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[arrl-odv:20355] Activity note
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 12 Dec '11

12 Dec '11

Here's a factoid about current HF activity: less than 22 hours after the 10 Meter Contest ended more than 2,500 logs already have been submitted. This eclipses last year's submissions - and there are still 29 more days to go before the deadline! 73, Dave K1ZZ (2nd op at KA1ZD)

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[arrl-odv:20352] Chris Boone, WB5ITT
by Chris Imlay 09 Dec '11

09 Dec '11

You may hear from one Chris Boone, WB5ITT from the West Gulf Division. He has a feud going with some other Texas radio amateurs. He has, twice now, threatened to sue ARRL as well as his opponents. His claims are nonsense as far as I can tell and he has been unable to document any of his rather wild e-mail allegations. Yesterday, with a copy to Director Woolweaver, I told Boone that in light of his threat, any further communications with ARRL staff and volunteers on the subject about which he has threatened suit should be via his attorney. I told him that no ARRL volunteers or staff will be willing to discuss his claim with him under the circumstances. Instead of complying with that instruction, however, he sent an e-mail to Dave Sumner and Kay Craigie and again threatened to sue ARRL unless we do what he wants within the next 7 days. I have for the second time asked that he refrain from contacting ARRL staff or volunteers about this and to have his attorney contact me instead. However, he has said he will take his issue to the entire Board of Directors, hence this head's up. Please do not respond to Mr. Boone if contacted by him in light of his repeated threat of litigation. Thanks. 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

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[arrl-odv:20351] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 09 Dec '11

09 Dec '11

<<120711.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 34, No. 49 December 7, 2011 -- Covers the period November 27-December 3. Upcoming Meetings and Events Director/Vice Director Orientation January 11 in Newington, CT Administration & Finance Committee January 12 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Programs & Services Committee January 12 @ 9:00am in Newington, CT Annual Board Meeting January 13-14, 2012 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT Regulatory Information Reported by Dan Henderson, N1ND At the request of Fred Hopengarten, K1VR, we reviewed the new proposed antenna ordinance for Charlotte/Mecklenburg, NC. General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD and the RIB manager, offered several comments. There is no new information on the pending antenna case in Charlotte. Working with OO Program Coordinator Chuck, K0BOG, we looked at several queries from amateurs on various issues. The first was an OO asking if a repeater operating on a non-standard 600 kHz offset on 2-meters was illegal and should be cited - (the answer is nothing in Part 97 establishes mandatory offsets, so while the repeater may not be conforming to a local band-plan it is not a violation of the Part 97 rules). The second involved a request from an OO who had been contacted to mediate an interference dispute between two repeater groups. The OO had been contacted based on a statement on the local repeater-coordinating group's website that these disputes should be turned over to the OO to mediate. The OO was informed that was not one of their duties, and the coordinating group was contacted and asked to remove that inaccurate information from their website. The OO was given information on the ARRL's mediation program with the suggestion that he could refer the parties who had contacted them to that service. Working at the request of General Counsel Imlay and Rocky Mountain Division Director Mileshosky N5ZGT, and in conjunction with Utah Section Manager Mel Parkes, NM7P, a final draft letter was written and edited for Mel's use with an ARES leadership problem in Salt Lake County UT. A 70cm-band use question was received from San Francisco SM Bill Hillendahl, KH6GJV, and answered for the member. Media & Public Relations Reported by Allen Pitts, W1AGP Dave Carr of the NY Times complimented Amateur Radio by writing about it as being one of the most reliable means of communication following a world-wide plague caused by an all-out alien attack on the earth. While his scenario was "unusual," the compliment was well intended and appreciated. Leonard Award nominations are coming in and being digitized for the PRC. We have entries in all 3 categories. New photos are being made up for the ARRL display at the Las Vegas NAB show. Arrangements are being discussed for having the coming DIY campaign showcased on the Ham Nation Show (TWiT) with Bob Heil, Leo Laporte and Gordon West, now looking at January. We are also discussing possible options for Dec 27th with Tom Medlin, W5KUB, who does live webcasts from Dayton. Media Hits for Feb QST has been sent in and the Dec issue of CONTACT! has been posted to the website. Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH Development revenues for 2011 for operating funds have reached 81% of the target. We are anticipating a combination of year end gifts that will push revenues to or near the total target for the year. Lauren Clarke has been busy working on refinements to the Diamond Club renewal process. She is testing some new elements for renewal solicitation beginning with the December renewals by both email and postal mail. Lauren also developed follow up letters for the Education & Technology Fund earlier in the fall that have produced results that have pushed revenues to that fund within $7,000 of the 2011 target with a handful of large gifts anticipated before the end of the year. The Year-End solicitation is ready to send by email this week to several segments of donors and members. Response to that appeal will be critical in contributing to December revenues. Print materials for the Second Century Campaign are in house this week. Additional research and Lead letters are in preparation for several prospects after consultation with SCC Committee members. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE Steve Ford and I took part in a webinar hosted by Association Media and Publishing that discussed how to integrate the digital edition of a publication with an organization's website. Files for the January 2012 issue of QST were released to our digital provider, Nxtbook. Files have been turned over to the programmer for the 2011 Periodicals CD. Khrystyne Keane wrote and distributed the ARRL Letter and produced and voiced ARRL Audio News for December 1, 2011. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Branch Credits Applications 2010 Carryover 167,196 1,221 2011 Received 1,056,064 9,261 Cumulative Total 1,223,260 10,482 2011 Processed 1,149,288 9,965 Remaining 73,972 517 Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 3 Weeks LoTW Processing Time 3 Business Days Logbook of the World Category Nov 2011 % Change Jan - Nov 2011 QSO Records Entered Into System 384,716,684 18% QSL Record Matches 47,923,793 29% Logs Processed 2,668,808 41% Active Certificates 69,087 19% Registered Users in System 46,042 20 % Logbook (Email Only) Inquiries Nov 2011 Maintenance 782 Initial Setup Inquiries 742 Award Related Concerns 251 Customer Usage Issues 1,146 Phone Calls 815 Total 3,736 W1AW Thanks to Mike Corey, KI1U, Sean Kutzko, KX9X and Ward Silver, NØAX for operating W1AW in the ARRL 160-Meter contest. They made 945 QSOs, with 86 sections, for an initial claimed score of 166,926. In addition to a few DX stations and most of the Canadian provinces, they also worked ALL 50 states! Joe readied the station for the ARRL 160-Meter contest. He installed a 160-meter vertical and the K9AY receiving loops. Joe also updated the code practice source schedule and code practice files web pages and processed regular QSL card requests. Education Services Reported by Debra Johnson, K1DMJ November has been a very full month, hence the length of this report. Education & Technology Program November was a very full month. The schedule for 2012 TIs is being finalized with our host and supporting partners. I've written an article for February QST announcing our plans for 2012. Culminating several months of development time, Mark Spencer WA8SME submitted the following articles for QST publication: 2-Meter Vertical Dipole Antenna, The ETP Sea/Space Buoy Project, and SSTVCAMERA Interface. These articles are an outgrowth of topics being developed for the ETP curriculum. He also submitted a draft on An Instructional Resource for ADC and Digital Signal Processing Fundamentals. This is a hands-on training circuit board that will be used as an instructional resource. It could eventually be a web-based resource. Mark has been hard at work testing the new remote sensing capabilities of the Sea/Space Buoy project he has developed for the ETP portfolio. The project that includes collecting and transmitting data through the APRS system on water salinity, air and water temperature, barometric pressure and wave action. He worked out some challenges with leaks that damaged some sensors and redeployed the buoy. This time everything seems watertight so the challenge now is to interpret the interesting data. The project is showing tremendous potential for students to learn how scientific research is conducted and to develop acuity with hypothesis testing and critical analysis of data as well as data gathering methodology. Plans are being finalized to roll out this new curriculum in partnership with an outreach program coordinated by Mississippi State University with a local MS school district. Mark participated in the drafting and submission of the AMSAT FOX1 satellite launch proposal. His contribution was to draft the education component of the application and to draft the ARRL letter of support. The ETP grants applications for November were reviewed and a recommendation submitted to the Executive Committee for action in December. There were only two Progress Grants recommended for approval out of the total of 6 grant applications. Mark evaluated the Parallax PropScope as an alternative to the OptaScope that we have been using during the TI. His assessment is that the PropScope is a more capable alternative than the OptaScope yet is not so intimidating that it would put off the novice electronics enthusiast. Though not an ETP/Education Services project, Mark worked with ARRL Marketing to troubleshoot the CanaKit PIC programmer that is sold by the ARRL in support of the PIC Programming for Beginners book. His efforts convinced CanaKit of a problem with their programmer and helped them to come up with a possible solution. In late October Mark provided some training for docents at the HQ on the modulation/demodulation board, 5-building blocks board, and the CubeSat simulator and how to integrate those resources into the docent's tours of the HQ facility. Nathan McCray K9CPO has been working with Mark on curriculum connections for the ETP Sea/Space Buoy Project. He also reports that he was able to procure 8 Dell desktop computers from Great Lakes Navy Station to support his school electronics and robotics program. Nathan shared some delightful photos of students in his electronics club completing the clock kit project. ARISS ARISS international delegates and ARISS international committee members from all over the world met in Houston, Texas October 27-29 for an ARISS Annual Meeting. NASA Johnson Space Center hosted the meeting, attended by Rosalie White, K1STO and Debra Johnson, K1DMJ representing ARRL. Delegates and committee chairs presented reports on ARISS educational activities and considered proposals for new ARISS projects. One new project initiated by the European Space Agency is for an Amateur TV project on the ISS Columbus Module. Announcements for the opening of the next window for proposal submission for an ARISS contact were released during the week of November 14. The window of opportunity to submit proposals will close in January 2012. The US ARISS contacts scheduled as a result of this request for proposals will take place between July 15, 2012 and January 15, 2013. ARRL included the announcement in a news story posted Nov. 17 <http://www.arrl.org/news/apply-now-to-host-a-real-time-conversation-with-cr…> . ARISS Program Manager Rosalie White K1STO began a transition to a more limited role as a volunteer, serving as ARRL Delegate to the ARISS International Program. Her responsibilities as ARRL Program Manager are being transitioned to ARRL headquarters, and I will become the primary ARRL contact for the U.S. partnership. Recent U.S. Contacts included: November 1: Contact with Sundance Elementary School in San Diego. The Palomar Amateur Radio Club (PARC) assisted with a direct contact. The school planned for every educator to create age-appropriate activities related to radios and space. Guest speakers from PARC gave presentations to students about Amateur Radio, including learning how energy can be carried from one place to another by waves, such as water waves and sound waves, by electrical current, and by moving objects. This provided the introduction into radios, their uses, functions, and how to operate them. November 10: Contact with Donald P. Sutherland School in Nassau, NY. Preparatory educational activities included reading books on the solar system, astronauts, and the NASA space program; researching and writing about ISS science projects, tracking the progress of the ISS for 30 days, charting its location and distance traveled for the day and the month. Students researched sound in outer space, and created projects and experiments on space for the science fair. A school wide assembly was held before the contact with the ham radio operators so that students could learn how the ISS amateur radio system works. TV station WNYT posted some great Amateur Radio PR <http://thegreenbushes.wnyt.com/news/news/93797-nassau-elementary-students-t…> . Continuing Education Program The first few field exams have been processed. A problem with the website zip code search function for Field Instructor and Field Examiner listings has been identified. IT staff has figured out the solution and will be addressing it. Jack Tiley AD7FO and David Hartnett K9DRH have developed power points for field instruction of the Intro to Emcomm course that they are making available to other instructors. Amy Strickland has started the project of building a database of emcomm training history of ARES emcomm volunteers. The intent is to design a publishable transcript that will reflect various endorsements that ARRL emcomm training will acknowledge. I traveled to Cincinnati for a two-day training on the Trivantis Lectora software that will enable us to perform edits and updates to the existing emcomm courses and possibly also develop other online courses in-house. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All Staff 12/26 Holiday All Staff 1/2 Holiday Lauren Clarke 12/9 Vacation Steve Ford 12/22-12/30 Vacation Scott Gee 12/23-12/27 Vacation Dan Henderson 12/16-1/6 Vacation Mary Hobart 12/8 Jury Duty Gail Iannone 12/22-12/30 Vacation Barry Shelley 12/5-12/9 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:20350] Medical micro-power networks R&O
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Reading the 56-page Report and Order detailing the FCC's decision last week to permit medical micro-power networks (MMNs) to operate on a secondary basis on four 6-MHz channels between 413 and 457 MHz no doubt will cause your eyes to glaze over at times. The bottom line is that the Commission has done essentially what the Alfred Mann Foundation asked them to do back in 2007. When the Commission opened the rulemaking proceeding in 2009 we investigated and determined that the very low power, broadband nature, and frequency agility of the MMN devices posed little potential for harmful interference to the amateur service even though two of the four channels, 426-432 and 438-444 MHz, fall within the 420-450 MHz amateur secondary allocation. We were more concerned about the potential for interference to the devices from amateur transmitters, and in our comments we asked that the Commission clarify that MMNs must tolerate interference from amateur stations as well as from stations in services that are primary in the 413-419, 426-432, 438-444, and 451-457 MHz bands. MMNs will not be regulated as unlicensed emitters under Part 15 but instead will be regulated under Part 95, more familiar to us as housing the CB rules but also used for other license-by-rule services. Each MMN transmitter that is certificated under the Commission's rules is presumed to be licensed. Coupled with the secondary allocation, this gives MMNs a status equivalent to that of the amateur service in the 426-432 and 438-444 MHz bands. Stations in secondary services must protect primary services from harmful interference and must tolerate interference from primary services. Stations in secondary services are not required to protect other secondary services from harmful interference, except that they "can claim protection, however, from harmful interference from stations of the same or other secondary service(s) to which frequencies may be assigned at a later date." This provision in Section 2.105 of the Commission's Rules actually doesn't help clarify the relative status of the amateur service and MMNs because stations in neither service are assigned to frequencies. That said, the Report and Order repeatedly refers to MMNs having to tolerate interference from "incumbent services" which includes the amateur service, and in paragraph 53 states: "Given that MMN devices are expected to implement measures to mitigate the effects of interference, it is reasonable to expect the MMN devices to tolerate some interference from the Amateur Service or to move to another frequency band as needed." The required interference mitigation measures apply equally with respect to both primary and secondary services and involve shifting the network to another channel if other activity is detected on the channel. Significantly, there are no changes to the Part 97 rules and thus there are no changes to the frequency sharing requirements in Section 97.303. 73, Dave K1ZZ <<FCC-11-176A1.pdf>>

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[arrl-odv:20349] State legislative report
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

A year ends, another begins. Here is the latest state legislative report from Chwat & Co. It includes a number of bills that have been "prefiled" for next year's legislative sessions. Dave K1ZZ <<ARRL_SLR_October_November_2011.doc>>

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[arrl-odv:20347] What journalists think of ham radio
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/the-world-is-ending-ple ase-update-the-home-page/ "Let's say, just for giggles, that the world was ending." How would it be reported? "Ham radio was deemed to be the more durable and rugged platform...." If you follow the link to Andrew Fitzergerald's notes you'll find the following: "All in all, reporting the end of the world turned out to be great fun to imagine. I would advise every journalist out there to put together an emergency pack in your house. And probably learn ham radio." Dave

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[arrl-odv:20346] Treasurer search update
by Kay Craigie 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

This is to bring you up to date on progress towards finding a candidate to recommend to the Board as the next Treasurer. The search committee is composed of Directors Frenaye and Ahrens, Barry Shelley, Dave Sumner, and me. The deadline for statements of interest in the position was November 14, and 9 statements were received. On November 18, the search committee met in person in Connecticut -- Cliff and I were in town for the A&F meeting -- to review the resume's. For quite some time, the Treasurer has also managed the ARRL's investment portfolio. In searching for a new Treasurer, we have assumed that this dual responsibility would not continue. At the A&F meeting on November 19, in fact, Jim McCobb outlined several approaches to managing the investment portfolio if the new Treasurer will not be doing it himself. The search committee discovered that, working independently, we had divided the applicants the same way into 3 groups of 3. Three of those who expressed interest did not have the necessary qualifications to do the job, and those resume's were set aside. A second group of applicants had very good credentials and if we were looking for an investment portfolio manager, they would likely fit the bill. However, we were looking for someone with broad and deep financial leadership experience, preferably in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors, who is qualified to manage a portfolio manager but who would not be asked to do that job himself. Three applicants' resume's showed the kind of qualifications we were interested in. At the A&F meeting, I reported the results to date of the search and distributed copies of the three top applicants' resume's to the A&F. Members of the A&F were invited to suggest questions that might be asked of the applicants, including questions for all them and questions for specific applicants based on their resume's. Marty Woll suggested a number of questions that were very helpful in talking with the applicants. No member of the A&F took issue with the qualifications of the three applicants. Personal interviews with the applicants were held in Charlotte, NC, on December 2. Each interview lasted somewhat more than an hour. After each interview the search committee briefly discussed the apparent strengths and weaknesses of the applicant. After all the interviews concluded, we discussed the total interview experience. No applicant was eliminated on the basis of the interview. Following discussion, the search committee agreed on the ranking of the three applicants. With three such excellent applicants, we will have a well-qualified candidate to recommend, even if for some reason the preferred candidate drops out of the picture. At this time, references are being sought and checked by Dave. When that formality is done, the candidate's eligibility will be determined by the E&E Committee. At that point we will be ready to make a formal recommendation. It's expected that the candidate will be invited to attend the A&F meeting in January and, assuming all goes well there, to attend the Board meeting and be nominated for Treasurer. The future management of the League's investments will be taken up following election of the Treasurer. We will get that responsibility off of Jim's plate as soon as possible thereafter but not before the various options have been examined carefully. That's where we stand at the present time. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:20345] 2011 donations
by Kay Craigie 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Mary says that there are now 6 Directors and volunteer Officers who have not yet donated to the ARRL in 2011. Also, 6 Vice Directors have not yet donated. Many thanks to everyone who has made a donation. It's important for us to lead by example. The holidays are going to suck all the air out of December before we know it. If you have not made a donation in 2011, or if you can't remember, please contact Mary now by phone (860-594-0397) or e-mail and talk with her about a donation. There are specific funds you can donate to, such as spectrum defense and education, but you don't have to tag a donation for a specific fund if you'd rather not. The details of your donation are private between you and Mary. No one else will know how much you give or what fund, if any, you choose. Please note that donating to the ARRL is not the same as donating to the ARRL Foundation. They are separate 501(c)(3) organizations. What I'm requesting you to do now is to donate to the ARRL. Thanks very much for making a financial donation to the ARRL on top of the many hours of time and work you give every year as a volunteer. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:20344] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

<<113011.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 34, No. 48 November 30, 2011 -- Covers the period November 20-26. Upcoming Meetings and Events Annual Board Meeting January 13-14, 2012 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT Media & Public Relations Reported by Allen Pitts, W1AGP The Fox News report about the popularity of Amateur Radio sparked many "me too" articles on TV, Web and print sites. TPM, Slashdot, Discovery News, Engadget, The Takeaway and RFDesignline among them. One of the real delights was to remind Carl Franzen (who used to work for AOL but now works at TPM) about his role in the AOL story several years ago listing Amateur Radio as #17 in the top 20 things dying off in America. According to Gary Pearce, the proposal we made about presenting the DIY campaign on the HamNation Web-TV show on Dec 27th was declined and if there is a show that evening it will be a re-run. I am looking at alternative options. Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH Development revenues to date have reached $767,000 or 80% of the 2011 revenue goal. The Diamond Club has reached 95% of goal. The Defense Fund stands at 83% of goal and the Education & Technology Fund campaign has topped $56,000 which is 86% of the 2011 goal. Lauren Clark continues to tweak materials for the Diamond Club. A new promotional buck slip will be included in member renewal notices in starting in December. A new renewal protocol for Diamond Club renewals will be launched in December. The third and final issue of Spectrum Defense Matters for 2011 is posted on the ARRL website. Lead Letters to key prospects for the Second Century campaign will begin mailing right after Christmas. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE Khrystyne Keane wrote and distributed the ARRL Letter for November 23, 2011. ARRL Audio News will resume December 1. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R During the short week, the warehouse crew fulfilled 593 packages for publication and product orders, 303 membership premiums, and QST mailing supplements. Over 500 orders accumulated during the 4-day Thanksgiving holiday. This, along with another 400 orders driven by our "Cyber Monday" promotions, was much-welcome traffic, helping offset soft sales during the first part of November. Now shipping: Etón Microlink FR160 <http://www.arrl.org/shop/Eton-Microlink-FR160-Radio/> radio (AM/FM/Weather dynamo crank- and solar-powered radio & LEF flashlight), and Where Discovery Sparks Imagination <http://www.arrl.org/shop/Where-Discovery-Sparks-Imagination/> published by The American Museum of Radio and Electricity (2009). Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Field Organization/Public Service Team Section Manager election ballots were counted on Tuesday, November 22, for elections in Kansas, Tennessee and New Mexico. Leona Adams, Chuck Skolaut, Gail Ianonne and Steve Ewald handled the ballot-counting duties. ARRL members in New Mexico, Tennessee, and Michigan will have new Section Managers starting on January 1, 2012. In New Mexico, Bill Kauffman, W5YEJ, of Rio Rancho, was elected. In Tennessee, Keith Miller, N9DGK, of Rockvale, won the election over two other candidates. In Kansas, Ron Cowan, KBØDTI, was re-elected as the Section Manager. Ron, of LaCygne, has been SM since 2003. The following incumbent ARRL Section Managers did not face opposition and were declared elected for their new two-year terms of office beginning January 1, 2012: David Drummond, W4MD, Alabama; Jim Larsen, AL7FS, Alaska; Frank Filipkowski, AD3M, Delaware; Jim Latham, AF6AQ, East Bay; Robert Griffin, K6YR, Santa Barbara; Ed Emco, W1KT, Western Massachusetts. In West Texas, Bill Robert, W5NPR, will continue as Section Manager on January 1. His term, however, is for 18-months. Roberts has been Section Manager since July when he was first appointed after John Dyer, AE5B, the previous West Texas SM, completed his term of office on June 30. Since there were no nominations received as of the springtime receipt deadline, nominations were re-solicited in the summer. Bill, W5NPR, was officially nominated by the September 9 nominations deadline, and he did not face opposition. Therefore, Bill was declared elected for the new term. Michigan will have a new Section Manager as of the New Year. Larry Camp, WB8R, of Coldwater, has been appointed the interim Michigan Section Manager starting on January 1. He takes over for Dale Williams, WA8EFK, who was elected (without opposition) as the new Vice Director of the Great Lakes Division starting in January. Since no nominations were received for the Michigan Section Manager election by the nomination deadline of September 9, 2011, nominations are being re-solicited. Nomination petitions need to be received at ARRL Headquarters by 4 PM (Eastern Time) on March 9, 2012. If more than one member is nominated in the section, ballots will be mailed from Headquarters on or before April 2, 2012, to full members of record as of March 9, 2012, which is the closing date for nominations. Returns will be counted on May 22, 2012. A Section Manager elected through re-solicitation will serve a term of 18 months and take office on July 1, 2012. Leona Adams also reports that Virginia Section Manager Carl Clements, W4CAC, of Portsmouth, has been nominated to run for a new term of office as Section Manager (starting April 1, 2012). The nomination deadline for this particular election cycle is December 9. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All Staff 12/26 Holiday Leona Adams 11/30pm Vacation Joe Carcia 11/30 Vacation Steve Ewald 11/28-12/2 Vacation Steve Ford 12/22-1/2 Vacation Scott Gee 12/23-12/27 Vacation Dan Henderson 12/16-1/5 Vacation Mary Hobart 12/8 Jury Duty Barry Shelley 12/5-12/9 Vacation

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[arrl-odv:20314] Digital QST Contract Approved
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Good morning, Yesterday afternoon, Dave signed the agreement with nxtbook media <http://www.nxtbookmedia.com/> that initiates the publication of the digital edition of QST. The contract was approved unanimously by the A&F Committee and by Chris Imlay. Nxtbook has been our preferred vendor and I believe that they will do a great job helping us create the digital edition. Many of you have seen the browser based nxtbook QST edition that we demonstrated at recent Committee and Board Meetings. Here is the link to the demo version if you want to review it again: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/arrl/qst_201009 <http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/arrl/qst_201009/> /#/0 <http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/arrl/qst_201009/> . All of us that have worked on this project are excited about the launch of the digital edition that is still slated for the June 2012 issue of QST. I asked Steve Ford, as Editor of QST and Publications Manager, to write a few words about the digital edition. Steve said that "The digital edition of QST is going to present some challenges to my staff, but it also offers fascinating opportunities, particularly with multimedia such as video and audio. At the very least, digital QST gives us an important foothold in a rapidly changing media universe." Because of this rapidly changing digital media universe, it's an exciting, and challenging time for us. As I said in my original presentation to the Board: "This is just the beginning of the ongoing migration of print content to digital content. It is our first major step in creating a long term ARRL publishing strategy that includes our currently produced content and our massive collection of valuable legacy content. " I would also like to acknowledge the contribution of the Digital QST Team here at HQ for getting us to this point. This team includes Katie Glass, Lead; Steve Ford; Bob Inderbitzen; Amy Hurtado; Shelly Bloom; and Debra Jahnke. Michael Keane also contributed as head of IT. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL -the national association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 (860) 594 -0220

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