January 2016 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:24970] Fwd: HR 1301 Scheduled for Hearing on January 12th
by Mike Lisenco N2YBB 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Good morning -- Dan Henderson asked that this email be forwarded to the ODV. Chris and I will be attending the hearing next Tuesday 73 de Mike N2YBB Sent from my iPhone > > The email below went out this morning to the ARRL members for which we have email addresses in the following Congressional Districts: > > CA 6, 9, 18 > CO 1 > FL 12 > IA 2 > IL 1, 15, 16 > KS 4 > KY 2, 3 > LA 1 > MI 6 > MO 7 > NC 1, 2 > ND 1 (at large) > NJ 6, 7 > NM 3 > NY 9, 27 > OH 5, 6 > OR 2 > PA 14 > TN 7 > TX 6, 22 > VT 1 (at large) > > This coves all members of the subcommittee, including the ex officio members. I also believe 14 of the 15 ARRL divisions have at least 1 district on the list (exception being New England) > > > Dan Henderson, N1ND > Regulatory Information Manager > ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio > 860-594-0236 > dhenderson(a)arrl.org > > > Dear ARRL Member: > > Congress is about to take action on the Amateur Radio Parity Act – and your elected Representative needs to hear from YOU! > > The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, January 12, 2015. One of the measures to be reviewed is H.R. 1301 – the Amateur Radio Parity Act. Your Representative in the U.S. House is a member of this subcommittee. We are asking you to contact their office to urge them to SUPPORT this bill. > > HR 1301 is the ARRL’s top legislative priority. Your elected official needs to hear from you to know that it is a top priority for you – a constituent. While you may have contacted your Representative previously, we need you to contact them again and make your voice heard! You can do that in THREE EASY STEPS. > > 1. Follow the ARRL link below: > > https://arrl.rallycongress.net/ctas/urge-congress-to-support-amateur-radio-… > > 2. When you visit that page, enter your Zip code and your information (name, address, etc.). An editable draft letter will be created. > > 3. Once you make any desired edits, click the “send” button and your letter will be on its way. If you prefer to contact your Representative by phone, the site provides that information for you as well. > > We are now at a crucial stage in our effort to get the Amateur Radio Parity Act successfully through Congress. WE CAN ONLY SUCCEED WITH YOUR HELP! 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! > > Kay Craigie, N3KN, President > ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio

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[arrl-odv:24969] Minutes of 14 November 2015 meeting of A&F Committee
by G Widin 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

All, Attached is the final version of minutes from the A&F meeting of 14 November, held in Newington. I thank Diane Middleton and Barry Shelley for taking very complete notes, which enable this detailed minutes document. Please note that while the final Report of A&F will be a public document, these minutes should be considered Board-family only. If there are any questions, please feel free to contact me. Otherwise, see you next in CT. 73, Greg, K0GW 2015 A&F Chair

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[arrl-odv:24968] Document #22 - HF Band Planning Committee Report
by k5ur＠aol.com 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Hi all: Please find attached the Report of the HF Band Planning Committee, document #22. 73, Rick - K5UR ... ...

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[arrl-odv:24967] Document #3 - First Vice President Report
by k5ur＠aol.com 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Hi all: Please find attached the First Vice President Report to the Board, document #3. I look forward to seeing everyone soon. 73, Rick - K5UR ...

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[arrl-odv:24966] ARRL PRC REPORT, JANUARY 2016
by James F. Boehner MD 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Attached is the report of the Public Relations Committee to the ARRL Board of Directors, January 2016. Respectfully submitted, '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 RadioT

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[arrl-odv:24909] Strategic Plan
by Kramer, Harold, WJ1B 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

As a member of the Strategic Planning Working Group, I am forwarding this version of the Strategic Plan and its supplement to the entire ARRL Board on behalf of Chairman Jim Fenstermaker and the other Working Group members. The two strategic planning documents are attached as pdfs. Jim's introductory remarks regarding the current version are contained in this email. I have also attached Jim's remarks as a Word doc. As Jim has noted, this has been a long and carefully thought out effort. All of us on the Committee hope that the Board will give this plan due consideration as the ARRL's roadmap to its future. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B ARRL Chief Operating Officer --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 10, 2015 TO: ARRL Officers, Directors, and Vice Directors As noted in earlier correspondence, the Strategic Planning Working Group planned to issue our report and recommendations regarding the ARRL's Strategic Plan for the next half decade. That report is included as two attachments to this memo. During 2015, the Working Group worked diligently to craft a plan the will serve to be a road map to the future of the ARRL. We are confident that the two documents attached will generate challenges, ideas, questions, and solutions to the environment we will be working in during the next five years. The first document attached is the proposed Strategic Plan for the ARRL for 2016-2020. This document includes a commentary regarding our charge, the team members involved in crafting this plan, and acknowledgements and sources used throughout our deliberations. Also included in the document is a recap of the mission, vision, and value statements. Note that we "tweaked" the Value Statements to include additional clarification language in respect to the Excellence and Diversity and Inclusiveness Values. We feel these slight modifications better encompass and explain our Values. The heart of this document are those Strategic Goals supporting the ARRL's Mission, Vision, and Values follow on pages 8 through 14. These Six Goals include the key elements that the Working Group believes will meet the needs of the ARRL and its stakeholders in the next five years and beyond. Of primary importance is meeting the ever-changing and diverse needs of our members - the ARRL's reason for being. Following each goal is a brief discussion of the Goal and a set of Initiatives which further enhance and support the Goal. An initiative which has describable current examples has these examples italicized. We spent many hours discussing, categorizing, and wordsmithing the Goals, explanations, and Initiatives in order that they would be understandable and succinct. It is these elements of the Strategic Plan that the Working Group recommends adoption by the Board during its January 2016 Annual meeting. While not necessarily a part of the Strategic Plan, the Second Document included in this distribution is a Supplementary and Supporting list of tactics that we believe support the Plan. As noted during our deliberations and in status reports to the ODV, the Strategic Goals are the "What we want to do" while Tactics are "What we need to do" to satisfy individual goals. Note that these Tactics have not been prioritized. The Working Group attempted to "tie" each Tactic to Initiatives and hence Goals. This linkage can be seen on the Matrix included as pages 2 through 22 of the supplement. In addition, we attempted to further segregate the Tactics into a Status including Ongoing, Improve, and Proposed activities. Even though an ongoing tactic might be currently in place or operating satisfactory, any task we do can always be advanced based on both internal and external needs. Finally, we attempted to estimate broad funding requirements for each tactic based on our estimate of a Low, Medium, High, or Unknown Cost of implementation. This explanation is noted on Page 2 of the Supplement. The second part of this section is a recap of the Value of ARRL Membership which appeared in October QST. This article helped us ground our analysis and discussion. While our work spanned over 9 months, the real work for all of us now begins. We must review our current situation, begin to prioritize the needs, develop timelines and measurements for individual tactics, and identify tactic leaders and teams. We believe these activities are the responsibility of the Board and Management as the ARRL seeks to implement the Strategic Plan. Please review our recommendations and suggested tactics. We welcome questions and comments resulting from our work. It has been a thoughtful process, many challenges, hard work, and many conversations to present this recommendation to the ARRL Board. The Strategic Planning Working Group is a strong Team and provided many ideas to our process. It has been a delight to work with such a motivated group of people. Thanks to all of these individuals and to others who provided us ideas, information, challenges, and analysis. Jim Fenstermaker K9JF Chair, ARRL Strategic Planning Working Group December 11, 2015

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[arrl-odv:24964] Report of the Chief Executive Officer
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

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[arrl-odv:24963] Re: Fwd: RFSC Report for ARRL Board Meeting
by qtipf16 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Hi Marty, Yes to both of your questions. I did not see the specific revision that Dr. Lapin sent to Steve, but the committee was concerned about the author's methods in which his conclusions were drawn and didn't want to alarm hams. I'm in DC for work as I type and don't have access to the article, but can send it to you this weekend if you're interested. 73 Kent KA0LDG Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®4 -------- Original message -------- From: Marty Woll <n6vi(a)socal.rr.com> Date:01/06/2016 9:05 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'qtipf16' <qtipf16(a)q.com>, arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org Subject: RE: [arrl-odv:24954] Fwd: RFSC Report for ARRL Board Meeting Hi, Kent. With respect to Item 1.5 in the Committee’s report, did the Committee recommend any suggested edits to the author, either directly or through Steve Ford? I read the draft article and, other than being unable to make out the intensity scales in the page corners, thought it was excellent. I also compared its findings with the Robert Cleveland study (in which I participated, BTW) and did not see any major inconsistencies between the two documents. With manufacturers making higher-power two-meter transceivers these days, the article presents yet another reason to use the minimum power necessary for a contact. I hope the Committee will work with staff and the author to find a way to have this modeling study published in QST. 73, Marty N6VI From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of qtipf16 Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 4:51 PM To: arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org Subject: [arrl-odv:24954] Fwd: RFSC Report for ARRL Board Meeting Greetings, Attached is the latest RF Safety Committee Report. See you all next week. 73! Kent KA0LDG Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab®4 -------- Original message -------- From: Greg Lapin N9GL <n9gl(a)comcast.net> Date:01/05/2016 12:31 PM (GMT-06:00) To: rfsc(a)arrl.org, lkustosik(a)arrl.org, ka0ldg(a)arrl.org Subject: RFSC Report for ARRL Board Meeting Attached is the RFSC Report for the upcoming ARRL Board Meeting. As always, comments are welcome. 73 and Happy New Year, Greg N9GL Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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[arrl-odv:24962] President's report
by Kay Craigie 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Here is my report. 73, Kay N3KN

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[arrl-odv:24961] Executive Committee Report - Document 13
by Kay Craigie 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Please read the report, Document 13, before the Appendix. Thanks & 73, Kay N3KN

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