June 2019 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:28266] FW: Radios and Prepping
by Fred Hopengarten 30 Jun '19

30 Jun '19

I attach an excerpt from the August 2019 issue of American Survival guide. Will preppers be our next influx? Will they decide to go without a license? Fred Hopengarten, Esq. K1VR Six Willarch Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781.259.0088, k1vr(a)arrl.org New England Director cid:a4a12f0b-0468-4a39-b953-31b2a3da8564 Serving ME, NH, VT, MA, RI and CT From: Aaron (kc1cxx) Addison [mailto:rangerfriday@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2019 10:58 PM To: Fred Hopengarten Subject: Radios and Prepping Hello, I wanted to share the latest article from one of the prepping mags I read from time to time. Note the full page add for a radio reseller.. Aaron --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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[arrl-odv:28265] IN-Newsletter June 28 2019
by Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX 28 Jun '19

28 Jun '19

Please see this week's IN-Newsletter, which includes news about HAM Radio Friedrichshafen held last weekend in Germany. Please note-due to the holiday next week, there will be no Newsletter next Friday. Have a safe and happy Holiday!

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[arrl-odv:28263] ARRL New Hire
by Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX 28 Jun '19

28 Jun '19

It is my pleasure to announce that Dee Methe has joined ARRL as our new Executive Assistant. Dee brings years of high-level administrative support and meeting management to the Executive Office. Dee is eager to learn about the League, our mission, and who we serve, so please be generous with your institutional knowledge as you get to know her. I will be bringing her around for introductions today, but please feel free to stop by and introduce yourselves at any time! Carla Carla Pereira, KC1HSX Executive Manager ARRL Newington, CT 06111 860-594-0242 http://www.arrl.org/

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[arrl-odv:28261] ODjr background and additional information
by John Bellows 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

In an effort to make sure I was doing my “homework” I checked and downloaded scovered ODjr was created years ago, with the agreement of HQ, at a time when there was a temporary problem with the OD reflector. The intent was that it would function as a backup to OD if OD was not fully functioning. ODjr was not envisioned as an alternative to OD nor as a private talk group for less all the Officers and Directors. For convenience the moderator was Director Norton. Apparently he continues to be the moderator of ODjr. As previously noted access is available only with permission of the moderator. On Sunday I asked Director Norton to allow me access to ODjr. I also requested access to the archive of ODjr because it was to be a backup to OD and OD archives are available to officers and directors. To date he has not granted access or even responded to my request. Since ODjr was established as a backup to OD available to all OD members restricting access and not disclosing who has been granted access appears to be contrary to the stated purpose and intent of creating ODjr. 73, Jay, K0QB Sent from my iPad

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[arrl-odv:28251] Email delays
by rjairam＠gmail.com 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

Just wanted to raise the profile of this issue because I’m getting angry emails from my division’s members complaining of email delays for emails I’ve sent. I sent out an email on Saturday for field day and it wasn’t delivered until Tuesday to some. Yes, historically email was never supposed to be real time but 3 days delay is simply not acceptable. This time it’s emails sent to AOL, but randomly we’ve been finding out other ISPs have had issues until we banged the machine and something shook loose. >From my experience a lot of ISPs will “tar pit” some e-mail unless it meets certain requirements. This means that it will slow it completely down and throttle it to a trickle. Apparently we’ve been falling under that. This is the latest in a long string of issues we’ve been having with email and it goes for ARRL.net forwards and also the division email blasts. The email blasts are an important tool to keep members engaged and informed. But it becomes ineffective when we have these issues. I would like to know: 1. If anyone else has been experiencing this. 2. Do we have a plan (Howard?) for addressing this? I would love to discuss improvements to the infrastructure in our other discussion but for now I think this is independent from that. Thanks Ria, N2RJ

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[arrl-odv:28258] Amateur Radio mention in today’s New York Times
by rjairam＠gmail.com 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

Page A14. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/24/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-republican-… “Her mother pressed for the family to move from Norman to Oklahoma City so their daughter could attend what she saw as the best school around. That was Northwest Classen, a modern building of glass and brick that had a reputation for academic excellence. It had a German club, a Spanish club and a Great Books club, even its own amateur radio station. The Herring family settled just a few blocks away.” Hat tip to Frank Fallon for sending me this piece. I wonder what ever happened to that school’s club? 73 Ria N2RJ

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[arrl-odv:28250] FYI
by Fred Hopengarten 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

New from LinkedIn: Congratulate <https://www.linkedin.com/comm/in/brennan-price-39734812?midToken=AQGr5sPkod n3aA&trk=eml-email_notification_digest_01-settings-6-prof_photo&trkEmail=eml -email_notification_digest_01-settings-6-prof_photo-null-5v3op%7Ejxbq53jv%7E 4s-null-neptune%2Fprofile%7Evanity%2Eview&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Aemail_email _notification_digest_01%3Be8Dc7mEFRSmNail0zj0a0A%3D%3D> Brennan Price for starting a new position as Director, Regulatory Affairs at Inmarsat Fred Hopengarten, Esq. K1VR Six Willarch Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781.259.0088, k1vr(a)arrl.org New England Director cid:a4a12f0b-0468-4a39-b953-31b2a3da8564 Serving ME, NH, VT, MA, RI and CT --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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[arrl-odv:28240] What is ODjr and who are the participants?
by John Bellows 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

Yesterday I received OD28239 Re: [ODjr] Metrics and Engagement. That OD message referenced a message from a different Director on a mailing list I had never heard back fl namely, ODjr(a)lists.kkn.net. The traffic on the OD reflector provided for discussion by ARRL Officers and all Directors has been remarkably light since the new Board took office in January. The lack of discussion has been a concern a was raised at the recent EC meeting. A major topic in the last election cycle, and a concern by some Board members, including some then VD’s, was that the entire board was not privy to information and the appropriate level of transparency to which Board members and their ARRL members were entitled. It now appears there is a separate reflector (ODjr(a)lists.kkn.net) being used by a subset of the Directors in place of the OD reflector. Use of such a private listserv for what appears to be a self-selected group of Directors would be wholly inconsistent with the call for more transparency and the concept of the board acting for the benefit of all ARRL members after full and fair discussion. We are less than a month from the July Board Meeting. In the five plus months since the new board staked out a new direction for governance, legislative actions and transparency there has been precious little information provided through OD and ODV as to how these initiatives are progressing. Though full reports will be provided in Board reports, but some interim updates would be beneficial and would allow for a better informed an prepared Board. In the spirit of transparency and to permit all Directors the opportunity to fully engage their members in the short time before the July Board Meeting, the Directors (and any others) who are on ODjr(a)list.kkn.net should provide all Officers and Directors, as well as Vice Directors if appropriate, with all of the postings to ODjr(a)lists.kkn.net. In the further spirit the of transparency and to better provide a feeling of trust, understanding and cooperation among the ARRL Board, the members of ODjr(a)lists.kkn.net should identify themselves and articulate the reason for using an “offlne” reflector rather than the OD or ODV reflector that ARRL boards have used for decades to share information and discuss issues. 73, Jay, K0QB Sent from my iPad

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[arrl-odv:28244] DXAC
by rjairam＠gmail.com 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

I was speaking to my DXAC rep today and he has told me that the DXAC has been very quiet and nothing on the DXAC reflector really has been discussed. That worries me a lot. These are our eyes and ears and really supposed to be a deliberative body of DXers who can provide expert recommendations on DX issues. DXers are one of the core sets of supporters of the league. Many DXers retain ARRL membership because of our service to the DX community and administration of awards programs. I would hope that the concerns of the DX community are being appropriately addressed. Have any of you heard similar from your DXAC rep? Ria N2RJ

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[arrl-odv:28239] Re: [ODjr] Metrics and engagement
by Michael Ritz 22 Jun '19

22 Jun '19

FWIW, here in the Northwestern Division we have already begun a campaign to improve communications within the Division, and between our members and the League. It's all about engagement: 1. Created a new interactive website, complete with members forums. (Before there was just a FB page). ARRL bulletins are re-broadcasted through our website. Also contained within the website are links to Section websites, Division resources, activities, and one of the NW Division Sections now hosts their own website under ours. (there was no website for the Western Washington Section, by far the largest in the NW Division.) 2. Moved from a Division newsletter that was published sporadically, to one that is published monthly. It is also re-posted on both Facebook and Twitter. 3. Included in the Division newsletter is not only information and commentary from the Director, but from the Vice Director as well. 4. I have been on the road to clubs as much as possible the last 6 months, doing engaging PowerPoints on what the Division and our League is doing for members, and importantly, soliciting their feedback on the issues. The feedback I've been receiving from all of this is very positive. Members really just want somebody to engage them, not lecture to them, and often the League is seen as a lecturer. It's not just about "creating and delivering value", (that's the "hook"), it's about making members feel that they are an important part of the organization. That will keep them as members. That all said, I'll be curious to see what other ideas and programs the new committee comes up with! 73; Mike W7VO > On June 22, 2019 at 7:32 AM "rjairam(a)gmail.com" <rjairam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > One thing I would like to see is metrics of things like newsletter > engagement and also web statistics. > > There has been steady growth in subscribers to my division > communications, but I'm not sure if that is overall related to member > growth or just people I've met at hamfests and asking them to > subscribe. We get a "list processor report" email showing numbers of > subscribers but it would be nice to have charts and show trends. This > way we know what works and what doesn't. > > On the website I have metrics and statistics, which works very well. > > Perhaps something for the communications committee to consider, with > some overlap to the IT infrastructure committee. > > I know that in my old gig we looked at the numbers religiously to see > what clicked and what didn't. (pun intended). > > Ria > _______________________________________________ > ODjr mailing list > ODjr(a)lists.kkn.net > https://lists.kkn.net/mailman/listinfo/odjr

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