education & Technology Fund will follow in about two weeks. Development will join Steve Ewald to represent ARRL at a Citizen Corps conference in Oklahoma City the week of August 18 - 21. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE Larry Wolfgang represented ARRL HQ at the Austin Summerfest/Texas State Convention this past weekend. Khrystyne Keane wrote and distributed The ARRL Letter, Vol. 27, No. 30, for August 1, 2008. It went out to more than 71,000 subscribers, a new high. She also voiced and produced ARRL Audio News for August 1. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Membership closed for the month of July up slightly with an increase over last month of 51 members totaling 153,492. September QST is on schedule to mail August 5th thru August 12th. The 2-page ARRL publication spread is being redesigned for the October issue of QST. The redesign will include our third party items. A 2/3-page house-ad is being constructed for the AES Fall/Winter 2008 catalog. The ad will feature the new ARRL General Class Course for HAM RADIO Licensing and the 2009 ARRL Handbook. The Warehouse crew processed 874 packages of fulfillment orders. We also shipped 171 free book membership premiums and sent 2 August QST supplements. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Awards Branch Category June 2008 July 2008 Year-to-Date WAS Certificates (Manual) 41 38 250 WAS Certificates (LoTW) 13 21 105 A-1 Op Nominations 21 26 148 A-1 Op Certificates 19 17 122 Extra Class Certificates 11 10 57 WAC Certificates 16 15 126 VUCC New / Grids 17 / 2,623 7 / 785 71 / 8,070 VUCC Endorsement / Grids 15 /873 11 / 611 76 / 4,250 Processing Time Current Current DXCC Branch Credits Applications 2007 Carryover 210,239 1,771 YTD Received 411,964 3,764 Cumulative Total 622,203 5,535 YTD Processed 548,853 4,890 Remaining 73,350 645 Processing Time = 6 weeks Contest Branch Sean Kutzko, KX9X had a busy week here in Contest-land. We released the results from the ARRL DX SSB contest, only to cause a ruckus among the DX multi-op stations. Due to a communications error between myself and Ward Silver, NØAX, the results author, the results tables were left out of the final print version of the article. By the time the error was found, one page of the DX SSB space had been claimed for other uses in QST. With no way to reclaim the space, Ward made the editorial decision to cut the DX Multi-op listings in the QST article and state they were available in the online version of the results. This was not well-received by the DX community. Ward and I co-signed a statement to the contesting community explaining what had happened and how this was not a policy shift in DX contesting coverage. Ward and I have reviewed the process by which stories make it into print in QST and found where the miscommunication occurred. This particular error has been addressed and is not likely to occur again. Logs for the August UHF contest this past weekend are starting to come in. We're over 2,800 logs received for the IARU contest. Data entry for 2008 Field Day will begin this week. 2007 10 GHz and EME certificates are printed and will be going out the door this week. IARU 2007 certificates have been delayed due to a delay in the redesign of the certificate. These will be going out the door ASAP. Lastly, I will be attending the Dakota Division convention in Rochester, MN this coming weekend along with Dennis Dura, K2DCD. Logbook of the World Category June 2008 July 2008 QSO Records Entered Into System 174,592,102 178,794,998 QSL Record Matches 13,919,660 14,448,378 Logs Processed 630,578 650,907 Active Certificates 32,332 32,969 Registered Users in System 21,196 21,573 Logbook (Email Only) Inquiries 2008 YTD Lost Certificates 925 DXCC Status Inquiries 505 Directions Not Followed 420 Additional Certificates 395 Startup Inquiries 283 Total 2,528 QSL Branch June 2008 July 2008 Year-to-Date Cards Received 39,000 48,750 411,150 Cards Mailed 113,800 0 307,150 Field Organization/Public Service Team Leona reports that she received two Section Manager nomination petitions for the term beginning January 1, 2009: Dale Bagley, KØKY for the Missouri section and Rick Stoneking, W2RDS for the Southern New Jersey section. Dick Flanagan, K7VC, Section Manager for Nevada is resigning as of August 15, 2008 due to health reasons. Dave Patton, MVP Manager has appointed ARRL Assistant Section Manager, Joe Giraudo, N7JEH as the new SM for Nevada effective August 15, 2008 to serve for the remainder of Dick's term. Leona has been corresponding with Joe concerning this new SM appointment. The deadline for SM ballots for the upcoming SM election in Idaho and Western New York are due at ARRL headquarters by Friday, August 15, 2008. Ballots will be counted by MVP staff Tuesday, August 19, 2008. Amateurs from the Connecticut and San Diego sections completed certification to become Official Observers this week. OOs in California are checking out a report of suspected unlicensed people using a local repeater. Intruder reports this week included reception of the Russian single letter "D" beacon on 7039 and 5 letter code groups on 3528.5 KHz. Word was received of a bogus FCC warning letter to an amateur that was posted on an individual's web page. A report of an emergency beacon on APRS by a German station was forwarded to the DARC, later reported as unintentional. Chuck assisted at W1AW one day this week by running the early CW practice. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List All Staff 9/1 Holiday Katie Breen 8/4-8/8 Vacation Hugh Brower 9/29-10/3 Vacation Joe Carcia 8/1-8/8 Vacation `` 8/15 Vacation Steve Ford 8/11-8/15 Vacation Norm Fusaro 9/22-9/26 Vacation Scott Gee 8/25-8/26 Vacation `` 10/3 Vacation `` 12/23-12/26 Vacation Joel Hallas 8/11 Vacation Dan Henderson 8/22-8/24 Roanoke Division Convention, Jackson's Mill, WV `` 8/25-9/2 Vacation Mary Hobart 8/18-8/22 Citizen Corps Conference, Oklahoma City/Vacation `` 9/19-9/21 W9DXCC, Chicago, IL `` 10/3 Vacation Amy Hurtado 8/8 Vacation Gail Iannone 8/18-9/2 Vacation Bob Inderbitzen 8/4-8/15 Vacation Karen Isakson 8/4-8/8 Vacation Khrystyne Keane 8/22-8/29 Vacation Linda Kleinschmidt 8/11-8/15 Vacation Sean Kutzko 8/8-8/10 Dakota Division Convention, Rochester, MN Zack Lau 8/11-8/15 Vacation Rose-Ann Lawrence 9/5 Vacation Monique Levesque 8/8-8/15 Vacation Bill Moore 8/15-8/17 Southeastern Division Convention, Huntsville, AL Dave Patton 8/18-9/1 Tokyo Japan Ham Fair Ann Marie Pinto 8/11-8/22 Vacation Allen Pitts 8/7 Jury Duty `` 8/11-8/15 Vacation Ashley Rakus 8/13-8/15 Vacation Barry Shelley 8/11-8/22 Vacation Dave Sumner 8/8-8/11 Vacation Sharon Taratula 8/8 Vacation Maty Weinberg 7/28-8/8 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:17044] FW: Web site problem
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

Just a heads-up. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Jon Bloom, KE3Z [mailto:jbloom@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 9:41 AM To: HQ Staff Subject: Web site problem If you get any calls about the Web site being "hijacked" or the like, you can tell the caller that: 1) the problem is not "hijacking," it is an inadvertent network configuration error, and 2) we have reported the problem to our Internet service provider and expect it to be resolved soon. -- Jon

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Surprise Donation
by Joel Harrison 03 Aug '08

03 Aug '08

While a full report will be prepared after I return from the excellent ARRL Alaska State Convention, which concludes Sunday evening, I wanted to make you aware that tonight (Saturday) the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club made a surprise donation of $2500 to ARRL and presented the check to me during this evening's very delightful banquet. I know each of you join me and Director Fenstermaker in thanking them for their generosity. 73 Joel W5ZN

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