June 2010 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:19036] Web Update June 04
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

Hi, Here is my Web update report for this week. I am not sending a formal punch list. Similar to last week's report, I am sending this update as a text email. The reason for this change is that we are no longer using a spreadsheet punch list. We have transitioned to a more formal, web based, bug management system. This is because some of these remaining issues are highly technical and need to be resolved by the IT staff and Fathom. They would make little sense to those of us who are not IT folks. This system also allows easier tracking by providing more comprehensive information about each bug. The first portion of this update is from: Dan Henderson: The Grassroots www.arrl.org/grassroot-members portion of the Web site is now operational on the Web site. ODV should have access to the Grassroots administrative pages, which include the capabilities to obtain member email addresses for approved mailings. We will be contacting the various DLACs, etc, with the direct URL for that part of the site in the next email correspondence with them. The main page for this is at the URL above but it is hidden in the directory tree and only accessible by those with the proper permissions so you must be signed in to use it. The function of determining a member's Congressional representatives is still being worked on and should be completed shortly. Thanks to all who helped get this back up and working and to Kay Craigie for doing the off-site access testing for me. We believe that we have fixed the final bugs on The Field Day locator http://www.arrl.org/field-day-locator/ and that is also now fully operational. Harold: We continue to work on the data transfer accuracy between our internal systems and the Web site particularly with regard to SMs and Clubs. Both areas are being worked on by Fathom and our IT Department. There are a number of areas that still need completion. These include Certificate Generation that I discussed last week and updates to our internal databases that connect to the Web. Two significant improvements have been added to the SM section. SMs can now designate people to edit their Section Pages. This continues a past practice. We have also added the ability to display multiple ARRL appointments for one person. See the screenshot below: Also this week we: * Fixed minor bugs with the Profile and Registration systems * Completed updates to the Contest pages including adding improved backend control systems. We removed the interactive Contest Calendar for the time being. We have a time zone issue with the interactive calendars. Some calendars, like Hamfests and exam sessions, need to be shown in local time while others, like Special Events stations and Contests, need to be show in UTC. We are still trying to resolve this one. * Began additional work on the interface for Distance Learning Courses * Enabled permissions for Registered Instructors * Fixed minor bugs in the Special Events backend management system * Lisa Kustosik updated the Articles of Association By-Laws, the IN-News section of the Web site and the key staff personnel list. * The ARRL Audio News is back. http://www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news * Many other content and functionality improvements are occurring daily. This will be an ongoing process. Please let me know if you have any questions. Finally, I will be visiting MFJ in Mississippi the beginning of next week, returning to HQ on Thursday. I'll be checking my email when I have time and Internet Access. 73, Harold Harold Kramer Chief Operating Officer ARRL -the national association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 (860 594 -0220

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[arrl-odv:19035] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

<<060210.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 33, No. 22 June 2, 2010 -- Covers the period May 23-29. Upcoming Meetings and Events Programs & Services Committee: July 15, 2010 @ 8:30am - ARRL HQ Administration & Finance Committee: July 15, 2010 @ 8:30am - ARRL HQ Second Board Meeting: July 16-17, 2010 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT Media & Public Relations Reported by Allen Pitts, W1AGP Despite being on vacation last week, several projects continued. Additional graphics were supplied to Sue for the annual report which should be ready for print by the end of this week , individual letters went out encouraging the 475 PIOs and 55 PIC's to be active in Field Day promotions, the Media Hits pages of the new Web site were updated, and the 2010 McGan nomination submissions were duplicated and sent to each member of the PRC. Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH Work continues on a new Spectrum Defense Fund approach using a newsletter format - The ARRL Spectrum Defense Update - to communicate regularly with ARRL donor and members regarding issues related to the protection of Amateur Radio frequencies. The first issue is scheduled to be ready for mail and electronic distribution the first week in July. Gross revenues for the ARRL Diamond Club reached $149,709 through April 30. The Diamond Club program is seeing increases in every measurement from revenues net of membership dues up 74% to the number of pledges (monthly or quarterly installments) up 68.3%, the number of new Diamond Club donors up 69.5%, and the number of renewals up 35%. The average new and renewal contributions are down slightly, which reflects the increased number of installment payments. But the total revenues on the year should continue to be above the 2009 levels. The W1AW Endowment campaign continues to climb. So far the campaign has reach $68, 702 in contributions...$3702 over its $65,000 goal. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE After a hiatus, the ARRL Audio News returned Thursday, May 27. With the advent of the new ARRL Web site, we have had to make some changes in the way the Audio News is presented. For the time being, it will only be available as one mp3 file. You can find the latest ARRL Audio News at www.arrl.org/arrl-audio-news on most Thursdays. Khrystyne Keane wrote and distributed The ARRL Letter and voiced and produced ARRL Audio News for May 27, 2010. Steve Sant Andrea helped provide communications support for the Hole in the Wall camp's Angel Ride Saturday and Sunday. Angel Ride is a bicycle tour that runs from across Connecticut through ARES regions 3, 4 and 5. Besides providing general information about bike flow past his checkpoints, on Sunday 2 meter communications was used to obtain transport for a distressed cyclist who was unable to continue to the end of the race. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R May ended with 156,327 members, a slightly smaller decrease than predicted: actual decrease 134 / predicted decrease 158. Membership is tracking closely to the YTD goal. May product sales were $325,241, exceeding the months sales forecast of $323,956. Direct sales were $208,168; dealer sales were $117,073. Sales at our exhibit in Dayton contributed $68.6k to direct sales in May ($64k in 2009, $58k in 2008, $48k in 2007). May sales were bolstered by the introduction of some new titles: ARRL's PIC Programming for Beginners ($25,397), Storm Spotting and Amateur Radio ($12,606), Remote Operating for Amateur Radio ($7,149), and TravelPlus for Repeaters on CD-ROM ($23.5k). The 2010 Field Day gear (shirts, hats, pins and mugs) contributed $35k in sales this month. The ARRL Field Day Handbook contributed $6.5k. A busy end-of-month for the warehouse! During the last week, the warehouse crew fulfilled 1,408 packages for publication and product orders, 1,330 membership premiums, and QST mailing supplements. Thanks to the mailroom team for their assistance fulfilling membership premiums. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Field Organization/Public Service Team Leona Adams received and acknowledged a petition nominating Roberto Jimenez, KP4AC, to run for Section Manager of Puerto Rico for the next term of office. The deadline to receive nominations for this next term (starting in October) is June 4. Steve Ewald and Leona have been assisting Section Managers with questions about the new ARRL Web site and its resources. Steve has also been working on the Public Service column for August QST. Radio amateurs from Michigan and South Florida have completed their training to become Official Observers during the past week. Region 1 volunteer monitors reported to Headquarters about CODAR interference, and this report was forwarded to our ARRL volunteer monitors. Chuck Skolaut also dealt with an issue on interference to a simplex users group, provided research for an FCC case, answered questions on the FCC petition process, and filled in as an operator at W1AW for a morning code practice session. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List All Staff 7/5 Holiday Leona Adams 6/10pm Vacation `` 6/18 Vacation Bob Allison 6/11-6/13 Tennessee State Convention, Knoxville, TN `` 7/6-7/9 Vacation Margie Bourgoin 5/31-6/8 Vacation Joe Carcia 6/18 Vacation `` 7/2-7/9 Vacation `` 7/16 Vacation `` 7/23 Vacation `` 7/30 Vacation `` 8/9 Vacation Jackie Cornell 6/3-6/14 Vacation Kim Dotolo 6/18 Vacation Trish Feeney 6/14-6/15 Vacation Steve Ford 6/14-6/16 AMP Publishing Conference, Washington, DC `` 6/25 Vacation `` 7/6-7/9 Vacation Scott Gee 8/30-8/31 Vacation Katie Glass 6/28-7/7 Vacation Mike Gruber 6/1-6/4 Vacation `` 6/19-6/26 Vacation `` 8/23-8/27 Vacation Ed Hare 6/4-6/6 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR Dan Henderson 6/22-7/5 Friedrichshafen/Vacation Mary Hobart 6/10-6/13 HamCom, Dallas, TX Amy Hurtado 6/5 Vacation `` 7/14-7/26 Vacation Bob Inderbitzen 6/9-6/12 West Gulf Division Convention, Plano TX `` 6/22-6/30 Friedrichshafen, Germany / Vacation `` 8/23-8/27 Vacation Karen Isakson 6/21 Vacation Joel Kleinman 6/7-6/8 Vacation `` 6/14-6/16 AMP Publishing Conference, Washington, DC Linda Kleinschmidt 6/28-6/29 Vacation Zack Lau 6/17-6/21 Vacation `` 7/12-7/23 Vacation Dave Patton 8/6-8/7 Texas State Convention, Austin, TX Diane Petrilli 5/27-6/4 Vacation `` 8/23-8/27 Vacation Dave Sumner 6/23-6/28 Friedrichshafen, Germany `` 6/29-7/13 Vacation Janice Wytas 6/14-6/18 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:19034] Preliminary Call, Second 2010 Board Meeting
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 02 Jun '10

02 Jun '10

Director's Letter No. 2192-T June 2, 2010 ARRL OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND VICE DIRECTORS: In accordance with Standing Order 19, you are hereby notified that the formal call for the 2010 Second Meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors, July 16-17, 2010, will be mailed on or about June 15. Please note the provisions of Article 9 of the ARRL Articles of Association: These articles may be amended by a three-fourths vote of all Directors, or, provided due notice of the proposed amendment shall have been placed in the mail to each Director at least thirty days in advance, by a two-thirds vote of all Directors. The Board of Directors may from time to time adopt By-Laws not inconsistent with the Articles and applicable statutes. By-Laws may be amended by a three-fourths vote of all Directors, or, provided due notice of the proposed amendment shall be placed in the mail to each Director at least thirty days in advance, by a two-thirds vote of all Directors. Notices shall be sent by First-Class mail or electronic mail to the last known address of each Director. Our meeting will be held at the Hartford/Windsor Airport Marriott, 88 Day Hill Rd., Windsor, CT. A group dinner is scheduled for Thursday evening, July 15. The Board meeting will begin at 9:00 AM Friday and is expected to be completed by dinnertime Saturday. Expenses related to Board Meeting attendance and travel will only be reimbursed for Thursday through Sunday. Should your membership on a committee require you to arrive earlier to attend a meeting of that committee, the additional expenses will be charged to the appropriate committee account. Revised Standing Order 04-1.39 reads: "The Board of Directors authorizes the attendance of Vice Directors at Board meetings. Expenses for attendance will be chargeable to the Board Meeting account." I look forward to seeing you and to our having another productive meeting. Sincere 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary

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[arrl-odv:19033] Rocky Mountain Division Convention
by Kay Craigie 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

The attached document is my trip report about the Rocky Mountain Division Convention held this past weekend. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:19032] Cynthia Rushton, WB3CNJ
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

Officers, Directors and Vice Directors: Because correspondence from Cynthia L. Rushton, WB3CNJ contains references to legal action, any attempts by her to contact ARRL, whether by telephone, email, or otherwise, must be referred to General Counsel Imlay. Do not communicate with Ms. Rushton. She has been instructed to communicate only with Mr. Imlay. David Sumner Chief Executive Officer

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[arrl-odv:19031] Region 2 Band Plan Input
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

In accordance with the procedure and timetable established by IARU Region 2, the Executive Committee has authorized the submission of the attached proposals for amendments to the Region 2 band plans. The proposals were formulated by the ARRL Bandplan Committee after consideration of membership input as described in the committee report. Only the document "ARRL proposals Region 2 band plan.doc" has been submitted to Region 2. The other attachments are for your background information. 73, Dave Sumner, K1ZZ <<region-2-mf-hf-bandplan-e.pdf>> <<Announcement3 ARRL.doc>> <<ARRL proposals Region 2 band plans.doc>> <<HF Bandplan April report to EC.doc>> <<IARU-R2-News-15-I-2010.pdf>>

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[arrl-odv:19030] Re:97.113 - AHA Comments
by Chris Imlay 01 Jun '10

01 Jun '10

Thanks, Jim, for sending those. FCC says informally that they are considering folding the AHA waiver into an order in the 97.113 docket since they are relatively close in time. We coordinated our comments on the AHA waiver with AHA's attorneys; this is not entirely the level of support for the Board's position that we were hoping for from AHA, but it is probably close enough. 73, Chris W3KD Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret, Imlay & Tepper. P.C. 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD(a)ARRL.ORG -----Original Message----- From: James F. Boehner MD <jboehner01(a)yahoo.com> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Sat, May 29, 2010 11:20 am Subject: 97.113 - AHA Comments Thought this would be good information. The AHA references our comments on page 11. '73 de JIM N2ZZ ARRL Vice Director Roanoke Division ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio™

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