December 2015 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:24898] ARRL Needs your in support of HR 1301 - The Amateur Radio Parity Act
by James F. Boehner MD 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

I realize this was a targeted mailing, but I appreciate Doug “letting the cat out of the bag” for those of us not in the targeted areas. I used the service, and this is one slick tool! It took my Zip code, and generated a letter to my representative. I edited it, confirmed it, and the service sent it. I received an e-mail thanking me for taking action with a copy of my letter imbedded within the e-mail. Sorry to use it “out of turn”, but since Dan told me that it was coming, I was looking forward to trying it out! ’73 de JIM N2ZZ Director – Roanoke Division Serving ARRL members in the Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina sections ARRL – The National Association for Amateur Radio™ From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Kay Craigie Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 10:01 AM To: Doug Rehman Cc: 'arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:24893] Re: FW: ARRL Needs your in support of HR 1301 - The Amateur Radio Parity Act Doug, in this first use of the RallyCongress service we were following up on the visits Mike Lisenco made recently to a dozen or so members of the House. Because there has been a significant learning curve for Staff to climb in how to set things up, I wanted to keep things simple the first time around. In the future, the service will be used strategically to support both short and long term goals. 73, Kay Sent from my iPhone On Dec 3, 2015, at 9:25 AM, Doug Rehman <doug(a)k4ac.com> wrote: Unless I’m missing it, it appears that we are only generating correspondence to the House. Why didn’t we include the Senate so that we could get the most “bang for the buck” for our members’ effort? Doug K4AC From: Henderson, Dan N1ND [mailto:dhenderson@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 2:00 PM To: Rehman, Doug, K4AC <doug(a)k4ac.com> Subject: ARRL Needs your in support of HR 1301 - The Amateur Radio Parity Act Dear ARRL Member- For the past year, ARRL has been working in Congress and the Senate to promote the Amateur Radio Parity Act, legislation that would provide some relief on antenna restrictions for Amateurs living in deed-restricted communities. These bills are known as HR1301 is the House and S 1685 in the Senate. Complete information on the legislation is available here www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-parity-act As part of these efforts, an ARRL official recently visited your representative in the US House and asked for their support of HR 1301. To demonstrate this bill serves the interest of their constituents, we are asking you make direct contact with their office and ask them to support and co-sponsor HR 1301. ARRL is now working with an organization called RallyCongress, which has set up a website that makes contacting your Representative an easy task. Please follow the link to https://arrl.rallycongress.net/ctas/urge-congress-to-support-amateur-radio-… When you visit that page, simply enter your Zip code in the blank. RallyCongress will then create a custom letter to your Representative. After entering in your personal information (name, address, etc.), you will be able to preview the letter. When you are happy with the draft, you can submit the letter to your Representative by clicking the “send” button. If you prefer to contact your Representative by phone, RallyCongress provides that information for you. We are at a critical stage in getting the Amateur Radio Parity Act through Congress. The bill has cleared the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on November 18; we need your help NOW to help the bill clear the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Grassroots campaigns like this only work when all interested parties do their part. Please take a few minutes to let your Representative know this legislation is important to you and all the other Amateurs in your District. Thank you for your help at this critical juncture. Let’s get this done! 73 Doug Rehman, K4AC ARRL Southeastern Division Director _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv

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[arrl-odv:24897] Strategic Planning Process Update - December 3, 2015
by k9jf＠arrl.org 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

All: The Strategic Planning Working Group is finalizing our recommendations for the 2016-2020 Strategic Plan for the ARRL. We plan to issue the Draft Version of our recommendations sometime mid-December. Included are recommended tweaks to certain , Vision, and Value Statements that the Board approved (in principle) in July. We spent many hours reviewing the Goals and Initiatives. In all, we had 22 GoToMeeting sessions with #23 scheduled this evening. Involved were numerous opportunities to wordsmith and compare the linkages between Goals and Initiatives. We also brainstormed many tactics and these are included an an appendix to the Goals and Initiatives along with a best guess of the cost of adopting specific tactics in a Low-Medium-High range. Also included is a matrix linking specific tactics to Initiatives. The Board is encouraged to review the Tactics and begin to prioritize specific tactics for 2016. There will be, of course, budgetary considerations for each project. As you review our recommendations, the Working Group is sure you will have questions and comments. We tried to be quite comprehensive during this project and think out of the box regarding our process. Please direct your comments to the Working Group so we can discuss and reply. I am working with President Craigie to develop a process to discuss and ultimately approve the Strategic Plan at the upcoming Board Meeting. Thanks again for your confidence in the members of the Working Group to design a workable plan looking to the future. We believe you will be pleased with our work. 73 Jim Fenstermaker K9JF Chair, Strategic Planning Working Group

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[arrl-odv:24896] Year End Expenses
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

All: It's the time of year for the annual reminder regarding year-end expenses. The Controller's Department would appreciate if you would have all 2015 travel expense reimbursement reports in by no later than Wednesday, January 6, 2016. This will insure that all expense reports are included in the preliminary financial results for the year presented to the Board at the January meeting. If you have any questions about the timing or final expense reimbursements, please let me know. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. 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:24868] Rep. Steve Pierce - KG5KIQ
by Brian Mileshosky 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Happy Thanksgiving everyone – I hope you enjoyed a special day with family and friends. Quick update, our United States Congress’s newest ham radio operator has been issued his callsign. Representative Steve Pearce (R, NM-2) is KG5KIQ. New Mexico Section Manager Ed James KA8JMW and I have been visiting with him about everything from HF radios to HTs and upgrading to General class. It'll be great to hear him on the air and work with him and his staff going forward. 73, Brian N5ZGT

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[arrl-odv:24891] FW: ARRL Needs your in support of HR 1301 - The Amateur Radio Parity Act
by Doug Rehman 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Unless I'm missing it, it appears that we are only generating correspondence to the House. Why didn't we include the Senate so that we could get the most "bang for the buck" for our members' effort? Doug K4AC From: Henderson, Dan N1ND [mailto:dhenderson@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 2:00 PM To: Rehman, Doug, K4AC <doug(a)k4ac.com> Subject: ARRL Needs your in support of HR 1301 - The Amateur Radio Parity Act Dear ARRL Member- For the past year, ARRL has been working in Congress and the Senate to promote the Amateur Radio Parity Act, legislation that would provide some relief on antenna restrictions for Amateurs living in deed-restricted communities. These bills are known as HR1301 is the House and S 1685 in the Senate. Complete information on the legislation is available here www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-parity-act <http://www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-parity-act> As part of these efforts, an ARRL official recently visited your representative in the US House and asked for their support of HR 1301. To demonstrate this bill serves the interest of their constituents, we are asking you make direct contact with their office and ask them to support and co-sponsor HR 1301. ARRL is now working with an organization called RallyCongress, which has set up a website that makes contacting your Representative an easy task. Please follow the link to https://arrl.rallycongress.net/ctas/urge-congress-to-support-amateur-radio-p arity-act When you visit that page, simply enter your Zip code in the blank. RallyCongress will then create a custom letter to your Representative. After entering in your personal information (name, address, etc.), you will be able to preview the letter. When you are happy with the draft, you can submit the letter to your Representative by clicking the "send" button. If you prefer to contact your Representative by phone, RallyCongress provides that information for you. We are at a critical stage in getting the Amateur Radio Parity Act through Congress. The bill has cleared the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on November 18; we need your help NOW to help the bill clear the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Grassroots campaigns like this only work when all interested parties do their part. Please take a few minutes to let your Representative know this legislation is important to you and all the other Amateurs in your District. Thank you for your help at this critical juncture. Let's get this done! 73 Doug Rehman, K4AC ARRL Southeastern Division Director

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[arrl-odv:24892] Re: FW: ARRL Needs your in support of HR 1301 - The Amateur Radio Parity Act
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

We'll get there, Doug. This is a new tool with a learning curve. 73, Dave K1ZZ From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Rehman, Doug, K4AC Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2015 9:25 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:24891] FW: ARRL Needs your in support of HR 1301 - The Amateur Radio Parity Act Unless I'm missing it, it appears that we are only generating correspondence to the House. Why didn't we include the Senate so that we could get the most "bang for the buck" for our members' effort? Doug K4AC From: Henderson, Dan N1ND [mailto:dhenderson@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 2:00 PM To: Rehman, Doug, K4AC <doug(a)k4ac.com<mailto:doug@k4ac.com>> Subject: ARRL Needs your in support of HR 1301 - The Amateur Radio Parity Act Dear ARRL Member- For the past year, ARRL has been working in Congress and the Senate to promote the Amateur Radio Parity Act, legislation that would provide some relief on antenna restrictions for Amateurs living in deed-restricted communities. These bills are known as HR1301 is the House and S 1685 in the Senate. Complete information on the legislation is available here www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-parity-act<http://www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-parity-act> As part of these efforts, an ARRL official recently visited your representative in the US House and asked for their support of HR 1301. To demonstrate this bill serves the interest of their constituents, we are asking you make direct contact with their office and ask them to support and co-sponsor HR 1301. ARRL is now working with an organization called RallyCongress, which has set up a website that makes contacting your Representative an easy task. Please follow the link to https://arrl.rallycongress.net/ctas/urge-congress-to-support-amateur-radio-… When you visit that page, simply enter your Zip code in the blank. RallyCongress will then create a custom letter to your Representative. After entering in your personal information (name, address, etc.), you will be able to preview the letter. When you are happy with the draft, you can submit the letter to your Representative by clicking the "send" button. If you prefer to contact your Representative by phone, RallyCongress provides that information for you. We are at a critical stage in getting the Amateur Radio Parity Act through Congress. The bill has cleared the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on November 18; we need your help NOW to help the bill clear the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Grassroots campaigns like this only work when all interested parties do their part. Please take a few minutes to let your Representative know this legislation is important to you and all the other Amateurs in your District. Thank you for your help at this critical juncture. Let's get this done! 73 Doug Rehman, K4AC ARRL Southeastern Division Director

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[arrl-odv:24853] Proposed 2016-2017 Plan
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

All: Attached is the Proposed 2016-2017 Plan which, at their last meeting, the A&F Committee unanimously approved for recommendation to the Board of Directors for action at the January, 2016 meeting. This distribution is being made in accordance with the Board's instructions. As has been the practice in recent years, the A&F Chairman will be setting up a conference call to provide members of the Board the opportunity to ask questions of the Committee and senior management. This will likely take place in late December or early January. However, please don't hesitate to ask questions in advance of the conference call or the Board meeting. You may contact either David, Harold or myself and we will be happy to answer your questions. Have a Happy Thanksgiving! 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:24888] Re: CEOSC November Report to the Board of Directors
by nwdvd 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

Thank you, we have a company to do the background checkss. Sent from Jim's Samsung Galaxy Tab®4 -------- Original message -------- From: Doug Rehman <doug(a)k4ac.com> Date:12/01/2015 7:14 PM (GMT-08:00) To: 'Northwestern Division Director - Jim K7CEX' <nwdvd(a)comcast.net> Cc: ''arrl-odv'' <arrl-odv(a)arrl.org> Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:24882] CEOSC November Report to the Board of Directors From the report “(There are two additional candidates that are just now finishing their interview rounds).” From the below email: “it is also true that we have not completed two of prior interviews (as pointed out in the report)” These two statements are ambiguous. When will these last two interviews be conducted? Is this the complete list of remaining committee tasks (in the correct order): 1) Interview two remaining candidates 2) Vote for final list of candidates 3) ARRL HR obtain consent for background 4) Conduct background checks 5) Notify finalists/Schedule interviews 6) Conduct interviews 7) Determine ranking 8) Make final report to Board I understand your concern for doing the process the right way, but I’m not sure I understand why each of the above must be done in a linear fashion thereby dragging out the timetable. Presuming the above list is correct, why not go ahead and identify the finalists out of the existing pool of interviewees? That would allow for immediately getting started on the consent for background check and beginning the background process as each consent is received (not waiting until all are received). If one (or both) of the remaining candidates are excellent, add them into the finalists. Likewise, scheduling and conducting the final interviews do not need to be held up by the background checks. If something comes up in the background, you can always ask the candidate about it before the final ranking. I’ve mentioned before that both one of my Assistant Directors and I are licensed Private Investigators. We will volunteer to conduct the background investigations (financial, criminal, references) in an extremely expedited manner. The only cost to the League would be the minimal actual charge incurred for obtaining the records. Doug K4AC From: Northwestern Division Director - Jim K7CEX [mailto:nwdvd@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 9:36 PM To: Doug Rehman <doug(a)k4ac.com> Cc: ''arrl-odv'' <arrl-odv(a)arrl.org> Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:24882] CEOSC November Report to the Board of Directors Doug: Our latest monthly report showed the steps that have to be taken prior to the interviewing of the finalists. While it is true that there are about six weeks between today and the Board meeting, it is also true that we have not completed two of prior interviews (as pointed out in the report) and that we have not yet started the background/reference checks (as also pointed out in the report) as we do not know who all of the finalists are yet. (also pointed out) Once we have a final list, the HR department will solicit permission from the finalists, according to law, to allow us to do the background/reference checks. (in the report) By the time that process is over, we will be quite a ways into December, (also pointed out) at least on the calendar that I use. Now, as for my teammates wanting to take some Christmas vacation; I suppose I could tell them not to, but I doubt that would go too far, especially for Mr. Niswander who is going to be vacationing with his family overseas. Frankly, I believe that they all are quite capable of completing the process, and I have no intention of replacing any of them. Here’s the reality, Doug: This group of people have been working their preverbal hind ends off, and have each spent hundreds of hours doing the work that they were elected by the majority of the Board to do. They have accomplished in just short of 6 months, what should have been done a long time ago. They have met every objective that I have given them and are still striving, with zeal, to achieve the eventual goal of a solid set of candidates, that could fill the role of the ARRL CEO – a job that just can’t be done by anyone, and a process that just should not be rushed, nor will I rush it! Finally, (as pointed out in the report) I will let the appropriate people know, when we have set the final interview dates and location. . 73, Jim From: Doug Rehman [mailto:doug@k4ac.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 4:24 PM To: 'nwdvd' <nwdvd(a)comcast.net> Cc: ''arrl-odv'' <arrl-odv(a)arrl.org> Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:24882] CEOSC November Report to the Board of Directors I understand that we have Christmas and New Years at the end of the month, but I’m not understanding why the process cannot be completed in the six weeks between now and the Board Meeting. If it is due to unresolvable time conflicts with one or more of the interviewers, perhaps they should be replaced by someone that is able to commit the time to bring this process to a conclusion. Please share with the Board a list of remaining steps and the cutoff date for completing each of them. Thanks, Doug K4AC From: nwdvd [mailto:nwdvd@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 2:10 PM To: Doug Rehman <doug(a)k4ac.com> Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:24882] CEOSC November Report to the Board of Directors Doug. Thanks for your note. We aren't certain yet, but will know in a couple of weeks. 73, Jim Sent from Jim's Samsung Galaxy Tab®4 -------- Original message -------- From: Doug Rehman <doug(a)k4ac.com> Date:12/01/2015 11:05 AM (GMT-08:00) To: 'Northwestern Division Director - Jim K7CEX' <nwdvd(a)comcast.net>, 'arrl-odv' <arrl-odv-bounces(a)reflector.arrl.org> Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:24882] CEOSC November Report to the Board of Directors "Because of Holiday and committee member travel schedules, the projected time/dates for final interviews should be sometime in January of 2016." Before the January Board Meeting or after the January Board Meeting? Doug K4AC -----Original Message----- From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Northwestern Division Director - Jim K7CEX Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 1:57 PM To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces(a)reflector.arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:24882] CEOSC November Report to the Board of Directors Good Morning: Please see the attached required report from the CEOSC. Please forgive my lateness, but the last two weeks have been a bit consuming on many fronts. We are getting close; the process is not one that can be rushed but I think I see the light at the other end of the tunnel. (hopefully it's not a train headed this direction). If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any member of the committee. See you all in Hartford 73 and good Hamming Jim Pace, K7CEX ARRL the National Association for Amateur Radio Northwestern Division Director

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[arrl-odv:24885] Re: CEOSC November Report to the Board of Directors
by Doug Rehman 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

I understand that we have Christmas and New Years at the end of the month, but I’m not understanding why the process cannot be completed in the six weeks between now and the Board Meeting. If it is due to unresolvable time conflicts with one or more of the interviewers, perhaps they should be replaced by someone that is able to commit the time to bring this process to a conclusion. Please share with the Board a list of remaining steps and the cutoff date for completing each of them. Thanks, Doug K4AC From: nwdvd [mailto:nwdvd@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 2:10 PM To: Doug Rehman <doug(a)k4ac.com> Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:24882] CEOSC November Report to the Board of Directors Doug. Thanks for your note. We aren't certain yet, but will know in a couple of weeks. 73, Jim Sent from Jim's Samsung Galaxy Tab®4 -------- Original message -------- From: Doug Rehman <doug(a)k4ac.com <mailto:doug@k4ac.com> > Date:12/01/2015 11:05 AM (GMT-08:00) To: 'Northwestern Division Director - Jim K7CEX' <nwdvd(a)comcast.net <mailto:nwdvd@comcast.net> >, 'arrl-odv' <arrl-odv-bounces(a)reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> > Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:24882] CEOSC November Report to the Board of Directors "Because of Holiday and committee member travel schedules, the projected time/dates for final interviews should be sometime in January of 2016." Before the January Board Meeting or after the January Board Meeting? Doug K4AC -----Original Message----- From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Northwestern Division Director - Jim K7CEX Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 1:57 PM To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces(a)reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> > Subject: [arrl-odv:24882] CEOSC November Report to the Board of Directors Good Morning: Please see the attached required report from the CEOSC. Please forgive my lateness, but the last two weeks have been a bit consuming on many fronts. We are getting close; the process is not one that can be rushed but I think I see the light at the other end of the tunnel. (hopefully it's not a train headed this direction). If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any member of the committee. See you all in Hartford 73 and good Hamming Jim Pace, K7CEX ARRL the National Association for Amateur Radio Northwestern Division Director

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[arrl-odv:24884] Oops
by Kay Craigie 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

In my earlier message about new HR 1301 cosponsors, I moved Wisconsin from the Central Division to the Great Lakes Division. Director Isely has forgiven my geographic goof-up, and I'm sure it gave Director Williams a good laugh. 73, Kay N3KN

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