May 2009 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

RE: [arrl-odv:17773] Automated Letter-to-Congressional-Representative Site-
by Bill Edgar 29 May '09

29 May '09

Dick, I like this idea. And if staff doesn't have the time to put something like this together, then using volunteer assistance makes good sense. Thanks, Dick! - Bill N3LLR > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard J. Norton [mailto:richardjnorton@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 12:24 AM > To: arrl-odv > Subject: [arrl-odv:17773] Automated Letter-to-Congressional- > Representative Site- > > At Dayton I helped Jim Weaver, K8JE, and his team at the ARRL > Legislative Action booth. Noticed that they were manually editing > letters to congressional representatives requesting support of H.R. > 2160. The letters were expected to be eventually delivered to the > representatives by our lobbyist, Chwat and Company > > This appeared to be a task that could be automated and also a task > that a volunteer might implement. > > I approached my friend and long-time ARRL volunteer Trey Garlough, > N5KO, with the problem. Trey is the driving force behind eham.com and > contesting.com . He also assists the ARRL contest program with log > collection. > > After a day or so of effort Trey produced the automated routine at > > http://www.kkn.net/cgi-bin/rjnorton.pl > > Just enter a callsign and the site determines the correct > congressional representative and essentially instantaneously produces > a letter. You are welcome to use the capability to produce letters at > events you find appropriate. > > The routine is slightly fragile in that if any of the web-sites used > to find the information fail, or change the format in which they > present data, the routines may not work. This is not expected, but > possible. > > I suspect that we could have produced thousands of letters at Dayton > if we had the capability available. > > RELATED DAYTON OBSERVATIONS > > I'm not suggesting that this letter writing campaign strikes me as > insuring success of our legislative program. However, I noticed two > things at Dayton. > > 1) I could approach anybody that passed by the booth and ask if they > would sign a letter to their congressman. 100 percent of them agreed, > and all seemed favorably impressed. > > 2) Just by the members seeing this operation, a number of them now > view the ARRL in a slightly different light. Maybe the League isn't > only a subscription to QST. > > For reason 2 alone, I thought the activity to be beneficial. > > 73, > > Dick Norton, N6AA

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RE: [arrl-odv:17776] Re: Automated Letter Site
by David A. Norris 29 May '09

29 May '09

Good idea Marty! I saved a copy and passed the info along to our Delta LAPC. Thank you Dick and Trey for the great effort and link! P.S. I enjoyed visiting with everyone at Dayton. I think we made a very good impression on the general ham population! 73 ES DX Dave K5UZ -----Original Message----- From: Marty Woll [mailto:n6vi@socal.rr.com] Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 1:14 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17776] Re: Automated Letter Site I applaud Trey's efforts, which should enable us to collect many more letters in support of this propsed legislation, and Dick's initiative in seeking his help. For those downloading on their own, another way to use it is to copy the text and paste it onto personal letterhead using Word or similar program. It then becomes easy to customize the letter a bit (preferable to even a well written form letter). I attach my own letter as an example of such customization. 73, Marty N6VI ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard <mailto:richardjnorton@gmail.com> J. Norton To: arrl-odv <mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 10:14 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:17775] Re:Automated Letter-to-Congressional-Representative Site- Additional note - It was pointed out to me that the letter printed from the web-site with a header containing the web-site name and also a footer. This is a function of the page setup in your web-browser. In Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft's Internet Explorer, you may need to go to File, Page Setup, Headers and footers, and simply make both the header and footer blank. Your computer should then be able to print copies of the letters without any headers or footers. The letters are ready for printing directly. Also remember that Jim Weaver sends the package of signed letters to Chwat for delivery. 73, Dick, N6AA On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Richard J. Norton <richardjnorton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > At Dayton I helped Jim Weaver, K8JE, and his team at the ARRL > Legislative Action booth. Noticed that they were manually editing > letters to congressional representatives requesting support of H.R. > 2160. The letters were expected to be eventually delivered to the > representatives by our lobbyist, Chwat and Company > > This appeared to be a task that could be automated and also a task > that a volunteer might implement. > > I approached my friend and long-time ARRL volunteer Trey Garlough, > N5KO, with the problem. Trey is the driving force behind eham.com and > contesting.com . He also assists the ARRL contest program with log > collection. > > After a day or so of effort Trey produced the automated routine at > > http://www.kkn.net/cgi-bin/rjnorton.pl > > Just enter a callsign and the site determines the correct > congressional representative and essentially instantaneously produces > a letter. You are welcome to use the capability to produce letters at > events you find appropriate. > > The routine is slightly fragile in that if any of the web-sites used > to find the information fail, or change the format in which they > present data, the routines may not work. This is not expected, but > possible. > > I suspect that we could have produced thousands of letters at Dayton > if we had the capability available. > > RELATED DAYTON OBSERVATIONS > > I'm not suggesting that this letter writing campaign strikes me as > insuring success of our legislative program. However, I noticed two > things at Dayton. > > 1) I could approach anybody that passed by the booth and ask if they > would sign a letter to their congressman. 100 percent of them agreed, > and all seemed favorably impressed. > > 2) Just by the members seeing this operation, a number of them now > view the ARRL in a slightly different light. Maybe the League isn't > only a subscription to QST. > > For reason 2 alone, I thought the activity to be beneficial. > > 73, > > Dick Norton, N6AA >

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[arrl-odv:17777] Re: Automated Letter-to-Congressional-Representative Site-
by Gary Johnston 29 May '09

29 May '09

Thank you, Dick!! 73 de Gary KI4LA Sent from Gary's 3G iPhone On May 29, 2009, at 12:24 AM, "Richard J. Norton" <richardjnorton(a)gmail.com > wrote: > At Dayton I helped Jim Weaver, K8JE, and his team at the ARRL > Legislative Action booth. Noticed that they were manually editing > letters to congressional representatives requesting support of H.R. > 2160. The letters were expected to be eventually delivered to the > representatives by our lobbyist, Chwat and Company > > This appeared to be a task that could be automated and also a task > that a volunteer might implement. > > I approached my friend and long-time ARRL volunteer Trey Garlough, > N5KO, with the problem. Trey is the driving force behind eham.com and > contesting.com . He also assists the ARRL contest program with log > collection. > > After a day or so of effort Trey produced the automated routine at > > http://www.kkn.net/cgi-bin/rjnorton.pl > > Just enter a callsign and the site determines the correct > congressional representative and essentially instantaneously produces > a letter. You are welcome to use the capability to produce letters at > events you find appropriate. > > The routine is slightly fragile in that if any of the web-sites used > to find the information fail, or change the format in which they > present data, the routines may not work. This is not expected, but > possible. > > I suspect that we could have produced thousands of letters at Dayton > if we had the capability available. > > RELATED DAYTON OBSERVATIONS > > I'm not suggesting that this letter writing campaign strikes me as > insuring success of our legislative program. However, I noticed two > things at Dayton. > > 1) I could approach anybody that passed by the booth and ask if they > would sign a letter to their congressman. 100 percent of them agreed, > and all seemed favorably impressed. > > 2) Just by the members seeing this operation, a number of them now > view the ARRL in a slightly different light. Maybe the League isn't > only a subscription to QST. > > For reason 2 alone, I thought the activity to be beneficial. > > 73, > > Dick Norton, N6AA >

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[arrl-odv:17776] Re: Automated Letter Site
by Marty Woll 29 May '09

29 May '09

I applaud Trey's efforts, which should enable us to collect many more letters in support of this propsed legislation, and Dick's initiative in seeking his help. For those downloading on their own, another way to use it is to copy the text and paste it onto personal letterhead using Word or similar program. It then becomes easy to customize the letter a bit (preferable to even a well written form letter). I attach my own letter as an example of such customization. 73, Marty N6VI ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard J. Norton To: arrl-odv Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 10:14 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:17775] Re:Automated Letter-to-Congressional-Representative Site- Additional note - It was pointed out to me that the letter printed from the web-site with a header containing the web-site name and also a footer. This is a function of the page setup in your web-browser. In Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft's Internet Explorer, you may need to go to File, Page Setup, Headers and footers, and simply make both the header and footer blank. Your computer should then be able to print copies of the letters without any headers or footers. The letters are ready for printing directly. Also remember that Jim Weaver sends the package of signed letters to Chwat for delivery. 73, Dick, N6AA On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 9:24 PM, Richard J. Norton <richardjnorton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > At Dayton I helped Jim Weaver, K8JE, and his team at the ARRL > Legislative Action booth. Noticed that they were manually editing > letters to congressional representatives requesting support of H.R. > 2160. The letters were expected to be eventually delivered to the > representatives by our lobbyist, Chwat and Company > > This appeared to be a task that could be automated and also a task > that a volunteer might implement. > > I approached my friend and long-time ARRL volunteer Trey Garlough, > N5KO, with the problem. Trey is the driving force behind eham.com and > contesting.com . He also assists the ARRL contest program with log > collection. > > After a day or so of effort Trey produced the automated routine at > > http://www.kkn.net/cgi-bin/rjnorton.pl > > Just enter a callsign and the site determines the correct > congressional representative and essentially instantaneously produces > a letter. You are welcome to use the capability to produce letters at > events you find appropriate. > > The routine is slightly fragile in that if any of the web-sites used > to find the information fail, or change the format in which they > present data, the routines may not work. This is not expected, but > possible. > > I suspect that we could have produced thousands of letters at Dayton > if we had the capability available. > > RELATED DAYTON OBSERVATIONS > > I'm not suggesting that this letter writing campaign strikes me as > insuring success of our legislative program. However, I noticed two > things at Dayton. > > 1) I could approach anybody that passed by the booth and ask if they > would sign a letter to their congressman. 100 percent of them agreed, > and all seemed favorably impressed. > > 2) Just by the members seeing this operation, a number of them now > view the ARRL in a slightly different light. Maybe the League isn't > only a subscription to QST. > > For reason 2 alone, I thought the activity to be beneficial. > > 73, > > Dick Norton, N6AA >

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[arrl-odv:17773] Automated Letter-to-Congressional-Representative Site-
by Richard J. Norton 29 May '09

29 May '09

At Dayton I helped Jim Weaver, K8JE, and his team at the ARRL Legislative Action booth. Noticed that they were manually editing letters to congressional representatives requesting support of H.R. 2160. The letters were expected to be eventually delivered to the representatives by our lobbyist, Chwat and Company This appeared to be a task that could be automated and also a task that a volunteer might implement. I approached my friend and long-time ARRL volunteer Trey Garlough, N5KO, with the problem. Trey is the driving force behind eham.com and contesting.com . He also assists the ARRL contest program with log collection. After a day or so of effort Trey produced the automated routine at http://www.kkn.net/cgi-bin/rjnorton.pl Just enter a callsign and the site determines the correct congressional representative and essentially instantaneously produces a letter. You are welcome to use the capability to produce letters at events you find appropriate. The routine is slightly fragile in that if any of the web-sites used to find the information fail, or change the format in which they present data, the routines may not work. This is not expected, but possible. I suspect that we could have produced thousands of letters at Dayton if we had the capability available. RELATED DAYTON OBSERVATIONS I'm not suggesting that this letter writing campaign strikes me as insuring success of our legislative program. However, I noticed two things at Dayton. 1) I could approach anybody that passed by the booth and ask if they would sign a letter to their congressman. 100 percent of them agreed, and all seemed favorably impressed. 2) Just by the members seeing this operation, a number of them now view the ARRL in a slightly different light. Maybe the League isn't only a subscription to QST. For reason 2 alone, I thought the activity to be beneficial. 73, Dick Norton, N6AA

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RE: [arrl-odv:17773] Automated Letter-to-Congressional-Representative Site-
by K8JE 29 May '09

29 May '09

I thank Director Norton for his initiative in having the automated letter writing program developed. If this had been available to us at Dayton, I can guarantee the output of Dear Representative letters would have been even more successful than it was. My thanks to Dick and Trey. This is a testimonial to the value of volunteers in doing appropriate tasks. GLD DLAC John Meyers, NB4K and I will attend two hamfest (swaps) in Michigan June 6 & 7. Both of these swaps plan to have wireless Internet available. Consequently, we will take a couple of laptops and a printer with us. If things go well, we expect to come back on June 6 with a fistful of signed letters to send to John Chwat. I'll let you all know the results of this real-life "field test." 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 -----Original Message----- From: Richard J. Norton [mailto:richardjnorton@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 12:24 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:17773] Automated Letter-to-Congressional-Representative Site- At Dayton I helped Jim Weaver, K8JE, and his team at the ARRL Legislative Action booth. Noticed that they were manually editing letters to congressional representatives requesting support of H.R. 2160. The letters were expected to be eventually delivered to the representatives by our lobbyist, Chwat and Company This appeared to be a task that could be automated and also a task that a volunteer might implement. I approached my friend and long-time ARRL volunteer Trey Garlough, N5KO, with the problem. Trey is the driving force behind eham.com and contesting.com . He also assists the ARRL contest program with log collection. After a day or so of effort Trey produced the automated routine at http://www.kkn.net/cgi-bin/rjnorton.pl Just enter a callsign and the site determines the correct congressional representative and essentially instantaneously produces a letter. You are welcome to use the capability to produce letters at events you find appropriate. The routine is slightly fragile in that if any of the web-sites used to find the information fail, or change the format in which they present data, the routines may not work. This is not expected, but possible. I suspect that we could have produced thousands of letters at Dayton if we had the capability available. RELATED DAYTON OBSERVATIONS I'm not suggesting that this letter writing campaign strikes me as insuring success of our legislative program. However, I noticed two things at Dayton. 1) I could approach anybody that passed by the booth and ask if they would sign a letter to their congressman. 100 percent of them agreed, and all seemed favorably impressed. 2) Just by the members seeing this operation, a number of them now view the ARRL in a slightly different light. Maybe the League isn't only a subscription to QST. For reason 2 alone, I thought the activity to be beneficial. 73, Dick Norton, N6AA

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[arrl-odv:17772] 2008 Audited Financial Statements
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 28 May '09

28 May '09

Enclosed for your information are the audited financial statements of the ARRL for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, including the auditors' unqualified opinion on the statements. As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I do want to draw your attention to two items on the Statement of Activities for 2008 (commonly known as an income statement in for-profit companies) as they present a picture that, for the uninformed, might result in assumptions about the League's financial position that are incorrect. I want to apologize up front for the length of this note, but trying to explain generally accepted accounting principles (especially those relating to pension accounting) can be confusing, even to those who have to deal with the subjects regularly. Each year the unrealized gains and losses on the League's investment portfolio are recorded in the Statement of Activities. In 2008, because of all the turmoil in the financial markets, we recorded unrealized losses in our portfolio of over $3 million. Since 2000, this adjustment has fluctuated ranging from the loss this year to a gain of almost $1.2 million. These fluctuations in our investment portfolio have always been "absorbed" by our net asset position (retained earnings in the for-profit world). It has always been the position of the ARRL that our investment portfolio is a cushion and not used for on-going operations. Unlike many not-for-profit organizations, we do not rely on the value of our portfolio to fund current operations. It also supports our Life Member program and our other restricted funds. It should be pointed out, that at the end of 2008, there was still $12.5 million of cash and investments in our portfolio. The second, and larger, adjustment involves the League's defined benefit pension plan. In 2007, all companies were required to implement a new accounting pronouncement that, in effect, recorded the entire pension plan liability (the difference between the accrued benefits and the value of the assets) in the financial statements of the corporation sponsoring the plan. In not-for-profit companies, the adjustment must flow through the statement of activities and net assets. With the steep drop in the plan assets in the second half of 2008 and the sharp increase in the accrued benefits, this gap increased by $4.3 million in 2008. This is also shown as a charge in the 2008 Statement of Activities. In combination and from an accounting perspective, these non-cash charges have "wiped out" our total net assets and we are reporting total net assets of a negative $409,378 at 12/31/08. However, this does not affect our day-to-day operations. We have sufficient cash and investments to meet our current obligations and have generated positive cash flow so far this year. In addition, as a result of the Board's prompt action, the large liability to the pension plan will be reduced in 2009. By freezing the defined benefit pension plan as of May 31st, we will record a "gain from curtailment" (the accountants' terminology) of approximately $2 million in 2009 and it may be more depending on the performance of the assets in the portfolio this year. This will be recorded as a gain in our Statement of Activities for 2009. I should also add that the League's auditors, Haggette Longobardi, a division of J.H. Cohn, issued an unqualified opinion on our recent financial statements. If they had any concerns about the League's ability to continue its operations, this would have been noted in their opinion. In fact, the rules of their profession would require them to note that concern if it existed. So, if asked about the League's financial position (negative net assets) by a member you should emphasize: 1. The League is an on-going entity and its operations are reasonably well funded. 2. The total investment portfolio of the organization was $12.5 million at year-end which is more than sufficient and even that has improved somewhat as the markets have begun to recover. 3. The Board has dealt with the pension issue by freezing the defined benefit plan and creating a defined contribution plan which will reduce the overall liability in 2009. Barring a further market calamity, this should bring our net assets back into positive territory. 4. The auditors issued an unqualified opinion on the ARRL's 12/31/08 financial statements and if they were concerned about the League's operations, they would have included a qualification regarding the ARRL as a going concern. Again, if anyone has questions about the audited financial statements, please let me know. 73, Barry J. Shelley, N1VXY Chief Financial Officer ARRL, Inc-The National Association for Amateur Radio 225 Main St. Newington, CT 06111 www.arrl.org <http://www.arrl.org> Phone: (860) 594-0212 E-mail: bshelley(a)arrl.org <mailto:bshelley@arrl.org>

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[arrl-odv:17771] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 27 May '09

27 May '09

<<052709.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 32, No. 21 May 27, 2009 -- Covers the period May 17-23. Upcoming Meetings and Events Second Board Meeting July 17-18, 2009 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT Regulatory Information Reported by Dan Henderson, N1ND The Legislative Action booth at Dayton generated over 190 letters of support for HR 2160 which were forwarded by Great Lakes Division Director Jim Weaver, K8JE last week to Chwat & Co. During the week, we received word from several members that Congressman John Linder (GA-07) was indicating opposition to HR 2160. Working with John Chwat, a request and sample letter was sent to the Southeastern Division DLAC asking that ARRL members in Linder's district contact the congressman about reconsidering his position. A total of six ARRL members in five Congressional districts, who contacted their representatives asking support for 2160, received responses which were forwarded to us during the week. Amateur enforcement letters are once again being posted on the FCC website. This included 16 letters since February 18, 2009 to power companies on RFI matters and 13 letters to individuals on other matters. We have become aware of an ordinance in Mustang, OK that apparently allows amateurs to have towers up to a certain height but only if they are used for receive-only. We are reviewing this ordinance with ARRL General Counsel. We continue to work with General Counsel regarding an amateur in San Diego being sued in small-claims court for RFI. We also are looking into a proposed ordinance, initiated by a local health department in Arizona, which would ban most mobile electronic communications. A Maine bill on distracted driving that could affect amateur radio is still being monitored. Finally we are looking at what assistance we can provide AZ Section Manager Tom Fagan on the bill extending PRB-1 protection to CC&Rs. This bill has passed one house of the AZ legislature and is pending action by the other house. A good deal of time was spent during the week answering questions about statements from the FCC forum at Dayton regarding amateur radio communications support at hospitals and similar agencies, especially as part of drills and tests. The FCC reaffirmed K1ZZ's April QST editorial as being on target and emphasized that employees could not provide communications for tests and drills for their employer. Though some believe this to be a "new" interpretation by the FCC, this is in fact what Part 97 has said since the early 1990s and is not a change of policy. We followed-up on a question regarding retransmission of space-shuttle communications as well as a query on ARISS relating to a Boy Scout activity (thanks to Rosalie White, K1STO). Regulatory questions handled included continued operation after license expiration if the FCC was reviewing the renewal, band privileges for technicians, and a few queries clarifying privileges after the 40-meter broadcast move earlier this year. There are now 777 clubs and sites listed on the Field Day site locator applet representing all 50 states. There are also sites listed for six Canadian provinces/territories, as well as Puerto Rico. A Field Day story highlighting the locator will be penned in the coming weeks. We have a tentative commitment from one of the astronauts who is scheduled to be on board the ISS during the Field Day period to get on-the-air. This however is always contingent on their official duties and launch schedule. We will know more as we get closer to the event and will publicize this if it appears it is likely to occur. Media & Public Relations Reported by Allen Pitts, W1AGP "Talk on a Disk," the CD containing prepackaged presentations of Amateur Radio, continues to be a highly requested item and the second batch of disks is running low. A third edition has been created which now includes material from the Hello campaign and has been sent to Production for label and duplication. The June CONTACT was completed ahead of time and is set for viewing on the 1st. Two good McGan Award nominations were received and copies mailed out to PR Committee members for their recommendations. The PR-101 course is getting its first graduates and the web-based automatic certificate maker and notification system seems to be working very nicely. Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH Diamond Club revenues through mid-May have reached $81,000 with a healthy average contribution of $158. The campaign for the Education & Technology Fund is underway and initial returns have yielded $14,000 in revenue. A follow up letter will be sent to major donors. In addition, individual grants for the Teachers Institutes now total $100,000. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE The July 2009 issue of QST has been released to the printer. Khrystyne Keane wrote and distributed The ARRL Letter, Vol. 28, No. 20, for May 22, 2009. She also produced and voiced ARRL Audio News for May 22. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R By all accounts, the 2009 ARRL National Convention at Dayton Hamvention was a huge success. The figures are still being tallied (no formal attendance figures from the Hamvention Committee, yet). Combined membership and products sales achieved a new, highest total. We've also enjoyed dozens of post-Dayton reports from members and volunteers with glowing reviews of the effort. In particular, ARRL's large exhibit area and the variety of program representation received high marks. Thanks go to the organization-wide effort that made the convention a great success. If you haven't done so already, check out the official convention blog (many photos) at www.arrl.org/blog. An evaluation session was held during the week to discuss the event in more detail, and to collect ideas for future conventions. Bob Inderbitzen is attending Maker Faire--the world's largest do-it-yourself (DIY) festival. This year, the festival will take place at the San Mateo County Expo Center in California on May 30-31, and is expected to draw crowds near 70,000. A large exhibit area at Maker Faire is planned to help spotlight ham radio. The Foothills Amateur Radio Society is the primary sponsor of the exhibit, but includes volunteers from many participating ham radio clubs and other related groups. The coordinating effort is being lead by ARRL Santa Clara Valley Assistant Section Manager Michael Pechner, KI6QNZ, of Palo Alto. SCV Section Manager Bill Dale, N2RHV, is also supporting the event. Bob has been working with the volunteers throughout the planning. He has helped produce handout materials and has assembled display items to contribute to the exhibit. Bob is anxious to explore this opportunity from both a recruitment perspective and to help advance partnerships with the event sponsor and participating organizations. Kim Piatek has accepted an offer to move from part-time to full-time in our Customer Service group. Kim will help fill a recent position vacancy. We welcomed Paul Cuppini to the headquarters team on Tuesday. P aul accepted a position vacancy, shipping-and-receiving clerk, at our North Mountain Road warehouse facility. He lives in E. Hartford, Connecticut. The Warehouse crew fulfilled 1,162 packages for publication and product orders, and shipped 265 free book membership premiums and QST mailing supplements. ARRL Conventions Date Name Division City State ARRL HQ Rep. May 29-31 RM Division RM Estes Park CO Kramer/Gruber May 30 AT Division AT Rochester NY Dan Henderson Jun 5-7 NW Division (SeaPac) NW Seaside OR Dave Sumner Jun 6 Georgia State SE Marietta GA Dan Henderson Jun 12-13 WG Division (Ham-Com) WG Plano TX Dave Sumner Jun 13 Tennessee State DL Knoxville TN Steve Ewald Jun 26-28 HAM RADIO 2009 Int'l Friedrichshafen Germany Inderbitzen/Patton Jul 4 E. Pennsylvania Section AT Bressler PA Jul 17-18 Arizona State SW Williams AZ Jul 17-19 Montana State NW Essex MT Jul 18 W0 DXCC/Contest Central DK Rochester MN Jul 23-25 Central States VHF CL Elk Grove Village IL Jul 24-25 Oklahoma Section WG Oklahoma City OK Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Contest Branch Last week, the Contest Branch spent time assisting the Programs and Services Committee Chairman Bruce Frahm, KØBJ, in preparing a report for the VUAC. This report covered the recent decisions by the P&SC and the Awards committee on the VUAC's recommended changes to the Rover Rules in all VHF contests and some rules in the EME contest. The P&SC voted on April 4 to limit Limited Rover entrants to the bottom four bands used in any given VHF/UHF contest, and permit Club Competition in the August UHF Contest. These changes have been implemented in the rules on the ARRL Web site. The P&SC also asked for clarification from the VUAC on the proposed EME rules governing Assisted operation in the EME contest; talks are ongoing. Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, followed up on one of his Action Items from Dayton; the Youth roundtable discussion. The Youth teams asked him for help in getting more youth involved in contesting, and Sean worked on a draft for a set of rules for a new contest. The Contest Branch has also been working on a case of self-spotting by a DX station during the 2009 ARRL DX SSB Contest. Web results content for the 10M, RTTY, and January VHF contests will be delivered to the Web Development team this week. W1AW Thanks to Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, and Chuck Skolaut, KØBOG, for covering the W1AW morning and night shifts on Wednesday through Friday (5/13-15) while both Joe and Scott were attending Dayton Hamvention. Matt Strelow, KC1XX and Andrew Toth - both of XX Towers Inc. - were on hand Tuesday, May 19 to perform some antenna/tower work at W1AW. In addition to the Spring inspections, they also installed brand new Yaesu Az-El rotators on the Satellite tower; installed a new NOAA-x satellite turnstile antenna on the North tower; installed a side-arm atop the 120 foot tower (for use in temporarily running wire verticals up this tower), and replaced a coaxial pigtail on the 23 cm Satellite antenna. Joe compiled a "W1AW Temporary Operator" user-guide to assist with the night operations at W1AW. He also assisted Matt and crew with the antenna work. He processed regular QSL card requests. Joe also updated the web code practice files and their archives. He processed one Qualifying Run endorsement. Joe also made a repair to the new Yaesu G-5500 Az-El rotator controller. He had also spent Wednesday through Sunday (5/13-17) at Dayton Hamvention while working the booth at Special Event Station W1AW/8. Scott worked on fast and slow code practice files for the latter part of the month of May and early June. He had also trained other MVP staffers to handle the W1AW night shift during Dayton week. Field Organization/Public Service Team The Utah Section Manager Election ballots were counted on Tuesday, May 19. Incumbent Section Manager Mel Parkes, NM7P, was re-elected. Thanks to Team members Leona Adams, Chuck Skolaut and Steve Ewald for handling the election-related duties and for preparing the election announcement for the Web page. Leona has been keeping in touch with all of the Section Managers with regard to their annual Section budgets. Chuck forwarded a monitoring request to Official Observers in several western ARRL Divisions after receiving a complaint regarding intentional interference to a 75 meter net. Upon receiving another complaint involving QRM to another 75 meter net, northwestern OOs were alerted. A third report of interference to a 75 meter net is being investigated as well. Audio tape documentation was received from a North Carolina Official Observer responding to a previous monitoring request. Two separate intruder reports about activity on 40 meters were sent to the IARU Region 1 Monitoring Coordinator, and an unidentified digital signal was thought to be originating overseas. Several reports of the "gurgle" signal on 17 meters were initiated by our monitors in Arizona. A very appreciative response was received by a California Official Observer after he had sent a "Good Operator Report" card to a radio amateur. Here is quote from a portion of that correspondence: "I consider your card to me one of the highest compliments I could ever get in the Amateur Radio fraternity. I will cherish or even frame this OO card as the highest honor I could ever get. Just a mere thank you doesn't begin to express my appreciation. It's nice to be recognized for something good." Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List Leona Adams 6/12 Vacation `` 6/29-7/2 Vacation `` 7/31 Vacation Kathy Allison 7/6-7/10 Vacation `` 9/25-9/28 Vacation Bob Allison 7/6-7/10 Vacation `` 9/25-9/29 Vacation Joe Carcia 6/19 Vacation `` 7/6-7/10 Vacation `` 7/17 Vacation `` 7/24 Vacation `` 7/31 Vacation `` 8/7 Vacation Steve Ewald 6/8-6/12 Vacation `` 6/13 Tennessee State Convention, Knoxville, TN Steve Ford 6/3-6/5 Publishers Conference, Washington, DC `` 6/27-7/5 Vacation Norm Fusaro 5/29 Vacation Scott Gee 5/28-6/1 Vacation `` 7/2 Vacation `` 7/30 Vacation Mike Gruber 5/29-5/31 Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Estes Park, CO Dan Henderson 5/29-5/31 Atlantic Division Convention, Rochester, NY `` 6/5-6/7 Georgia State Convention, Atlanta, GA `` 7/23-8/10 Vacation Mary Hobart 6/12-6/16 Vacation `` 8/12-8/14 Vacation Bob Inderbitzen 5/28-6/1 Maker Faire, San Mateo, CA `` 6/23-6/28 Ham Radio 2009, Friedrichshafen, Germany `` 6/28-7/2 Vacation Debra Johnson 6/15-6/16 Vacation Joel Kleinman 6/4-6/5 Association Publishing Conference, Washington, DC `` 7/6-7/7 Vacation Harold Kramer 5/28-6/4 Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Estes Park, CO/Vacation `` 6/12-6/16 Vacation Sean Kutzko 7/17-7/20 Vacation Zack Lau 6/11-6/12 Vacation `` 6/18-6/22 Vacation `` 6/26-6/30 Vacation Dave Patton 6/24-6/28 Ham Radio 2009, Friedrichshafen, Germany Allen Pitts 5/27-6/8 Vacation Brennan Price 5/17-5/29 ITU WP5A and 5B, Geneva `` 6/12 Vacation Jon Siverling 6/1-6/5 CITEL PCC.II, Ottawa Dave Sumner 6/4-6/8 Seaside, OR `` 6/11-6/15 HamCom, Plano, TX Sharon Taratula 5/28 Vacation `` 6/2 Vacation Larry Wolfgang 6/5 Vacation `` 6/17-6/19 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:17770] ARRL State Legislative Report for April-May
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 22 May '09

22 May '09

Here is the latest state legislative report from Chwat & Co. The file is also available to ODV at http://www.arrl.org/members-only/ODV/docs/Legislative/2009/ 73, Dave K1ZZ/VE3 at RAC Board meeting

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[arrl-odv:17769] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 20 May '09

20 May '09

<<052009.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 32, No. 20 May 20, 2009 -- Covers the period May 10-16. Upcoming Meetings and Events Second Board Meeting July 17-18, 2009 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT CEO Office The office will be closed Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day. Have a safe Holiday weekend! Technical Relations Reported by Brennan Price, N4QX Brennan Price is in Geneva until May 29, attending ITU Working Party 5A and 5B meetings. CTO Paul Rinaldo and past IARU President Larry Price are also in attendance. Progress is being made on CPM text for Agenda Item 1.23. Brennan also delivered a presentation at the Amateur Radio and the Law forum at the Dayton Hamvention. Jon Siverling is preparing for CITEL PCC.II in early June and is the lone staffer the Fairfax office while Brennan is in Geneva. Regulatory Information Reported by Dan Henderson, N1ND A significant amount of time has been spent during the last two weeks on support of HR2160. The requests for direct contact by members to specific congressmen were distributed directly to the affected DLACs, LACs, LAAs, or to the Division Directors involved during the week of May 4. During the week of May 11, after a teleconference with K1ZZ and John Chwat, a web story about general member contact with their individual Congressmen was written and posted to the ARRL Web along with a sample letter asking members of Congress to consider becoming cosponsors of HR2160. Working with General Counsel, we assisted Oregon Section Manager Bonnie Altus, AB7ZQ, with testimony to be presented to the Oregon Legislature on a very broadly written cellphone bill that would have affected general amateur radio mobile communications. I am happy to report that an amendment exempting amateur radio was successfully added as the result of Bonnie and several other amateurs. Laura Smith from the FCC contacted us regarding two lawsuits that had been filed against an amateur from San Diego in small claims court over RFI. We have been in touch with several ARRL VCs as well as ARRL General Counsel to provide information to the amateur involved. It is significant to note that in California a litigant is not permitted to be represented by an attorney in small claims court. A bill in the Arizona state legislature that extends PRB-1 protections to include those affected by CC&Rs has been approved by the state House and is being considered by the state Senate. Regulatory Information and General Counsel are working with AZ Section Manager Tom Fagan, K7DF, on this matter. During the past two weeks of this report we finalized our displays and PowerPoints for ARRL Expo at Dayton Hamvention. The ARRL Field Day Booth at ARRL Expo was very well received. Almost 5000 Field Day posters were distributed for clubs to take home to advertise their 2009 FD operation. One hundred forty persons attended the ARRL Field Day forum. Many thanks to Roland Anders, K3RA, NC Section Manager Tim Slay, N4IB, ARRL Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP, ARRL Contest Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, and Ward Silver, N0AX, for participating in the forum. While at Dayton, I also had a productive meeting with Bill Cross and Laura Smith of the FCC. We discussed the continued cooperation with the Commission on pending items such as the updated CEPT notice and the status of some pending enforcement actions. I also attended the FCC forum at Dayton. It was well attended and Laura was well received in her new role as Special Counsel. There are now 686 clubs and sites listed on the Field Day site locator applet representing 49 states - only North Dakota is missing. There are also sites listed for six Canadian provinces/territories, as well as Puerto Rico. Field Day related phone calls and emails have started to pick up as we begin to move to the final six weeks before the event. Media & Public Relations Reported by Allen Pitts, W1AGP PR-101 launched May 14. No big rush at the table, but it appeared there were steady sales across the aisle from us at Dayton. I will be more interested in seeing what the web sales figures will be. The PR Forum had about 35 people, but the AC was broken and it was miserable in the room -hot, muggy, and sucking for air. Still, it seemed to go over well and the PIO hats provided by Walt Palmer, W4ALT, were a hit. Major thanks go to Bill Morine for aiding at the booth Friday and Saturday, Gary Wilson for Saturday and Hope Smith who was almost always there. The idea of doing press releases at the booth just did not work at all - too many people coming and going far too fast. Lots of Field Day posters, tech brochures and Talk on a Disk were passed out, but then everyone likes freebies. Approximately 15 more people will be added to the PR reflector and another 20-25 want PR related things sent to them in the coming week. I did an hour discussion on Ted Randall's radio show and Bill Morine also put in a hour or so there too. That was fun. The two video PSA's created are being distributed for Field Day. The audio tracks of the PSA's are being used for radio PSAs. Other Field Day info is being distributed. The 2006 PR specialized website, www.hello-radio.org has been updated with a major facelift and went live just before Dayton. In addition, based on his video work for the Hello campaign, Kevin ODell has created a PowerPoint and script for a Hello section in the next edition of Talk on a Disk. We will integrate this new material for 3rd ToaD edition which will now have talks for all 3 primary activity areas. I expect to make up 500 copies for use the rest of 2009 and into 2010. 2009 McGan Award deadline for nominations is May 22. The PRC's actions regarding "PIO Excellence" is a recognition or excellence in PR during unusual situations. At the request of the PR Committee, commendations went out to Steve Sanders in the NW floods, Joe Gadus in the Corpus Christi hurricane and Bill Moffitt in the San Jose fiber-optic blackout. The decision was made NOT to have formalized criteria for these recognitions in the future as there are too many possible scenarios, but that "the Committee will know it when they see it." They expect perhaps 1 or 2 a year. Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH Development's participation in the 2009 ARRL Expo at Dayton Hamvention yielded solid results. The Thursday evening reception hosted 110 donors at the Meadowbrook country Club. While Development associates Maryann Macdonald and Margie Bourgoin could not attend, their considerable planning and attention every detail paid off handsomely with perfect execution. Many thanks to Maria Somma, Amy Hurtado, Mark and Doris Spencer and Nathan McCray for their assistance with transportation and set up for the event. During the reception ARRL welcomed several new Maxim Society members. Newly elected IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH shared remarks on his becoming a ham. During Hamvention the Development enjoyed close proximity to the Meet & Greet Booth at the front of the Expo area. The high visibility helped produce $34,908 in contributions during the show, including several bricks for the Diamond Terrace and two large contributions to the Teachers Institute ($20,000) and the Spectrum Defense Fund ($10,000). In addition, Jeff Beals brought $720 in memorial contributions to honor Sandy Donahue. Responses to the 2009 Education & Technology Program have started to come in. The follow up letter to major donors will mail next week. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE The fifth printing of the Ham Radio License Manual has been released to the printer. At Hamvention, Joel Hallas documented all the new gear on display for a QST article and a Web feature, and answered questions at a Doctor is IN forum. Khrystyne Keane took photos and wrote articles for the Web and for QST. She also worked with our Youth Editor, Duncan MacLachlan, KU0DM, who was at Hamvention for the first time. Larry Wolfgang met with existing and potential QEX authors at the TAPR forum and elsewhere, and assisted at the ARRL EXPO kit building table. Steve Ford gave a presentation on digital contesting and kept us entertained with his Hamvention blog. Khrystyne wrote and Joel Kleinman distributed The ARRL Letter, Vol. 28, No. 19, for May 15, 2009. ARRL Audio News will resume May 22. Lab Reported by Ed Hare, W1RFI Dayton Hamvention Bob Allison was the official representative of the Lab at the ARRL Expo in Dayton. Over three days, Bob led the effort, helped by Mark Spencer and several volunteers, to teach almost 50 people build their choice of a clock or keyer kit. Bob reported many smiling faces as they all completed the project and left Dayton with a real accomplishment they didn't come there knowing they would do! Ed Hare attended the Hamvention on his own this year, to be a speaker at the QRP ARCI Four Days in May symposium on Thursday. He gave a report on the test methods used for Product Review testing. He also attended numerous other activities at the event, such as their vendor's night and the infamous QRP banquet. When at the Hara complex, he could usually be found wandering the flea market or hanging out at the QRP booth. As an aside, Ed serves as a member of the QRP ARCI Board of Directors. On another personal note, Ed also shares that his last round of chemotherapy was several weeks ago, and that he is feeling a lot better nowadays. He also reported that his PET scan showed that there was no indication of any remaining lymphoma, so at this point, his doctor considers him to be in remission. It will be five years before the doctor will use the word "cure," but at this point, Ed says that he has this beaten. He thanks all who offered their prayers and support. Electronic Publication Support Zack Lau had an easy and a hard case. The easy one was a Japanese ham who didn't realize the installation procedure involved only one disk. The hard one was a life member who tried to install the Antenna Book software while running Skype in the background-Skype hammered the InstallShield installation program files. It is likely that his previous difficulties running Echolink are also related to Skype grabbing computer resources-he thought they were blacklisting him. RFI Mike Gruber discussed my upcoming trip to Colorado with Bob Witte. In particular, there are two power line noise cases in Northglenn that could possibly use some help. Xcel Energy, the utility in this matter, has already been issued two FCC Letters. Mike also discussed the needed equipment. Library Bob Allison started writing an instruction manual for entering books into the Library database. It will also include what errors may be in the database and how to correct them, as well as how to print labels. Working with Tony Nesta, we'll be re-arranging all of the ARRL Publications in a more logical order. This ongoing project will shorten the time it will take to find a publication. A reminder: please check your office for any books which belong in the Library. Product Review Bob Allison was busy purchasing a new computer and loading the required software for testing a new product. Publication Support Bob Allison reviewed a technical article for NCJ and clarified a few technical terms. Mike Gruber reviewed QST ads in the absence of Bob Allison. Web Zack Lau divided up the web pages that we intend to import to the new site to MG, EFH, BA, and ZL. We will spruce them up before they get moved. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R ARRL Conventions Date Name Division City State ARRL HQ Rep. May 22-24 Wyoming State RM Casper WY Ed Hare May 29-31 RM Division RM Estes Park CO Kramer/Gruber May 30 AT Division AT Rochester NY Dan Henderson Jun 5-7 NW Division (SeaPac) NW Seaside OR Dave Sumner Jun 6 Georgia State SE Marietta GA Dan Henderson Jun 12-13 WG Division (Ham-Com) WG Plano TX Dave Sumner Jun 13 Tennessee State DL Knoxville TN Steve Ewald Jun 26-28 HAM RADIO 2009 Int'l Friedrichshafen Germany Inderbitzen/Patton Jul 4 E. Pennsylvania Section AT Bressler PA Jul 17-18 Arizona State SW Williams AZ Jul 17-19 Montana State NW Essex MT Jul 18 W0 DXCC/Contest Central DK Rochester MN Jul 23-25 Central States VHF CL Elk Grove Village IL Jul 24-25 Oklahoma Section WG Oklahoma City OK Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Contest Branch Contest Branch Manager Sean Kutzko, KX9X, was among the many staffers attending Dayton this year. He spent most of his time at the IARU booth with representatives of the DARC and JARL, overseeing a CW copying competition using the RUFZ CW training program. Chip Margelli, K7JA, from Heil Sound provided us with 4 boom-mike headsets as prizes to the highest-scoring competitors. The feedback concerning the Contest Branch was overwhelmingly positive. Numerous individuals, from those just starting in contesting to the seasoned veterans in the Contesting Forum, are very happy with the information being presented in QST regarding Radiosport. Several attendees also spoke highly of the availability of Sean Kutzko to answer questions and provide assistance, and the increased flow of information coming from the department. Kutzko, along with Ward Silver, NØAX, made a short presentation during the ARRL Field Day forum on using Field Day to recruit new hams. Field Day was a major part of the ARRL's presence at Dayton this year, and the number of people in attendance at the forum shows the heavy promotion of Field Day has worked well. The presentation of the crystal gavels for the November Sweepstakes club competition during the Contest Forum was a highlight of Dayton. Sweepstakes Contest Manager Ken Adams, K5KA, was on hand to make the presentation to representatives of the Potomac Valley Radio Club, the Southern California Radio Club and the New Mexico Big River Contesters. Everybody was very pleased with Ken's presence and the gavels were a big hit as well. Kutzko was asked to sit in on a brain-storming session with the ARRL Youth representatives on how to get more youngsters involved with contesting. Several ideas were bandied about and a couple of very good approaches were identified. Kutzko will continue to work to find a good solution with some of our Youth representatives and try to get a few more QSOs in everybody's log. Field Organization/Public Service Team Leona Adams reports that there will be a three-way election in the South Texas Section this summer. The candidates are Lou Everett, WA5LOU, Lee Cooper, W5LHC, and Gary Tangrady, K5GST. Leona has been working with the candidates to get their statements and photos together by the middle of June. Headquarters also received a Section Manager nomination petition from incumbent Colorado SM Jeff Ryan, KØRM. The Field Organization Team is prepared to count the Utah SM election ballots on Tuesday, May 19. Steve Ewald continued to work on the July QST duties that included the Field Organization Reports on April activity and the Public Service column and the article showing results of the 2008 SET. Steve, Dennis Dura and Chuck Skolaut discussed last month's Global SET. The Field Organization has welcomed new Official Observers from Southern Texas, Western New York and Michigan. Chuck forwarded more pertinent documentation to the FCC about an on-going operation on a 75 meter frequency. We also received the monthly IARU monitoring summary report from IARU Region 1, and we forwarded the monthly OO summary to all OOCs, OOs and Section Managers. Chuck filled in at W1AW for two morning shifts this past week. Education Services Reported by Debra Johnson, K1DMJ Choosing a Radio was finalized for publication in the next printing of the Ham Radio License Manual and related Web pages were developed and posted on the website. Mark Spencer WA8SME completed a Train the Trainers course for volunteer license instructors and facilitated a forum at Emcomm West/Pacificon. Both events were well attended and apparently well received. Continuing Education Program Declining volume in all categories of courses offered through our Continuing Education Program during the first quarter most certainly reflect the reduced number of courses being offered. But you'll also note a very significant decline (27%) in enrollments in the Technician license course as well as with the other technical courses (34%). You'll remember that volumes during January and February were roughly comparable to volumes in 2008, so declines experienced in March and April were responsible for the impact upon the YTD numbers. In addition to a reduced number of courses being offered, the increase in course fees effective January 1 is most likely also a factor in the overall decline in online enrollments (23%) since the course sessions opening in March and April would have been the first sessions to be impacted by the fee increases. Field exam volume is also down 53%, reflecting the loss of Level 2 and Level 3 exam volume. Mar 09 Mar 08 Apr 09 Apr 08 YTD 2009* YTD 2008 EmComm 99 133 62 126 349 423 Technician Licensing 32 66 27 52 166 227 All other courses* 25 36 17 32 82 124 Total 156 235 106 210 597 774 EmComm field exams 44 129 45 89 133 280 2008 Emcomm enrollments and field exam totals include Level 1, 2 and 3 courses. 2009 Emcomm enrollments include Level 1 and Level 2 thru March. The Level 2 course was suspended in April. "All other courses" includes two courses offered in 2008 that were suspended late in 2008 that are not reflected in 2009 totals. Education & Technology Program Nathan McCray K9CPO has been assisting Mark Spencer WA8SME on some occasions with composites weather map shots he is receiving from his school's weather station. He is also supporting other ETP schools, answering questions as they install their weather equipment and the software. Nathan has made additional presentations in district schools to recruit for the TI and is preparing equipment for instruction and working on coordinating other logistics for the session he will lead in Berrien Springs, MI. Miguel Enriquez KD7RPP is also preparing to lead his first TI session this summer. He has modified the TI curriculum by adding demonstrations and material to the robotics and fox hunting activities and the ATV presentations. Since the majority of the teachers who will attend the session he will be leading this year are math teachers, he added Doppler frequency-calculating activities to the presentation, along with some animated frames that demonstrate the Doppler effect, which he will also provide to the teachers for their use. Miguel converted video of Mark's 2008 TI instruction at Parallax session into YouTube video vignettes that can be used for training purposes. Resources for the TIs have been shipped to the near term classes and are in place. We have 3-ETP and 4-progress grant applications in hand for the May round of grants. Mark has started reviewing the applications received thus far. ARISS Rosalie White K1STO and several ARISS team members traveled to NASA Johnson Space Center on April 30 for all-day meetings on May 1-2. I joined by conference call. The meetings were held to discuss ARISS educational outreach activities, focusing on evaluation and increasing educational value, training, as well as plans for the future. The Smithsonian Museum once again asked the ARISS Team to set up a QSO for Space Day, May 2, 2009. A group of local young people plus three retired astronauts and one currently flying astronaut mentored students on science topics prior to the ARISS QSO. Students from the Marcelino Canino Canion Middle School, in Dorado, Puerto Rico, who took part in ham radio activities and an ARISS contact this past month. A video of their ARISS QSO is now part of the YouTube clips. Russia may allow one more Space Flight Participant to fly on the ISS before ending the visitor program. Several people have applied to be part of the program, and the ARISS Team will contact whoever might be accepted by the Russian Space Agency. The ARISS Team is working with NASA to plan what ham radio activities might be acceptable for the European Space Agency's ISS Columbus module. At the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) on May 2, ARISS Team member Tony Hutchison, VK5ZAI was awarded the prestigious Chris Jones Memorial Award in recognition of exceptional contributions to the Amateur Radio service and the WIA. Tony's award was due to "his outstanding work and commitment in providing and facilitating educational opportunities to school students and teachers worldwide, through the ARISS educational outreach program, as both an ARISS ground station and the Australian ARISS coordinator." Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List All Staff 5/25 Holiday Leona Adams 6/12 Vacation `` 6/29-7/2 Vacation Kathy Allison 7/6-7/10 Vacation `` 9/25-9/28 Vacation Bob Allison 7/6-7/10 Vacation `` 9/25-9/29 Vacation Joe Carcia 5/22pm Vacation `` 6/19 Vacation `` 7/6-7/10 Vacation `` 7/17 Vacation `` 7/24 Vacation `` 7/31 Vacation `` 8/7 Vacation Steve Ewald 6/8-6/12 Vacation `` 6/13 Tennessee State Convention, Knoxville, TN Steve Ford 6/3-6/5 Publishers Conference, Washington, DC `` 6/27-7/5 Vacation Scott Gee 5/28-6/1 Vacation `` 7/2 Vacation `` 7/30 Vacation Mike Gruber 5/29-5/31 Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Estes Park, CO Ed Hare 5/21-5/24 Wyoming State Convention, Casper, WY Dan Henderson 5/29-5/31 Atlantic Division Convention, Rochester, NY `` 6/5-6/7 Georgia State Convention, Atlanta, GA `` 7/23-8/10 Vacation Mary Hobart 6/12-6/16 Vacation `` 8/12-8/14 Vacation Bob Inderbitzen 5/28-6/1 Maker Faire, San Mateo, CA `` 6/23-6/28 Ham Radio 2009, Friedrichshafen, Germany `` 6/28-7/2 Vacation Debra Johnson 6/15-6/16 Vacation Joel Kleinman 5/22 Vacation `` 6/4-6/5 Association Publishing Conference, Washington, DC `` 7/6-7/7 Vacation Harold Kramer 5/28-6/4 Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Estes Park, CO/Vacation `` 6/12-6/16 Vacation Sean Kutzko 7/17-7/20 Vacation Zack Lau 6/11-6/12 Vacation `` 6/18-6/22 Vacation `` 6/26-6/30 Vacation Monique Levesque 5/22 Vacation Dave Patton 5/18-5/22 Vacation `` 6/24-6/28 Ham Radio 2009, Friedrichshafen, Germany Diane Petrilli 5/13-5/17 Dayton Hamvention Allen Pitts 5/27-6/8 Vacation Brennan Price 5/17-5/29 ITU WP5A and 5B, Geneva `` 6/12 Vacation Jon Siverling 6/1-6/5 CITEL PCC.II, Ottawa Larry Wolfgang 6/5 Vacation `` 6/17-6/19 Vacation

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