November 2020 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:29223] Set An Example
by k5ur＠aol.com 30 Dec '21

30 Dec '21

Hi all: As we close the year,I'd like to ask for those who have not made a monetary donation to the League thisyear to please do so. As volunteers, we already contribute our time and effort,but it’s also important for our development efforts to be able to say that allBoard members have made a monetary donation. Oftentimes when seeking donations,especially from major donors, one of the first questions asked is whether allBoard members have given. I've made my annualdonation. I am asking you to please do the same. To make a donation, click onthe link below: https://www.arrl.org/arrl-donation-form Please help us achieve100% ARRL Board participation. Take a few minutes this weekend and help set anexample. Let's all donate something! Thanks. 73 Rick - K5UR

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[arrl-odv:31409] LOTW Broke?
by Mark J Tharp 01 Dec '20

01 Dec '20

Third time this morning I have seen this error. Is it just me? Mark, HDX [image: image.png]

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[arrl-odv:31413] Advance Notice of 2021 Annual Board Meeting
by Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX 30 Nov '20

30 Nov '20

ADVANCE NOTICE OF Annual MEETING - November 30, 2020 ALL OFFICERS, DIRECTORS and VICE DIRECTORS: In compliance with the requirements of the Articles of Association and the relevant provisions of the Bylaws, the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of The American Radio Relay League, Incorporated, is hereby called for 9:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Friday, January 15, 2020. Given the current limitations imposed by the Governor of Connecticut due to the COVID-19 situation, an in-person meeting in Connecticut is not possible. The meeting will be held as a virtual meeting as voted upon by the Executive Committee at their October 22 meeting. Vice Directors are authorized to attend this meeting. The tentative Agenda for the meeting will be circulated with the formal meeting notification later in December. To qualify for the two-thirds voting standard to approve changes or amendments to the Articles of Association and By-Laws, any proposal to do so must be received by the Secretary 30 days prior to presentation at the meeting. For this first session, that would mean by Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Any proposals received within 30 days of presentation will be subject to a three-fourths majority vote for approval. It is requested that insofar as possible, motions to be submitted at the meeting be prepared in advance in writing so that a copy can be handed to the Secretary at the time of presentation. It is important that the motion as handed to the Secretary be the same as that submitted for Board consideration. Given the circumstances of this meeting, we will not have word-processing and duplicating capability at the meeting. Advance preparation will be more important than ever before. If you wish to have a proposed motion circulated in advance, either send it to me as soon as possible or post it on the Board's reflector. Please also note Standing Order 30: "Each Director offering a motion requiring the expenditure of funds for implementation shall include with the motion his [or her] estimate of the costs involved and the suggested method of funding those costs." Also note Minute 42 of the 2004 Annual Meeting: "Any motion to create or substantially modify a program or activity shall include documentation of the expected revenue and expense generated by the proposed program or activity." Finally, meeting attendees are advised that the proceedings will be recorded electronically. Respectfully, Carla Pereira, KC1HSX [cid:image003.png@01D6C732.554FBE70]Carla Pereira, KC1HSX Executive Manager ARRL Newington, CT 06111 860-594-0242 http://www.arrl.org/

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[arrl-odv:31404] Email delays
by rjairam＠gmail.com 27 Nov '20

27 Nov '20

A message I sent yesterday for thanksgiving from the “send email to your division” page arrived today. Anyone else experiencing extremely long delays? Obviously it arrived late and ruined the message, now people are going to ask why I’m sending a thanksgiving message today. 73 Ria N2RJ

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[arrl-odv:31396] Happy Thanksgiving
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 27 Nov '20

27 Nov '20

Good morning all. Laura and I send to you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy the day! Be safe! Have peace and joy! Very 73. David

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[arrl-odv:31395] Tis The Season
by John Robert Stratton 26 Nov '20

26 Nov '20

_______________________________________ John Robert Stratton N5AUS Director West Gulf Division Office:512-445-6262 Cell:512-426-2028 P.O. Box 2232 Austin, Texas 78768-2232 *_______________________________________***

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[arrl-odv:31385] Online speakers/presenters
by Phil Temples 25 Nov '20

25 Nov '20

While COVID has certainly taken its toll nationally on conducting in-person club meetings and activities, clubs have improvised with online Zoom meetings featuring remote speakers and presenters. I was wondering if any of you, your Section Managers or ACCs have been compiling lists of online presenters that could be shared with their counterparts outside of their respective sections/divisions. Perhaps someone at Hq. could even compile a "list of lists" on the arrl.org affiliated clubs page. Thanks and 73, Phil Temples, K9HI Vice Director New England Division -- Phil Temples <phil(a)temples.com>

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[arrl-odv:31383] K0BBC letter to the Ethics and Election Committee and Board
by Matt Holden 25 Nov '20

25 Nov '20

Thank you for overseeing a fair election. Having gone through two contested election cycles, I would like to share my thoughts on modernizing parts of the election cycle. The membership mailing list request process needs a 21st century overhaul. Get out of the label printing business. I would like to see the paper printout and self adhesive label options removed from the election label request form (example attached). The HQ staff has better things to do than print out labels. I recommend the only electronic file formats offered be Excel or comma delimited (CSV). I think I'm too young to know what the QCQ format is. My opponent used a professional direct mail marketing company to produce and distribute his campaign literature and I think this will be the norm, by well funded elections, going forward. Candidates provide the excel or CSV file, along with their letter, to the printing company and the pros take it from there. Electrons vs paper. I would like to see the candidates nomination form and election label request form be online forms. COVID-19 made it a bit awkward to collect paper nomination signatures. With an online form, the ARRL member could login to arrl.org, submit a call sign & name and click the "OK" button to nominate a candidate. This would reduce staff time vetting paper signatures because only ARRL members can login to arrl.org website and submit a nomination. The election label request form is also worthy to be replaced by an online form. I paid about $8.00 for the mailing list. Is it worth the HQ staff time to collect the fee? The FCC discovered the vanity call sign fee collection was costing them more money than they were collecting and dropped the fee. I would like to see the ARRL drop the electronic mailing list fee altogether. One less fee might entice less affluent members to run for office. Email addresses. Why aren't email addresses included in the membership roster provided to candidates? It is an empty column in the Excel file provided to me. An email message is a less expensive way to communicate with the membership and the way most business communication is conducted in the 21st century. Perhaps a less expensive way for candidates to contact the members would entice more women, minorities and younger tech-savvy members to run for office? Paper Ballots. Stick with paper ballots. Paper is king. It's going to take a while before most ARRL members are going to participate in the electronic balloting process. Election cycle duration. Could a few weeks be chopped off the back end of the calendar? 45 days is more than enough time for most members to submit a ballot and enough time for most members to request a ballot, should they not receive one, and cast their vote. I suspect some component of the director election schedule is interwoven with the section manager election schedule, so I suspect nothing will change here. Respectfully Submitted, Matt Holden KØBBC

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[arrl-odv:31391] Ham radio must embrace the hacker community
by rjairam＠gmail.com 24 Nov '20

24 Nov '20

https://www.kj7nzl.net/blog/ham-radio-needs-to-embrace-the-hacker-community… Great article and mirrors a lot of where I think our focus for growth should be. 73 Ria N2RJ

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[arrl-odv:31387] Smallest atom memory unit created
by Lee Cooper 24 Nov '20

24 Nov '20

An interesting short read that might be an insight to what AR of the future may look like. https://news.utexas.edu/2020/11/19/worlds-smallest-atom-memory-unit-created…

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