June 2014 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:22840] Re: LoTW Down?
by Bob Vallio 13 Jun '14

13 Jun '14

Thanks, Mike. I saw nothing about it on the home page...oh, well. On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Mike Lisenco N2YBB <n2ybb(a)arrl.org> wrote: > Bob- > > The system was down for maintenance. It’s up again. > > 73 de Mike N2YBB > > *From:* Bob Vallio <rbvallio(a)gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 12, 2014 7:38 PM > *To:* arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)arrl.org> > *Subject:* [arrl-odv:22838] LoTW Down? > > Logbook Queue Status returns only the column headings; no status > information. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > arrl-odv mailing list > arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org > http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv > >

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[arrl-odv:22838] LoTW Down?
by Bob Vallio 13 Jun '14

13 Jun '14

Logbook Queue Status returns only the column headings; no status information.

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[arrl-odv:22837] More LoTW
by Bob Vallio 13 Jun '14

13 Jun '14

Latest attempt brought this info: The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server. The proxy server could not handle the request *GET /logbook-queue-status <http://www.arrl.org/logbook-queue-status>*. Has anyone checked this at the source???

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[arrl-odv:22831] Rule 45 Changes Proposal
by Doug Rehman 12 Jun '14

12 Jun '14

As I previously indicated, I have been working on several motions with other Directors. My goal is to get the ones dealing with the By-Laws out in the next few days and then hold a GoToMeeting session (or two) with the Directors before the deadline looming next Saturday. Since Dick has offered his proposal on Rule 45, I felt it would be better to put this one out at the same time for consideration. In all of my proposals, strikethrough indicates words being removed from the existing By-Law and underscore indicates words being added. 73, Doug K4AC Goals: 1) Change “Association” to “League” to match other By-Laws 2) Change recusal to be from discussions and voting only, not from even being present (IE: remain, but silent); per discussion with Brennan, there is no requirement in CT statutes that the recused person actually leave the room, just refrain from further discussion and voting 3) Harmonize language (Financial Benefit) 4) Fix “Pervasive” to refer to person’s employment (not spouse/family/etc.) or investments/ownership; also add provision to ban someone whose business would regularly be affected by the League’s decisions (IE: the owner of a business such as HRO, AES, or other amateur radio retailer) 5) Provide for a “stay” of a E&E Pervasive and Continuing COI decision Conflicts of Interest 45. Conflict of Interest Policy. a. Purpose The purpose of the Conflict of Interest policy is to ensure that the deliberations and decisions of the Board are made in the sole interests of the Association League. A Board Member may not disclose confidential information obtained by him or her relating to the Association League nor use his or her position with respect to the Association League in order to achieve a financial benefit for himself, herself or a third person or other entity, including another nonprofit or for profit organization. This policy is intended to supplement but not replace any applicable laws governing conflicts of interest in nonprofit and charitable corporations. b. Definitions i. Board Member. For purposes of this bylaw Board Members shall include the ARRL President, all Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer, all Directors and all Vice-Directors. ii. Financial Benefit. A Board Member achieves a "financial benefit" if the person has, directly or indirectly, through business, employment, investment, contract or family: (a) An employment, contractual, compensation, material ownership, investment interest or other financial arrangement with, any entity whose business or operation has been or will be directly affected by a decision, action, or activities of the Association League. (b) For purposes of this Bylaw a material ownership or investment interest shall be an interest that is five (5%) or more of the value of the entity. c. Administration of Conflict of Interest Policy The Ethics and Elections Committee shall administer and monitor compliance with this Policy. d. Duty to Recuse i. A Board Member shall promptly disclose the existence of any conflict of interest and shall recuse himself or herself from being present for discussion or voting on any matter in which he or she has a material financial interest may obtain financial benefit, as defined above, or is an officer or director of an entity that may reasonably be affected by the outcome of the vote. Upon recusal of a Director, the Division Vice Director shall fulfill the duties of the recused Director in discussion and voting on such matter. ii. The Board Member shall state the reason for the recusal, which shall be noted in the minutes of the Board of Directors. e. Pervasive and Continuing Conflict In the event the entity, in which If the Board Member or a prospective candidate for the Association ARRL Board has such a financial interest, has material ownership or investment interest in, or is personally employed by, an entity that is engaged in an ongoing business or activity that directly competes with a material business or activity of the Association, League or has material ownership or investment interest in an ongoing business that primarily serves the amateur radio community, the person shall be deemed to have a pervasive and continuing conflict that would render him or her ineligible to be a Board Member. f. Disclosure by Directors and Officers i. When requested by the Ethics and Elections Committee and not less frequently than once a year, each Board Member shall promptly submit a statement to the Committee identifying all business and other affiliations in which the Board Member has a Financial Interest as defined in the Bylaw. ii. A Board Member shall promptly disclose to the Ethics and Elections Committee any matter that could reasonably be considered to a “financial benefit” to such Board Member, as defined above, whether or not the Board Member believes a conflict exists. g. Determining Whether a Conflict of Interest Exists i. After disclosure of the potential conflict of interest, the disinterested members of the Ethics and Elections Committee shall determine whether a conflict of interest exists or continuing and pervasive conflict of interest exists. Neither the Board nor any Committee of the Board shall vote upon any proposed matter, transaction, contract, or arrangement in connection with which an actual or possible conflict of interest has been disclosed by a Board Member until such time as the Ethics and Elections Committee has addressed the actual or possible conflict of interest. ii. Except in the instance of a continuing and pervasive conflict, a referral to the Ethics and Elections Committee will not be required where the Board Member fully discloses to the Board his or her financial interest and abstains from participation in the Board's consideration of the proposed transaction, contract, or arrangement. iii. Decisions of the Ethics and Elections Committee may be reviewed by the Board of Directors upon the written request of five or more Directors. Review shall be limited to the materials submitted to the Ethics and Elections Committee. A majority of the Board of Directors, excluding the Board Member who is the subject of the vote, is required to change any decision of the Ethics and Elections Committee. If the Ethics and Elections Committee determines that a person has a pervasive and continuing conflict of interest, no action shall be taken predicated upon this determination until the later of either seven days having elapsed without five Directors requesting a full review or until the Board of Directors has made a ruling. h. Annual Statements Each Board Member shall annually sign a statement which affirms that such person: (i) Has received a copy of the current conflict of interest policy; (ii) Has read and understands the policy; (iii) Has agreed to comply with the policy; and (iv) Understands that the Association League is a non-profit organization and that in order to maintain its federal tax exemption it must engage primarily in activities which accomplish one or more of its tax-exempt purposes. i. Periodic Reviews The Ethics and Elections Committee shall periodically consider whether and how this Conflicts of Interest Policy should be revised or amended to better meet its objectives and shall report to the Board on its recommendations and the matters referred to it and their resolution.

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[arrl-odv:22833] Proposed Ethics and Elections Committee Change
by Doug Rehman 12 Jun '14

12 Jun '14

This proposed change to the By-Laws makes the Ethics and Elections Committee elected (like the EC) instead of appointed. Doug K4AC Ethics and Elections Committee 41. There shall be an Ethics and Elections Committee composed of three Directors, who may also serve on other committees without restriction. The Committee shall: * Apply guidelines for ethical conduct by ARRL officials adopted by the Board * Determine eligibility of candidates for Director and Vice Director, including but not limited to receipt and review of petitions and certification of eligible candidates * Certify a nominee's eligibility under Article 12 to fill a Vice Director vacancy under Article 7 * Supervise the balloting for Director and Vice Director, including but not limited to review of all campaign statements and materials, oversight of the balloting process in accordance with Bylaw 20, and releasing the election results * Advise the Chief Executive Officer on, and recommend to the Board standards for, Section Manager elections Decisions of the Ethics and Elections Committee may be reviewed by the Board of Directors upon the written request of any candidate for that office or five or more Directors. Review shall be limited to the materials submitted to the Ethics and Elections Committee. A majority of the Board of Directors is required to change any decision of the Ethics and Elections Committee. The members of the committee shall be annually appointed by the President at the Annual Meeting elected at the Annual Meeting of the Board from among those Directors not subject to election during the year of service. The President shall designate the chairman of the Committee. The Director receiving the most votes will be the chairman of the committee. Should two Directors tie for the most number of votes or all three Directors tie, balloting among all Directors will be held to determine the chairman.

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[arrl-odv:22832] Proposed Meeting By-Law Change
by Doug Rehman 12 Jun '14

12 Jun '14

This By-Law change allows Vice Directors to be present at all formal meetings of the Board, but provides for exclusion by vote should unusual circumstances occur. Doug K4AC Meetings (New Paragraph) Unless a majority of the Directors vote to exclude the Vice Directors from a specific meeting, Vice Directors have the right to be present at all formal meetings of the Board including Special Meetings, Electronic Meetings, and meetings of the Committee of The Whole.

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[arrl-odv:22830] 2014-0611 ISELY Proposal To Amend ARRL By-Law 45 - Rev 1
by dick＠pobox.com 12 Jun '14

12 Jun '14

11 JUN 2014 - 2217 CDT Fellow Directors... I have been waiting to see if any other director wants to propose an amendment to ARRL By-Law 45 (conflict of interest). I have heard there may be a proposed motion to amend this By-Law, but I have seen nothing. Therefore, I have attached my proposed By-Law 45 amendment to this message. There are two identical files, one as a PDF and another in MS Word. Words or text to be deleted are RED. Words or text to be added are highlighted in YELLOW. The only change I propose is to separate the process for handling "potential conflict of interest" and "pervasive and continuing conflict of interest into two separate paragraphs as follows: 1. Immediate family members can cause an ARRL Officer, Director, or Vice Director to have a potential conflict. 2. An ARRL Officer, Director, or Vice Director, as a result of his or her own actions can be deemed to have a pervasive and continuing conflict. My proposal is based on many of the comments by my fellow directors at the teleconference held the evening of Tuesday, May 6, 2014. If you have any comments or suggested changes, please post them ASAP to this reflector so everybody will know the status of this proposal. Thank You - Dick Isely, W9GIG

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[arrl-odv:22828] HQ Network Project
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

All: The project to upgrade the ARRL network will continue tomorrow night from 6 pm to 10 pm EDT (2200 UTC on June 12th to 0200 UTC on Friday, June 13th). Services affected will include, e-mail, e-mail reflectors (all inbound e-mail will be queued for delivery later), LoTW, Centennial QSO web page and on-line DXCC. The ARRL web site and the e-store will not be affected during this time. After tomorrow there will likely be two more sessions to complete the work, each about 8 hours in length. We will apprise you of the schedule prior to the down time. As usual, we will post the information to all the appropriate sites to insure the widest distribution of the schedule. 73, Barry J. Shelley, N1VXY Chief Financial Officer ARRL, Inc. The National Association for Amateur Radio (860) 594-0212 www.arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:22827] Re: confirm 0bd85850610534a061222e3e0ec5c088e6b6221f
by Bill Edgar 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

Bay, Thank you for the quick response. By email clients, do you mean what the subscribers are using for downloading/reading their emails.? Bill -------- Original message -------- From: "Shelley, Barry,  N1VXY" <bshelley(a)arrl.org> Date:06/10/2014 6:00 PM (GMT-05:00) To: "Edgar, William, N3LLR" <n3llr(a)earthlink.net> Cc: "Rehman, Doug, K4AC" <doug(a)k4ac.com>, "Imlay, Chris, W3KD" <w3kd(a)aol.com>, arrl-odv-request(a)reflector.arrl.org Subject: Re: [arrl-odv:22825] Re: confirm 0bd85850610534a061222e3e0ec5c088e6b6221f .Bill: I responded to Doug earlier but failed to send it to everyone. We have the updated version of Mailman in house and have been testing it. We're close to implementation. However, because of the varying e-mail clients being used, it may not meet everyone's individual needs and expectations. Will keep you informed when we plan to switch over. 73, Barry, N1VXY Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID "Edgar, William, N3LLR" <n3llr(a)earthlink.net> wrote: If this being the case, what will it take to upgrade the list software? Thanks! Bill -------- Original message -------- From: Doug Rehman <doug(a)k4ac.com> Date:06/10/2014 12:58 PM (GMT-05:00) To: 'Chris Imlay' <w3kd(a)aol.com>, arrl-odv-request(a)reflector.arrl.org Subject: [arrl-odv:22822] Re: confirm 0bd85850610534a061222e3e0ec5c088e6b6221f The server’s version of Mailman (list software) is out of date and is causing the problem. The server is running v2.1.9 and needs to be running v2.1.18-1 (or later if there’s another update). AOL, Yahoo, and several other large email providers made a change about a month ago (referred to as DMARC) that has caused significant problems with email lists. Basically the problem stems from the list email appearing to be sent from the individual. AOL (Yahoo/etc.) sees an email that claims to be sent from w3kd(a)aol.com, but knows that the email didn’t come from the AOL servers so it rejects it. The email list software (Mailman) sees this as a bounced email and now thinks w3kd(a)aol.com is a bad address and suspends it. Within the latest Mailman control panel is an option that shows the emails as sent by the list server on behalf of the individual. I dealt with this issue on several lists I run… Doug K4AC From: arrl-odv-bounces(a)reflector.arrl.org [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Chris Imlay Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 12:40 PM To: arrl-odv-request(a)reflector.arrl.org Subject: [arrl-odv:22821] Re: confirm 0bd85850610534a061222e3e0ec5c088e6b6221f Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret & Imlay, LLC 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD(a)ARRL.ORG -----Original Message----- From: arrl-odv-request <arrl-odv-request(a)reflector.arrl.org> To: w3kd <w3kd(a)aol.com> Sent: Tue, Jun 10, 2014 12:32 pm Subject: confirm 0bd85850610534a061222e3e0ec5c088e6b6221f Your membership in the mailing list arrl-odv has been disabled due to excessive bounces The last bounce received from you was dated 10-Jun-2014. You will not get any more messages from this list until you re-enable your membership. You will receive 3 more reminders like this before your membership in the list is deleted. To re-enable your membership, you can simply respond to this message (leaving the Subject: line intact), or visit the confirmation page at http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/confirm/arrl-odv/0bd85850610534a061222e3e… You can also visit your membership page at http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/options/arrl-odv/w3kd%40aol.com On your membership page, you can change various delivery options such as your email address and whether you get digests or not. As a reminder, your membership password is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx If you have any questions or problems, you can contact the list owner at arrl-odv-owner(a)reflector.arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:22826] Re: confirm c8c5ca9405d329f03c4555b7dc6f7e9ef52f469c
by k6jat＠comcast.net 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

----- Original Message ----- From: arrl-odv-request(a)reflector.arrl.org To: k6jat(a)comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 9:47:14 AM Subject: confirm c8c5ca9405d329f03c4555b7dc6f7e9ef52f469c Your membership in the mailing list arrl-odv has been disabled due to excessive bounces The last bounce received from you was dated 10-Jun-2014. You will not get any more messages from this list until you re-enable your membership. You will receive 3 more reminders like this before your membership in the list is deleted. To re-enable your membership, you can simply respond to this message (leaving the Subject: line intact), or visit the confirmation page at http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/confirm/arrl-odv/c8c5ca9405d329f03c4555b7… You can also visit your membership page at http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/options/arrl-odv/k6jat%40comcast.net On your membership page, you can change various delivery options such as your email address and whether you get digests or not. As a reminder, your membership password is caexusub If you have any questions or problems, you can contact the list owner at arrl-odv-owner(a)reflector.arrl.org

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