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[arrl-odv:23143] EC study motions
by Kay Craigie 07 Sep '14

07 Sep '14

At the Board meeting, three items were referred to the EC. Two have to do with internal governance matters, and one has to do with a possible FCC Rules change. They are as follows. Minute 27 - Addition of a Bylaw affecting Vice Director attendance at meetings. The proposed language from Mr. Rehman's motion says: "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." Minute 28 - Change of the final paragraph in Bylaw 44. The proposed language from Mr. Rehman's motion says: "The members of the committee shall be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Board from among those Directors not subject to election during the year of service. The Director receiving the greatest number votes will be the chairman of the committee. Should two or more Directors tie, an election will be held between the tied Directors to determine the chairman." Minute 37 - Petition the FCC to change Technician privileges, granting more digital privileges. The operative part of Mr. Rehman's motion says: "Create a 10 kHz Technician Digital Subband with a limit of 200 watts in the 80m, 40m, and 15m bands. Digital modes would be limited to RTTY and PSK. The subbands would be 3,600-3,610 kHz (moving the bottom of the Extra phone band to 3,610 kHz), 7,115-7,125 kHz, and 21.190-21.200 MHz." Additionally, there is the matter of Bylaw 45. After the events of this past spring, it's evident that the Bylaw should be reviewed to make sure it clearly embodies the principles that are necessary and sufficient to the organization's best interests *and* that the Board will objectively and consistently apply not only to candidate wanna-bes but also to incumbents as our life situations change. The appeal process also needs attention. The motion proposing revision to this Bylaw was not introduced and thus not formally referred to the EC, but we don't need a weatherman to see which way the wind blows. We need to think about principles and processes. The principles become the yardstick to which we compare the existing COI policy and any proposed revisions of it. The processes for application of the Bylaw (particularly with regard to appeals) should be explicit, with reasonable deadlines. Directors, Vice Directors, and Officers are encouraged to post input on any or all of these items at your earliest convenience so the EC will have the benefit of your thoughts well in advance of their in-person meeting. Thanks & 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:23208] EC study motions, again
by Kay Craigie 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

Since posting ODV:23143, I have received one message about the study motions now on the EC's agenda and the matter of BL 45. The EC will take into account the posts made on the ODV when the motions were first brought up. After the Minutes were published, I received one message from a member about the Technician privileges proposal, which I acknowledged and forwarded to the person's Director, who happens to be on the EC. That isn't a lot of input for the EC to work with. Again, I encourage you to post your comments and analyses of these items so the EC will have the benefit of your viewpoints. Thanks and 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:23251] FCC Comments as filed, Docket 14-99; Model City for Demonstrating and Evaluating Advanced Sharing Technologies
by Christopher Imlay 29 Aug '14

29 Aug '14

Greetings. Today, with the approval of the Executive Committee, I have edited and filed the attached comments with both FCC and NTIA. FCC and NTIA jointly propose in this proceeding to establish, via a public/private partnership, a "model city" (i.e. an urban environment) that is considered a test bed for spectrum sharing and technology development and initial rollout and evaluation. The original idea came from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in 2012. These comments were prepared initially by Brennan Price and reviewed by me when I first saw them yesterday afternoon. The basic premise of our comments is that there can't be a model city for technological development and spectrum sharing without integrating Amateur Radio in it. There is also an important segment at the end about the inherent inequity and failure of the concept of a Model City for technological rollout and testing if some of the services in the model city are saddled with public,private or environmental antenna regulations which preclude the creation of a realistic environment. The EC has directed that we monitor this proceeding because, absent our meaningful participation in Model City technological investigation, we could be very much out in the cold. Today is the comment date so we will know soon what others have said. There is not a reply comment period permitted by the public notice, but we can get in some rebuttal if we need to do so. This was prepared at the very last minute for various reasons so thanks to the Executive Committee for a quick review and turnaround on this and for their patience. We will try to prevent a recurrence of the timing of this. Let me or Brennan know any questions you have about this filing. 73, Chris W3KD -- 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:23255] Fwd: HR 4969
by Chris Imlay 29 Aug '14

29 Aug '14

Mike Lisenco is on a roll! Good on you Mike. It pays to be relentless. We only have a few more cosponsors to go and we need all hands on deck for this last big push. 73, Chris W3KD Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: McCarthy Frank <fmccarthy(a)keelengroup.com> > Date: August 29, 2014 at 12:45:00 PM EDT > To: Mike Lisenco N2YBB <n2ybb(a)arrl.org> > Cc: Imlay Christopher <w3kd(a)aol.com>, Sumner David <dsumner(a)arrl.org>, Craigie Kay <n3kn(a)arrl.org>, Borg Stephen <sborg(a)keelengroup.com>, Olah Alexander <aolah(a)keelengroup.com>, Keelen Matt <mkeelen(a)keelengroup.com> > Subject: Fwd: HR 4969 > > Great work, Mike! Peter King is on board. > > 21 down. 9 to go... > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "Woodward, Ryan" <Ryan.Woodward(a)mail.house.gov> >> Subject: HR 4969 >> Date: August 29, 2014 at 12:42:51 PM EDT >> To: "fmccarthy(a)keelengroup.com" <fmccarthy(a)keelengroup.com> >> >> Hello Mr. McCarthy, >> >> Rep. King just signed on to the Amateur Radio Parity Act. >> >> Enjoy the holiday, >> >> Ryan >> >> Ryan Woodward >> Legislative Assistant >> Office of Congressman Peter King (NY-02) >> 339 Cannon HOB >> Ryan.Woodward(a)mail.house.gov >> Phone: (202) 225-7896 >> Fax: (202) 226-2279 >

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[arrl-odv:23254] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 29 Aug '14

29 Aug '14

N-Newsletter Vol. 38, No. 24 August 27, 2014 - Covers the period August 17-23. Upcoming Meetings and Events United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) September 29-October 3 - ARRL HQ Executive Committee: October 4 @ 8:30am - Memphis, TN LoTW Study Committee November 14 @ 9:00am in Newington, CT Administration & Finance Committee November 15 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Director/Vice Director Elections November 21 CEO Office The office will be closed Monday, September 1 in observance of Labor Day. Have a safe & fun Holiday weekend! Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Now shipping: "Arduino for Ham Radio," by Glen Popiel, KW5GP and published by ARRL; https://www.arrl.org/shop/Arduino-for-Ham-Radio Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity (reported by Steve Capodicasa): Week ending Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 8/22/2014 1,447 140 8/15/2014 607 382 8/8/2014 578 437 Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 5 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 3-5 Business Days Field Organization/Public Service Team The Southern Florida Section Manager election ballots were counted on Tuesday, August 19, at ARRL HQ. Southern Florida Section Manager Jeff Beals, WA4AW, was re-elected in this race against his opponent, Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, of West Palm Beach. Jeff begins his two-year term of office on October 1. Thanks to Leona Adams, Gail Iannone, and Steve Ewald for handling the ballot counting and the administration of the election process. Starting October 1, the Oklahoma Section will be led by Lloyd Colston, KC5FM, of Altus, as the new Section Manager. Colston was the only nominee when outgoing Oklahoma Section Manager, Kevin O'Dell, NØIRW, of Perry, decided not to run for a new term of office. O'Dell has been Section Manager since October, 2010. Colston has been the Public Information Coordinator in Oklahoma for the past four years. The Western New York Section will also have a new Section Manager beginning October 1. Laura Peters-Mueller, N2LJM, of Falconer, was the only nominee for the position when the petition deadline arrived on June 6. Laura has been the Assistant Section Manager for the past two years while her husband, John, K2BT, served at the helm of Western New York's Field Organization. John decided not to run for another term as Section Manager. The following incumbent ARRL Section Managers did not face opposition and were declared elected for their next two-year terms of office beginning October 1, 2014: Betsey Doane, K1EIC (Connecticut); Edward Stuckey, AI7H (Idaho); Skip Jackson, KSØJ (Minnesota); Lynn Nelson, WØND (North Dakota); Scott Yonally, N8SY (Ohio); Rene Fonseca, NP3O (Puerto Rico); Frederick Kleber, K9VV (Virgin Islands). Leona Adams also reports that Nebraska Section Manager Matt Anderson, KAØBOJ, has been nominated to run for another two-year term of office starting on January 1, 2015. Nominating petitions for this coming SM election cycle is September 5. Education Services Reported by Debra Johnson, K1DMJ License Instruction We continue to receive a steady stream of new applications for registration as ARRL Registered Instructor, a total of 95 during July and August. We also field many inquiries about our new Technician instructor materials. The free, online download format is well received. Website listings for fall classes are coming in at a steady pace; we have received 71 listings during the past 2 months. Among these are an increasing number of listings for upgrade classes. Other inquiries from instructors who are reactivating classes indicate that clubs are taking a renewed interest in offering license instruction to rebuild club membership. Education & Technology Program Three sessions of the Teachers Institute were completed in July. Post session evaluations generated very favorable comments and indicated teachers absorbed the content, plan to adopt it in their classrooms and were very appreciative of the training they received, that they noted would not have been possible without the expenses paid provision that our donors make possible. As noted in the ARRL news story<http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-teachers-institutes-chalk-up-another-successf…>, a dozen educators also returned home with an Amateur Radio license or a license upgrade. The marine buoy resource and FunCube materials research project curriculum that was introduced in the TI-2 Remote Sensing and Data Gathering this year generated much interest and many ideas for classroom application by participating teachers. ARISS ARISS contacts have resumed after a lull in late June because of the lack of supporting crew members. During July and August there have been three US contacts so far, with Scouts at Space Jam 8 in Rantoul, IL, and with students at Zuni Hills Elementary School in Sun City, AZ and at Winfree Bryant Middle School in Lebanon, TN. All three interviews were with astronaut Gregory (Reid) Wiseman, KF5LKT, who also made a big splash with the ham radio community for his Field Day activities<http://www.arrl.org/news/nasa-astronaut-s-iss-field-day-operation-puts-smil…>. Another direct contact planned for Dorothy Grant Elementary School in Fontana, CA will round out this month's US activities. An advance story<http://www.sbsun.com/media/20131213/young-radio-amateurs-at-fontana-school-…> about this contact describes the radio activity at the school led by teacher Dorothy Matheson, KJ6RSX, an ARRL Teachers Institute grad. During July and August the program has also successfully executed contacts with schools and organizations in Germany, United Kingdom, Japan, Canada and The Netherlands. The Russian team also completed a contact using the service module station. Considering that NASA funding for the ARISS program for fiscal year 2014-2015 is still in question, it is interesting that the NASA ISS program office just released a new video<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLcG7bNvbjA&list=UUmheCYT4HlbFi943lpH009Q> which promotes ham radio contacts with the ISS as an educational opportunity. A number of NASA program offices have indicated their interest in keeping the program alive and are considering providing some funding support . NASA's contractor, CASIS<http://www.iss-casis.org/>, which manages the ISS National Lab, invited ARISS to send a proposal request, which the ARISS team submitted in August. The proposal requests help with equipment safety review, up massing support and support for administrative coordination and educational program development. The ARRL Education Services office is preparing to take the lead managing the US ARISS program proposal process since we know that this function will no longer be supported by NASA. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All Staff 9/1 Holiday All Staff 11/27-11/28 Holiday All Staff 12/25-12/26 Holiday Leona Adams 9/2-9/5 PTO Bob Allison 8/28-8/29 PTO `` 10/9-10/12 Florida State Convention, Melbourne, FL Steve Capodicasa 9/2 PTO Joe Carcia 8/29 PTO Lauren Clarke 10/9-10/13 Pacific Division Convention, Santa Clara, CA Steve Ewald 8/29-9/5 North Carolina State Convention, Shelby, NC/PTO Steve Ford 8/29-9/2 PTO Scott Gee 9/2-9/3 PTO `` 9/22-9/26 PTO Mike Gruber 8/25-8/29 PTO `` 9/29-10/3 PTO `` 10/10 PTO Ed Hare 10/9-10/13 Pacific Division Convention, Santa Clara, CA Dan Henderson 9/26-9/28 Washington State Convention, Spokane Valley, WA Gail Iannone 8/20-8/29 PTO Bob Inderbitzen 10/9-10/13 Pacific Division Convention, Santa Clara, CA Harold Kramer 8/22-8/29 PTO Diane Middleton 10/16-10/17 PTO Diane Petrilli 8/29 PTO `` 10/9-10/13 Pacific Division Convention, Santa Clara, CA AnnMarie Pinto 8/18-8/29 PTO Lisa Riendeau 8/19-8/28 PTO Kim Rochette 8/21-8/29 PTO Steve Sant Andrea 8/29 PTO Becky Schoenfeld 8/28-8/29 PTO Dave Sumner 8/28-8/29 Washington `` 9/15-9/29 IARU Reg. 1 Conference/IARU AC Meeting, Bulgaria Yvette Vinci 10/9-10/13 Pacific Division Convention, Santa Clara, CA

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[arrl-odv:23247] Cong. Tim Walberg
by Dale Williams 29 Aug '14

29 Aug '14

Just got word that a meeting is now set with my Cong. Tim Walberg, MI 7th., for September 3. SM WB8R, WVØSS and I will be meeting with him and his Chief of Staff. The CoS has been briefed and interestingly, reports that Walberg's father was a ham. 73, Dale Williams WA8EFK

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[arrl-odv:23249] SM webinar
by Kay Craigie 29 Aug '14

29 Aug '14

Thirty-seven Section Managers, including the organizers from LAX, TN, and NC Sections, took part in last night's webinar, which grew out of discussions held among the 29 SMs who were at the National. Ken Bailey K1UFG, Steve Ewald WV1X, and I were invited guests. I believe Ken was minding the GoToMeeting software at the HQ end of things. Steve and I were invited to make remarks at the beginning. I do not have a list of the SMs who took part. I thanked the organizers for the invitation and reaffirmed that the work done by SMs is important and appreciated, even though members may be more likely to complain than to give an attaboy to their SMs. I briefly reviewed my experience as a Section Manager in the 1980s, shortly after the position replaced the Section Communications Manager position that had very different responsibilities. I said that compared to my era as an SM, today's SM job is much more demanding but also offers many more opportunities (such as electronic communications) to communicate with members and put a human face on a large, national organization. I thanked them for publicizing H.R. 4969 and encouraged them to continue doing so. I thanked them for participating in the Centennial QSO Party and encouraged those who have not yet been on the air in the event to do so in the remaining months of the year. It's not only fun but also is meaningful outreach to members, demonstrating to anybody who may have supposed otherwise that we elected officials are real-life ham radio operators like them. The rest of the webinar's agenda was devoted to three topics: (1) Going over the results of a survey held to identify topics for future webinars and to determine the preferred scheduling for the future; (2) Discussing activity with regard to H.R. 4969; (3) Discussing ideas for recruiting Field Organization volunteers. I was able to provide answers to questions about the legislation, and as a result of the discussion I asked Staff to make sure the SMs have a copy of the one-page leave-behind paper that we've been using on the Hill. I did not stay for the whole of topic #3, since my experience in recruiting Field Organization volunteers is by now archaeological data. Some SMs said they had lost volunteers, including some key ones such as ECs, as a result of the public service vs. emergency communications controversy. Some did not appear to be aware of the Board resolution on that subject or to know how to find the Board meeting Minutes on the web site. This morning I sent the organizers the link to the Minutes section of the site and gave them the Minute number of the relevant item. I mentioned that the Minutes are public documents, and if it will be helpful for SMs to draw members' attention to Minute 31, then go for it. I suggested that the organizers might post this link and the Minute information on the SM reflector. Some of us remember when there was a dismaying degree of anti-Board attitude among Section Managers, promoted by certain individual SMs who are no longer in office. If that resentfulness still exists, it was not evident last night, and us-versus-them is not what the organizers intend future SM webinars to be about. The tone of the webinar was entirely constructive. There was no whining, bashing, griping, attacking, or any of that stuff. Even the references to fallout from the public service flap were not expressed in a heated way. So it looks to me as though the aim of this webinar series is to improve intercommunication among SMs and to identify questions and issues to be communicated to the Board. Looks good from where I sit. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:23248] Deserved thanks!
by James F. Boehner MD 29 Aug '14

29 Aug '14

Barry spoke about the letter generating program for HR-4969 a few days ago. I have worked with John Proctor K1JMP (ARRL HQ IT) over the last few days tuning up the program. I mentioned on the board list yesterday that the letter it was generating was similar to the one on the www.arrl.org/HR-4969 website, which was accurate, but not quite as compelling as the letter that Mike and Chris gave as an example on their webinar. The program had a few kinks, such as superimposing the generated number field (for number of ham constituents in a district) on the text, which garbled the sentence. Additionally, due to the way HQ computers deal with the current date, the program would originally not run for me. I am pleased to say that John sent me the updated zip file today, and as far as I can tell, it is working flawlessly. It is using the webinar letter template and is properly inserting the number field in the text. FYI, the unzipped file is 10 MB. The zipped file is only 2 MB. It e-mails fine. The Shelby, NC Hamfest is this weekend, and we expect a good turnout. Steve Ewald is coming down as the ARRL HQ rep, and John arranged for Steve to bring an ARRL HQ laptop to the Hamfest. We have a printer, and now it is just a matter of hooking them both together and have the drivers load. I'll send a report as to how everything worked once the Hamfest is over. I definitely want to send KUDOS to John Proctor for his work on this project! '73 de JIM N2ZZ

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[arrl-odv:23241] FW: MO-2 Correction...Its MO-3
by Cliff Ahrens 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Correction Rep. Luetkemeyer is MO-3 (not MO-2). Cliff From: Don Domina [mailto:stl_deli@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 11:38 AM To: k0ca(a)arrl.org Subject: Fwd: MO-2 Correction...Its MO-3 Don Domina KCØDE stl_deli(a)msn.com kcØde(a)arrl.net Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: stl_deli(a)msn.com From: Don Domina <stl_deli(a)msn.com> Subject: MO-2 Date: August 28, 2014 at 11:34:53 AM CDT Resent-To: stldeli3453(a)gmail.com To: k0ca(a)arrl.org Cliff, I am glad you sent the MO-6 notification to all of us. I have had a similar result with my congressman. Blaine Luetkemeyer R MO-2 has agreed to co-sponsor HR 4969. His press secretary has been in communication with me. Here is the copy of an email chain I have. Her email address is Kristina.Weger(a)mail.house.gov and her direct line in Washington is 202-225-2956. I am certain she will verify the message if you wish. She has been very helpful on this matter. She recommended he sign on. I reminded the Congressman of the number of Ham Votes in MO and in MO-3. Thanks for your efforts =============================== August 18, 2014 Hi Don, I hope all is well. The Congressman is now a cosponsor of H.R. 4969. It isnt updated online because the House of Representatives is in recess until September but Ill email the relevant staffer the first week in September and let them know. Also, there may be other members like Mr. Luetkemeyer who has agreed to sign onto a bill but the 17 cosponsors wont change until the House is back in session. I just wanted to let you know! Take care, Kristina From: Don Domina [ <mailto:stl_deli@msn.com> mailto:stl_deli@msn.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 9:51 AM To: Weger, Kristina Subject: Fwd: HR 4969 Update Kristina, Just FYI. I have posted this to our group. I looked this morning and the list of co-sponsors is growing, and best of all its growing from both sides of the aisle. There is so little in Washington that people agree on, perhaps our small issue might be one. Thanks again and keep me posted. Don Don Domina KCØDE <mailto:stl_deli@msn.com> stl_deli(a)msn.com Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: <mailto:stl_deli@msn.com> stl_deli(a)msn.com From: Don Domina < <mailto:stl_deli@msn.com> stl_deli(a)msn.com> Subject: HR 4969 Update Date: August 5, 2014 at 8:47:05 AM CDT Resent-To: <mailto:stldeli3453@gmail.com> stldeli3453(a)gmail.com To: scaRC Complete List < <mailto:scarc-members@wb0hsi.org> scarc-members(a)wb0hsi.org> Cc: " <mailto:SCARC-Members@yahoogroups.com> SCARC-Members(a)yahoogroups.com" < <mailto:SCARC-Members@yahoogroups.com> SCARC-Members(a)yahoogroups.com> SCARC Members, I apologize if this is sent to you twice. I was unsure which list I was supposed to use. I receive the following from a staff member in one of our local Congressmans office. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) covers a bunch of St. Charles County and west to Jeff City and the lake. His District is shown on the map: . His press secretary, Kristina Weger sent me the following email: ================================================= Hi Don, My name is Kristina and I work in Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyers office. I know you emailed the Congressman regarding the Amateur Radio Parity Act. I know you already received a letter from the office and you are well versed on the legislation. I handle telecommunication policy for the Congressman and Im going to recommend the Congressman signs his name to the legislation. Ill keep you posted on the status and if you have any questions about telecommunications or other policy issues dont hesitate to shoot me an email or give me a call, happy to talk. Again, Ill keep you posted and take care! Kristina Kristina Weger Press Secretary and Legislative Assistant Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) 202-225-2956 ========================================== Hopefully the congressman will follow her advice and co-sponsor the bill. I checked this morning and there are 17 BI-PARTISAN supporters. Keep the pressure on. 73 Don Domina KCØDE stl_deli(a)msn.com kcØde(a)arrl.net <mailto:kc%C3%98de@arrl.net>

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[arrl-odv:23240] More Good News - MO-2 Congressman also co-sponsors HR 4969
by Cliff Ahrens 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

More good news. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-2), who was formerly my Rep. until he got redistricted, has also agreed to co-sponsor HR 4969. Matt, Chris, Dave and Dan may already be aware of this, but I wanted to share the news. Ill send an email to the MO-2 members asking them to thank the Congressman. Cliff K0CA From: Don Domina [mailto:stl_deli@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 11:35 AM To: k0ca(a)arrl.org Subject: MO-2 Cliff, I am glad you sent the MO-6 notification to all of us. I have had a similar result with my congressman. Blaine Luetkemeyer R MO-2 has agreed to co-sponsor HR 4969. His press secretary has been in communication with me. Here is the copy of an email chain I have. Her email address is Kristina.Weger(a)mail.house.gov and her direct line in Washington is 202-225-2956. I am certain she will verify the message if you wish. She has been very helpful on this matter. She recommended he sign on. I reminded the Congressman of the number of Ham Votes in MO and in MO-3. Thanks for your efforts =============================== August 18, 2014 Hi Don, I hope all is well. The Congressman is now a cosponsor of H.R. 4969. It isnt updated online because the House of Representatives is in recess until September but Ill email the relevant staffer the first week in September and let them know. Also, there may be other members like Mr. Luetkemeyer who has agreed to sign onto a bill but the 17 cosponsors wont change until the House is back in session. I just wanted to let you know! Take care, Kristina From: Don Domina [ <mailto:stl_deli@msn.com> mailto:stl_deli@msn.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 9:51 AM To: Weger, Kristina Subject: Fwd: HR 4969 Update Kristina, Just FYI. I have posted this to our group. I looked this morning and the list of co-sponsors is growing, and best of all its growing from both sides of the aisle. There is so little in Washington that people agree on, perhaps our small issue might be one. Thanks again and keep me posted. Don Don Domina KCØDE <mailto:stl_deli@msn.com> stl_deli(a)msn.com Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: <mailto:stl_deli@msn.com> stl_deli(a)msn.com From: Don Domina < <mailto:stl_deli@msn.com> stl_deli(a)msn.com> Subject: HR 4969 Update Date: August 5, 2014 at 8:47:05 AM CDT Resent-To: <mailto:stldeli3453@gmail.com> stldeli3453(a)gmail.com To: scaRC Complete List < <mailto:scarc-members@wb0hsi.org> scarc-members(a)wb0hsi.org> Cc: " <mailto:SCARC-Members@yahoogroups.com> SCARC-Members(a)yahoogroups.com" < <mailto:SCARC-Members@yahoogroups.com> SCARC-Members(a)yahoogroups.com> SCARC Members, I apologize if this is sent to you twice. I was unsure which list I was supposed to use. I receive the following from a staff member in one of our local Congressmans office. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) covers a bunch of St. Charles County and west to Jeff City and the lake. His District is shown on the map: . His press secretary, Kristina Weger sent me the following email: ================================================= Hi Don, My name is Kristina and I work in Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyers office. I know you emailed the Congressman regarding the Amateur Radio Parity Act. I know you already received a letter from the office and you are well versed on the legislation. I handle telecommunication policy for the Congressman and Im going to recommend the Congressman signs his name to the legislation. Ill keep you posted on the status and if you have any questions about telecommunications or other policy issues dont hesitate to shoot me an email or give me a call, happy to talk. Again, Ill keep you posted and take care! Kristina Kristina Weger Press Secretary and Legislative Assistant Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) 202-225-2956 ========================================== Hopefully the congressman will follow her advice and co-sponsor the bill. I checked this morning and there are 17 BI-PARTISAN supporters. Keep the pressure on. 73 Don Domina KCØDE stl_deli(a)msn.com kcØde(a)arrl.net

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