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[arrl-odv:29468] FW: News Brief
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) 27 Jan '20

27 Jan '20

Good afternoon. Before this is posted on-line I thought it should be shared with ODV in case anyone knew Dale. 73, Barry, N1VXY From: Rick Lindquist WW1ME <ww1me(a)roadrunner.com<mailto:ww1me@roadrunner.com>> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2020 1:33 PM To: Ford, Steve, WB8IMY <sford(a)arrl.org<mailto:sford@arrl.org>> Subject: News Brief = Past ARRL Southeastern Division Director H. Dale Strieter, W4QM, SK Past ARRL Southeastern Division Director Dale Strieter, W4QM (ex-W4DQS), of Cocoa Beach, died on January 6. An ARRL Life Member, he was 92 and a founding member of the Maxim Society. Strieter was ARRL Southeastern Division Director from 1970 until 1973. During World War II, he served as US Maritime Service radio officer in the Pacific. After the war, he received a bachelor's in electrical engineering from Michigan State. He got his amateur radio license in 1947. Strieter later earned an MSee from Michigan State, and then worked as an audio engineer. In 1958, Strieter moved to Cocoa Beach to work for General Electric, a NASA, and he served as the guidance engineer on the Mercury and Gemini manned spaceflight missions. Strieter was a prolific DXpeditioner. After 20 years with GE, he returned to sea in 1979 as a radio officer in the Merchant Marines on a ship generally anchored at Chagos. As VQ9QM, Strieter logged more than 200,000 contacts from nearby Diego Garcia, between 1986 and 2001. He retired in 2002. - Thanks to Tom Tenney, W8OJM, and Don Karvonen, K8MFO ========== Rick Lindquist, WW1ME ARRL - the National Association for Amateur Radio News Editor/Contributing Editor NCJ Managing Editor

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[arrl-odv:29467] Fwd: YouTube ARRL CEO Talk- Not Good.
by Dale Williams 27 Jan '20

27 Jan '20

If you only have time to read part of this, look at the bold text at the end. Bill sent this to the on-line blogger in response to his yammering YouTube video. 73, :-) - Dale WA8EFK -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: YouTube ARRL CEO Talk- Not Good. Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 17:34:04 -0500 From: William Pietschman <w8lvradio(a)gmail.com> To: wa8efk(a)arrl.org Dear Dale, So here's this guy on youtube talking about our CEO change... I'll spare you the details, and here is the link: (https://youtu.be/vfqJH6OaAqA) When I hear this kind of talk about CEOs and Boards in general, I am greatly saddened by our educational system in this country. They must not teach how organizations in business work. (I learned it from Elmer Fudd when I was about eight years old... Really! Link here : (https://youtu.be/NOX0_FUGM6k) Oh and we MUST NOT forget THIS ONE, either: (https://youtu.be/G3dpwxl4E18) Maybe you saw those too as a kid? Please send this to whom you may in our organization and this will as all of our communications are and always will be kept confidential. God Bless and Thanks to You and EVERYONE at the ARRL for what you do for Amateur Radio. 73 DE W8LV BILL (Finally, my Public reply for what it's worth to this Gentleman is here:) *"Dear Fellow Ham and YouTuber: SUPPORT THE ARRL. CEO's come and go from organizations based on closed board meetings everyday. There are confidential contractual agreements, and no CEO is King, he answers to the Board of Director in EVERY organization. Goals and Directions change. And if you don't think in a legislative environment there isn't anything to protect: I'll clear it up for you, because you MUST remember: We are VERY MUCH IN COMPETITION WITH COMMERCIAL INTERESTS WHO EYE OUR BANDS. We ALSO have a FEDERAL regulator who has an ear that is MUCH more attuned to those Commercial Interests than Little Old Us. We also have a small pie to cut, and what part goes to the lobbyist, what part to education, what part to publicity, etc. With the eye on both short term and long term goals and the constant surveillance of external commercial interests and the look at "ourselves" and how we are currently doing. Who makes the metrics? Who reads the metrics? Who interprets the metrics? Paying the salaries. The Printer.... Etc., Etc.!* *CEOs also leave organizations for personal reasons: Being Top Level Managers they are in high demand, but for VERY few "slots" (namely: One) in other organizations. Who might offer more in terms of Salary or Benefits. Or his wife might want to move out of Connecticut because she likes Florida weather better. Or health reasons... Or whatever!* *I've never heard of an organization that didn't have a BOD that didn't meet behind closed doors (even the YMCA) and I've never heard of a private employment contract of a CEO being made public. Nor have you, because that's not how it's done! For example, if you think that the CAI (the group that represents the Homeowners Associations) is going to tell you their CEO and Board of Director's goings on, not to mention how and what and to whom they are going to be opening their Financial War Chest to (which I'm guessing is a Hell of a lot bigger than ours) you are just kidding yourself!* *The important thing is that we have stability and continuity, and a National Organization that represents our Big Tent! 73 DE W8LV BILL"* * * * * Best Regards from Amateur Radio Station W8LV Station Info: www.hamqth.com/W8LV <http://www.hamqth.com/W8LV>

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[arrl-odv:29458] FCC doc
by Dale Williams 27 Jan '20

27 Jan '20

Hi Dave, I just came across the attached and found it an interesting and probably quite useful tool for Emcomm concerns. Ref pages 11 & 12. It may prove useful for addressing antennas within HOAs. 73 Dale Williams WA8EFK

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[arrl-odv:29461] Alpha Hotel Six Charlie Yankee on Vimeo
by Kristen A. McIntyre 26 Jan '20

26 Jan '20

A Stanford film student contacted me last fall wanting to make a short film about ham radio on 16mm black and white film. He told me someone in his family was a ham. I put him in touch with local hams and also had him over to my shack to film. This was a class project for his masters program and was screened at Stanford in December. Enjoy. https://vimeo.com/376746309/0ebac9f71d Sent from my iPad

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[arrl-odv:29460] Ham radio wiki
by rjairam＠gmail.com 26 Jan '20

26 Jan '20

Have we ever thought of having a wiki? You all know about wikipedia. But corporate environments also use wikis to easily capture documentation. A member suggested to me that ARRL could set up a wiki. Have it moderated by a pool of volunteers, with contributions from staff as time allows. It may even cut down on some the common "FAQ" type inquiries that are fielded by TIS. Things like how to make a dipole and such. What say? 73 Ria, N2RJ

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[arrl-odv:29453] web page search
by Mark J Tharp 24 Jan '20

24 Jan '20

Anyone else having these search issues? I've been seeing this for a few weeks now on and off? Just to test it when I do not get a result, I poke in my call. Mark, HDX [image: image.png]

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[arrl-odv:29452] Attached FYI
by david davidsiddall-law.com 23 Jan '20

23 Jan '20

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[arrl-odv:29445] Re: CD of 2019 ARRL Periodicals on DVD - Good News
by n2cop＠ec.rr.com 22 Jan '20

22 Jan '20

Dear ODV Members: Some good news from the trenches related to this thread. I addressed a local club last night with 34 members - about 2/3 already ARRL members and the remaining third largely new licensees. I did not bring up nor did anyone mention recent personnel changes. I passed around one of the 5 copies of On The Air we received at the board meeting and explained that it and QST are now available with NCJ and QEX coming later, all part of ARRL membership. Then I resuscitated an old trick I used when I was North Carolina Section Manager. I passed around an index card with one dime and three pennies taped to it, and I explained ARRL membership costs 13 cents per day. Five people signed up for membership. The point of all this? Two observations: we have hit a home run with the winning combination of QST, OTA, NCJ and QEX as part of membership, and once the latter two become available digitally, it may make sense to phase out the publications CD-ROM. 73 de Bill Morine, N2COP Vice Director - Roanoke Division Representing ARRL members in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia <http://www.arrl-roanoke.org> www.arrl-roanoke.org Facebook Page: ARRL Roanoke Division ARRL - The National Association for Amateur RadioT From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces(a)reflector.arrl.org> On Behalf Of Bob Famiglio, K3RF via arrl-odv Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 9:03 AM To: 'Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO)' <dmiddleton(a)arrl.org>; 'Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO)' <bshelley(a)arrl.org>; 'Fred Hopengarten' <hopengarten(a)post.harvard.edu>; 'arrl-odv' <arrl-odv(a)arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:29444] Re: CD of 2019 ARRL Periodicals on DVD But for now, I suspect most all here know quality CD/DVD players which read/write are about $20 (Microcenter), are razor thin and plug into a USB port. Powered from it too. I have several to solve the issue as we still like to have a second archive on plastic for many things. Bob Famiglio, K3RF Vice Director - ARRL Atlantic Division 610-359-7300 www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF <http://www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF> From: arrl-odv On Behalf Of Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO) Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 7:21 AM To: Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley(a)arrl.org <mailto:bshelley@arrl.org> >; Fred Hopengarten <hopengarten(a)post.harvard.edu <mailto:hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> >; arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@arrl.org> > Subject: [arrl-odv:29442] Re: CD of 2019 ARRL Periodicals on DVD If I may, these discussions have already started a few months ago among the staff. Ria's comments are actually a good summary of our initial discussions. As we move forward in offering QEX and NCJ digitally to all members, providing a cd may very well become obsolete. Staff intends to revisit this after the digital launch of QEX and NCJ. 73, Diane From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces(a)reflectorarrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflectorarrl.org> > On Behalf Of Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 7:12 AM To: Fred Hopengarten <hopengarten(a)post.harvard.edu <mailto:hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> >; arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@arrl.org> > Subject: [arrl-odv:29441] Re: CD of 2019 ARRL Periodicals on DVD Fred: >From my perspective, there is no real need to assign a question like this to a Board committee. All you really need to do is ask either myself or Diane and we will look into it and get back to you. Then we can have a discussion and, if it warrants a committee's involvement, we can decide at that time. On this one, if you would allow me a little time to talk to the staff and do a little research, I would appreciate it. I agree with Ria, thumb drives present security concerns but I'm guessing there may be a way to deal with the issue. And just an observation, it's 32 degrees this morning in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.....the Visitors Bureau lied!!! 73, Barry, N1VXY _____ From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces(a)reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> > on behalf of Fred Hopengarten <hopengarten(a)post.harvard.edu <mailto:hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 11:43 PM To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@arrl.org> > Subject: [arrl-odv:29437] CD of 2019 ARRL Periodicals on DVD Colleagues: Today I received "Amateur Radio Contesting for Beginners" by K1DG, and a CD of ARRL 2019 periodicals - on DVD. I am somewhat grateful. Query: Is distribution by DVD the modern way to distribute periodicals? Wouldn't it be better, and cheaper (?) to distribute on a USB stick? No laptop, Kindle, iPad, or mobile phone in my household can read a DVD. To which committee is my query best addressed? Fred Hopengarten, Esq. K1VR Six Willarch Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781.259.0088, k1vr(a)arrl.org <mailto:k1vr@arrl.org> New England Director Serving ME, NH, VT, MA, RI and CT

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[arrl-odv:29439] Revised 2020 Committee Appointments
by k5ur＠aol.com 22 Jan '20

22 Jan '20

Hi all: Attached is a revised list of the Committee Appointments. This one corrected a couple of typos from the list I sent the other day and reflects the change with Mark's resignation. 73Rick - K5UR

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[arrl-odv:29436] My Email Address
by Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) 21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

Since Friday, I've been playing catch-up, trying to sync messages across two email addresses until my new (old?) arrl.org email account was set up on the HQ system. That is in place now so I would ask that you send emails to me at either n1vxy(a)arrl.org or bshelley(a)arrl.org. This will help keep my business e-mails separate from my personal ones and help me organize my mail a little better. Thank you. 73, Barry, N1VXY

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