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[arrl-odv:19210] Re: Draft Board Minutes
by G.P. Widin 24 Jul '10

24 Jul '10

With one exception, the Minutes seem complete. Though it is minor omission, Minute 32 neglects to mention that a vote was taken . -- 73, Greg, KØGW Director, Dakota Division ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Sumner, K1ZZ" <dsumner(a)arrl.org> To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:05:38 PM Subject: [arrl-odv:19206] Draft Board Minutes Draft Board Minutes Here are draft minutes of last week ’ s Board meeting. I acknowledge the assistance of Dan Henderson, N1ND in preparing the first draft. The se minutes may be shorter than you expected. Robert ’ s Rules provides that withdrawn motions are not included in the minutes. I have followed that provision, although I did have to note Saturday morning ’ s discussion of a motion that ultimately was withdrawn in order to explain what we were doing between reconvening at 9:00 AM and the first break. If you would like your name rendered differently or you have suggested co r rections, additions or del etions, please let me know. 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary <<2010 July BOD minutes draft 2.doc>>

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[arrl-odv:19209] Re: Draft Board Minutes
by Bob Vallio 24 Jul '10

24 Jul '10

Other than as noted by Mr. Isely, the draft minutes appear to be in order. Bob Vallio, W6RGG On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner(a)arrl.org>wrote: > Here are draft minutes of last week’s Board meeting. I acknowledge the > assistance of Dan Henderson, N1ND in preparing the first draft. > > These minutes may be shorter than you expected. Robert’s Rules provides > that withdrawn motions are not included in the minutes. I have followed > that provision, although I did have to note Saturday morning’s discussion of > a motion that ultimately was withdrawn in order to explain what we were > doing between reconvening at 9:00 AM and the first break. > > If you would like your name rendered differently or you have suggested corrections, > additions or deletions, please let me know. > > 73, > > David Sumner, K1ZZ > > Secretary > > <<2010 July BOD minutes draft 2.doc>> >

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[arrl-odv:19208] Re:Draft Board Mintues
by dick＠pobox.com 24 Jul '10

24 Jul '10

23 JUL 2010 - 2090 CDT It appears there is a word missing from the second line of Minute 35 of the July 2010 draft board meeting minutes. I suggest the word "discuss" be inserted between the words "to" and "certain" ...Committee of the Whole to [discuss] certain personnel matters... - Dick Isely, W9GIG

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[arrl-odv:19207] FW: DXCC Rule Addition
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 23 Jul '10

23 Jul '10

Dave Patton asked me to forward this to the ODV list. 73, Harold From: Patton, David NN1N Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 3:03 PM To: dxac-i Subject: DXCC Rule Addition Hello DXAC members. Coy has asked me to post some information about how we, with respect to DXCC, intend to handle the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October, 2010. This information is private for the DXAC at this time. The ham media and DX bulletins have been publishing updates on the situation over the last couple of years. These stories have been accurate, and I think the speculation on the final outcome has been correct also - so this change is not a surprise to most DXers. We have been following this political development since 2006 along with well-connected hams in the Netherlands. The dissolution of the Antilles and subsequent independence of St. Maarten and Curacao is a near certainty. These islands will be treated similarly to Aruba as separate, independent nations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The other islands of the Antilles, Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius, will each become a municipality of the Netherlands. In so doing, they also will qualify as two separate DXCC entities: (1) Bonaire; and (2) Saba and St. Eustatius. There was a slight hitch, however, in the DXCC rules when it came to considering the addition of these four entities to the List. The DXCC 2000 committee created DXCC rules that have proven to satisfy and solidify the running of the DXCC program and remove some of the ambiguity and uncertainties of the past. But it was impossible to foresee all possibilities with respect to politics and in how DXing might change, including the use of a system such as Logbook of the World, in which confirmations can be made in near-real time. Under the DXCC List Criteria, and Political Entities, Rule 1, the newly independent Curacao and St. Maarten would each be added to the DXCC list at such time when either rule 1(a) the island(s) become UN member states; or 1(b) a prefix block is assigned to the island(s) by ITU. At the same time, because the old entity of the Netherland Antilles will be dissolved, the status of the other islands will change and they would eventually qualify under rule 1(c) when they appear on the U.S. Department of State's list of "Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty," and/or Rule 2(b)(ii) as municipalities of Netherlands. In any of these scenarios, on 10 October it is unlikely that UN membership will occur, or a prefix will be assigned by ITU, nor is it likely that the islands will appear separately on the Department of State list at 12:01 AM local time when many operations are scheduled to be active. As there is no international controversy over these political changes, and whereas we know ahead of time what will happen as well as what we need to do, there is a general consensus that the DXCC program needs a "common sense" rule that allows additions to the List in situations such as this. At its Board meeting over 16/17 July, 2010, the Programs and Services Committee approved a new rule - Rule 1(d) that will solve the above described problem: 1(d) If a UN member nation (which is also a political or parent entity for DXCC purposes) grants independence to any part(s) of its territory, the newly independent entity or entities may be added to the DXCC list with the granted date of independence as the Event Date, provided that as of that date the Awards Committee has received no evidence that the entity may not qualify under either rule 1 (a), 1 (b) or 1 (c). In the coming days we will publish the above information as a plan of action with the caveat that something unexpected and extraordinary might happen that changes the status of these islands in such a way as to prevent us from adding these four entities as planned on 10 October, 2010. Extraordinary things are truly not expected to occur, and sources close to the Netherlands government have given assurance that the status changes are 100 percent certain to occur on 10 October. We do not know yet how licensing will be addressed by the new island governments, or of the status of CEPT participation for Curacao and St. Maarten. Operationally, at 12:01 AM local on 10 October, 2010, we plan to delete the two Netherland Antilles DXCC entities, and add four new entities (1) Curacao; (2) St. Maarten; (3) Saba and St. Eustatius; and (4) Bonaire. The event date will be 10 October, 2010. These entities will be immediately available to participants in the DXCC program as most of the known operations from these islands intend to use LoTW. The overall total for current entities will rise to 340 through the subtraction of two, and addition of four. Over the last three months of 2010 we will strive to update all records and reporting systems at HQ. The Honor Roll qualification level will rise to 331 entities for new applicants. The Annual List for 2010 will include the new entities. Dave Patton, NN1N, and Greg Widin, KØGW, for HQ and the PSC.

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[arrl-odv:19206] Draft Board Minutes
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 23 Jul '10

23 Jul '10

Here are draft minutes of last week's Board meeting. I acknowledge the assistance of Dan Henderson, N1ND in preparing the first draft. These minutes may be shorter than you expected. Robert's Rules provides that withdrawn motions are not included in the minutes. I have followed that provision, although I did have to note Saturday morning's discussion of a motion that ultimately was withdrawn in order to explain what we were doing between reconvening at 9:00 AM and the first break. If you would like your name rendered differently or you have suggested corrections, additions or deletions, please let me know. 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary <<2010 July BOD minutes draft 2.doc>>

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[arrl-odv:19205] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 23 Jul '10

23 Jul '10

<<072110.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 33, No. 29 July 21, 2010 -- Covers the period July11-17. Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH Development participated in the recent Administration & Finance Committee meeting and the 2-day ARRL Board Meeting. Thanks for Margie Bourgoin and Maryann Macdonald for the support they provided in preparing materials for the Board meeting. First returns to the recent Spectrum Defense mailing came in July 15. After four days of returns we have received 95 contributions totaling $8,121. So far we have 11 requests for electronic delivery of future issues of the Spectrum Defense Matters (SDM) newsletter. The newsletter has been posted in the Spectrum Defense area of the website and the week of July 25 an email with a link to the newsletter will be sent to members accepting information from ARRL. The next issue of SDM is scheduled for September delivery. The mailing for the Education & Technology Fund is expected to mail to 75,000 donors and members the last week in August to reach mailboxes the first week in September. A second mailing to current and lapsed Diamond Club donors will be sent to arrive the first week in October. It will mirror the successful mailing in Feb 2010 and encourage donors to renew their support by using the automatic monthly or quarterly giving option. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE The September 2010 issue of QST was released to the printer July 20. Khrystyne Keane wrote and distributed The ARRL Letter and voiced and produced ARRL Audio News for July 15, 2010. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Web announcements were produced for the image carousel on the home page, promoting the new PIC Programming book and upcoming August UHF Contest. Members have remarked very positively about this new feature of the web site. Thanks goes to Sue Fagan for the eye-catching designs. Diane Petrilli and Bob Inderbitzen will participate in some advanced-level Microsoft Access training next week. Access is the primary tool used by our team to segment data extracted from the ARRL membership/customer relationship management system for direct marketing and analysis. A Thursday and Friday email solicitation and reminder offering a free Repeater Directory with purchases of $20 or more generated an influx of orders Friday morning (219) and over the weekend (298). These are welcome levels of activity following a slow start to July product sales. An ad was produced for September QST featuring ARRL publications and products for emergency communications and public service volunteers. This same issue of QST will help celebrate the 75th anniversary of ARES. Some commemorative anniversary mementos are in-the-works including T-shirts, mugs and an ARES anniversary "challenge coin." Challenge coins are die struck medallions, often bearing an organization's insignia or service emblem. The coins are carried by members or program participants to show support or affinity. During the last week, the warehouse crew fulfilled 856 packages for publication and product orders, 278 membership premiums, and QST mailing supplements. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N W1AW Scott worked on slow and fast code practice files for the middle part of the month of July. He also assisted the DXCC department with the editing of applications. Field Organization/Public Service Team Steve Ewald completed work for his contributions to September QST including the Public Service column, the annual Simulated Emergency Test (SET) announcement and the monthly Field Organization Reports. The main weekend for the 2010 SET is scheduled for October 2 and 3. In their monthly Section News reports, many Section Managers have been talking about the fun and success of Field Day activities in their respective sections. Leona Adams reports that filled-out Section Manager election ballots for Ohio and Southern Florida Sections have begun to arrive at ARRL Headquarters. Members in those sections have until August 20 to return their ballots. A radio amateur from Illinois gained approval to rejoin the ARRL Monitoring System/Intruder Watch this week. He had previously participated years ago. Chuck Skolaut compiled and forwarded the monthly OO summary to all Official Observers, Official Observer Coordinators, and Section Managers. The monthly ARRL Monitoring System/Intruder Watch report was compiled and sent to the Region 2 IARU Monitoring Coordinator. Updated information regarding business use of a repeater was received and forwarded to the FCC. Questions that were handled this week covered topics about tactical call signs, Technician Class band privileges, the ROS mode, and felons that hold an Amateur Radio license. Chuck also filled in as a tour guide around Headquarters. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Staff Absentee List Leona Adams 7/23-7/24 Vacation Steve Capodicasa 9/13-9/17 Vacation Joe Carcia 7/23 Vacation `` 7/30 Vacation `` 8/6-8/13 Vacation `` 8/20 Vacation `` 8/27 Vacation Michael Cory 7/30-8/6 APCO Conference, Houston, TX `` 8/20-8/22 Southeastern Division Convention, Huntsville, AL Steve Ford 7/27 Vacation `` 8/2-8/6 Vacation Norm Fusaro 7/30-8/6 Vacation Scott Gee 8/2-8/4 Vacation `` 8/30-8/31 Vacation Mike Gruber 8/23-8/27 Vacation Dan Henderson 9/24-10/3 Ten-Tec Hamfest,(TN)/W4DXCC/SEDCO/Vacation `` 10/14-10/18 Pacificon Mary Hobart 7/23 Vacation `` 8/11-8/13 Vacation Amy Hurtado 7/14-7/26 Vacation Bob Inderbitzen 8/4-8/5 Training `` 8/6-8/9 Vacation `` 8/23-8/27 Vacation Joel Kleinman 8/5 Vacation `` 8/23 Vacation Harold Kramer 8/2-8/6 Vacation Sean Kutzko 8/16-8/25 Tokyo Ham Fair Greg Kwasowski 7/21-8/5 Vacation Zack Lau 7/12-7/23 Vacation Rose-Anne Lawrence 7/20-7/22 Jury Duty Monique Levesque 7/19-7/23 Vacation Dave Patton 8/6-8/7 Texas State Convention, Austin, TX Diane Petrilli 8/4-8/5 Training `` 8/23-8/27 Vacation Allen Pitts 7/26-7/28 Vacation Steve Sant Andrea 8/30 Vacation Barry Shelley 8/9-8/20 Vacation `` 8/26-8/27 Vacation Dave Sumner 726 Washington Perry Williams 7/22-8/11 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:19204] Mileage letters follow-up
by Kay Craigie 23 Jul '10

23 Jul '10

There is a fax number for each Senator's office in the sample letter. You and your members can fax letters to those numbers if you wish. If you do that, please also send a copy to Chwat's office for his information and records. E-mail letters should be sent as attachments to an e-mail to Chwat. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:19203] Charitable mileage deduction legislation
by Kay Craigie 23 Jul '10

23 Jul '10

One of the Congressional issues Chwat & Co. is following for ARRL may come up in the next few weeks, prior to the August recess of Congress. It relates to legislation to raise from 14 cents to 55 cents per mile the amount for tax deduction for volunteers' auto mileage. This will benefit ARRL's volunteers who are not eligible for reimbursement by the League for their mileage when they volunteer for us. Members of the Senate Committee on Finance are being urged to include this provision in a tax bill scheduled for mark-up soon. Fourteen Divisions have Senators on this committee. The DLACs in those Divisions will be asked to work on generating letters to the relevant Senators, and I am going to write to all the Senators. To avoid clogging your inbox with irrelevant stuff, I am going to send each Director and Vice Director individually the sample letters pertaining to states in your Division. Any help in getting letters written will be very much appreciated. As usual, please fax letters to Chwat's office (703-684-7594) or make a pdf scan of the signed letter and e-mail it as an attachment to john.chwat(a)chwatco.com. >From what John Chwat told us at our meeting, it looks like the ARRL is the only charitable organization that cares enough about its volunteers to be actively supporting this change. Let's do what we can to put our mouth where the volunteers' money is. Thanks & 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:19202] Performance Report from Bank of America 6/30/10
by Jim McCobb 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

Hi all, The performance information on the ARRL's portfolio was in my e-mail when I got home Saturday night. It's dated July 15th, 2010 and is as of June 30th, 2010. It covers various periods from 1 month on the left to 36 months on the right, as indicated in the column header's. You will note that Cash has a negative balance, please ignore that figure, it's incorrect to the degree that it is not all inclusive. On the way down the first column you will note Barclay's 7 year municipal bond index, don't pay any attention to that since we don't own any muni's. Also, you will note near the bottom "Real Estate," we own some REIT type investments amounting to $481K. Equity includes some Preferred Stocks which during the period pulled the market yields down---the S&P 500 includes no preferred's. Last, is the last line "Total Directed"---they direct nothing in the portfolio. You will note at the very bottom left "Account Inception," the fact is our custodial account opened with Shawmut Bank in 1980, shortly after I became Treasurer. Prior to that, the small amount of securities we had (almost all US Treasury securities, with a few common stocks) resided in a safe deposit box at a Bank near Headquarters under the name of John Huntoon, the previous Treasurer and General Manager of the League prior to Dick Baldwin. As I've said before about these performance data reports they are not highly accurate which does not make them useless because they do provide some overall indications of the direction of the portfolios movement and market yield. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me by whatever means you wish to use. I am now headed out to do some work on my 1/4 wave 80 meter vertical and 160 Inverted L that was totally crunched by a 90 foot pine that got hit by 82 MPH winds which is very unusual for us---but that's what I get for living near the ocean and in a valley at 30' above sea level. For now 73 and have a great day, Jim K1LU

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[arrl-odv:19201] RE: [arrl-odv:19200] RE: [arrl-odv:19185] Mail vote on Technical Excellence Award
by Bill Edgar 22 Jul '10

22 Jul '10

Dave and all Thank you from the PSC! - Bill -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner(a)arrl.org> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:39 AM To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:19200] RE: [arrl-odv:19185] Mail vote on Technical Excellence Award With 15 aye votes the motion is unanimously adopted. Thanks to everyone for their prompt attention. 73, Dave K1ZZ From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 9:45 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:19185] Mail vote on Technical Excellence Award Through an oversight, the Programs and Services Committee did not present one of its recommendations to the Board at last weeks meeting. In accordance with Article 6, the Executive Committee has authorized a mail vote of the Board on the following: MOVED, that the ARRL Board of Directors selects Rudy Severns, N6LF, as the recipient of the 2009 Doug DeMaw, W1FB, Technical Excellence Award for his article series Experimental Determination of Ground System Performance, which was published in the January/February, March/April, May/June, July/August, November/December issues of QEX, QSTs sister publication for experimenters. Directors, please respond with your vote, aye or nay, at your earliest convenience. 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary

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