January 2015 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:23783] Van Sked
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Sincerely, Lisa Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO / Meeting Planner ARRL--The National Association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Tel: 860-594-0245 --- Fax: 860-594-0259 email: lkustosik(a)arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:23782] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

IN-Newsletter Vol. 40, No. 1 January 7, 2015 - Covers the period December 28-Janaury 3. Upcoming Meetings and Events Vice Director Orientation January 14 in Newington, CT LoTW Study Committee January 14 @ 10:00am in Newington, CT Administration & Finance Committee January 15 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Programs & Services Committee Janauary 15 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Annual Board Meeting January 16-17, 2015 @ 9:00am in Windsor, CT Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Diane Petrilli reported that by yearend, ARRL membership had climbed for the eighth consecutive year, achieving the highest total in 17 years. There were 165,664 members by the end of December; gains of 3,449 members over 2013 and exceeding the year-end goal by 1,287 members. 72.63% of December 2014 membership expirees paid on time (vs. 69.74% last December). Membership grew 2.13% in 2014 (1.21% in 2013, 1.56% in 2012). We attribute some of this gain to excitement surrounding the Centennial year and a correspondingly higher number of new licensees to solicit. The largest sources of new member acquisition came from membership campaigns conducted by mail and email. The average monthly rate of members renewing on-time in 2014 was 72.5% (same as 2013). Jackie Ferreira reported that December product sales were at $299,347, falling short of this month's sales forecast of $315,350. Direct sales were $199,374; dealer sales were $99,973. Two recent mailings contributed sales of nearly $43K during the month. Total sales in 2014 were $3,374,443 -- $203,992 ahead of the forecast goal of 3,170,451 . Direct sales were 59% of total sales. Even with removing the high cost-of-goods associated with sales of the commemorative ARRL Centennial Vibroplex key, gross sales still nudged past the 2014 forecast goal by $23,487. Sluggish sales across many of our publication categories in 2014 were offset by better than predicted sales for The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual and membership merchandise including Centennial-themed products. A representative sample of Amateur Radio licensees, including ARRL members and non-members, were sent online and mail surveys on January 6 supporting the national-level study being conducted for ARRL by Readex Research. Readex has conducted many previous studies for ARRL. In just the first days after launching the survey, there has been an exceptional response level . If you speak with individuals who happen to receive the survey, please assure them that the survey is legitimate. And, please urge them to complete the questionnaire. The results will be used for future ARRL planning. Inquiries about the survey may be directed to Margie Bourgoin for acknowledgement. Yvette Vinci introduced a follow-up email with December QST, reminding members to visit the digital edition. The email highlights "What's trending"-taking advantage of some early analytics for each issue. We are pleased to report that the reminder has significantly increased the number of readers and page views. Members of the warehouse and fulfillment teams worked with the accounting staff to complete the annual physical inventory at yearend. The auditor gave the warehouse a thumbs-up for perfect counts. In December, we completed a comprehensive review of Amazon's guidelines and requirements regarding fulfilling, preparing and transporting orders to Amazon's Fulfillment Centers. The exercise resulted in making some reasonable modifications to our procedures for fulfilling orders to this major business partner. The IT Department supported the need for an additional computer and printer installation at the warehouse to help support Amazon's very specific packaging and labeling requirements. This equipment is installed and already in-use. Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity, reported by Steve Capodicasa: Week ending Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 12/31/2014 (short week/inventory) 919 487 12/24/2014 (short week) 1,024 608 12/19/2014 1,192 350 12/12/2014 856 716 12/5/2014 1,924 448 Field Services & Radiosport Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Field Organization/Public Service Team Leona Adams received and handled Section budget expense reports just prior to turning these into our Accounting office. She also received and processed many Field Organization appointments and updates. In addition, Leona and Steve Ewald continued to work with the five new Section Managers who began their terms of office on January 1 to help them get up to speed on administrative details and other duties related to the position. Recently, radio amateurs from Michigan, Southern Florida, New Hampshire and three from Oregon successfully completed requirements to become Official Observers. Chuck Skolaut compiled and forwarded the ARRL Monitoring System/Intruder Watch report to the IARU Region 2 Monitoring Coordinator. A carrier was reported by many on 21.003 MHz, and this is being investigated. The Connecticut OOC was alerted to reported interference from a mobile high power CB operation. Word was also received of a possible bootlegger using the call sign W4NEO. The Eastern Pennsylvania OOC was alerted to a report of a radio amateur who is causing much interference to a neighbor, and he is checking on this. A reported "grow light" case was referred to the ARRL Lab. Chuck received questions about operating overseas, the 219-220 MHz allocation, nets on the WARC bands, and the issue of continuing to operate while a license renewal is pending. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Steve Capodicasa 1/16 PTO `` 1/26 PTO `` 2/9 PTO `` 2/17 PTO Bob Inderbitzen 2/12-2/17 Orlando Hamcation, Orlando, FL/PTO Harold Kramer 1/15-1/17 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting Lisa Kustosik 1/15-1/17 Board Meeting Diane Petrilli 1/9 PTO `` 1/26-1/30 PTO Barry Shelley 1/15-17 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting `` 2/4-2/6 PTO Dave Sumner 1/15-17 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting

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[arrl-odv:23781] Board report - New England Division
by Tom Frenaye 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Some input from New England Division members. -- 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:23779] Document 10 CTO
by Price, Brennan, N4QX 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Please find attached the report of the CTO for the January 2015 meeting. I look forward to seeing you this week and invite questions. 73, Brennan T. Price, N4QX Chief Technology Officer American Radio Relay League 3545 Chain Bridge Rd Ste 209 Fairfax VA 22030-2708 Tel +1 703 934-2077 Fax +1 703 934-2079

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[arrl-odv:23778] Report of the CFO -- Document #9
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Attached is a copy of the Report of the Chief Financial Officer for the upcoming meeting. Please let me know if you have any questions that can be answered prior to the meeting. 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:23777] RAC guest
by Kay Craigie 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

We always invite the president of the Radio Amateurs of/du Canada to attend our Board meetings. The president is unable to attend this time but Glenn MacDonell VE3XRA will attend in his place. Glenn is VP for RAC and (more recently) Director for Ontario North and East. President Bawden intends to be with us in July. 73 - Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:23776] ARRL Horel Confirmation Numbers
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

Sincerely, Lisa Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO / Meeting Planner ARRL--The National Association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Tel: 860-594-0245 --- Fax: 860-594-0259 email: lkustosik(a)arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:23773] FW: Document 8 - Report of the Chief Operating Officer
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

Doug, Here are the answers from Bob Inderbitzen: 1) Correct. By January 9 (I ran this report today), 23.51% of October 2014 expirees had not renewed. Another approach is as follows: * Total membership by yearend = 165,664 * Total acquisition during year = 29,463 * Total members retained (total membership - total acquisition) = 136,201 (82.22%) 2) There are 5 mailed and 3 emailed renewal notices. The first notice is sent by email 3 months before the month of expiration (this early to ensure uninterrupted delivery of QST). The second notice is sent by mail one week after the email notice. The third notice is sent by email three weeks later. The fourth notice is sent by mail three weeks later. The fifth notice is sent by email three weeks later (approximately 3 weeks before the month of expiration). The sixth notice is mailed two weeks later, which is approximately a week before the month of expiration. The remaining 2 mailed notices are sent in the two months following expiration. The 2015 projected cost for all 5 mailed notices (3 before expiration, and 2 after expiration) is $22,193 for printing, and $43,020 for postage. 3) Attached is a spreadsheet recording all membership sources for 2014 acquisition. The codes may be a bit obscure, so I have included two worksheets. The file will open to the first worksheet, which includes a detailed breakdown of the "other sources" for December. The second worksheet includes the sources for all 2014 acquisition. 73, Regards/73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B ARRL Chief Operating Officer 860 594 0220

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[arrl-odv:23774] RF Safety Committee Report
by Kent Olson 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Greetings all; Attached is the RF Safety Committee report for your reading pleasure. See you all next week. 73! Kent KAØLDG ----- Forwarded Message -----

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[arrl-odv:23772] CEO Report
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Please note that the two attachments to the Development report are in separate PDF files. Dave

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