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

RE: [arrl-odv:18952] Time-senssitive Announcement for Radio Clubs
by Jim Weaver K8JE 03 May '10

03 May '10

Marty, Tnx. Its both time-sensitive and timely. My e-letter to the troops goes out in a day or two. 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: Marty Woll [mailto:n6vi@socal.rr.com] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:34 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18952] Time-senssitive Announcement for Radio Clubs Hi, all. Many clubs are facing an IRS "time bomb" that goes off May 15 if they have not met the filing requirements that became mandatory three years ago. I have drafted the attached announcement, which has been sent out in a special edition of our Southwestern Division e-mail newsletter. You might want to consider a similar announcement to your respective divisions, and perhaps Norm Fusaro, to whom I'm sending this separately, can include it in an Affiliated Club Newsletter and/or on the ARRL Web site. If it saves clubs from losing their tax-exempt status, it will be well worth the effort, and ARRL will get the credit for having helped them avert an unfortunate situation. Also attached is a New York Times article on the same subject. Contact me if you have any questions. 73, Marty (CPA, retired) Marty Woll N6VI Vice-Director, ARRL Southwestern Division Ass't DEC, ARESLAX BCUL 15 & Training Officer, LAFD ACS CERT III No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2849 - Release Date: 05/02/10 14:27:00

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[arrl-odv:18956] Police: San Jacinto woman arrested after making threats on police radio
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 03 May '10

03 May '10

This story doesn't seem to have made the mainstream news yet but it probably will. Unfortunately, she is KJ6CEY (and fortunately, not a member). Allen Pitts will try to handle the media fallout. Dave Police: San Jacinto woman arrested after making threats on police radio <http://shar.es/mGoZi> Source: swrnn.com

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[arrl-odv:18955] Division survey results
by Brian Mileshosky 03 May '10

03 May '10

All -- The Rocky Mountain Division conducted a month-long, web-based survey in which all members were invited to share some information about themselves, and share their thoughts on various topics. The results of the survey have been compiled and put into presentation format. I welcome you to take a look at them if interested. Visit http://www.rockymountaindivision.org/survey/survey_results_2010.pdf Note that there are 3 other PDFs containing raw responses to questions linked to the document above, found in the final pages of the presentation. Dave/Harold, I welcome you to distribute this to ARRL staff who might find any particular result as a helpful datapoint. One question Dwayne and I asked -- but didn't publish the responses of -- was why people did NOT use LOTW. I'll forward those responses to you separately (or to ODV if anyone here wants it, too). There's some common responses that seem to identify opportunities to better market LOTW, why one should use it, what it's meant for, etc. Anyway, the survey was fun to offer (we last did it in 2007). It gives Dwayne and I a better understanding of the cross section of who we represent, and gives the membership some satisfaction that their leadership is interested their thoughts. 73, Brian N5ZGT ARRL Director, Rocky Mountain Division On the web at www.RockyMountainDivision.org

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[arrl-odv:18954] Re: RE: Time-senssitive Announcement for Radio Clubs
by Brian Mileshosky 03 May '10

03 May '10

Just sent it out as part of my monthly Division-wide email update. Thanks for the heads up, Marty. 73, Brian N5ZGT On Mon, 3 May 2010, Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ wrote: > Thanks, Marty. We've put a story on the Web news crawl. > > > > The online Form 990-N (which is all that most tax-exempt radio clubs > will have to file) is pretty straightforward as long as the person > filling it out has the organization's Employer Identification Number. > > > > Dave K1ZZ > > > > From: Marty Woll [mailto:n6vi@socal.rr.com] > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:34 AM > To: arrl-odv > Subject: [arrl-odv:18952] Time-senssitive Announcement for Radio Clubs > > > > Hi, all. > > > > Many clubs are facing an IRS "time bomb" that goes off May 15 if they > have not met the filing requirements that became mandatory three years > ago. I have drafted the attached announcement, which has been sent out > in a special edition of our Southwestern Division e-mail newsletter. > You might want to consider a similar announcement to your respective > divisions, and perhaps Norm Fusaro, to whom I'm sending this separately, > can include it in an Affiliated Club Newsletter and/or on the ARRL Web > site. If it saves clubs from losing their tax-exempt status, it will be > well worth the effort, and ARRL will get the credit for having helped > them avert an unfortunate situation. > > > > Also attached is a New York Times article on the same subject. > > > > Contact me if you have any questions. > > > > 73, > > > > Marty (CPA, retired) > > > > Marty Woll N6VI > Vice-Director, ARRL Southwestern Division > Ass't DEC, ARESLAX > BCUL 15 & Training Officer, LAFD ACS > CERT III > > ARRL Director, Rocky Mountain Division On the web at www.RockyMountainDivision.org

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[arrl-odv:18953] RE: [arrl-odv:18952] Time-senssitive Announcement for Radio Clubs
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 03 May '10

03 May '10

Thanks, Marty. We've put a story on the Web news crawl. The online Form 990-N (which is all that most tax-exempt radio clubs will have to file) is pretty straightforward as long as the person filling it out has the organization's Employer Identification Number. Dave K1ZZ From: Marty Woll [mailto:n6vi@socal.rr.com] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 1:34 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:18952] Time-senssitive Announcement for Radio Clubs Hi, all. Many clubs are facing an IRS "time bomb" that goes off May 15 if they have not met the filing requirements that became mandatory three years ago. I have drafted the attached announcement, which has been sent out in a special edition of our Southwestern Division e-mail newsletter. You might want to consider a similar announcement to your respective divisions, and perhaps Norm Fusaro, to whom I'm sending this separately, can include it in an Affiliated Club Newsletter and/or on the ARRL Web site. If it saves clubs from losing their tax-exempt status, it will be well worth the effort, and ARRL will get the credit for having helped them avert an unfortunate situation. Also attached is a New York Times article on the same subject. Contact me if you have any questions. 73, Marty (CPA, retired) Marty Woll N6VI Vice-Director, ARRL Southwestern Division Ass't DEC, ARESLAX BCUL 15 & Training Officer, LAFD ACS CERT III

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[arrl-odv:18952] Time-senssitive Announcement for Radio Clubs
by Marty Woll 03 May '10

03 May '10

Hi, all. Many clubs are facing an IRS "time bomb" that goes off May 15 if they have not met the filing requirements that became mandatory three years ago. I have drafted the attached announcement, which has been sent out in a special edition of our Southwestern Division e-mail newsletter. You might want to consider a similar announcement to your respective divisions, and perhaps Norm Fusaro, to whom I'm sending this separately, can include it in an Affiliated Club Newsletter and/or on the ARRL Web site. If it saves clubs from losing their tax-exempt status, it will be well worth the effort, and ARRL will get the credit for having helped them avert an unfortunate situation. Also attached is a New York Times article on the same subject. Contact me if you have any questions. 73, Marty (CPA, retired) Marty Woll N6VI Vice-Director, ARRL Southwestern Division Ass't DEC, ARESLAX BCUL 15 & Training Officer, LAFD ACS CERT III

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