August 2018 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:27492] CEO Selection
by Northwestern Division Director 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

Colleagues: Well, I can't say that I'm surprised at the recent turn of events, but I am disappointed. I chaired the last search committee and found the same sort of a response, but not from as many people. We work and act on a majority vote. To that point, the current search committee was elected by a majority; the search process was approved by a majority; the current candidate was approved by a majority; By majority we authorized the negotiation of an employment agreement with Dr Michel and now it takes a majority to elect him as CEO. To wait to present any due diligence report - the week before the scheduled meeting - is not proper and smacks of 'trial by ambush'. The time to present such material was weeks ago...and I won't believe that it couldn't have been done sooner. The ability to read and comment on the various resumes was given to all Directors. If you chose not to read and analyze them, you have nobody to blame but yourself. Dave Sumner has retired. Dave was definitely passionate for Ham Radio. Upon his retirement, he told me and others "you don't want to hire another Dave Sumner", and he was correct. An organization with a 15 million dollar annual operating budget and nearly 30 million dollars in assets, is not a radio club. It is a business, that requires some solid business experience and ability. Passionate for Ham Radio? While I agree that is important, the last time the phrase was "a real Ham". I've been a Ham for 61 years this December. I am truly passionate for Ham Radio as I think you all are. But the unspoken standard that seems to be desired is 'a contester or uber DXer that is on some of the leader boards'. Well, I'm not a contester or an uber DXer, but I am a real Ham and so was Tom Gallagher and so is Dr. Michel, at least by my definition. Passion is important but must be taken in conjunction with ability to manage a business. I know you all are passionate for Ham Radio, but you didn't apply for the position. Why would anyone want to be CEO of ARRL, when the governing authority of the League can't adhere to the values of majority rule, established by its own founding documents. Yes i am keenly aware of what I just wrote and know it will take a majority to confirm; and I am aware that some are wanting to convince a majority to reject. If the candidate is rejected by a majority, that is the final say and we all must accept that. But if the candidate is confirmed, the same status stands! I hope we all will adhere to that standard. 20 meters is hot on FT8, at the moment, so I'm going to go play with my Ham Radio 73, and good Hamming Jim Pace K7CEX Not Yet retired Director Northwestern Division

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[arrl-odv:27489] Concerning the selection of a CEO
by Mike Raisbeck 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

Fellow Board Members, Since the selection of Howard Michel as CEO candidate wehave been searching for additional information on the candidate. What has come to light is concerning. It isn’t completely damning, but neither isit stellar. Here are some key points. Moredetailed commentary with numerous links is attached as a separate document. · Nature of the candidate’s prior CEO experience o On taking a closer look at the IEEE articlespertaining to the position of IEEE president and CEO, it would appear thatMichel’s experience is more akin to that of our own president rather than to theduties and responsibilities of a CEO · The candidate’s views on governance and Boardstructure o Much as the League did 2 years ago, in 2015 theIEEE went through a period where they considered changes to their governancestructure. The plan, subsequentlywithdrawn after considerable member society opposition, would have allowed theDirectors’ positions to be somewhat more separated from the membership atlarge. Michel was a strong supporter ofthe proposed changes. We should becautious here, lest members perceive him as supporting a less transparentgovernance model · His current CTO activities o While on first glance, the notion of robots inSTEM education is quite compelling, a look at some of the material done byMichel reveals a lackluster explanation of how the robots would contribute toSTEM education · His performance as an academic o His academic career seems unremarkable asmeasured by several metrics, including PhD students graduated, and number of publicationsauthored · His dealings with his students o There seem to be some problems with the way herelates with his students; his reviews were surprisingly negative. These could reflect on his capabilities as amentor, model, and leader of people · Extremely thin amateur radio experience o Searches for his name and callsign have producednothing that would indicate a commitment to the hobby, any recent Amateur Radioexperience, or that it is one of his passions This information is important to us for what it tells usabout the candidate, but it is equally important as an indicator that ourselection process may have been less than ideal. With only 24 hours to consider the candidatebefore a vote was called, there was little time for anyone on the Board to doany crosschecking, all the more so because it was the 24 hours before the Boardmeeting, a hectic period that offers little free time. Furthermore, the presentation of only asingle candidate deprived the Board, the ultimate deciding authority, of theopportunity to compare, contrast, and converge on the best candidate. There is also the matter of fairness to the candidate. In gauging fairness, several questions arise: · - Has Mr. Michel been made aware that the vote forhim at the Board Meeting was far from unanimous? · - Is he aware that there is continued concern onthe part of a substantial number of Board Members? · - Where is he in the process of disengaging fromhis current employer? Please consider this material carefully. We needto take a step back before we make any commitments or execute any contracts. Regards, Tom Abernethy, W3TOM Tom Frenaye, K1KI Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF Kristen McIntyre, K6WX John Robert Stratton, N5AUS Although not playing a part in the drafting of this memo, Southwestern Division Director Norton, N6AA, endorses its contents

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[arrl-odv:27487] Potential WWV and WWVH Shutdown
by James F. Boehner, MD 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

Sorry for the lateness of this comment, but I had my first night on FT8, and that took priority. I did see K5RAV in there as well. Yes, it really IS that much fun! I realize this WWV/WWVH shutdown may be a “done deal”, so doing a detailed study or putting our significant legislative efforts forward would most likely be fruitless. However, inquires, as mentioned earlier in this thread, would be the best course of action for now. Those in our aging demographic that grew up with WWV did consider that as an icon that would never go away. Unfortunately, it is on that track. Keeping our membership in mind, the ARRL should show some support for the continuation of the service, as that is what I (as a member) would expect my national organization should do. From a public relations standpoint, we do need to communicate this effort widely to our membership via our communication resources. Granted there are other ways to accomplish what WWV was widely used for in the first place. I have a GPSDO enabled transceiver that has frequency accuracy down to e-9. We have frequency counters, TCXO’s, OXCO’s, 10 MHz GPS reference units, etc. However, very little was as satisfying to me as zero beating to WWV. ’73 de JIM N2ZZ Director – Roanoke Division Representing 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: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 11:25 AM To: w3kd.arrl(a)gmail.com; jbellows(a)skypoint.com Cc: arrl-odv(a)arrl.org Subject: [arrl-odv:27479] Re: Potential WWV and WWVH Shutdown I have an inquiry in to Frank McCarthy to see if we are in time to do anything about this. First hurdle.... Thanks, Chris. Let's see what we can do. Rick ... -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Imlay <w3kd.arrl(a)gmail.com> To: John Bellows <jbellows(a)skypoint.com> Cc: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)arrl.org> Sent: Wed, Aug 15, 2018 10:13 am Subject: [arrl-odv:27478] Re: Potential WWV and WWVH Shutdown I first heard of this via Jim Pace from one of his constituents. Jim's guy succinctly stated a series of sensible reasons for keeping both standard broadcasts. I don't know if these are sufficient together or whether it is timely to take this on, but perhaps we can get the staff, such as our lab staff, to flesh this out and actually create a tenable argument that we can use: "These measurement systems are still being used for radio tuning, SW demonstrations, teaching Merit Badges and propagations (sic) studies." I have an inquiry in to Frank McCarthy to see if we are in time to do anything about this. First hurdle.... Chris On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 10:29 AM, John Bellows <jbellows(a)skypoint.com> wrote: Director Norton is asking the correct first question, namely , “ (Is) it in the interest of Amateur Radio and ARRL that WWV and WWVH continue to broadcast time in propagation information ? “. There is a second question that has to be asked. Are these broadcasts necessary to us amateurs or a simply a convenience? If the time and propagation information and frequency standards are available from other sources, do we really want to spend political capital on fighting this decision? I too rely on WWV as a standard occasionally. I do it primarily because listening to the beat of the tone brings back fond memories of my early days as a ham. Generally I rely on other source for the time and propagation information. Others may use it more extensively and find it necessary. As Chris notes the real question is should this be a signature advocacy issue for ARRL? 73, Jay, K0QB Sent from my iPad On Aug 15, 2018, at 12:13 AM, Richard J. Norton <richardjnorton(a)gmail.com> wrote: Is it in the interests of Amateur Radio and the ARRL that WWV and WWVH continue to broadcast time and propagation information? As shown on <https://www.nist.gov/director/fy-2019-presidential-budget-request-summary/f…> https://www.nist.gov/director/fy-2019-presidential-budget-request-summary/f… and even on http://www.arrl.org/news/nist-fy-2019-budget-would-eliminate-wwv-and-wwvh , it looks like there is a significant chance of them shutting down. There is support among the Amateur Radio community to keep them operating. I propose we send Congress correspondence indicating our support for maintaining operations. This might be accomplished using our lobbying firm. 73, Dick Norton, N6AA _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv -- Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret & Imlay, LLC 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD(a)ARRL.ORG _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv

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[arrl-odv:27486] Confidential - Status Report
by k5ur＠aol.com 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

Hi all: It looks like we have things worked out for an agreement withHoward. We expect to have a signed copy of the employment agreement by Friday atwhich time, and as I mentioned to Dr. Woolweaver today, we will provide theinfo David requested on the contract. Just a reminder to put on your calendar, if you haven'talready, the special board meeting is a week from today, August 22, at 9:00 PM Eastern. 73 Rick - K5UR ...

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[arrl-odv:27473] Re: Potential WWV and WWVH Shutdown
by Tom Frenaye 15 Aug '18

15 Aug '18

At 01:13 AM 8/15/2018, Richard J. Norton wrote: >Is it in the interests of Amateur Radio and the ARRL that WWV and WWVH continue to broadcast time and propagation information? Do we have any idea what it actually costs NIST (you and me) to operate WWV/WWVH? Would a private group be able to fund and operate it (and get permission to use the specified frequencies?) Any idea who actually uses WWV beside hams? (who can we get to join us in any request to keep WWV going?) -- Tom PS: Back to ARRL history, the OO program started in 1926 consisted of Official Wavelength Stations (OWLs). See January 1926 QST. http://p1k.arrl.org/pubs_archive/8243 Their job was to provide signals on specific wavelengths so other hams could use their wavemeters to tune their transmitters to transmit on specific frequencies. This was the time period when QST articles on how to use crystal control were being published... :-) ===== 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:27481] W9IXG - Don Michalski - ex-Wisconsin SM, SK
by Kermit Carlson 15 Aug '18

15 Aug '18

Dear Colleagues, It is with deep sorrow that I announce thepassing of W9IXG, Mr Donald Michalski of MadisonWisconsin. First licensed in 1957, Don served the amateur radio community from 1999 until 2015 as the ARRL Wisconsin Section Manager. A graduate Electrical Engineer, with many accomplishmentsDon had been the Associate Director of the University of Wisconsin Space Astronomy Laboratory. Although he retired in 2000, Don did remain active with many various departments at the University of Wisconsin. Don was also an avid bicyclist,not only participating in biking events but also commutingto work each day by bicycle. He was a net control for the dailyBadger Weather Net held on 3984 kHz daily and hewas an officer of W9YT, the University of Wisconsin - Badger Amateur Radio Society. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Ann; his daughter, Lisa Danielson (Mark) and his grandson, Mathias Danielson of Minneapolis, Minnesota. A memorial service will be held at the Cress Funeral Home, 3610 Speedway Road, Madison, Wisconsin on Saturday, August 18, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. A visitation will be held at the funeral home from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the UW Carbone Cancer Center, uwhealth.org/donateuwcc The full obituary can be found at;https://www.channel3000.com/obituaries/donald-e-michalski/781840304 73, Kermit Carlson W9XA

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[arrl-odv:27480] WWV/WWVH
by Dale Williams 15 Aug '18

15 Aug '18

This is a snip from recent e-mail conversation (today) with Dr. David Kazdan AD8Y relating to the WWV/WWVH issues: 73, Dale WA8EFK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dale: Thanks for your efforts. I will attach the short telephone script that we developed, but it's not /primarily/ about amateur radio. From my amateur radio perspective, and I believe I speak for others of the Collegiate Amateur Radio Initiative, WWV/H's significance lies in all of Section 97's statements of purpose for the amateur service. To fulfill our federal mission, we need easily and inexpensively available, accurate time and frequency information; we need the content that WWV/H broadcasts such as GPS constellation integrity and space weather information, and we need it independent of infrastructure such as the internet or mobile telephones; and we need the scientific and technical resources of well-engineered shortwave radio standards broadcasting to provide research possibilities, education, and training to interested individuals. WWV/H also fulfill the international goodwill and cooperation mandate of amateur radio, but without direct amateur radio content--their transmissions on internationally assigned frequencies are outside of amateur purview. In some sense, continuation of WWV/H is similar to the need for antenna accommodations. The amateur radio service cannot exist without certain physical facilities and the service is mandated in Code of Federal Regulations. The facilities therefore must be made possible. Others on the distribution list, please feel free to add to this. Dale, thank you again. We very much appreciate it. 73, David, AD8Y ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Dale Williams <dale.wms1(a)frontier.com> *To:* David Kazdan <dxk10(a)cwru.edu>; w8wtd(a)arrl.org; wa8efk(a)arrl.org *Cc:* "Henderson, Dan N1ND" <dhenderson(a)arrl.org>; Kristina Collins <kvc2(a)case.edu>; Rachel Boedicker <rkb42(a)case.edu>; Nathaniel Vishner <nnv(a)case.edu>; Rob Halliday <rph32(a)case.edu>; Phil Erickson <pje(a)mit.edu> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 15, 2018 10:53 AM *Subject:* Re: On WWV's proposed defunding David, This is now under discussion. The key elements relate to the impact upon Amateur Radio from ARRL's perspective. Before extending member resources and lobbying efforts, we must develop an impact statement as to how the discontinuing of WWV/WWVH transmissions negatively affects us as hams. Any thoughts would be appreciated. 73, Dale WA8EFK

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[arrl-odv:27469] Potential WWV and WWVH Shutdown
by Richard J. Norton 15 Aug '18

15 Aug '18

Is it in the interests of Amateur Radio and the ARRL that WWV and WWVH continue to broadcast time and propagation information? As shown on https://www.nist.gov/director/fy-2019-presidential-budget- request-summary/fundamental-measurement-quantum-science-and and even on http://www.arrl.org/news/nist-fy-2019-budget-would-eliminate-wwv-and-wwvh , it looks like there is a significant chance of them shutting down. There is support among the Amateur Radio community to keep them operating. I propose we send Congress correspondence indicating our support for maintaining operations. This might be accomplished using our lobbying firm. 73, Dick Norton, N6AA

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[arrl-odv:27468] Registration for Board of Directors Meeting August 22nd
by Henderson, Dan N1ND 14 Aug '18

14 Aug '18

Below please find the Link you need to use to preregister for the August 22, 2018 Special Meeting of the Board. Please go ahead and register early – don’t wait until you are trying to join the meeting. Once you have registered, GoToWebinar will send you a personalized link for your use at the time of the Webinar. That link is a one-user link for you and should not be shared with another party. GTW will not allow two log-ins using the same registration link, When you preregister, you will simply provide your first and last name and your email address in order for your log-in to be sent to you. If you have any questions just let me know. Thanks and 73 Dan Henderson, N1ND Assistant Secretary – American Radio Relay League, Inc. Regulatory Information Manager ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio 860-594-0236 dhenderson(a)arrl.org<mailto:dhenderson@arrl.org> Board of Directors Meeting Join us for a webinar on Aug 22, 2018 at 9:00 PM EDT. Register now!<https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5761389645269362947> After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. View System Requirements<https://link.gotowebinar.com/help-system-requirements-attendees>

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[arrl-odv:27467] Call for a Special Meeting of the Board of Directors
by James F. Boehner MD 14 Aug '18

14 Aug '18

And that's why we hams QSL in UTC! J '73 de JIM N2ZZ Director - Roanoke Division Representing 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 (CEO) Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 8:27 PM To: Frenaye, Tom, K1KI Cc: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:27466] Re: Call for a Special Meeting of the Board of Directors Yes. Sorry for the confusion. Barry J. Shelley, N1VXY Chief Executive Officer ARRL, Inc. Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone On Aug 13, 2018 8:18 PM, "Frenaye, Tom, K1KI" <frenaye(a)pcnet.com> wrote: At 04:56 PM 8/13/2018, Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) wrote: >ARRL Officers, Board Members and Vice Directors: > >Pursuant to Article 4 of the Articles of Association and Bylaw 26, a Special Meeting of the Board of Directors is hereby called for 9:00 PM EST Wednesday, August 22, 2018 solely for the purpose of electing a Chief Executive Officer and Secretary. The meeting will be conducted by teleconference. Instructions on how to participate will be sent separately. > >Barry J. Shelley, N1VXY >Secretary Do you really mean 9pm EDT? -- 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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