July 2015 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:23688] Thank You and HNY!
by Brian Mileshosky 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

Okay, now I'm bored on the air -- same for a zillion other League members and hams across the world. Fair warning: I'm making a Director's motion in January to create a Centennial QSO Party Anonymous or Points Anonymous service, because lots of people now find themselves staring hopelessly at their now absolutely quiet radios. A huge THANK YOU to everyone -- ODV, staff, volunteers, members, hams -- for an absolute home run on the air this past year. Centennial celebration aside, if there is one thing that I hope everyone who participated in the QSO Party walked away with, it is that they became better and more dedicated radio operators throughout the year. That they used this year-long opportunity to learn more about themselves as an op, learned more about their gear, uncovered station and operating limitations and found ways to resolve them, and rediscovered the magic, fun (God forbid), and camaraderie that is ham radio. One very profound moment today was working a few folks in the QSO Party who I hadn't worked since back in January 1, 2014. Staring at that date in the log, and greeting those hams once again, with literally one year of time padding our last QSO was an in-your-face "this year has absolutely flown by way too fast" epiphany. I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as they could while it lasted. Happy Centennial, and Happy New Year everyone. Be safe this evening and see you in a few weeks. 73, Brian N5ZGT ARRL Director, Rocky Mountain Division

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[arrl-odv:23529] Election results
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

Ballots were counted today in the Atlantic Division Director and Vice Director and the Great Lakes Division Vice Director elections, with Dakota Division Director Greg Widin, K0GW observing at the offices of Survey & Ballot Systems in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The results are as follows: ATLANTIC DIVISION DIRECTOR Tom Abernethy, W3TOM 1400 Phil Theis, K3TUF 1168 Mr. Abernethy is declared elected. ATLANTIC DIVISION VICE DIRECTOR Scott Bauer, W2LC 470 Bob Famiglio, K3RF 1583 John Mueller, K2BT 503 Mr. Famiglio is declared elected. GREAT LAKES DIVISION VICE DIRECTOR Tom Delaney, W8WTD 822 Steve Putman, N8ZR (SK) 517 Mr. Delaney is declared elected. 73, David Sumner, K1ZZ Secretary on behalf of the ARRL Ethics & Elections Committee

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[arrl-odv:24569] Fairfax office closure
by Price, Brennan, N4QX 31 Jul '15

31 Jul '15

In accordance with the 2015 Plan approved by the Board of Directors in January, ARRL has closed its office in Fairfax, Virginia, effective today. Technical Relations Specialist Jonathan Siverling, WB3ERA, and I continue to be full time employees of ARRL and will telecommute when we're not in the District or on the road for ARRL business. Washington Administrative Assistant Virginia Macfarlan, KD4VSK‎, has retired effective today. I am grateful for Jon and Virginia's substantial contributions toward the mechanics of this transition. I appreciate Director Rehman's pointer toward vop.ms for telephone service. Our plan is to establish telephone service for Jon and me through the existing ARRL VoIP system. It is my understanding that phones will be configured after tonight's scheduled maintenance. Until new telephone numbers for Jon and myself have been determined and service has been established, calls for staff based in Northern Virginia may be directed to my cell phone at 860 983-2873. I am committed to establishing permanent phone arrangements as soon as possible. Business mail for Jon and me should be sent to: ARRL PO Box 3470 Oakton VA 22124-9470‎ (ZIP code suffix disparity from PO Box number is correct.) 73, Brennan Price, N4QX Chief Technology Officer

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[arrl-odv:24595] ARRL Keystaff Personnel List
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 31 Jul '15

31 Jul '15

Good afternoon, First of all, I hope everyone is doing well. Secondly, I like to make sure that the Keystaff Personnel list is currant and up to date. So I have attached a copy. Please advise me of changes that should be made. Keep cool and enjoy the weekend. 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:24568] IN-News
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 31 Jul '15

31 Jul '15

IN-Newsletter Vol. 40, No. 25 July 29, 2015 - Covers the period July 19-25. Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events Executive Committee October 3 @ 8:30am in Bloomington, MN Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Diane Petrilli has prepared an e-mail to promote visiting the ARRL booth at Austin Summerfest at Crowne Plaza in Austin, Texas on August 7-8. Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, will be attending the event. Membership-related e-mails sent earlier this month have brought in just under 400 members. Jackie Ferriera reports that a direct mail piece featuring the new editions of The ARRL Handbook and The ARRL Antenna Book is being prepared. Both books will be available for order in hardcover or softcover mid-August, with delivery early October. April and May orders for the ARRL Begali Key have shipped. Batches 1 and 2 included a total of 41 keys. Yvette Vinci prepared the email notification for the August 2015 digital edition of QST, distributed to ARRL members on Friday, July 10. The distribution list included 120,673 members. A follow-up notification was sent on July 21, with a summary of "What's Trending" in the issue. The distribution list included 121,303 members. Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity, reported by Steve Capodicasa: Week ending Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 7/24/2015 954 453 7/17/2015 749 255 7/10/2015 955 780 7/3/2015 926 760 Field Services & Radiosport Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 3 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 2-4 Business Days Number of Centennial applications processed: Centennial Challenge QSO 1987 W1AW/WAS 1578 W1AW Joe Carcia constructed 2 Digital/CAT interfaces for 2 Icom IC-718 HF transceivers that are being sent to Guam in "Go" kits. He also updated the web code practice files and their archives. Scott Gee had one more training session with Sani Zanovic on the processing of VUCC applications and their certificates. He also worked on fast and slow code practice files for the week. Field Organization/Public Service Team One amateur from Western New York completed certification to become an Official Observer this week. Jamming and improper operation was reported occurring on 3952 and OOs were alerted. Follow up on 6 meter interference is progressing in the Oregon case. Questions handled dealt with identification while in a net, the Technician license, the Official Observer program, CW privileges and 3rd party traffic. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Bob Allison 7/29-8/5 PTO `` 8/6-8/9 Duke City Convention, Albuquerque, NM `` 8/14-8/16 Alabama State Convention, Huntsville, AL Steve Capodicasa 8/12 PTO `` 8/24-8/28 PTO `` 9/21-9/25 PTO Steve Ewald 7/28-8/7 PTO Steve Ford 8/14-8/17 PTO `` 8/24-8/28 PTO Mike Gruber 8/24-8/28 PTO `` 9/28-10/2 PTO Bob Inderbitzen 7/27-7/31 PTO `` 8/6-8/9 Summerfest, Austin, TX `` 8/21-8/23 New England Division Convention, Boxborough, MA Harold Kramer 7/31-8/4 PTO Sean Kutzko 8/15-8/24 PTO Maryann Macdonald 7/24-8/4 PTO Diane Petrilli 7/31 PTO `` 8/3-8/7 PTO Dave Pingree 8/19-9/22 PTO Barry Shelley 8/10-8/14 PTO Dave Sumner 8/14-8/24 PTO

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[arrl-odv:24563] Re: Dues FAQ
by Bob Vallio 30 Jul '15

30 Jul '15

Very well done, Dave. Thank you. Bob W6RGG On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 1:12 PM, Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ <dsumner(a)arrl.org> wrote: > While we’re not yet calling attention to it, there is now a dues FAQ on > the web site at http://www.arrl.org/dues-increase-faq. > Comments/suggestions are welcome. > > > > Dave K1ZZ > > > > _______________________________________________ > arrl-odv mailing list > arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org > https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv > >

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[arrl-odv:24561] NTS / FEMA Situation
by Brian Mileshosky 30 Jul '15

30 Jul '15

ARRL BOARD CONFIDENTIAL Greetings - (Note: Several attachments are referenced within this email; please read my entire note below before diving into any of the attachments) During my verbal PSC report at the Board meeting a few weeks ago I provided a high level overview of a situation that arose with National Traffic System (NTS) that ARRL staff and PSC discovered literally a few days before the Board convened. The situation was that NTS leadership conducted a meeting with FEMA officials on July 7 to discuss a national level exercise; furnished a related proposal dated July 2 that (among other things) proposed new, conceptual roles and responsibilities of Section Field Organization appointees; and sent a follow up letter after the meeting dated July 10. [Proposal and follow-up letter attached] We have most recently found out (through a letter sent to PSC by NTS yesterday, which I'll get to in a bit.) that the initial contact between FEMA and NTS leadership took place two months ago, on May 28. Harmless in principal it may seem, the rub here - both from the viewpoint of mere courtesy as well as an ARRL bylaw - is that there was seemingly no attempt to coordinate with appropriate ARRL staff or leadership, much less provide even a mere heads up about the initial contact, meeting, or proposal which all involved a crucial national partner. ARRL Bylaw 31 reads in relevant part: "The President . shall, subject to instructions from the Board of Directors, and with the assistance of the Chief Executive Officer, represent the League in its relationships with the public and the various governments, governmental agencies and officials with which the League may be concerned, and shall be the official spokesman of the Board of Directors in regard to all matters of League policy." The authority to represent the ARRL to governmental agencies is reserved to the President, who may delegate that authority. In the case of FEMA, Mike Corey was designated as ARRL's point of contact to not only implement what's been spelled out in the ARRL-FEMA Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), but also to "direct and coordinate partnership activities" (per the MOA) between ARRL and FEMA. Mike Corey didn't know a thing about this meeting, proposal, or path forward/vision expressed in NTS's follow-up letter until his counterpart at FEMA called him on July 11 (4 days after the meeting took place) to inquire about NTS's interaction and proposal. Flatfooted, Mike was unable to provide explanation to FEMA's inquiry. Mike shared his concern with PSC the next business day. On July 14 I requested that NTS Chairmen provide details about the meeting and material presented for both PSC's as well as staff's awareness. Joe Ames W3JY (NTS Eastern Area Chairman, and Eastern PA Section Manager) informed me that Vice-Director Bob Famiglio volunteered to represent NTS on this matter at the PSC meeting on July 16 because of his familiarity of the material. [See ps-com:2171 message attached] Copies of the aforementioned proposal and follow up letter were received and distributed at this meeting (this marked the first time Mike Corey had seen any of it). On behalf of PSC I sent a follow-up email to the three NTS Area Chairmen on July 24 summarizing PSC's concern and requesting that further interaction with FEMA be communicated and coordinated with Mike Corey's office. [See ps-com:2198 message attached] Joe Ames replied on behalf of NTS with a letter signed by all three Chairmen yesterday, July 29 [See letter attached]. Just as PSC began to review the letter provided to us yesterday, it was discovered that NTS leadership and/or NTS staff have apparently chosen to make this internal PSC matter and NTS's July 29 letter to PSC quite public. I do not know if this was authorized by NTS leadership or not, but I do note that "APPROVED FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION" appears in the file name of the PDF document containing NTS's July 29 letter to PSC. I should point out that nobody south my permission to distribute my July 24 email correspondence beyond its intended recipients, much less make it "approved for general distribution". Attached is an email I received this morning from my Section's STM containing a copy of the NTS's July 29 response to PSC as well as a call for further distribution and Director contact. I'm working with PSC, Kay, and Dave to determine best path forward, but you should be aware of this in case you receive correspondence from members. Unfortunately what began as a rightful concern about ARRL being caught off-guard about interactions between top leadership of an ARRL program (NTS) and a key national partner (FEMA) has been elevated, inappropriately and unprofessionally, into a potentially far more embarrassing and complex situation. We'd be foolish to think that this will not somehow become visible to FEMA now that it is public, so I caution everyone on the nature and extent of any response you might feel compelled to provide to inquiring members. 73, Brian N5ZGT ARRL BOARD CONFIDENTIAL

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[arrl-odv:24562] Dues FAQ
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 30 Jul '15

30 Jul '15

While we're not yet calling attention to it, there is now a dues FAQ on the web site at http://www.arrl.org/dues-increase-faq. Comments/suggestions are welcome. Dave K1ZZ

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[arrl-odv:24549] CEOSC Plan - Comment Period
by Northwestern Division Director - Jim K7CEX 30 Jul '15

30 Jul '15

Good Morning ODV: Attached you will find the CEOSC's plan for the next several months. It contains 'time critical' portions such as the timeline, detailed job description and evaluation plan. Additionally there are sections such as a plan of transition and an assessment of the use of professional search firms, that are important but heavily dependent on factors unknown at this time. The process here will be: a 'comment period' that begins now and ends at 1700 EDT on Friday July 31, 2015. This time frame will allow you to comment on the critical aspects of our plan, ask questions and become more familiar with the upcoming months efforts. Once the comments and questions have been addressed, the CEOSC will submit its plan to the EC for an authorized electronic vote to approve. Once the vote has been taken, and if it results in the affirmative, we will execute the plan and begin the search for a new CEO. Please understand that this plan is the work of the committee and its consultants, not the work of any one individual. I want to thank the committee members for their hard work and dedication to the process, and the various consultants for their valued input. 73 and good Hamming Jim Pace, K7CEX ARRL the National Association for Amateur Radio Northwestern Division Director

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[arrl-odv:24558] How to Change ODV, OD, and ARRL.org E-mail Addresses?
by Richard Norton 30 Jul '15

30 Jul '15

10 days ago, I changed my ARRL.net address, expecting that it would change the other other related addresses. It changed ARRL.net, but not the others. I sent an E-mail to a lady that I thought might change it. She said she would, but did not. I sent a reminder, and nothing happened. How do we change ARRL.org and board committee addresses? My ISP changed the E-mail provider to one that requires me to download all attachments, and then open an appropriate program to view them. Consequently, I want to change it to gmail, that allows instant viewing. 73, Dick Norton, N6AA richardjnorton(a)gmail.com - hopefully

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