July 2011 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:20102] Minutes
by David Woolweaver 26 Jul '11

26 Jul '11

Good to go David, K5RAV

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[arrl-odv:20096] Re: Board Assistance Requested - National Traffic System Methods and Practices Guidelines - New Digital Chapter
by Tom Frenaye 23 Jul '11

23 Jul '11

At 03:29 PM 7/21/2011, Richard J Norton wrote: >I request that a few of the directors, that voted against the board >motion to update the National Traffic System's Methods and Practices >Guidelines, Chapter 6, give me some guidance concerning their votes, >and what I should tell the NTS staff that wanted this update to occur. Dick - >After explaining that I failed to get board support Why are you acting as the interface to NTS? >for what I considered to be a trivial NTS staff request Why would a trivial NTS request be brought to the Board? The motion didn't have any policy decision for the Board. >, I was asked today, "Do they have a problem with NTS?" "Do they want us to remove the NTS >information from the ARRL web-site?" Should the existing traffic >system operators divorce themselves from the ARRL? That's the kind of over-reaction immature people always give if they don't get their way. See more comments below >You can find the requested update by entering "NTS winlink chapter 6" >into Google. The new chapter is on the web in a number of places, such >as >http://www.armymars.net/ArmyMARS/DigitalOps/NTS-D/MPG6V08.htm > >You can find the existing MPG document by entering "MPG" into the >search window on the www.arrl.org site. For example, chapter 4 of the >existing document is at >http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public%2520Service/MPG404A.pdf > >The same person appears to have written the original MPG document that >wrote the requested update. He appears to have put a substantial >amount of work into these documents. > >Note that the National Traffic System staff is the group that wants >the changes made, not me. > >Should any of you care to communicate with the NTS leadership >directly, please feel free to contact Rob Griffin, K6YR, at >k6yr(a)arrl.org or by telephone at (805) 543-3346. Rob also serves as >ARRL's Santa Barbara Section Manager. He is as perplexed by this >outcome as am I. Seeing as how I had no background information available to me when the motion was introduced it was not easy to understand what was being requested. The motion appeared to me to be one of the typical motions that get introduced when someone gets pissed off at staff and wants the Board to yield the big hammer. This one directed staff to publish something on the web site. Think about it. It's nonsense for the Board to get involved in telling staff what to publish and where. Give us policy decisions to make, not trivial requests with little backup material. I spent some time today in Newington trying to find out what was really going on. Dave Patton was away on vacation or a hamfest visit so I talked to Harold and Dave Sumner, who said they had no idea why the motion was necessary and before the Board at all. Steve Ewald filled me in a little bit from his interaction with the PSC last week. Here's what I think is going on. Sometime last fall W3YVQ write an update to the chapter of the Public Service Communications Manual that he had previously authored. Since then the chapter was reviewed by someone or several people at HQ. During the review there was some question raised that the chapter referred to Winlink like it was endorsed by ARRL, rather than being one of many digital modes that might work. That sensitivity has a long history, and I think you know a lot about it since you and K4CKX have had lots of conversations about it. The chapter update was mentioned in the November 13, 2010 PSC meeting minutes, but no action was taken, it was to be discussed later. There was no mention in the January 14, 2010 PSC meeting minutes. There was no mention in the June 18, 2011 PSC meeting minutes. No minutes have been distributed from any other meetings or webinars. (i.e., the Board was been given no information before the meeting) As I understand it, the PSC had some discussion about the chapter in their July 14, 2011 meeting and recommended that the chapter be added to the PSCM but with a cover memo regarding digital technologies. That should have been enough for HQ to move ahead, there was no need to involve the full Board. The motion you presented was supported by four PSC members but not the PSC chairman when it came to a vote. It was not supported by any other Director. It was late in the day and came well after other PSC motions. The no vote leaves the HQ management in a difficult place, they now have a Board decision that does not give them a go ahead, when it could have been implemented if there had been no vote at all. This is a lesson in introducing Board motions, think about what happens when or if it fails, and don't introduce a motion if you don't need to. Lots of things can be done by working through Mr. Sumner or Mr. Kramer. They will tell you if they think a Board vote is necessary. Look back at the motion that was circulated to the Board as PSC-3. It only had the text of the motion, there was no explanation. Your long verbal explanation was not a good substitute for having a clear motion that asked the Board to make a decision regarding a policy matter, and the verbal explanation was not a good summary of the issues involved. The PSC has snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Hope my explanation doesn't sound too cranky... I have to return a phone call from a PO'd NTS official in my Division now. The word out there is that the Board doesn't support NTS and this person is ready to "take NTS elsewhere, away from ARRL." Some people would say no great loss. My explanation is going to be that the Board was put in a position of micromanaging and decided not to. You're on the PSC so I'm sure you know there is a great deal of experience there - I'm sure the PSC can work with HQ to follow up and move forward. -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki(a)arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444

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[arrl-odv:20093] Board Assistance Requested - National Traffic System Methods and Practices Guidelines - New Digital Chapter
by Richard J Norton 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

I request that a few of the directors, that voted against the board motion to update the National Traffic System's Methods and Practices Guidelines, Chapter 6, give me some guidance concerning their votes, and what I should tell the NTS staff that wanted this update to occur. After explaining that I failed to get board support for what I considered to be a trivial NTS staff request, I was asked today, "Do they have a problem with NTS?" "Do they want us to remove the NTS information from the ARRL web-site?" Should the existing traffic system operators divorce themselves from the ARRL? You can find the requested update by entering "NTS winlink chapter 6" into Google. The new chapter is on the web in a number of places, such as http://www.armymars.net/ArmyMARS/DigitalOps/NTS-D/MPG6V08.htm You can find the existing MPG document by entering "MPG" into the search window on the www.arrl.org site. For example, chapter 4 of the existing document is at http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Public%2520Service/MPG404A.pdf The same person appears to have written the original MPG document that wrote the requested update. He appears to have put a substantial amount of work into these documents. Note that the National Traffic System staff is the group that wants the changes made, not me. Should any of you care to communicate with the NTS leadership directly, please feel free to contact Rob Griffin, K6YR, at k6yr(a)arrl.org or by telephone at (805) 543-3346. Rob also serves as ARRL's Santa Barbara Section Manager. He is as perplexed by this outcome as am I. 73, Dick Norton, N6AA

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[arrl-odv:20094] EDN article on Power Line communication
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 22 Jul '11

22 Jul '11

For an unknown reason, this bounced when Greg sent it. Dave From: Widin, Gregory, (Dir, DK) Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 12:23 PM To: arrl-odv-bounces(a)reflector.arrl.org Subject: EDN article on Power Line communication If we needed a reminder that BPL isn't dead... http://www.edn.com/article/518555-Networking_over_power_line_Will_next_g eneration_technologies_stumble_or_shine_part_1.php 73, -- Greg Widin, K0GW ARRL Dakota Division Director

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[arrl-odv:20092] FCC Terminated Dockets Proceeding, CG Docket 11-99
by Chris Imlay 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

Greetings. With thanks to Dave Sumner, Kay Craigie, Jay Bellows and Tom Frenaye for helpful edits, and to the Executive Committee for their quick review and approval, we filed today the attached comments in the FCC's "terminated dockets" proceeding. I mentioned this briefly in oral remarks at the Board Meeting. Quite simply, the FCC has a lot of very old, stale dockets, most of which have either been overtaken by other regulatory actions or acted upon by order but not officially terminated. They are proposing to terminate them, but FCC rules prohibit them from doing so without the consent (or lack of objection) of those involved in the proceeding slated for termination. After careful review of these many dockets (45 of which were in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and some of those were ARRL petitions, now no longer relevant) we concluded that the Amateur Service would not be at all prejudiced (with but one exception) if the listed dockets were terminated by FCC. The one exception was an OET docket dealing with the 2300-2305 MHz band. We had in May of 2001 filed a Petition for Rule Making (RM-10165) asking the FCC to upgrade us from Secondary to Primary allocation status. In doing so, we fought off two companies that wanted to make some commercial use of the band. Amateur Radio is a good fit in this band because we are compatible with the NASA Deep Space Research uses below 2300 MHz. FCC dismissed the petition in 2002 but didn't deal with our arguments on the merits. They simply postponed any consideration of the status of the band. We have asked, in view of other regulatory proceedings that affect the 2300-2305 MHz band, that the Commission not terminate the RM-10165 proceeding, but rather keep it open and address our arguments for a primary allocation on the merits. This filing is not likely to trigger any affirmative consideration of the allocation issue per se, but at least we are signaling that our desire for a primary allocation in this band is still current and of importance to us. This can also be considered a strategy to retain the band in the face of the NBP. A copy is attached. 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:20091] Web forums
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

Last week we did a soft launch of the first three member forums on the website, by adding "Forums" to the directory on the left side of the page. There were no glitches, so this week we will be announcing their availability (see below). This implements item B2 from the Strategic Plan. Dave K1ZZ ARRL Launches Online Forums To assist ARRL members in communicating with one another and with ARRL staff on topics of common interest, three forums have been established on the League's Web site. Visit www.arrl.org/forums to chat with fellow hams about contesting, awards and technology. Additional forums are planned once we have gained some experience with these three. Guest members and others can view the threads, but in order to participate in the conversations or ask questions you must be logged in as a member. All users should read the Rules <http://webtest.arrlhq.org/forum/home/rules> before they participate.

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[arrl-odv:20090] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

<<072011.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 34, No. 29 July 20, 2011 -- Covers the period July 10-16. Regulatory Information Reported by Dan Henderson, N1ND After coming back from a week of vacation (July 5-8) the week of July 11 was spent in preparation for the ARRL Board meeting July 15-16. Significant time was spent on Wednesday and Thursday in conversations with Board members on a variety of topics. The early portion of the week was spent in clearing email and telephone queries. As of July 17, over 1600 Field Day reports had been received via the b4h.net website. Numerous questions on categories, supporting documentation and other Field Day related issues were handled. We worked with the editorial staff and ARRL General Counsel on a story regarding the ReconRobotics order released by the FCC on July 13. As a member of the Awards Committee, we reviewed a series of items forwarded from the DX Advisory Committee. At the request of Em Comm Manager Mike Corey, W5MPC, a chapter for an upcoming publication was reviewed, with comments being provided. At the request of Laura Smith at the FCC, a list of stations was provided to the FCC. The list included all stations that had been asked by the ARRL to mitigate interference to the PAVE PAWS radar at Beale Air Force Base. The FCC will use this information as they address continuing problems with non-compliant stations. Initial information on tower zoning problems was provided to members in FL and CT. We reviewed proposed changes to MA state law regarding antenna restrictions. The proposal appears to be in line with PRB-1 requirements. Media & Public Relations Reported by Allen Pitts, W1AGP With the majority of video done and the final clips slowly dragging in, script writing for the 2011 DIY video is underway following the outline plans. Photos, video and sound bytes are also being collected for some new PSAs. Several late Field Day media hits came in, but July is already off to an unusually high start in media hits about other activities. With the passage of the new job descriptions for PIOs and PICs, the national PR Committee is now turning to updating the PIO handbook. Leo Laporte's TwiT show "Ham Nation" with Bob Heil continues to grow. Leo recently got licensed. They have new studios (with a functioning AR station) and an ARRL "Amateur Radio Communications" banner was provided to them as a backdrop to their set. Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH Responses to the Education & Technology campaign have started arriving. First responses came in July 12 and so far the campaign had generated 117 returns totaling $6,693. Copy is being written for the second issue of Spectrum Defense Matters. A second round of interviews for the new Individual Giving Manager has been completed. Preparations are underway for the August 11 meeting of the Second Century Campaign Committee at ARRL headquarters. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE The September 2011 issue of QST was released to the printer July 20. Also released to the printer: Seventh Edition, 2nd printing of the General Class License Manual and the 2nd printing of Small Antennas for Small Spaces. Khrystyne Keane wrote and distributed the ARRL Letter and produced and voiced ARRL Audio News for July 14, 2011. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R A handful of membership solicitations are in the planning and design stages, for mailing in September. One of these will include a newly designed postcard being tested. A large tour group of 60 people is being planned for Friday, July 15. The visitors are from the 3905 Century Club, traveling to the area for their (annual) Eyeball 2011 gathering. In August, Deb Jahnke will help represent ARRL at an in-store event at Ham Radio Outlet in Salem, New Hampshire. We are supporting Deb with materials to help promote membership and benefits. A scheduled quarterly meeting with R.R. Donnelley, QST's printer, was attended by Amy Hurtado and Deb Jahnke. Topics included paper pricing, postal updates, service standards, cost saving ideas, and 2012 planning. The team has also started discussing the next printing contract. A new printing of the ARRL New Ham Quick Start Guide is underway. The guide, which is supported through advertising revenue, is included with membership solicitations sent to new licensees. It includes a mix of equipment advertising and ARRL editorial-tailored to new hams. A summer-themed publication promotion will mail next week. The mailing promotes new titles, license manuals, and some other flagships. Some multi-department planning is underway to support a marketing strategy for the introduction of the 2012 ARRL Handbook and the 22nd edition of The ARRL Antenna Book. These new editions will be introduced together, and begin shipping in October. New web pages summarizing the ARRL-sponsored affinity benefit programs have been completed by Katie Glass and Diane Petrilli: www.arrl.org/affinity-benefits (summary page), MetLife auto and home insurance www.arrl.org/metlife, Hays-administered ARRL Equipment Insurance Program www.arrl.org/insurance, and US Bank's ARRL Visa Credit Card www.arrl.org/visa. These programs also get attention at www.arrl.org/membership (same as www.arrl.org/benefits) Ross Brown, WA8DQH, who served as liaison to the ARRL for Hamvention 2011, has informed us that 2011 attendance was 22,331 (19,750 in 2010). This number includes exhibitor badges. Mike Kalter, W8CI, has been re-appointed General Chairman, serving for Hamvention 2012. Brown has accepted Kalter's invitation to serve as ARRL liaison again for 2012. We collaborated with staff from Awards and DXCC to establish an automatic phone distribution group for their team. Internally, calls routed to the new phone group are automatically distributed among the available Awards staff. The change will reduce bottlenecks from manually directing calls to available staff. The improvement includes a new voice announcement and on-hold message thanks to Allen Pitts and NT3V. Similar telephone programming has in place in the VEC and membership/sales groups for years. During the short week, the warehouse crew fulfilled 520 packages for publication and product orders, 416 membership premiums, and QST mailing supplements. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Field Organization/Public Service Team Bill Roberts, W5NPR, of Alpine, has been appointed as the Interim West Texas Section Manager as of July 8, 2011. ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Manager Dave Patton made the appointment in consultation with ARRL West Gulf Division Director David Woolweaver. Roberts has served as the ARRL West Texas Section Traffic Manager since 2009. Leona Adams and Steve Ewald have been in touch with Bill, W5NPR. John Dyer, AE5B, recently completed his latest term of office as the West Texas Section Manager on June 30. Dyer has served as the top Field Organization official in West Texas since July 2007; he previously served as Section Manager from October 2002-June 2005. Dyer decided not to run for a new term of office that began July 1, 2011. Roberts will serve as Interim West Texas Section Manager until a Section Manager is declared elected. As per the rules, the West Texas Section Managers' position is now being re-solicited since no one was nominated by the original March 4th petition-receipt deadline. Nominating petitions during this resolicitation period are due at Headquarters by September 9. The 18-month Section Manager's term of office in West Texas begins January 1, 2012. Dale Temple, W5RXU, the Arkansas Section Manager gave a good explanation of the OO program during a recent Section Net and a South Florida Official Observer reported receiving good feedback from the recipient of an advisory. An update was received regarding a station that had been banned from a repeater using it with a club call. Northern New Jersey OOs are checking out a report of bad language and poor operating practices on a local repeater and continued use of a Missouri repeater for business has been forwarded to the FCC. Section Managers and OOCs from South Carolina and Georgia are following up on repeater complaints. A SW broadcast station was reported on 7210, 18130 and 28260 kHz this past week. Chuck Skolaut compiled and forwarded the monthly Official Observer Summary to all OOs, OOCs, and Section Managers. The annual monitoring report was prepared for the IARU Monitoring System. Jorge del Valle, TG9ADV of Guatemala has been named the new IARU Region 2 Monitoring Coordinator. Good follow up by the Orange Section OOC and others has resulted in CODAR transmissions being moved outside of the 60 meter amateur band on channels 3 & 4 that had been heard for some time. Good cooperation between various authorities, operators and OO program participants made this possible. We encourage amateurs to enjoy all 5 channels on 60 meters. An OO from EPA reported continuous dits being heard on 18085, the appropriate people were alerted and we are awaiting updates. Education Services Reported by Debra Johnson, K1DMJ ARISS The NASA Teaching from Space (TFS) office has now received a total of more than 100 inquiries in response to the mid-May announcement about ARISS's new proposal system. The TFS office sent the announcement to additional educator groups, a few of which include the Solar System Ambassadors (a group at NASA JPL who speaks with educators every day), nationwide Science Engineering Math Aerospace Academies, President Obama's Summer of Innovation educators, and the Museum Alliance (science museums and observatories that support educational activities). Education & Technology Program Miguel Enriquez, KD7RPP and new recruit Tommy Gober, N5DUX led two successful TIs in June: one in Albuquerque NM with 13 participants, and another hosted by Parallax at their facility in Rocklin CA with 9 participants. We implemented an online evaluation for participants this year which allows us to collect more feedback with more consistency. We'll be accumulating that feedback for all sessions. Comments from the NM and CA TIs are very favorable, reflecting very strong instructional leadership from both Miguel and Tommy. We processed reimbursement applications for all participants and instructors for these first two sessions. Tommy represented Education Services at HamCom and had a chance to connect with ARISS AMSAT program leaders to discuss curriculum ideas to support the ARISSat launch as well as the ETP curriculum on satellite communications more generally. Nathan McCray, K9CPO finished the TI-2 equipment preps and delivered the equipment to Matt Severin, N8MS, who will be instructing the session. Nathan and Matt reviewed steps for the final equipment preparations together, which Matt will complete. Nathan also reviewed the grant applications submitted for round 2 of the 2010-2011 school year, and wrote recommendations for the ARRL Executive Committee. Six of the seven applications were recommended and approved by the EC. Some discussion of policy about awarding successive project grants arose which resulted in some additional expectations of the applicants being addressed in the Progress grant application. Nathan also completed the final preparations for the TIs that he will lead in Utica, NY and at headquarters which included rebuilding the Mars Rover and adding a new camera as well as making a tape measure antenna for a demo and adding an egg-beater antenna for the weather demo. Jennifer Knapp is completing the resource deployment for the July TI sessions. Continuing Education Program We reviewed and assembled the content for the Intro to EmComm course for print production and provided those files to the Production Dept. We continue to work with IT and Customer Service on issues that cause problems for students trying to sign onto the online course platform or trying to access student history information. These problems are a result of clients/members who have multiple records in our databases or establish multiple usernames/accounts on our website. Dennis Budd is also completing a few more parts of the web user interface needed to support field instruction and exams of the Intro to Emcomm course. The Find a Field Instructor <http://www.arrl.org/find-a-fi> and Find a Field Examiner <http://www.arrl.org/find-a-fe> sites were activated. The field class and exam registration tool is yet to be implemented. Jennifer Knapp is managing a flood of inquiries and applications about field instruction and mentoring the new emcomm course. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Leona Adams 7/22 Vacation Margie Bourgoin 7/22 Vacation `` 8/18-8/23 Vacation Hugh Brower 8/15-8/19 Vacation Joe Carcia 7/22 Vacation `` 7/29 Vacation `` 8/5-8/12 Vacation `` 8/19 Vacation Steve Ford 8/8-8/12 Vacation `` 8/18-8/25 West Virginia State Convention, Weston, WV/Vacation Mike Gruber 8/20-8/27 Vacation Joel Hallas 8/10pm-8/16 Vacation Ed Hare 8/5-8/7 Midwest Division Convention, Cedar Rapids, IA Dan Henderson 8/5-8/7 Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Taos, NM Bob Inderbitzen 7/25-7/29 Vacation `` 8/8-8/12 Vacation Joel Kleinman 8/2 Vacation `` 8/5 Vacation Bill Moore 8/20-8/21 Alabama State Convention, Huntsville, AL Dave Patton 7/22-7/25 W0DXCC, Leavenworth, KS/Vacation `` 8/25-8/28 JARL Ham Fair, Tokyo, Japan Diane Petrilli 7/22 Vacation `` 7/29 Vacation `` 8/5-8/12 Vacation `` 8/26-9/2 Vacation Allen Pitts 7/20-7/22 Vacation `` 7/28-7/29 Vacation Brennan Price 8/5-8/6 Texas State Convention, Austin, TX Becky Schoenfeld 8/15-8/20 Vacation Chuck Skolaut 8/20-8/22 Kansas State Convention, Salina, KS

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[arrl-odv:20089] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

<<071311.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 34, No. 28 July 13, 2011 -- Covers the period July 3-9. Upcoming Meetings and Events Administration & Finance Committee July 14 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Programs & Services Committee July 14 @ 9:00am in Newington, CT Annual Board Meeting July 15-16, 2011 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT Development Reported by Mary Hobart, K1MMH Development continues to organize materials and processes to support the Second Century Campaign. A closer review of the prospect file is underway to identify segments for solicitation of Leadership gifts. Thanks to Sue Fagan for her work in designing a campaign logo and drafting applications for that logo on campaign materials. Development revenues for 2011 have now reached 50% of the targets for the year. The strongest revenues are occurring in the ARRL Diamond Club. Paperwork for the estate of Alfred Friend Jr, W4CF has been submitted. Thanks for Maryann Macdonald and Margie Bourgoin for their support of Lisa Kustosik in preparation of materials for the July Board Meeting. Production/Editorial Reported by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE Khrystyne Keane wrote and distributed the ARRL Letter and produced and voiced ARRL Audio News for July 7, 2011. Lab Reported by Ed Hare, W1RFI Product Review Bob Allison continued to test a late-model HF/VHF/UHF multi-mode transceiver for Product Review. Other new Product Review items were received in the Lab for testing; most notably a software defined receiver, an antenna analyzer, and an aftermarket roofing filter for a modern transceiver. Bob researched various new signal generators and spectrum analyzers for possible replacement of our old ones used for Product Review testing. ePubs Zack Lau wrote up a FAQ on supporting the Travelplus CD-rom product and send a copy to all of the lab staff. Web Zack Lau reviewed the RFI web pages for broken links and sent the list to Mike Gruber. Travel Zack Lau is making travel arrangements for the Iowa Section Convention this November 6th. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Leona Adams 7/22 Vacation Margie Bourgoin 8/18-8/23 Vacation Joe Carcia 7/15 Vacation `` 7/22 Vacation `` 7/29 Vacation `` 8/5-8/12 Vacation `` 8/19 Vacation Steve Ford 8/8-8/12 Vacation `` 8/18-8/25 West Virginia State Convention, Weston, WV/Vacation Mike Gruber 7/11-7/15 Vacation `` 8/20-8/27 Vacation Joel Hallas 8/10-8/16 Vacation Ed Hare 8/5-8/7 Midwest Division Convention, Cedar Rapids, IA Dan Henderson 7/15-7/16 BOD Meeting, Windsor, CT `` 8/5-8/7 Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Taos, NM Mary Hobart 7/14-7/16 BOD Meeting/Committee Meeting, Windsor, CT Amy Hurtado 7/15 Vacation Gail Iannone 6/24-? Sick Leave Bob Inderbitzen 7/25-7/29 Vacation `` 8/8-8/12 Vacation Joel Kleinman 7/14 Vacation `` 8/2 Vacation Harold Kramer 7/14-7/16 BOD Meeting/Committee Meeting, Windsor, CT Lisa Kustosik 7/14-7/16 BOD Meeting, Windsor, CT Bill Moore 8/20-8/21 Alabama State Convention, Huntsville, AL Dave Patton 7/22-7/25 W0DXCC, Leavenworth, KS/Vacation `` 8/25-8/28 JARL Ham Fair, Tokyo, Japan Diane Petrilli 7/22 Vacation `` 7/29 Vacation `` 8/5-8/12 Vacation `` 8/26-9/2 Vacation Allen Pitts 7/20-7/22 Vacation `` 7/28-7/29 Vacation Brennan Price 7/13-7/16 BOD Meeting/Committee Meeting, Windsor, CT `` 8/5-8/6 Texas State Convention, Austin, TX Chuck Skolaut 8/20-8/22 Kansas State Convention, Salina, KS Dave Sumner 7/14-7/16 BOD Meeting/Committee Meeting, Windsor, CT

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[arrl-odv:20088] Larry Price, President Emeritus, and other things
by Kay Craigie 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

>From an airport on the way home from the meeting, I sent Larry an e-mail letting him know about being named President Emeritus by the Board, including the full text of the resolution. He replied, saying, "That was completely unexpected and welcome news. Thanks a bunch to all involved." Greg Sarratt is in touch with Larry about making a public recognition of the honor at the upcoming Huntsville Hamfest. Larry lives in Georgia and is a past Southeastern Division Vice Director and Director, which is why I invited Greg to second the motion making Larry a President Emeritus. I am on vacation at the beach in North Carolina this week. When I get back home, I will get right on appointing the committees that you authorized. I think I know where my nephew, who owns this house, wrote down his wireless access point network key (already found the password), and if that's true I'll have reliable Internet access from here apart from my Blackberry. Or I'll ask for help from my teen-age great-nephew, who figured out his uncle's wireless access point security a long time ago. Kids! At the moment I'm getting in via the wireless access point of some neighbor who's foolish enough to leave his system unsecured. In a beach resort town. How brilliant is that? 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:20083] Raw Comments from the PSC Affiliated Clubs Survey
by Bill Edgar 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

These are the raw comments from the PSC Affiliated Club Survey question, 'What new ARRL Affiliated club benefits would you like to see added?' Please note that the PSC has not corrected any spelling nor grammatical errors. - Bill N3LLR

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