May 2010 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:18989] Re: Village vs 10 year old ham
by Marty Woll 14 May '10

14 May '10

Before we get too worked up about this, it's my understanding that the parents are both hams and put up the tower either without a permit or outside the terms of the permit before their son became involved in Amateur Radio. The mother saw my announcement about the Amateur Radio Antenna Defense Foundation and wrote be asking for help. I replied wth a series of questions and suggestions, including having them contact their SM and providing a link to the volunter counsel list for that area. I never heard back from her. 73, Marty N6VI ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Vallio To: arrl-odv Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 9:20 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:18988] Re: Village vs 10 year old ham I think we should send Chris there, with his bagpipes! :>) Seriously, this does merit our immediate attention. Bob Vallio -- W6RGG On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Brian Mileshosky <n5zgt(a)swcp.com> wrote: FYI... http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-100420-ham-radio-kid,0,2614389.story This was reported on 20 April with a followup county meeting the following day. Not sure about the outcome of that meeting but, if this is still an open issue, this would be a heck of a good cause for ARRL to get involved in, even if no funds are involved in to some extent. 73, Brian N5ZGT ARRL Director, Rocky Mountain Division On the web at www.RockyMountainDivision.org

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[arrl-odv:18988] Re: Village vs 10 year old ham
by Bob Vallio 14 May '10

14 May '10

I think we should send Chris there, with his bagpipes! :>) Seriously, this does merit our immediate attention. Bob Vallio -- W6RGG On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Brian Mileshosky <n5zgt(a)swcp.com> wrote: > FYI... > > http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-100420-ham-radio-kid,0,2614389.story > > This was reported on 20 April with a followup county meeting the following > day. Not sure about the outcome of that meeting but, if this is still an > open issue, this would be a heck of a good cause for ARRL to get involved > in, even if no funds are involved in to some extent. > > 73, > Brian N5ZGT > ARRL Director, Rocky Mountain Division > On the web at www.RockyMountainDivision.org > >

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[arrl-odv:18987] Village vs 10 year old ham
by Brian Mileshosky 14 May '10

14 May '10

FYI... http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-100420-ham-radio-kid,0,2614389.story This was reported on 20 April with a followup county meeting the following day. Not sure about the outcome of that meeting but, if this is still an open issue, this would be a heck of a good cause for ARRL to get involved in, even if no funds are involved in to some extent. 73, Brian N5ZGT ARRL Director, Rocky Mountain Division On the web at www.RockyMountainDivision.org

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RE: [arrl-odv:18985] RE: [arrl-odv:18983] RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List
by Jim Weaver K8JE 14 May '10

14 May '10

FB, Dave. CU at 8 AM. Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national organization for AMATEUR RADIO _____ From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 9:52 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Kim Mitola; Brent Robertson; Daniel Rynaski; Ryan Rose Subject: [arrl-odv:18985] RE: [arrl-odv:18983] RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List Yes, definitely, Jim. I don't know why it wasn't on Harold punch list but it's understood that the function needs to be restored. The old site is not being updated so it has a limited useful life. I don't think it is possible to make it available outside the building. Dave K1ZZ/8 in Dayton _____ From: Jim Weaver K8JE [mailto:K8JE@ARRL.org] Sent: Thu 5/13/2010 11:34 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: 'Kim Mitola'; 'Brent Robertson'; 'Daniel Rynaski'; 'Ryan Rose' Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:18983] RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List Dave, Id guess this leaves me to ask the next question: Is the Grassroots/Legislative Action page planned to be added to the new web site? I do not see it on the revised Punch list. What is the time estimate for completing the new site? I realize there are trade-offs in everything, including when to activate the new site and deactivate the old; however, the longer it is taking to put things onto the new site the more I miss the old site -- unsophisticated as it was. Can the old site be made available to ODV? ODV and SMs? Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national organization for AMATEUR RADIO _____ From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 7:26 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: Kim Mitola; Brent Robertson; Daniel Rynaski; Ryan Rose Subject: [arrl-odv:18983] RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List No, Bill. Dave _____ From: Bill Edgar [mailto:n3llr@earthlink.net] Sent: Thu 5/13/2010 5:53 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: 'Kim Mitola'; 'Brent Robertson'; 'Daniel Rynaski'; 'Ryan Rose' Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List Harold, Have we completed the Grassroots / Legislative Action section? - Bill N3LLR From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:23 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Kim Mitola; Brent Robertson; Daniel Rynaski; Ryan Rose Subject: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List Hi, As requested, I am attaching the current Web punch list/updates document. I am also sending a shorter version, mostly with the status of the SM part of the site, to the SM List for their information. I am leaving for Dayton tomorrow morning. I hope to see many of you there. 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: <mailto:hkramer@arrl.org> hkramer(a)arrl.org web: <http://www.arrl.org/> www.arrl.org/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2870 - Release Date: 05/12/10 14:26:00 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2872 - Release Date: 05/13/10 14:26:00

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[arrl-odv:18985] RE: [arrl-odv:18983] RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 14 May '10

14 May '10

Yes, definitely, Jim. I don't know why it wasn't on Harold punch list but it's understood that the function needs to be restored. The old site is not being updated so it has a limited useful life. I don't think it is possible to make it available outside the building. Dave K1ZZ/8 in Dayton ________________________________ From: Jim Weaver K8JE [mailto:K8JE@ARRL.org] Sent: Thu 5/13/2010 11:34 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: 'Kim Mitola'; 'Brent Robertson'; 'Daniel Rynaski'; 'Ryan Rose' Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:18983] RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List Dave, Id guess this leaves me to ask the next question: Is the Grassroots/Legislative Action page planned to be added to the new web site? I do not see it on the revised Punch list. What is the time estimate for completing the new site? I realize there are trade-offs in everything, including when to activate the new site and deactivate the old; however, the longer it is taking to put things onto the new site the more I miss the old site -- unsophisticated as it was. Can the old site be made available to ODV? ODV and SMs? Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national organization for AMATEUR RADIO ________________________________ From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 7:26 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: Kim Mitola; Brent Robertson; Daniel Rynaski; Ryan Rose Subject: [arrl-odv:18983] RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List No, Bill. Dave ________________________________ From: Bill Edgar [mailto:n3llr@earthlink.net] Sent: Thu 5/13/2010 5:53 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: 'Kim Mitola'; 'Brent Robertson'; 'Daniel Rynaski'; 'Ryan Rose' Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List Harold, Have we completed the Grassroots / Legislative Action section? - Bill N3LLR From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:23 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Kim Mitola; Brent Robertson; Daniel Rynaski; Ryan Rose Subject: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List Hi, As requested, I am attaching the current Web punch list/updates document. I am also sending a shorter version, mostly with the status of the SM part of the site, to the SM List for their information. I am leaving for Dayton tomorrow morning. I hope to see many of you there. 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/> No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2870 - Release Date: 05/12/10 14:26:00

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RE: [arrl-odv:18983] RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List
by Jim Weaver K8JE 13 May '10

13 May '10

Dave, Id guess this leaves me to ask the next question: Is the Grassroots/Legislative Action page planned to be added to the new web site? I do not see it on the revised Punch list. What is the time estimate for completing the new site? I realize there are trade-offs in everything, including when to activate the new site and deactivate the old; however, the longer it is taking to put things onto the new site the more I miss the old site -- unsophisticated as it was. Can the old site be made available to ODV? ODV and SMs? Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director ARRL Great Lakes Division 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040; Tel. 513-459-1661 ARRL, The national organization for AMATEUR RADIO _____ From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 7:26 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: Kim Mitola; Brent Robertson; Daniel Rynaski; Ryan Rose Subject: [arrl-odv:18983] RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List No, Bill. Dave _____ From: Bill Edgar [mailto:n3llr@earthlink.net] Sent: Thu 5/13/2010 5:53 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: 'Kim Mitola'; 'Brent Robertson'; 'Daniel Rynaski'; 'Ryan Rose' Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List Harold, Have we completed the Grassroots / Legislative Action section? - Bill N3LLR From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:23 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Kim Mitola; Brent Robertson; Daniel Rynaski; Ryan Rose Subject: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List Hi, As requested, I am attaching the current Web punch list/updates document. I am also sending a shorter version, mostly with the status of the SM part of the site, to the SM List for their information. I am leaving for Dayton tomorrow morning. I hope to see many of you there. 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: <mailto:hkramer@arrl.org> hkramer(a)arrl.org web: <http://www.arrl.org/> www.arrl.org/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2870 - Release Date: 05/12/10 14:26:00

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[arrl-odv:18983] RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 13 May '10

13 May '10

No, Bill. Dave ________________________________ From: Bill Edgar [mailto:n3llr@earthlink.net] Sent: Thu 5/13/2010 5:53 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: 'Kim Mitola'; 'Brent Robertson'; 'Daniel Rynaski'; 'Ryan Rose' Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List Harold, Have we completed the Grassroots / Legislative Action section? - Bill N3LLR From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:23 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Kim Mitola; Brent Robertson; Daniel Rynaski; Ryan Rose Subject: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List Hi, As requested, I am attaching the current Web punch list/updates document. I am also sending a shorter version, mostly with the status of the SM part of the site, to the SM List for their information. I am leaving for Dayton tomorrow morning. I hope to see many of you there. 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:18982] RE: [arrl-odv:18978] RE: Updated Web Punch List
by Price, Brennan, N4QX 13 May '10

13 May '10

I trust Harold will be OK with me converting the punch list to Word 2003 format and forwarding. It is attached. 73 de Brennan HB9/N4QX ________________________________ From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Wed 5/12/2010 8:16 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Kim Mitola; Brent Robertson; Daniel Rynaski; Ryan Rose Subject: [arrl-odv:18978] RE: Updated Web Punch List Hi, I understand that some of you cannot open the attachment with the punch list file. I am not sure what happened. It is a Word 2007 document and I have sent them many times before. I am writing this from home and, therefore, I cannot try resending the file since it is on my office machine and I am leaving for Dayton early tomorrow. I will have to resend the complete file when I return. In the meantime, here is the abbreviated version that I pasted into an email and sent to the SM list earlier in the day. Sorry for the confusion. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington , CT 06111 860 594 0220 www.arrl.org ________________________________ From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B Sent: Wed 5/12/2010 4:43 PM To: smlist Cc: Glass, Katie; Pitts, Allen W1AGP; 'Mike Corey' Subject: Web Update May 12th To: SMs As requested, here is my current punch list. I have tried to be accurate with my information and I have included information that would be of interest to Section Managers. Along with the major issues below, we have made hundreds of content changes, corrections and additions since launch. Having content control over the non-data related pages has been great. Katie Glass and the rest of the team will continue to work with many of you directly on further fixes and suggestions But, wow, there are a lot of applications and pieces of content that some of us never realized, remembered or knew about that were on our old Web site! This process is also providing us with an opportunity to "normalize" our data across the organization and improve our internal data structure and integrity. Jon Bloom is better able to speak to this issue than I am. Also, this week, Jon is on a well deserved vacation that he scheduled months ago. I usually run these reports by him in advance to make sure that I have not made any technical errors, so any errors in this summary are mine alone. Please do not redistribute or post this document or portions of it. This is for your information that I hope will be useful in answering questions from your volunteers and members. I am heading to Dayton tomorrow so I hope to see many of you there. Overall: 1. Permissions - The issues with permissions changing should now be finally fixed. We can now permit an SM's designee access to edit their SM's page, if specifically requested by the SM. Please send an email to Katie to implement this. 2. The Google Search has been activated and working much better than the temporary search that was originally installed. 3. The inconsistent results on some of the internal searches (5 digit versus 9 digit zip code) has been corrected. 4. The Log In/Log Out issue is resolved. You no longer have to repeatedly log in. Section Managers 1. A link to the "[Name of Section] News" is now displayed the individual member's Home Page . 2. The Section Alert function has now been restored. There is a special editor in the SM edit section that will permit an SM to issue an alert message that will show on the home page under the Section News. The alert itself will display on the top of the Section News page. SMs: please check that this is working for you. 3. We are still working on the best way to display multiple appointments in the Field Organization data base. 4. The Certificate Maker is on the list but still not restored. 5. We are going to restore printing and data output functions in the next few weeks. Clubs: 1. "Special Service Club" identification has been restored. 2. Club's addresses have been restored to the map and will also appear in the search text. 3. The search functionality has been improved. 4. We will be restoring the following in the next ten business days: a. Club Web Site URL b. Better editing functions for Club officers c. Improvements in the backend administrative tool. 5. In the longer term, we will be working to restore more of the club related data print outs. DXCC and Awards: (ARRL internal functionality) 1. DXCC pending applications has been restored and up to date 1. DXCC standings has been restored and are up to date 2. Awards Manager Database displayed but not updating from earlier in the year. 3. HF and VHF Card Checkers Database displayed but not updating from earlier in the year 4. A-1 Ops Database but not updating from earlier in the year (Note: The new Web site is generating more activity in these awards areas since the information is now easier to find) Education Services: 1. The Licensing Class registration portion is mostly completed. 2. Addresses for licensing classes were restored this week. 3. The data errors that were present at launched have been fixed. 4. The "Additional Information" field will be added back in by the end of next week. 5. Similar to VEC, there are still some mapping errors related to our internal data that are being investigated. 6. There is some work to do in the backend including refining the delete/edit functionality and finalizing the permissions. 7. There is still internal work to accomplish on the Continuing Education courses and functionality. 8. The advanced EmComm course is up and running. (Thanks to the SMs for their cooperation in approving the first applicants) 9. There are a few remaining issues with Instructor Registration, some policy related. Hamfests: 1. The Hamfest portion of the Web site is substantially completed. There are one or two bugs that need to be worked out that occur in some particular instances. Lab and QST Archive 1. The QST archive is not delivering the articles that have a special URL in the archive database. Either the files all need to be moved from the old site to the new, with the same URL This is a big job so we are trying to determine how to automate it. If not , we will manually move them. 2. We need to restore editing capability to the QST database that causes it not to deliver the full article Special Events: The following changes will be made by Fathom within the next ten business days: 1. The "Time" fields will display say "UTC" on Web page - 2. We are adding/deleting/moving fields as recommended by Matey 3. The Google Maps will be removed from Special Events 4. The Search Results page is being updated and improved Volunteer Exam Coordinator 1. The VEC portion of the Web site is substantially completed. a. The second line of the FCC address data has been restored; b. the FRN errors have been fixed; c. and the "No Walk-Ins allowed" message has also been fixed. 2. There is some internal ARRL data that still needs connecting including session counts. 3. There are still some mapping areas, across the site, probably related to errors in ARRL's internal data system. Jon Bloom and staff are investigating these errors. You can always contact Steve Ewald, Katie Glass or me on these issues. 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:18981] Fwd: New ARRL web site complaints
by Bob Vallio 13 May '10

13 May '10

This was sent to me by an IS professional. I believe his concerns have merit, and that we really should consider backing out of this new product, returning to the previous product, and not going back to the new one until it is worthy of offering to our members. He's probably right about it taking a year or longer to get it right. I believe that the longer we wait to "fix" it, the longer it will take. Please give it a good read. Bob -- W6RGG ------------------------------------- "I do not like the new ARRL web site. There are many things about the site that I don’t like 1. Failure to use the full width of the monitor. Large blue bands/margins on the left and right side of the page waste available space and the information is squeezed in the middle of the page. 2. Left and right side bars of links compound the problem. 3. Consequently the usable page is tall and narrow, and an unnatural fit to most computer displays, hence you have to scroll up and down to find anything. 4. Low readability caused by using font sizes that are too small and font colors that have low contrast. Fonts should be black on white – never pastel blue, the worst color. 5. The site is hard to navigate, and the navigation is very unintuitive – much like trying to operate an AOR radio when you are used to an ICOM. Too many drill-down menus. 6. The periodicals search function, which is not easy to find, the search entry boxes are off-screen. You have to scroll down to find them. They should be front and center on top. 7. Periodical search returns only 8 results per page in a narrow column. With the old web site presented search results in a better format – 25 results per page in a table with one line per result and black letters on a white background. The new presentation is really terrible. You have to page through a dozen or more pages to see all of the titles. 8. Boring colors, lackluster appearance. The old web site had nice bright colors – yellows, reds, blues, black. The new web site is mostly shades of blue. It reminds me of Microsoft Windows style, which is not a compliment. I hope that you as a Pacific Division Director can persuade the League to go back to the old web site until the deficiencies I’ve noted above are corrected. I think the needed changes are major, so I don’t recommend living with the problem. It could take a year or longer to fix all of the problems."

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RE: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List
by Bill Edgar 13 May '10

13 May '10

Harold, Have we completed the Grassroots / Legislative Action section? - Bill N3LLR From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:23 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Kim Mitola; Brent Robertson; Daniel Rynaski; Ryan Rose Subject: [arrl-odv:18977] Updated Web Punch List Hi, As requested, I am attaching the current Web punch list/updates document. I am also sending a shorter version, mostly with the status of the SM part of the site, to the SM List for their information. I am leaving for Dayton tomorrow morning. I hope to see many of you there. 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: <mailto:hkramer@arrl.org> hkramer(a)arrl.org web: <http://www.arrl.org/> www.arrl.org/

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