January 2010 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

Report of the President
by Joel Harrison 09 Jan '10

09 Jan '10

Please find attached my report. 73 Joel W5ZN www.w5zn.org <http://www.w5zn.org/> Go Green??? Go Grey!!! Low Band DX'ing via the Grey Line

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Document #32 VHF-UHF Advisory Committee report Updated
by Greg Sarratt 09 Jan '10

09 Jan '10

Dave, Updated, Document #32, the Report of ARRL VHF-UHF Advisory Committee is attached for filing. 73, Greg Sarratt, W4OZK

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[arrl-odv:18418] PSC Doc 17/17a
by Bruce Frahm 09 Jan '10

09 Jan '10

Greetings, PSC would like to give you a debriefinxxxxxxx........ hmmm....... in light of GIG's email yesterday, let's just say "Here's the PSC and Am Aux reports." CU soon 73 Bruce K0BJ

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[arrl-odv:18417] revised ECAC motion
by Mickey Cox 09 Jan '10

09 Jan '10

ODV, Kay suggested that I might want to modify my ECAC motion to include some language that would task Staff with providing appropriate written guidance during the committee's start-up to ensure that the committee members clearly understand the parameters of the ECAC's responsibility. After discussing Kay's idea with several Board members, I decided to add a second sentence to item 4 in the motion draft that I emailed to everyone yesterday morning. Item 4 now reads as follows: "The activities of the committee shall be limited to studies of emergency communications issues that are national in scope. Staff will provide written guidance during start-up to ensure that members understand the parameters of the committee's responsibility." I greatly appreciate Kay's comments and suggestions regarding this motion. 73, Mickey K5MC

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Motion to be Presented
by K8JE 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

Ladies, Gentlemen, The attached motion has been discussed with several Directors and will be presented for action at the Annual Meeting. It essentially extends a position recently taken by the EC regarding tasks not yet completed by staff. Adoption of the motion will help achieve greater mutual understanding of priorities of the Board and capacities of the staff. Please send any comments or questions about this to Greg or me. CU next week. As the old cow poke from SW Ohio always said, "Happy trails to you." (And, may the snow always be at your back.) 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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Document #32 VHF-UHF Advisory Committee report
by Greg Sarratt 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

Dave, Document #32, the Report of ARRL VHF-UHF Advisory Committee is attached for filing. 73, Greg Sarratt, W4OZK

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[arrl-odv:18414] Underwear Flight Security
by dick＠pobox.com 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

8 JAN 2010 - In view of the fact that most of us will be flying to our January board meeting, I thought you all would appreciate this collection of the latest airport security humor. - Dick Isely, W9GIG [] Mike Luckovich BY MIKE LUCKOVICH [] ? McCoy BY GLENN MCCOY [] Signe Wilkinson BY SIGNE WILKINSON []

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[arrl-odv:18413] Report of the Chief Financial Officer
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

Attached please find the report of the Chief Financial Officer which is listed as Document #10 in your meeting agenda. If anyone has any questions please let me know and I would be happy to answer them. Barry J. Shelley, N1VXY Chief Financial Officer ARRL, Inc-The National Association for Amateur Radio(tm) 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:18410] Development Report to the ARRL Board - Document #11
by Hobart, Mary K1MMH 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

After an interesting year in fund raising, I am pleased to attach two documents that comprise the Development Report to the ARRL Board - Document #11. I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have about our 2009 results and activities. I'm looking forward to seeing you next week. 73, Mary K1MMH Mary M. Hobart, K1MMH Chief Development Officer ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio(tm) Telephone: 860-594-0397 Fax: 860-594-0259 email: mhobart(a)arrl.org <mailto:mhobart@arrl.org> From: Greg Sarratt [mailto:w4ozk@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 2:01 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:18403] ECAC motion Most of my SMs and emcomm folks do not support a ECAC. Being in the Southeastern Division they are very well trained, experienced and have a high level of actively in emergency communications. They have solid relationships and extensive experience working with our served agencies and volunteers. Some SMs were disgusted with the tone of the SM surveys and did not plan to respond. The complete e-mail text is provided below. They did not like the "answer with no discussion", they know that NOT all operating activities are covered by advisory committees and wonder why all SMs are not a member of the other reflector. I will vote NO again as well. * * * * ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Stratton K5GLS <mailto:garystratton@cmaaccess.com> To: Section Manager List <mailto:smlist@reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 5:39 PM Subject: [smlist:5779] Support for ECAC To all Section Managers: Please reply to this email address k5gls(a)arrl.org and use the subject ECAC. That will allow me to tally the results easier. All I need is a YES or NO answer with no discussion. The question is: As a Section Manager, do you support the BOD proposal to establish a standing ARRL Emergency Communications Advisory Committee (ECAC) similar to the other ARRL standing committees. EMCOMM and public service is not represented by an advisory committee as all other operating activities are. A previous survey was done on another reflector, but all SMs are not members of that forum. BTW... YES won on that survey. 73 Gary Stratton K5GLS Louisiana Section Manager * * * * 73, Greg Sarratt, W4OZK ________________________________ From: Mickey Cox [mailto:mcoxk5mc@bellsouth.net] Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 12:47 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18403] ECAC motion ODV, Last July the Board barely rejected the motion to establish an Emergency Communications Advisory Committee (ECAC), with seven Directors voting in favor and eight voting against. One concern that several Directors had at that time was the degree of support for an ECAC among the Section Managers. A poll was conducted by K5GLS, the LA SM, in November on the "unofficial" SM reflector. The results of that poll are as follows: 30 - YES (in support of the ECAC motion) 8 - NO (not in support of the ECAC motion) 2 - UNDECIDED Thus, 56.3% of the SMs participated in the poll and 75% of those voting were in favor of the ECAC motion. (The details of this poll are shown in the attached spreadsheet.) More recently a similar poll has been conducted by K5GLS on the "official" SM reflector established by the ARRL. The question asked in this second poll was as follows: "As a Section Manager, do you support the BOD proposal to establish a standing ARRL Emergency Communications Advisory Committee (ECAC) similar to the other ARRL standing committees? EMCOMM and public service is not represented by an advisory committee as all other operating activities are." Section Managers were requested by the LA SM to respond via email to k5gls(a)arrl.org with a simple YES or NO answer to the poll question. A few hours ago K5GLS forwarded Steve Ewald and me all of the SM responses he received. (If anyone would like copies, please let me know.) The overall results of this second poll are as follows: 28 - YES 3 - NO 1 - NOT SURE Thus, 45.1% of the SMs participated in the second poll and 87.5% of those voting support the establishment of an EmComm Advisory Committee. In light of these results, I think the Board can conclude that most of the SMs are either in favor of the motion or they simply don't care one way or the other. Next Thursday during the PSC meeting I intend to make a motion that the Board establish an EmComm Advisory Committee. The text of this motion will be identical to the ECAC motion rejected by the Board last July except that a "sunset" provision will also now be included. Just as the Board included a term of three years for the VHF/UHF Advisory Committee motion adopted in 2005, I believe a term of three years is long enough for the proposed ECAC to prove to the Board whether it is effective or not. (The ECAC motion I'm planning to make next week is attached.) Your support of this motion would be greatly appreciated! Thanks very much and CU next week. 73, Mickey K5MC Delta Division Director

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[arrl-odv:18411] Recall: Development Report to the ARRL Board - Document #11
by Hobart, Mary K1MMH 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

Hobart, Mary K1MMH would like to recall the message, "Development Report to the ARRL Board - Document #11".

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