July 2014 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:23083] HR-4969
by Chris Imlay 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

The cosponsor count is now at twelve (12). The newest is Griffith, President Craigie's Congressman. Nice work!! Sent from my iPhone

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[arrl-odv:23079] Fwd: Congrats
by Mike Lisenco N2YBB 30 Jul '14

30 Jul '14

Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Mike Lisenco N2YBB <n2ybb(a)arrl.org> > Date: July 30, 2014 at 3:43:26 PM EDT > To: Doug Rehman <doug(a)k4ac.com> > Subject: Congrats > > Doug > > Nice work! Webster signed on today. > Congratulations and thanks > > Mike > > Sent from my iPhone

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[arrl-odv:23066] September Washington Dates
by Doug Rehman 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Can someone advise the dates for Washington in September please? Thanks, Doug K4AC

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[arrl-odv:23077] Rita Bodson
by Dennis Bodson 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Dear ARRL BOD: As you are aware, I was not able to attend the July BOD meeting due to the passing of my wife Rita. In reading the draft minutes of the meeting, I noticed her name under Silent Keys even though she is not a Ham. On behalf of my family and myself, thank you for honoring her in such a fine manner. Sincerely, Dennis

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[arrl-odv:23076] Board minutes
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Attached are the final minutes of the July 21-22 Board Meeting. Thanks to those of you who reviewed them and provided feedback, either that they were OK or to offer additions/suggestions. There are a few minor, non-substantive changes from the original draft. The Board-mandated procedure for approving the minutes is as follows: 1. The Secretary will circulate draft minutes to Board members as soon as possible after the meeting. [Completed on July 27] 2. Once Board members have had the opportunity to review the draft and offer comment, a final draft will be circulated. [Attached] 3. Ten days after distribution of the final draft, the Secretary will call for a vote by electronic mail to approve the minutes. [To be done Friday, August 8] 4. The minutes will be declared as approved upon the receipt of affirmative votes of eight or more directors within the ten days of the call for the vote. 5. The final draft minutes will continue to be made available to members following their circulation to Board members and prior to formal approval. The minutes will be made available to members tomorrow. 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary

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[arrl-odv:23072] Releasing Division E-mails
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

The option to release Division e-mails immediately has been deployed to the appropriate page on the web site. The check box "For Immediate Release" is placed directly above the box to "Submit Message". Again, this will be a choice that needs to be made for each message sent. The default condition is for the e-mail to be held for release as is currently done. 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:23067] arrl.org/hr-4969
by James F. Boehner MD 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Chris, That is an interesting argument. The first point about just being hobbyists is not even pertinent; a paid or unpaid individual is still capable of providing emergency communications. With the second, their CC&R’s would preclude a ham from building an adequate station, training and using the equipment so they could be capable of even providing a minimum level of emergency communications. So, they are asking us to cite cases that they prevented from occurring in the first place! It reminds me of the altered time line in the “Back to the Future” series. I know our message has to be very focused and clear. When it gets down and dirty, and we are wrestling in the mud with CAI and Associa, one fact is clear. They are interested in protecting aesthetics. We are interested in protecting lives. Period, Flat! One note for full disclosure. I sent an e-mail on HR-4969 to my division, and it was reposted on the FT-60 yahoogroup that has 4815 members. I am the Listowner, and the individual that posted it is unmoderated. So, I didn’t do it…….. ’73 de JIM N2ZZ From: Christopher Imlay [mailto:w3kd.arrl@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 11:23 AM To: James F. Boehner MD Cc: arrl-odv; n1nd(a)arrl.org Subject: Re: [arrl-odv:23051] arrl.org/hr-4969 I think Dr. Jim makes a good point about rebuttal of CAI. Because Associa, the management company that allegedly serves 9000 HOAs in 31 states is up on the Hill with CAI right now, today,,and because CAI has issued a call to arms to their membership which is full of misrepresentations, a rebuttal document of points and authorities for our members doing advocacy for HR 4969, managed correctly, may be helpful. In fact, I just got a call from Josh Baggett, KK4NDB, who works for Rep. Kinzinger, asking for a second rebuttal document. I sent Josh a letter on Friday with information to rebut Associa's letter to Kinzinger, and now that they met with Josh and made other arguments, he asked us to help him rebut them as well. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY here is the letter I sent to Josh on Friday. We can do a rebuttal paper separately now that we know the arguments that both opposition groups are making. To give you an idea of what the deal is, Associa and CAI made two main points today with Josh: (1) there is no Federal interest being served by this Bill because hams are just hobbyists; and (2) FCC has said multiple times that there is no need to apply PRB-1 to CC&Rs. CAI asked for even one example where covenants prevented a ham from engaging in emergency communications. We are working on a rebuttal points paper for Josh today now that he has had his meeting with Associa and CAI together. Reportedly, Associa asked for compromise language. CAI is taking a scorched earth tack -- no bill, no way. Josh didn't bite on either position. Game on. Chris On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 5:09 PM, James F. Boehner MD via arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> wrote: To Dan and anyone else who is responsible for providing the above site on the arrl.org website, thank you! If I could request a few additions: 1) Dan, could you add your fax number to the mix? We have postal mail and e-mail attachments covered, but some actually still use fax machines. 2) We had a legislative update by TKG this past week. Can we have a “drop-down” as to how members request an appointment to meet their representatives? More importantly, how to conduct their meeting. I’m thinking specifically as to prepare them if they are deferred to one of the representative’s staffers, how many hams to bring to the meeting, to be prepared if their representative doesn’t agree with them, etc. For those of us who have never requested an audience with their congressman, it is a daunting task. Members with no political experience really need to feel empowered to speak to their representative on behalf of the ARRL, and do so properly. Otherwise, the most we can expect are letters. 3) If it is legislatively appropriate, can we have a “drop-down” to discuss CAI so that members can “Know the Enemy” and know the opposition we face? Perhaps to take each of their arguments and have our direct rebuttal ready to go, as Chris indicated in his last e-mail? As I wrote the request for a Fax number, I’m reminded of a Dilbert cartoon, where he agreed to fax specifications only if he could travel back in time to 1985, when faxes were the way to do this sort of thing J ! But it is what it is! Thanks for the consideration, ’73 de JIM N2ZZ _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org http://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv -- 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

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[arrl-odv:23065] 2014-07 Draft Board Meeting Minutes
by dick＠pobox.com 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

28 JUL 2014 - 1635 CDT I approve the 2014-07 draft board meeting minutes. - Dick Isely, W9GIG

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[arrl-odv:23062] Emails to Congress
by Doug Rehman 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

Chris and I had a chance to talk about lobbying on Thursday afternoon, especially getting members involved. In order to make it as effortless as possible for the members, an idea would to make it possible for members to send emails via arrl.org. We could then include the link in our Division emails for an immediate call to action where the member can send an email with just a couple of clicks. Basically there would be a webpage that the member goes to (while signed in) that allows the member to generate a “canned” email to their Representative. Their information could be pulled from their member record and inserted into the email. Enhancements to the idea might include having a text box at the bottom of the “canned” email to allow for the insertion of personalized information from the member. This would be an especially powerful tool to use BEFORE visits to the Representative’s office. The members in that District could be requested to send a barrage of emails to the Representative’s office, thereby demonstrating the constituent interest in advance of any meeting. Doug K4AC

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[arrl-odv:23051] arrl.org/hr-4969
by James F. Boehner MD 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

To Dan and anyone else who is responsible for providing the above site on the arrl.org website, thank you! If I could request a few additions: 1) Dan, could you add your fax number to the mix? We have postal mail and e-mail attachments covered, but some actually still use fax machines. 2) We had a legislative update by TKG this past week. Can we have a "drop-down" as to how members request an appointment to meet their representatives? More importantly, how to conduct their meeting. I'm thinking specifically as to prepare them if they are deferred to one of the representative's staffers, how many hams to bring to the meeting, to be prepared if their representative doesn't agree with them, etc. For those of us who have never requested an audience with their congressman, it is a daunting task. Members with no political experience really need to feel empowered to speak to their representative on behalf of the ARRL, and do so properly. Otherwise, the most we can expect are letters. 3) If it is legislatively appropriate, can we have a "drop-down" to discuss CAI so that members can "Know the Enemy" and know the opposition we face? Perhaps to take each of their arguments and have our direct rebuttal ready to go, as Chris indicated in his last e-mail? As I wrote the request for a Fax number, I'm reminded of a Dilbert cartoon, where he agreed to fax specifications only if he could travel back in time to 1985, when faxes were the way to do this sort of thing J ! But it is what it is! Thanks for the consideration, '73 de JIM N2ZZ

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