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[arrl-odv:25754] Commentary on K4AC matter
by Marty Woll 28 Sep '16

28 Sep '16

As a "short-timer" with no stake in this matter other than as a Life Member, I feel compelled to comment. I am disturbed by the idea that a group of three Directors could declare an elected sitting fellow Director ineligible to run to retain his seat on the Board, and I find it incredible that other Directors would take the E&E Committee report at face value and vote not to even allow him to engage the Board in a discussion of his case. I would expect any of you who have any misgivings about taking a hurry-up-and-decide approach to such a serious matter to vote affirmatively on the motion to review the E&E decision regarding K4AC. A "Yes" vote does not mean you agree with Doug's position or disagree with the Committee's conclusions; it simply means you want a chance to hear both sides, evaluate the process and consider the ramifications of the proposed action rather than standing by and letting it happen. What kind of wild conclusions could an outside observer draw from the proposed E&E action absent a full; Board review? That anyone who runs for President and loses will be effectively kicked out? That anyone who is openly critical of Board decisions or processes will be prevented from remaining on the Board? That the Board thinks so little of members in its largest Division that it would deny them the right to decide on the candidates for themselves? I would hate to see the members of this Board open the door to speculations such as these by sitting on their hands and refusing to give the matter a fair and open discussion. As an aside, after Director Norton's opponent in the 2007 election was disqualified (an action he neither expected nor requested), the result was lingering hostility toward the League for years by some of its members. Had that election been allowed to go on, I am certain Dick would have won anyway (as he did against the same opponent in 2010 by a 2:1 margin), and I expect much of that anger would not have arisen. Won't you at least give this matter a hearing and consider the repercussions? 73, Marty N6VI

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[arrl-odv:25768] New Addition to ODV
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY 28 Sep '16

28 Sep '16

Gentlemen and Ms. Altus: New Vice Director of the Southeastern Division, Joseph Tiritilli, N4ZUW, has been added to the ODV reflector. He also now has the e-mail address N4ZUW(a)arrl.org<mailto:N4ZUW@arrl.org>. 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:25773] New Addition to ODV
by James F. Boehner MD 27 Sep '16

27 Sep '16

Joe(Joseph), Welcome to the board! '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 From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Shelley, Barry, N1VXY Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2016 1:24 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:25768] New Addition to ODV Gentlemen and Ms. Altus: New Vice Director of the Southeastern Division, Joseph Tiritilli, N4ZUW, has been added to the ODV reflector. He also now has the e-mail address N4ZUW(a)arrl.org. 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:25771] Re: Commentary on K4AC matter
by Marty Woll 27 Sep '16

27 Sep '16

Hi, Chris. Your reply is all about process; my original concern was how all this would be perceived by the members, and using the cover of process makes it no less malodorous to the outside observer. As long as you raised it, however, let’s think about your quote from Bylaw 41 that highlights what I believe to be a serious if not fatal flaw in that process. I have now heard privately from nine individuals on ODV, all of whom expressed agreement with the basic conclusion in my initial posting. A couple of them were nonetheless under the impression that Director Rehman had an opportunity to have his arguments and evidence included in the E&E report. If what I have read and been told is correct, that impression is completely wrong with respect to the matter of his disqualification. The first Director Rehman knew of the E&E decision against him is when he received the message telling him what the Committee had decided and that the decision was final. He did not even see the full report until it was circulated to OD several days later. Having complied with E&E’s initial instructions and then having been blindsided by the accusations of another Director, he had no opportunity to see, study, act on or develop a formal response to the charges against him, so it would be impossible to have his side presented in the E&E report, the only source document that the other Directors are allowed to consider under Bylaw 41. If this decision stands, if only the accuser has a chance to make a case in the official record, then the process is indeed broken. 73, Marty N6VI From: arrl-odv [ <mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Imlay Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 8:55 AM To: <mailto:k6jat@comcast.net> k6jat(a)comcast.net Cc: Marty Woll; arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:25760] Re: Commentary on K4AC matter Jim, to you, Marty and Dick Norton I would offer the following justification for the two-step vote process that we previously used with respect to Doug's earlier request for review of the E&E Committee's decision to not disqualify Mr. Sarratt with respect to the election flyer, and which we are using now with respect to the two current E&E decisions and reports. As I read bylaw 41, there is no alternative to this process that reasonably protects the Board's prerogative. Bylaw 41 reads in relevant part as follows: "Decisions of the Ethics and Elections Committee may be reviewed by the Board of Directors upon the written request of any candidate for that office or five or more Directors. Review shall be limited to the materials submitted to the Ethics and Elections Committee. A majority of the Board of Directors is required to change any decision of the Ethics and Elections Committee." Doug Rehman was a candidate for re-election and was entitled to request that the Board review the decisions of the E&E Committee recently circulated. Doug has invoked that option with respect to all three decisions of the E&E Committee pertaining to the Director election in the Southeastern Division. When that happens, the Bylaw provides that the Board may review the decision. But the word "may" is permissive in this context and not mandatory. That can only reasonably be understood to be intentional when the Board adopted that Bylaw language. The reason for it is that otherwise, if the Board had to review the decision when so requested, any candidate for election could obligate the full Board to consider each and every decision that went against the candidate's proffer, no matter how frivolous, repetitive or insubstantial such a complaint might be. (That is absolutely not to identify any of the three instances in which Doug has requested review as being frivolous, or repetitive or insubstantial at all; I am not making any such claim). However, I believe that the Board should, and it clearly has in Bylaw 41, reserved to itself the ability to determine in the first instance whether and when a substantive review should be conducted when a request is made properly and timely by a candidate. So the first vote must be to ask the Directors whether, having seen the decision of the E&E Committee in each instance, a majority of them believe that the decision necessitates the requested review. Clearly, Director Norton feels that there should be such a review. Marty has urged the voting directors to vote for a review and so have you, Jim. Although Directors Abernethy and Woolweaver have stated their views slightly differently, and haven't actually voted yes or no, they each say that they wish some input from Director Rehman (which he is and has been free to provide at any time, at his option). Those statements could be read as a yes vote for review or as a suggestion for Mr. Rehman. It is certainly not for me to categorize or interpret them one way or another. If a majority of the Board votes for a review, then the review will occur according to protocols to be worked out by the President. If not, as Rick Roderick indicated, the matter is concluded per Bylaw 41. I hope this helps, Jim. 73, Chris W3KD

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[arrl-odv:25765] Re: Getting closer - Parity Act
by nwdvd 27 Sep '16

27 Sep '16

Please add ak, to the NW div. List Sent from Jim's Samsung Galaxy Tab®4 -------- Original message -------- From: "Roderick, Rick, K5UR via arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Date:09/25/2016 8:37 PM (GMT-08:00) To: frenaye(a)pcnet.com, arrl-odv(a)arrl.org Subject: [arrl-odv:25756] Re: Getting closer - Parity Act Folks, we start another week and need to keep the pressure on. Take a look at the info below that Tom sent out on Saturday. Please don't let up. 73 Rick - K5UR ... -----Original Message----- From: Tom Frenaye <frenaye(a)pcnet.com> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)arrl.org> Sent: Sat, Sep 24, 2016 12:28 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:25748] Getting closer - Parity Act It looks like we're up to 40 of the 71 Section Managers who have sent out reminders to members urging them to send an email to their Senators. If you have a bit of time, you can still either ask the SMs who have not sent out reminders, or you just send one to the Section yourself. Directors: http://www.arrl.org/email-to-your-division (choose the appropriate Section at the bottom) Section Managers should use: http://www.arrl.org/email-to-your-section Here are the Sections where reminders have not been sent out by SMs yet. Atlantic EPA MD NNY WPA (no current EPA SM) Central - Dakota ND SD Delta AR MS Great Lakes KY Hudson ENY Midwest - New England - Northwestern ID MT OR WWA Pacific NV Roanoke NC SC VA Rocky Mountain CO NM Southeastern NFL PR VI WCF Southwestern LAX ORG SDG West Gulf NTX OK STX WTX The Senate is adjourned until 3pm ET on Monday. -- 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 _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv

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[arrl-odv:25764] H.R. 1301 Update
by Mike Lisenco N2YBB 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

Good Afternoon ODV, I’d like to bring you up to date on the progress of H.R. 1301 as it moves through the Senate. As you know, the Bill has been going through the process of hotlining – in other words, a polling of the 100 Senators by party leadership to determine if the Bill can pass with no objection (unanimous consent). We discovered late last week that an anonymous hold was placed on the Bill, effectively freezing the Bill in place without allowing it to move forward for a vote. Today we learned that the Bill has become stuck in the legislative in-fighting between both parties along with many other Bills currently up for consideration. The hold has absolutely nothing to do with the ARRL, CAI or the legislation. Instead it has become part of one huge political ping-pong ball that will bounce back and forth until after election day, when the lame duck session begins. This does not mean that the Bill is dead. It means that, like all the other legislation affected by this stalemate, it will have to wait until November for movement. Unfortunately this is completely out of our control. We will reach out to party leadership through The Keelen Group in an effort to keep interest in the Bill high during the hiatus and to get passage of our bipartisan legislation when they return. All I can say to you at this time is to be patient and keep your fingers crossed. 73 de Mike N2YBB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mike Lisenco, N2YBB Director, Hudson Division Chairman, ad hoc Legislative Advocacy Committee ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™ 917-865-3538 n2ybb(a)arrl.org

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[arrl-odv:25762] SE Division Vice Director
by k5ur＠aol.com 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

Hi all: In coordination with Doug, we have appointed Joey Tiritilli, N4ZUW, as Southeastern Division Vice Director. Joey was scheduled to come on board in January as you know but this will give Joey a head start and Doug can put him to work on the Division cabinet. I've asked Tom to let ODV know when Joey is set up on the reflector. 73 Rick - K5UR ...

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[arrl-odv:25738] E&E Votes
by k5ur＠aol.com 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

Hi all: There are two issues before theBoard concerning decisions of the Ethics and Elections Committee. First, DougRehman asked for review per Bylaw 41 of the decision by the E&E Committee thathe is not eligible for re-election (ODV:25723). Second, Doug requested a reviewof the determination by E&E that Greg Sarratt is qualified as a candidatefor election (ODV:25724) based on a complaint Doug filed with the E&E Committee.You have received two reports from the E&E that CEO Gallagher circulated,one on each issue. We need to have a vote on whether ornot either or both of these decisions of the E&E Committee should bereviewed. There will be two separate votes. If a majority of the Board votes no,then the respective matter will be deemed concluded. If a majority of the Boardvotes yes, then on that respective matter we will proceed to decide whether amajority of the Directors wishes to reverse the decision of the E&ECommittee after review. Therefore, I am asking that eachDirector vote on each of the following questions: 1. Should the Board review the decision of the Ethics andElections Committee finding Doug Rehman,K4AC, ineligible for re-election? _______Yes _______No 2. Should the Board review the decision of the Ethics andElections Committee regarding the ethics complaint by Doug Rehman,K4AC, requesting disqualification of Greg Sarratt,W4OZK? _______ Yes _________No Doug has requested review by theBoard of Directors and that the votes be recorded. Accordingly, please respondto ODV so your votes can be recorded by the Secretary. It is important to havethese two issues resolved quickly so please try to vote sometime over theweekend if possible. 73 Rick ...

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[arrl-odv:25748] Getting closer - Parity Act
by Tom Frenaye 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

It looks like we're up to 40 of the 71 Section Managers who have sent out reminders to members urging them to send an email to their Senators. If you have a bit of time, you can still either ask the SMs who have not sent out reminders, or you just send one to the Section yourself. Directors: http://www.arrl.org/email-to-your-division (choose the appropriate Section at the bottom) Section Managers should use: <http://www.arrl.org/email-to-your-section>http://www.arrl.org/email-to-your-section Here are the Sections where reminders have not been sent out by SMs yet. Atlantic EPA MD NNY WPA (no current EPA SM) Central - Dakota ND SD Delta AR MS Great Lakes KY Hudson ENY Midwest - New England - Northwestern ID MT OR WWA Pacific NV Roanoke NC SC VA Rocky Mountain CO NM Southeastern NFL PR VI WCF Southwestern LAX ORG SDG West Gulf NTX OK STX WTX The Senate is adjourned until 3pm ET on Monday. -- 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:25755] E&E Votes
by James F. Boehner MD 26 Sep '16

26 Sep '16

In the matters noted below, The E&E documents sent to me on 9/22 and 9/23 by CEO Gallagher and the follow-up e-mail by Doug Rehman on 9/23 @ 1218 EDT were reviewed. No further information has been provided to me as of 9/25 @ 2300 EDT. Our president has asked for a vote by this weekend, and I’ve waited until now to cast our division vote, awaiting any further information. It appears that the provided documentation indicates the E&E has evaluated both matters fairly, even with an attempt to provide corrective action in one, which was not heeded in its entirety. The Roanoke Division therefore votes the following: Question 1: NO Question 2: NO 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 Radio™ From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Roderick, Rick, K5UR via arrl-odv Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 1:25 PM To: arrl-odv(a)arrl.org Subject: [arrl-odv:25738] E&E Votes Hi all: There are two issues before the Board concerning decisions of the Ethics and Elections Committee. First, Doug Rehman asked for review per Bylaw 41 of the decision by the E&E Committee that he is not eligible for re-election (ODV:25723). Second, Doug requested a review of the determination by E&E that Greg Sarratt is qualified as a candidate for election (ODV:25724) based on a complaint Doug filed with the E&E Committee. You have received two reports from the E&E that CEO Gallagher circulated, one on each issue. We need to have a vote on whether or not either or both of these decisions of the E&E Committee should be reviewed. There will be two separate votes. If a majority of the Board votes no, then the respective matter will be deemed concluded. If a majority of the Board votes yes, then on that respective matter we will proceed to decide whether a majority of the Directors wishes to reverse the decision of the E&E Committee after review. Therefore, I am asking that each Director vote on each of the following questions: 1. Should the Board review the decision of the Ethics and Elections Committee finding Doug <https://mail.aol.com/webmail-std/en-us/suite> Rehman, K4AC, ineligible for re-election? _______Yes _______No 2. Should the Board review the decision of the Ethics and Elections Committee regarding the ethics complaint by Doug <https://mail.aol.com/webmail-std/en-us/suite> Rehman, K4AC, requesting disqualification of Greg <https://mail.aol.com/webmail-std/en-us/suite> Sarratt, W4OZK? _______ Yes _________No Doug has requested review by the Board of Directors and that the votes be recorded. Accordingly, please respond to ODV so your votes can be recorded by the Secretary. It is important to have these two issues resolved quickly so please try to vote sometime over the weekend if possible. 73 Rick ...

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