March 2010 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:18681] Joanne Palm, W1GUN, SK
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Many of you know Rick Palm, K1CE, a longtime HQ staffer who moved to Florida with his wife Joanne 10 years ago. More recently Rick has been writing the on-line ARES E-Letter for us. I am sad to report that Rick's wife Joanne, W1GUN died last Friday. She died at home in hospice care following a recurrence of cancer that had been successfully treated shortly after they arrived in Florida. I just spoke with Rick and expressed condolences on behalf of his ARRL family. Dave Sumner, K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:18680] RE: Legislative follow-up
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Jim, At present there is no way the IT Dept. could take on an additional project that is not already in the Plan. It is possible that once the new Web site is up, those of us who can use the content management system might be able to come up with something. However, this would be reinventing the wheel and would fall short of the state of the art. There are several companies that provide such services to organizations. The last time I priced one, the cost was on the order of $8k-$16k/year depending on the features. We have to be realistic as to our potential impact if we pursue a strategy based on numbers as opposed to one based on personal contact. Any numbers we could generate would be small compared to what they get on the hot-button public policy issues. Legislative offices are inundated with constituent mail and have had to adopt defensive techniques. For example, many of their Web sites require the entry of your Zip+4 or a password that is imbedded in an image in an effort to ward off the "click here to send a message to your Congressman" approaches used by some advocacy groups. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: James F. Boehner MD [mailto:jboehner01@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 10:15 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: Legislative follow-up Thanks to Kay and Dave in regards to my questions regarding Chwat and Company-I must not have been listening in the past, as this is new information for me, and very useful. Across all organizations, taking the time to write a letter to Senators/Representatives can be time consuming, and this probably discourages many members from doing so. Having a sample letter definitely helps. The idea of bringing a laptop to a hamfest to generate letters is a great idea! I'm not sure if this idea is plausible or practical, or if it has been thought of before and decided against. Dave, I know you have an overworked IT staff at HQ. However, I was thinking of a political letter generator. One that for each bill would have about 5 different boiler-plate letter templates, soliciting user input to fill in the blanks, and even automatically choose what senator or representative would get the letter by the individual's Zip+4 zip code. Perhaps to have a box for each individual to personalize the letter with their own paragraph. After generation, the individual could proof the letter, and then have a final copy sent to them as a PDF file on ARRL letterhead to sign (perhaps options of different letterheads), and then send directly to Chwat & Company for delivery. The five different templates and the personalization paragraph would keep the letters looking individual, have the proper information with the proper wording so that each would be correct in form, with proper bill numbers and reasons for supporting or not supporting the bill. This could be a feature of the new website, with each ARRL news story dealing with political issues referencing this letter generator as an option for members to have a more direct role in the political process (with minimal time investment). I do realize that letters that appear to be form letters may be discounted by political officials (although that is what they send us!!). I do not know exactly what goes on in the Senator's offices, but I would guess that an aide counts letters that are for or against an issue, and that number is what is presented to the Senator. It is also possible that the names are cross referenced against a donor list, and those letters are treated differently. Perhaps someone else on this list with more political savvy can weigh in on this. As far as cost, the ARRL IT department could take this on, or perhaps it could be outsourced to an organization that would specialize in this activity. Hopefully, once the generator is produced and it is placed on the website, no further IT work would need to be done. With each bill, the five boiler-plate templates would have to be produced internally. I'm not certain of any further costs. Just a thought-I know I would definitely use it! '73 de JIM N2ZZ ARRL Vice Director Roanoke Division ARRL, the national association for Amateur RadioT -----Original Message----- From: Kay Craigie [mailto:n3kn@verizon.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 8:36 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: Legislative follow-up I've asked Dave to respond to Jim's question about how Chwat is paid. We ask all League members to send their letters via Chwat for in-person delivery, though not all members do so. E-mails sent directly to Senators and Congressmen can get lost among all the other stuff arriving in those offices' inboxes. Because of security screening to ensure that there's nothing nasty like anthrax in the envelope, postal mail letters may be significantly delayed in reaching their destinations. Chwat's people hand-carry the letters to the offices of the Senators and Congressmen, thereby getting somebody's attention and avoiding the security queue. Several Board people have already written their Senators, and thank you for that. It makes a stronger case for action on the part of League members when we can say we've already done our own bit. One Board person plans to set up a laptop computer at a hamfest he's attending this weekend so members can produce letters to their Senators about S. 2881 on the spot. 73 - Kay N3KN

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RE: Legislative follow-up
by K8JE 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

The recent messages about legislative follow-up reminded me to make you all aware of one of the booths that will operate in the ARRL Expo area at the coming Hamvention(r). After discussing how best to use the booth with Kay, it was decided to make it a Legislative Action booth. It will be used to generate and collect letters to writers' senators, urging them to support S.2881. If any of you would like to be scheduled to help at this booth for a couple of hours, please let me know. Of course, additional help will be appreciated. If the result from last year on HR 2160 is any indication of what to expect this year, we should be busy. We plan to have a second laptop in operation to help avoid many backups that we experienced last year. The program we are using to generate the letters is courtesy of Dick Norton who obtained the cooperation of a member in his division to develop it. When linked with the Internet, it automatically obtains the name and address of senders as well as the names and addresses (in this case) of their senators to assemble the finished letter. 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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Legislative follow-up
by James F. Boehner MD 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Thanks to Kay and Dave in regards to my questions regarding Chwat and Company-I must not have been listening in the past, as this is new information for me, and very useful. Across all organizations, taking the time to write a letter to Senators/Representatives can be time consuming, and this probably discourages many members from doing so. Having a sample letter definitely helps. The idea of bringing a laptop to a hamfest to generate letters is a great idea! I'm not sure if this idea is plausible or practical, or if it has been thought of before and decided against. Dave, I know you have an overworked IT staff at HQ. However, I was thinking of a political letter generator. One that for each bill would have about 5 different boiler-plate letter templates, soliciting user input to fill in the blanks, and even automatically choose what senator or representative would get the letter by the individual's Zip+4 zip code. Perhaps to have a box for each individual to personalize the letter with their own paragraph. After generation, the individual could proof the letter, and then have a final copy sent to them as a PDF file on ARRL letterhead to sign (perhaps options of different letterheads), and then send directly to Chwat & Company for delivery. The five different templates and the personalization paragraph would keep the letters looking individual, have the proper information with the proper wording so that each would be correct in form, with proper bill numbers and reasons for supporting or not supporting the bill. This could be a feature of the new website, with each ARRL news story dealing with political issues referencing this letter generator as an option for members to have a more direct role in the political process (with minimal time investment). I do realize that letters that appear to be form letters may be discounted by political officials (although that is what they send us!!). I do not know exactly what goes on in the Senator's offices, but I would guess that an aide counts letters that are for or against an issue, and that number is what is presented to the Senator. It is also possible that the names are cross referenced against a donor list, and those letters are treated differently. Perhaps someone else on this list with more political savvy can weigh in on this. As far as cost, the ARRL IT department could take this on, or perhaps it could be outsourced to an organization that would specialize in this activity. Hopefully, once the generator is produced and it is placed on the website, no further IT work would need to be done. With each bill, the five boiler-plate templates would have to be produced internally. I'm not certain of any further costs. Just a thought-I know I would definitely use it! '73 de JIM N2ZZ ARRL Vice Director Roanoke Division ARRL, the national association for Amateur RadioT -----Original Message----- From: Kay Craigie [mailto:n3kn@verizon.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 8:36 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: RE: Legislative follow-up I've asked Dave to respond to Jim's question about how Chwat is paid. We ask all League members to send their letters via Chwat for in-person delivery, though not all members do so. E-mails sent directly to Senators and Congressmen can get lost among all the other stuff arriving in those offices' inboxes. Because of security screening to ensure that there's nothing nasty like anthrax in the envelope, postal mail letters may be significantly delayed in reaching their destinations. Chwat's people hand-carry the letters to the offices of the Senators and Congressmen, thereby getting somebody's attention and avoiding the security queue. Several Board people have already written their Senators, and thank you for that. It makes a stronger case for action on the part of League members when we can say we've already done our own bit. One Board person plans to set up a laptop computer at a hamfest he's attending this weekend so members can produce letters to their Senators about S. 2881 on the spot. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:18677] Re:RE: RE: RE: RE: EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally
by Joyce Birmingham 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Thank you for the update. Joyce KA2ANF -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 5:34 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18676] Re:RE: RE: RE: EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally Tnx Rick -- I should have thought to mention that. Dave ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- From: k5ur(a)aol.com [mailto:k5ur@aol.com] Sent: Sat 3/6/2010 7:18 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18674] Re: RE: RE: EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally Just a friendly reminder.... The employment process is still underway, so please keep the information Dave presented confidential within the Board. Thanks. 73, Rick - K5UR -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner(a)arrl.org> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Sat, Mar 6, 2010 8:36 am Subject: [arrl-odv:18673] RE: [arrl-odv:18672] RE: [arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally Joyce, Harold may be able to provide a more detailed reply, but in a nutshell we received more than 30 applications, have done initial interviews of the top four or five candidates, and will be doing second interviews of a couple of them beginning next week. Dave K1ZZ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- From: Joyce Birmingham [mailto:joyce@sabbi-us.com] Sent: Sat 3/6/2010 1:44 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18672] RE: [arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally Since we are now in March, has there been any decision regarding the hiring of an Emergency Preparedness & Response Manager? Has there been a response yet to the open call for resumes to fill this position? If so, how many? Joyce KA2ANF ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio Joyce A. Birmingham, KA2ANF ARRL Vice Director - Hudson Division 235 Van Emburgh Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450-2918 201-445-5924 ka2anf(a)arrl.net -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 4:28 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally 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 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Telephone: 860 594 0220 email: hkramer(a)arrl.org web: www.arrl.org/

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[arrl-odv:18676] Re:RE: RE: RE: EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Tnx Rick -- I should have thought to mention that. Dave ________________________________ From: k5ur(a)aol.com [mailto:k5ur@aol.com] Sent: Sat 3/6/2010 7:18 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18674] Re: RE: RE: EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally Just a friendly reminder.... The employment process is still underway, so please keep the information Dave presented confidential within the Board. Thanks. 73, Rick - K5UR -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner(a)arrl.org> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Sat, Mar 6, 2010 8:36 am Subject: [arrl-odv:18673] RE: [arrl-odv:18672] RE: [arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally Joyce, Harold may be able to provide a more detailed reply, but in a nutshell we received more than 30 applications, have done initial interviews of the top four or five candidates, and will be doing second interviews of a couple of them beginning next week. Dave K1ZZ ________________________________ From: Joyce Birmingham [mailto:joyce@sabbi-us.com <mailto:joyce@sabbi-us.com?> ] Sent: Sat 3/6/2010 1:44 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18672] RE: [arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally Since we are now in March, has there been any decision regarding the hiring of an Emergency Preparedness & Response Manager? Has there been a response yet to the open call for resumes to fill this position? If so, how many? Joyce KA2ANF ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio(tm) Joyce A. Birmingham, KA2ANF ARRL Vice Director - Hudson Division 235 Van Emburgh Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450-2918 201-445-5924 ka2anf(a)arrl.net <mailto:ka2anf@arrl.net> -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org <mailto:wj1b@arrl.org?> ] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 4:28 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally 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:18675] January PSC minutes
by Bruce Frahm 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Attached are minutes of the January meeting of the old, 2009 Programs & Services Committee. Enjoy the DX contest. K0BJ 2009 PSC chair

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[arrl-odv:18674] Re: RE: RE: EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally
by k5ur＠aol.com 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Just a friendly reminder.... The employment process is still underway, so please keep the information Dave presented confidential within the Board. Thanks. 73, Rick - K5UR -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner(a)arrl.org> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Sat, Mar 6, 2010 8:36 am Subject: [arrl-odv:18673] RE: [arrl-odv:18672] RE: [arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally Joyce, Harold may be able to provide a more detailed reply, but in a nutshell we received more than 30 applications, have done initial interviews of the top four or five candidates, and will be doing second interviews of a couple of them beginning next week. Dave K1ZZ From: Joyce Birmingham [mailto:joyce@sabbi-us.com] Sent: Sat 3/6/2010 1:44 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18672] RE: [arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally Since we are now in March, has there been any decision regarding the hiring of an Emergency Preparedness & Response Manager? Has there been a response yet to the open call for resumes to fill this position? If so, how many? Joyce KA2ANF ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™ Joyce A. Birmingham, KA2ANF ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™ Joyce A. Birmingham, KA2ANF ARRL Vice Director - Hudson Division 235 Van Emburgh Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450-2918 201-445-5924 ka2anf(a)arrl.net Ridgewood, NJ 07450-2918 201-445-5924 ka2anf(a)arrl.net -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 4:28 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally 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™ 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Telephone: 860 594 0220 email: hkramer(a)arrl.org web: www.arrl.org/

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[arrl-odv:18673] RE: [arrl-odv:18672] RE: [arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Joyce, Harold may be able to provide a more detailed reply, but in a nutshell we received more than 30 applications, have done initial interviews of the top four or five candidates, and will be doing second interviews of a couple of them beginning next week. Dave K1ZZ ________________________________ From: Joyce Birmingham [mailto:joyce@sabbi-us.com] Sent: Sat 3/6/2010 1:44 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18672] RE: [arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally Since we are now in March, has there been any decision regarding the hiring of an Emergency Preparedness & Response Manager? Has there been a response yet to the open call for resumes to fill this position? If so, how many? Joyce KA2ANF ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio(tm) Joyce A. Birmingham, KA2ANF ARRL Vice Director - Hudson Division 235 Van Emburgh Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450-2918 201-445-5924 ka2anf(a)arrl.net <mailto:ka2anf@arrl.net> -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 4:28 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally 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:18672] RE: [arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally
by Joyce Birmingham 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Since we are now in March, has there been any decision regarding the hiring of an Emergency Preparedness & Response Manager? Has there been a response yet to the open call for resumes to fill this position? If so, how many? Joyce KA2ANF ARRL - The national association for Amateur RadioT Joyce A. Birmingham, KA2ANF ARRL Vice Director - Hudson Division 235 Van Emburgh Avenue Ridgewood, NJ 07450-2918 201-445-5924 ka2anf(a)arrl.net -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 4:28 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18342] EPR Manager Job Description Posted Internally 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 RadioT 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Telephone: 860 594 0220 email: hkramer(a)arrl.org web: www.arrl.org/

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