December 2009 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:18345] Happy Holidays
by K8JE 22 Dec '09

22 Dec '09

Dear Colleagues, I regret that the hectic action at home during the past few months as prevented me from mailing greetings to each of you as I usually do. Please forgive me. Please accept my best wishes for a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year or, in case you do not observe Christmas, any other holiday you may observe. I look forward to meeting with you in mid-January and hope that events at home will calm down by then. In the meantime, I very much appreciate the greetings we are receiving from so many of you. Thanks. 73, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)arrl.org, Tel.: 513-459-1661 ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio

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[arrl-odv:18344] FW: Early closing on Christmas Eve
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

In keeping with past practice when Christmas falls on a Friday, we will be closing a little early on Christmas Eve. Here is the announcement just circulated to staff. Dave K1ZZ _____ All Staff: ARRL will, of course, be closed on Christmas Day, Friday, December 25. In order to allow staff a little more time to prepare for the holiday, ARRL HQ will close at 2:00 PM Thursday, December 24. If your department needs to make special arrangements for the early closing, either with vendors or pickups/deliveries, please remember to do so. The following week the office will be closed on New Year's Day, Friday, January 1. There will NOT be an early closing on New Year's Eve. I hope everyone has a safe and pleasant remainder of the holiday season. David Sumner Chief Executive Officer

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[arrl-odv:18343] Request from the Public Relations Committee
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

I am relaying this for Allen Pitts and the Public Relations Committee. - Dave During the planning and introduction phases, the Public Relations Committee received lots of encouragement for the creation of the PR-101 course for PIOs. The PRC now asks Directors to help in promoting the course and encouraging people to take the training. To make this easy, we suggest you might simply cut and paste the following into your email newsletters and websites... - - - ARRL's PR-101 course is designed to train Public Information Officers and others in promoting Amateur Radio and ARRL in the new media environment. Some Section Managers are so impressed with it that they are making it mandatory for PIO appointments and even reimbursing students for the costs. "If you take the job, take the training." The days of simply writing a release and sending it to the local newspaper are long gone. Learn about modern news media options and how to do the best job as an ARRL PIO or club publicity person with PR-101. http://www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=0133

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[arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

Hi, Just to keep everyone in the loop, here is a copy of the job description for the Manager of Emergency Preparedness and Response that was posted in-house today. We plan to place the announcement on our Web site next week. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Telephone: 860 594 0220 email: hkramer(a)arrl.org <mailto:hkramer@arrl.org> web: www.arrl.org/ <http://www.arrl.org/>

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[arrl-odv:18341] ARRL Staff Vacancy Announcement
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

Hi, In case you missed it, this appeared in yesterday's ARRL Letter: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------- ARRL Staff Vacancy A vacancy has developed in the position of ARRL Emergency Preparedness and Response Manager. Applications for this position will be solicited before the end of the year with the objective of filling the position early in 2010. Because this is the last scheduled ARRL Letter of 2009, if you or someone you know may be qualified for and interested in the position, please watch for the posting on the ARRL Web site <http://www.arrl.org/announce/jobs/> . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Telephone: 860 594 0220 email: hkramer(a)arrl.org <mailto:hkramer@arrl.org> web: www.arrl.org/ <http://www.arrl.org/>

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[arrl-odv:18340] Re:RE: S.1755
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

Right, Tom. Reps. Jackson-Lee and Thompson haven't abandoned us just because Senator Lieberman was the sponsor of S.1755 -- it's just a matter of the right people jumping through the right parliamentary hoops at the right time. This is an area where John is clearly an expert. Dave ________________________________ From: Tom Frenaye [mailto:frenaye@pcnet.com] Sent: Fri 12/18/2009 1:25 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18339] Re: S.1755 At 08:13 PM 12/17/2009, Frank Fallon wrote: >I just stopped throwing darts at my Liberman dart board here and read >your message and the one from Dave. I must confess that I had been >thinking today that it is currently probably not a good thing to have a >bill in the house with Lieberman's name on it. I think Dave has fingered >the problem. I may wear out the dart board over the holiday period but >that may not solve our problem with our senate sponsor in the Democratic >House.. The good news is that once the Senate passed the bill, it became policy that all Senators support. That's how our own Board decisions work. So, every Senator is a supporter, any one can help us. So I think the next step is to see who can we get to step forward and work on it with the House? -- 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:18339] Re: S.1755
by Tom Frenaye 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

At 08:13 PM 12/17/2009, Frank Fallon wrote: >I just stopped throwing darts at my Liberman dart board here and read >your message and the one from Dave. I must confess that I had been >thinking today that it is currently probably not a good thing to have a >bill in the house with Lieberman's name on it. I think Dave has fingered >the problem. I may wear out the dart board over the holiday period but >that may not solve our problem with our senate sponsor in the Democratic >House.. The good news is that once the Senate passed the bill, it became policy that all Senators support. That's how our own Board decisions work. So, every Senator is a supporter, any one can help us. So I think the next step is to see who can we get to step forward and work on it with the House? -- 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:18338] Re: S.1755
by Frank Fallon 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

Jim, I just stopped throwing darts at my Liberman dart board here and read your message and the one from Dave. I must confess that I had been thinking today that it is currently probably not a good thing to have a bill in the house with Lieberman's name on it. I think Dave has fingered the problem. I may wear out the dart board over the holiday period but that may not solve our problem with our senate sponsor in the Democratic House.. 73 de Frank...N2FF...... k8je wrote: > > Dave, > > I see from Dan Henderson’s note to legislative action workers that the > US House threw us another screwball. They apparently have given S.1755 > to the same committee that has done nothing with HR2160. I realize the > end of the year is no time to mount a wholesale effort behind one or > both bills, but I wonder what you and John Chwat think will be the > best strategy to get a bill to the floor of the House – and passed? > > The end of the year may be a good time for some of us to visit our > Representatives while they are back in their districts so knowing the > strategy before the recess begins might be helpful. > > Tnx, > > Jim > > /Jim Weaver, K8JE/ > > 5065 Bethany Rd. > > Mason, OH 45040 > > E-mail: k8je(a)zoomtown.com <mailto:k8je@zoomtown.com>; Tel. 459-1661 >

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[arrl-odv:18337] RE: [arrl-odv:18336] S.1755
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

Jim, John is working on this. It's complicated by the fact that Senator Lieberman isn't the most popular guy among House Democrats right now. It's probably just as well that the House members have headed home and won't be back until January 12. Dave ________________________________ From: k8je [mailto:k8je@zoomtown.com] Sent: Fri 12/18/2009 12:42 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18336] S.1755 Dave, I see from Dan Henderson's note to legislative action workers that the US House threw us another screwball. They apparently have given S.1755 to the same committee that has done nothing with HR2160. I realize the end of the year is no time to mount a wholesale effort behind one or both bills, but I wonder what you and John Chwat think will be the best strategy to get a bill to the floor of the House - and passed? The end of the year may be a good time for some of us to visit our Representatives while they are back in their districts so knowing the strategy before the recess begins might be helpful. Tnx, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)zoomtown.com; Tel. 459-1661

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[arrl-odv:18336] S.1755
by k8je 18 Dec '09

18 Dec '09

Dave, I see from Dan Henderson's note to legislative action workers that the US House threw us another screwball. They apparently have given S.1755 to the same committee that has done nothing with HR2160. I realize the end of the year is no time to mount a wholesale effort behind one or both bills, but I wonder what you and John Chwat think will be the best strategy to get a bill to the floor of the House - and passed? The end of the year may be a good time for some of us to visit our Representatives while they are back in their districts so knowing the strategy before the recess begins might be helpful. Tnx, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je(a)zoomtown.com; Tel. 459-1661

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