August 2014 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:23237] Rep. Sam Graves (MO-6) will co-sponsor HR 4969
by Cliff Ahrens 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Matt Keelen and I just finished a conference call with Rep. Sam Graves' legislative director and legislative assistant in Washington, and his Field Representative from Kansas City. There's good news! At the conclusion of our conference, they advised us that Rep. Graves will contact Rep. Kinzinger's office and add his name to the co-sponsors of HR 4969. They said it would probably be some time in early September after they return to the Hill before his name will show up on the list. I had exchanged a number of calls and letters with the Congressman's office over the past month, and he seemed generally supportive of the bill, but Matt and I finally were able to close the deal this morning! Matt formerly worked in Rep. Graves' office and was a big help in getting this done! I will get out a letter to all the ARRL members in the MO-6 District asking them to thank Rep. Graves for his co-sponsorship and support of the bill. Cliff K0CA

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[arrl-odv:23235] HR-4969 Letter
by James F. Boehner MD 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Not to stir up a hornets nest. But as I was comparing notes on the HR-4969 letter to Representatives, I noted the one in the now supplied ARRL letter writing program to be the same as on the www.arrl.org/hr-4969 website. I then looked at the suggested letter template from the HR-4969 webinar by Mike Lisenco and Chris Imlay, and found that letter to be much more persuasive. Can we add the webinar suggested letter template to the HR-4969 webpage and/or make it an option with the letter writing program? I will add the text of the webinar template under my signature. '73 de JIM N2ZZ ____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________ Suggested email template for members to use in writing their representative: Dear Congressman/woman __________, I am a constituent in your District and I want to bring an issue to your attention. I am a federally licensed Amateur Radio operator, one of nearly three-quarters of a million licensees of the Federal Communications Commission in the United States. We provide communications support for, and participate in public service events on behalf of our communities. During and in the aftermath of disasters and emergencies, when other forms of communications are unavailable, we provide communications for first responders and Federal, state and local governmental agencies and non-governmental agencies, including the Red Cross and Salvation Army; for the United States Military through the Military Auxiliary Radio System (MARS); and to our neighbors when communications systems are overloaded or fail. Radio Amateurs contribute to the future of telecommunications as we participate in the development of cutting edge technology in this digital age. Amateur Radio is non-commercial, and we provide our services at no charge to anyone. We cannot do any of these things, however, unless we can erect an outdoor antenna at our residences. Recently a bi-partisan Bill, H.R. 4969, was introduced by Mr. Kinzinger (R-IL) and Mr. Courtney (D-CT) which would provide for "reasonable accommodation" of Amateur Radio communications by private land use regulators. This would afford us the ability to negotiate with homeowner's associations in residential developments. Private land use regulations routinely include restrictions which completely preclude Amateur Radio communications operators from installing any type of outdoor antenna system. The "reasonable accommodation" policy has for almost 30 years applied to municipal zoning ordinances. This Bill would extend the policy to operators living under private land use restrictions. The FCC has asked Congress for guidance in this area and this Bill provides it. As your constituent, I am asking that you support the bill by signing-on as a cosponsor. Please contact Rep. Kinzinger's office to do so. If you have any questions, please contact ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio, attention Dan Henderson, at 860.594.0236. Thank you. Sincerely,

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[arrl-odv:23231] Re: EC study motions, again
by vze18vwgu＠verizon.net 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

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[arrl-odv:23229] Minutes-- Administration and Finance Committee Meeting 7-20-14
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

Enclosed are the minutes from the July meeting of the Administration and Finance Committee. 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:23226] LoTW Certificates
by David Norris 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

All, Is anyone experiencing problems with LoTW Certificates not loading? 73 David A. Norris, K5UZ Director Delta Division Sent from my iPhone

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[arrl-odv:23223] Letter Generation Program
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

Good morning: While 3 Directors have specifically requested a Division-based application like the one used to generate letters at the National Convention, the ARRL IT Department has created the program for all 15 Divisions. Knowing that there are limited opportunities for its application, nonetheless we can send you a copy of the MS Access program for your Division if you can use it. There are a few parameters: 1. You must have MS Access 2003 or later (with the appropriate version of MS Windows) to run the application; 2. We can send you the file in either a zip file (10 mb in size) or on a thumb drive. Note if you want the zip file your local ISP must allow for receipt of a file this size, most do. 3. There is also an MS Word file with the instructions on its use. Information in the file includes Member name, call sign, address (incl. Congressional district) and Division. As such, dissemination of this information needs to be safeguarded. Terms of use for the information have been previously established for Directors and Grassroots volunteers and can be found at http://www.arrl.org/grassroot-members?p=db. If you would like a copy of this file to use, please contact John Proctor, K1JMP(a)arrl.org<mailto:K1JMP@arrl.org>, and let him know which format you would prefer (zip file or thumb drive). 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:23221] Washington Lobbying trip for H.R. 4969 -- Last Call
by Christopher Imlay 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

OK, gentlemen, this is a "last call" for information from anyone who is planning to come to Washington to do lobbying for H.R. 4969. We are literally out of time to start scheduling appointments for you, so if you haven't provided arrival and departure dates and times when you are available yet, and if you can't do so today, please plan to do your congressional contacts in the home districts in your division (which is turning out really well, so far, by the way, from the reports I have received) rather than here in Washington because the expense is substantial and in order to make it cost-effective for ARRL, TKG needs to keep Board members hopping from office to office. Either Alex at TKG or I have the schedules for the following individuals: President Craigie Mike Lisenco David Woolweaver Dick Isely Thanks to them for their effort and the information. We have not heard from David Norris about his availability, and Doug Rehman does not yet know if his business schedule will permit him to come to D.C. during either of the September periods. I have no indication that any other Board members are planning to come to D.C. for this initiative. Again, these are the most hectic periods on the Hill during the entire two-year term; they are the last two legislative periods of the year and scheduling appointments requires superhuman powers, which Alex, Frank, Matt and Steve at TKG have, but we can't push the envelope. You should NOT assume that drive-bys to these offices will work during this period, though they may have in the past. We need to point you and shoot you at the offices and TKG needs to go with you. So let us know, please. Thanks! 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:23218] ODV Page
by Dwayne 24 Aug '14

24 Aug '14

Does anyone else have problems getting to the ODV page on the ARRL.org site? WY7FD

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[arrl-odv:23210] DX Log Archive
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 22 Aug '14

22 Aug '14

ARRL Board: You may have met leading DXer Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK at the National Centennial Convention or somewhere else along the way. For quite some time, Kan has been looking for the right program to justify a substantial contribution to the ARRL Second Century Campaign. Last month everything came together. The following announcement will be made this weekend: Major ARRL Second Century Campaign Gift from JA1BK Will Support DX Log Archive A major donation from noted DXer Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK, to the ARRL Second Century Campaign will support "The DX Log Archive Endowed by JA1BK." Earnings from the generous gift will fund the creation and management of a DX Log Archive Program for paper DX logs of rare and significant DXpeditions that took place predominantly in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The archive also would include pre-1950 paper logs, as well as those from rare operations, and logs kept by long-time residents of very rare entities. The ARRL will be reaching out to the DX community to collect paper DX station logs for inclusion. All logbooks will be inventoried and housed at ARRL Headquarters. Confirmations from archived logs will be made available via Logbook of the World (LoTW) or, upon request, with a traditional QSL card. The ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Department will manage the DX Log Archive Program. A qualified volunteer or part-time ARRL employee will execute the project. Earnings also will fund any equipment, software, and materials needed to maintain the program. In addition to Kan and Mary Hobart, who acted as midwife for Kan's gift right up to her retirement day, I want to recognize Bill Kennamer, K5FUV and Dave Patton, NN1N for their invaluable assistance. Kan does not wish to have the amount of his contribution publicized, but for the private information of the Board it was a stock transfer worth about $230,000. This amount will be shown in our financial statements as a permanently restricted endowment fund with earnings shown as a temporarily restricted fund until such time as they are used for the designated purpose. 73, Dave Sumner, K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:23214] Elections
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 22 Aug '14

22 Aug '14

ARRL Board: You will recall the discussion at the July Board meeting, chronicled briefly at Minute 17, of the disappointing level of participation in the most recent two Director/Vice Director elections. As noted in the minutes, steps are being taken to raise the visibility of this year's balloting. The first couple of steps have been taken: In addition to the web and ARRL Letter story posted this week, we were able to fit a list of this year's nominees and a notice that balloting will take place in the Atlantic and Great Lakes Divisions into October QST. Today our election contractor, Survey and Ballot Systems, sent an email to the Full members in the two divisions for whom we have email addresses inviting them to decide how they would like to receive ballot materials. This has the effect of letting members opt into receiving paper ballots. A member who receives a paper ballot can vote either on paper or electronically, but if they do both their vote will only count once. Because this information is being received by Board members who are candidates I am also sharing it with the candidates who are not on ODV. 73, Dave Sumner, K1ZZ

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