January 2021 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:31622] Chief Financial Officer Report
by Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO) 12 Jan '21

12 Jan '21

Good morning, Attached, please find the Report of the CFO. It will be posted to Drop Box later today. If there any question about the report, I would be happy to answer them prior to the board meeting. 73, Diane Middleton, W2DLM Chief Financial Officer ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio (r) 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 (860) 594-0225

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[arrl-odv:31621] Briefing Paper for Hopengarten 1 Motion
by hopengarten＠post.harvard.edu 12 Jan '21

12 Jan '21

Colleagues, I attach a briefing paper in support of my motion to create an Investment Management Committee that will report to the Board in July. Note the wording of the motion at the start of the paper. This is somewhat different than the motion presently in DropBox. I am providing a copy to Carla Pereira so that the DropBox version will be up to date. 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:31620] CONFIDENTIAL: Personnel Announcement
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

Norm Fusaro has tendered his resignation / retirement with effect on June 11th of this year. I will be looking to restructure the operations area of the business as there are other changes I would like to pursue. This includes the dialog around Field Services and the reorganization currently being developed with the working group. It is my intention to rewrite the job description and coordinate with A&F. The board will be kept in the loop as I move forward. David

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[arrl-odv:31614] Board Meeting Motions
by k5ur＠aol.com 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

Hi all: Listed below are the motions to date for the Board meeting. These are in your dropbox. We don't have the luxury of seeing each other in person to work on these motions so let's try to work out any issues beforehand. If you have questions or concerns, please get with the person making the motion. If you are still working on a motion, please submit it so we can prepare in advance. Carla and Dee, check the two motions for the ARRL Foundation in the dropbox. They are identical. One should be the marked up version of the Articles. See the December 14, 2020, email. Thanks. 73,Rick - K5UR -------- A&F A&F 1 – Approve 2021-2022 Plan A&F 2 – Thanks to Staff – 1. Ryan, 2. Jairam PSC PSC Draft – Reorganize PSC Advisory Committees PSC 1 – ARRL Knight Distinguished Service – 1.Lippert ARRL Foundation Revise Articles to add mission statement. 1. Abernethy,2. Ritz IAVP IAVP 1 – Admission of Amateur Radio Union of theKyrgyz Republic – 1. Stafford IAVP 2 – Admission of Bahrain Amateur Radio Society– 1. Stafford Director Stratton – Employment of CDO – 1. Stratton, 2.Hopengarten Stratton – Accept Non-Amateur RadioAdvertising – 1. Stratton, 2. Hopengarten Stratton – Form Committee on Investment Management– 1. Hopengarten, 2. Stratton

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[arrl-odv:31616] Executive Committee Report January 2021 Doc #10
by k5ur＠aol.com 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

Hi all: Please find attached the Executive Committee Report to the Board, document #10. 73Rick - K5UR

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[arrl-odv:31615] President's Report January 2021 Doc #2
by k5ur＠aol.com 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

Hi all: Please find attached the President's Report to the Board, document #2. 73, Rick - K5UR

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[arrl-odv:31609] ARES Connect
by Hippisley, George (Bud), W2RU, (Dir, RK) 10 Jan '21

10 Jan '21

ODV CONFIDENTIAL Attached is (advance) notice of the discontinuance of ARES Connect. Please treat this as ODV Confidential until Noon EST, Monday, January 11, by which time Emergency Management Director Paul Gilbert and his staff will have sent e-mail notification to all Section Managers and Section Emergency Coordinators. 73 – Bud, W2RU

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[arrl-odv:31608] IN Newsletter January 8, 2021
by Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Please see this week's IN News, featuring a round-up of 2020's most popular social media posts across platforms. Have a great weekend!

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[arrl-odv:31605] A&F report
by Mark J Tharp 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Jeff do you have any numbers on how many have taken advantage of the new life membership program or will Diane cover that? thanks.. Mark, HDX

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[arrl-odv:31602] ARRL By-Law 38
by Michael Ritz 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

I just completed reviewing Document #11, the January 2021 A&F report, and have an issue I'd brought up before in a prior A&F meeting. My prior complaint apparently has has fallen on deaf ears, and has not been dealt with by either the A&F committee, or the ARRL Board. I'm posting this here rather than bringing it up yet again in the upcoming Board meeting with the hope that this can get fixed sooner, rather than later. Here is my issue: I see in the 6th paragraph of the report the phrase "The Committee approved an authorization of an amount not to exceed $75,000 for ARISS...". Also, a few paragraphs further the words " Expenditures were approved..." are noted. Paragraph 12 begins: "The Committee approved an additional payment of $112,000....". OK, so the A&F approved some budget requests, so what. The issue I have here is that NOWHERE in the text of ARRL By-Law 38, which describes the duties and responsibilities of the A&F committee, does it give the A&F committee ANY power or specific authorization to approve expenditures. If one reviews the physical text of the By-Law, it specifically contains the words "review", "forward", "advise", "make recommendations", "monitor", "evaluate", and "guide" when describing what the A&F "shall" do. NOWHERE in By-Law 38 do I see the words "authorize", or "approve", and yet that, it seems, is a lot of what the A&F does. If the A&F wants the official power and responsibility to approve any ARRL expenditures, language that reflects that power and responsibility needs to be added to the language contained within By-Law 38. Otherwise, in my "I'm not a lawyer, but I've watched Judge Judy a few times" opinion, the A&F committee is technically exceeding powers granted to it by the By-Law. I'm getting tired of the "that's the way we've always done it, so it's OK" excuse. Please somebody fix this. Rant over now.... 73; Mike W7VO

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