January 2019 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:27828] 2019 Reimbursement Forms
by Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO) 01 Jan '19

01 Jan '19

Happy New Year! Attached you should find: -The 2019 Expense Reimbursement Form updated with the 2019 mileage reimbursement rate of $0.58 per mile. This is for travel that takes place on or after January 1, 2019. -The recently updated Administrative Expense Reimbursement Form and, -The ACH Enrollment Form (for anyone not currently enrolled but would like to enroll). If you are already participating in the ACH payment process there is no need to complete these forms again. A couple of friendly reminders to aid in the quick processing and recording of reimbursements: - Any non-room expenses charged to your hotel room such as meals should be broken out and placed on the appropriate line. - If a line doesn't currently exist for your unique expense, please feel free to add it. - Per the travel reimbursement guidelines in the directors’ workbook, reimbursement requests “should be completed promptly but in no case more than 90 days after incurring the expense”. If there are any questions, I'm happy to assist you. 73, Diane Middleton, W2DLM Chief Financial Officer ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio® 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 (860) 594-0225

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[arrl-odv:27827] Happy New Year!
by James F. Boehner MD 01 Jan '19

01 Jan '19

Happy New Year, all! '73 de JIM N2ZZ Director - Roanoke Division ARRL - The National Association for Amateur RadioT

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[arrl-odv:27823] Introduction
by Michael Ritz 01 Jan '19

01 Jan '19

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[arrl-odv:27825] Greetings from N2RJ
by rjairam＠gmail.com 01 Jan '19

01 Jan '19

Hello everyone. I’m Ria, N2RJ, incoming director for the Hudson Division as you may have gathered. I would first of all like to thank Mike, N2YBB for his service. I’ve known Mike since 2002 or so and worked with him on a few emcomm projects in New York City. While we may not agree on board governance, I value him as a fellow radio amateur, past director and ARRL member. So, a bit about me. I’m originally from Trinidad and Tobago. My experience comes from the IT world and I’ve been involved in computers since the 1980s as a child. I later got into a full fledged career, doing IT for several industries. Most recently I headed up the server infrastructure team at Fox News in New York City, where I was responsible for architecting and rollout of 3 generations of their website and video serving systems, the latest of which is in the cloud on AWS. I’ve focused always on quality and timeliness of all deliverables and have quickly led execution of several projects on very short notice. It’s just how we roll in the business. Now I work in an international banking group as an assistant VP and team lead focusing on Unix systems to support credit cards and payment tech. I co-manage a small tech team and mentor the junior members of my team, including recent college graduates and women who are just starting in tech as a career. Other jobs included IT architecting at the United Nations and New York City Government, as well as IT for financial and pharmaceutical. I would like to apply my IT expertise to ARRL so we can drive us and drive progress in amateur radio further into the 21st century and ARRL’s 2nd century. I’ve got a lot of great ideas and expertise, and I’m hoping to offer some solutions to what members have told me are issues they’ve been having. I’m also an alum of the NYU Tandon school of engineering in Brooklyn NY where I did my BSEE. Politically I’ve been involved in campaigns for US Senate and Congress in NJ, doing social media and tech for the campaigns. My political involvement goes back to Trinidad and Tobago where my uncle is a former MP and I worked on a database team doing IT for exit polling. On the ham radio front, I started in secondary school, mentored by a teacher and was licensed in 1997. I’ve always believed in the value of educators to bring in and retain our most precious demographic - youth. I see my position at ARRL as one that will hopefully drive initiatives to promote and grow opportunities for educators and by extension, youth, in amateur radio. I do strongly believe in mentoring and have spent countless hours educating and helping hams get on the air with things like software defined radios and digital modes. I also give tech talks at various venues. I enjoy this immensely. To this extent I also help Joe Taylor, K1JT and the WSJT dec team with testing for WSJT software, particularly on SDRs and with contest rovers. Joe was more than happy to offer his endorsement for my candidacy. I have many connections in amateur radio, and I’m quite proud of the network of hams of every stripe I call my friends. I’m also involved with young ladies radio league (YLRL) and we are now in the process of a bit of a revival - where YL participation is ramping up as more women find fellowship and view amateur radio as their hobby and not just their husband’s, and in many cases an activity that one can do with ai significant other or as a family. ARRL national parks on the air was a good motivator for many YLs to get on the air and I’m hoping ARRL does something similar in the future. I do have one thing I would like to address - Mr. Lisenco allegedly alluded that Mr. Hollingsworth’s call for cooperation went unanswered from some of us. This simply isn’t true. I personally replied to Riley, and explained my philosophy. It has everything to do with words by the old man himself in a 1930s QST editorial, in that everything ARRL does must be for the common good, and with this the organization can prosper forever. We couldn’t reply to the ODV list, as early access was conditioned on signing an NDA which I and others declined to execute. Anyway, I’m excited and hope that we can all work together to preserve and advance the league and amateur radio. I would also like to acknowledge my vice director, as Bill and I have been friends for over 12 years now as fellow members of the NJDXA and bureau sorters. I have tremendous respect for his knowledge of New Jersey government and past lobbying in Trenton. May you all have a prosperous and productive 2019. See you in January. 73 es HNY Ria, N2RJ

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[arrl-odv:27822] Thanks and Welcome
by k5ur＠aol.com 01 Jan '19

01 Jan '19

Hi all: I'm a little late getting in here today. I just got in fromwork and closing the firm books for the year. I want thank Bonnie, Tom, Mike, Jim, and Dr. Jim for all youhave done for the League and Amateur Radio. It's been great working with you.Thank you so very much. I also want to welcome the newcomers on ODV. I look forwardto working with you in the future and moving Amateur Radio forward. I hope everyone has a wonderful and prosperous New Year! 73Rick - K5UR

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[arrl-odv:27819] New folks
by Mark J Tharp 01 Jan '19

01 Jan '19

According to incoming director Ritz, the rest of the new folks are now on at least the OD, and most likely also the ODV lists. Welcome to the list folks.. And have a happy New Years! Mark, KB7HDX

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[arrl-odv:27820] Memories and Opportunities
by Arthur I. Zygielbaum 01 Jan '19

01 Jan '19

The unwarranted and unworthy level of contention among Board members is bothersome and occasionally painful. But next to having lost a daughter in 2018, it pales to insignificance. It also pales as I think about the smile on my 3 year old daughter's face when she told me that she "got it". She said that "Your voice is coming out of the box in his car." It pales when I think of the magic of the hobby, of connecting to people all over the world, of exchanging New Year's greetings with a ham in Barcelona and one in a lighthouse in Maine this afternoon. Amateur radio, to a large extent, gave me the initial technical and communications skills allowing me to succeed in three careers. You and I, whether we agree or disagree, on some point of arcane privilege or action, can agree on what the hobby/avocation has done for us. Let me close this year by thanking each of you for helping to keep ham radio alive and well. We share a special set of experiences and knowledge. We share an obligation to enable others to take advantage of ham radio to enrich their lives. So as the clock moves to end 2018, I wish you and your families prosperity, happiness, and friendship in 2019. 73, Art K0AIZ --- Arthur I. Zygielbaum, K0AIZ ARRL Midwest Division Vice Director

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