April 2021 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:32280] July Board Meeting in Windsor, CT
by Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

Dear Officers, Directors and Vice Directors, This message is to confirm that the July 2021 Board Meeting will be held at the Marriott Windsor Airport, Windsor, CT. The meetings of the Administration & Finance and Programs & Services committees will also be held at the hotel. The hotel had a cancellation and has confirmed that we will have all of the space required to hold a fully in-person board meeting. Please plan accordingly. Respectfully, Carla Pereira, KC1HSX

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[arrl-odv:32259] NSF Grant
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

This is an FYI. David Siddall was approached by Michael Marcus, N3JMM with regards to a large grant from NSF that Northeastern University is applying for. Part of what they're looking to do involves SDR's and students. Michael asked for ARRL to provide a letter stating: NASCE will collaborate with the ARRL, in introducing students to spectrum sharing issues by developing software for a commercial SDR model to make it operate as a cognitive radio in Amateur Radio Service allocations with several parameters under user control. NASCE will lend several of these units to high school and university amateur radio clubs with suggested experiments to test spectrum sharing under real world conditions. It is my intention to provide NASCE with such a letter. Note: There is a serious time crunch on getting them the response. If we decide later that this is not going in a direction that we support, we can back out. However, it is my view that we would not want to miss the opportunity to support the grant with simply a letter. I suspect that members would take this as being lazy on our behalf. Thoughts before I pull the trigger? David

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[arrl-odv:32276] RF Exposure and You book?
by Michael Ritz 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

A question for Mr. Minster: Is there some plan to update and re-release the RF Exposure and You book in print form? There are members that don't want to print out a 300+ page e-book, especially since it is most likely out of date now. (Originally published in 1998?) I just found and bought a used copy off e-Bay for less than $6 but there are some used ones on Amazon.com that are going for over $90! What other plans are there to enable members to see if they meet the new requirements? (ie: web based forms that automatically do calculations?) The e-form referenced on the website is provided by a third party link, and only allows for a couple of variables to be entered. This is not complete enough for a full analysis. 73; Mike

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[arrl-odv:32271] OK to book July Board meeting flights?
by Michael Ritz 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

It sounds as though it is OK to book flights for the July Board meeting this far in advance, and also get paid back before July? Back when I was a working stiff we couldn't get reimbursed for a business trip expense until we were back from the trip, and that included the airfare. I just checked, and I can get to BDL roundtrip via Southwest for about $800 or less if I book fairly soon. Also, I want to set up some meetings with HQ staff on the Wednesday. Is it going to be OK to come in on the Tuesday night? 73; Mike W7VO

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[arrl-odv:32267] World Amateur Radio Day
by Mark J Tharp 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

On a side note, I would like to say thanks, and Job well done to NQ1R Bob Inderbitzen for the outstanding job he did representing ARRL running W1AW Sunday afternoon. He mentioned he worked quite a few of us from ODV. If you did not catch it on the facebook stream, he also live streamed the operation and I heard many folks say how cool it was to go back and capture the time they worked W1AW and could hear themselves from the other side. A link to the stream is here: https://www.facebook.com/ARRL.org/videos/749520709095533 Very cool. David, please pass on a big thank you. Mark, HDX

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[arrl-odv:32251] Airline costs
by Mark J Tharp 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

Not to spook anyone, but can we say for sure the meeting is a go for July? I checked airline prices on the day after the EC meeting and again this morning, and they have almost doubled in two weeks. I'm afraid what they may look like in another month or two? ?? Mark, HDX

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[arrl-odv:32250] Treasurer's Report Q1 2021
by Niswander, Rick 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

Attached is the Treasurer's Report for the first quarter of 2021. I will be happy to answer any questions you may have. Frederick (Rick) Niswander, PhD, CPA, CGMA Professor of Accounting East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858

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[arrl-odv:32248] FW: A&F Meeting - April 24th Zoom Info
by Ryan, Jeff, K0RM (Dir, RM) 18 Apr '21

18 Apr '21

I think I'm getting dyslectic... The date for the A&F Meeting is April 24th. -------------------------------------- All: The Zoom link for the upcoming A&F meeting is below. The meeting will be held: April 24, 2021 11:00 AM Eastern Time 10:00 AM Central Time 9:00 AM Mountain Time 8:00 AM Pacific Time Non-committee members are requested to mute their audio and turn off their video. To save 'screen space', Committee members should set their video options to turn off non-video participants by selecting "video settings" (the ^ symbol next to Start/Stop video), then scrolling down to "Hide non-video participants" and check the box. Jeff Ryan, KØRM Director, Rocky Mountain Division ARRL-the national association for Amateur Radio® 9975 Wadsworth Pkwy K2-275 Westminster, CO 80021 303-432-2886 www.arrl.org Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87430499261?pwd=Qzh5V2JUbVI0eXBQR3B3azBEaU9kUT09 Meeting ID: 874 3049 9261 Passcode: 741635 One tap mobile +13462487799,,87430499261#,,,,*741635# US (Houston) +16699006833,,87430499261#,,,,*741635# US (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) Meeting ID: 874 3049 9261 Passcode: 741635 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdsMOKMVnQ

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[arrl-odv:32247] A&F Meeting - April 26 Zoom Info
by Ryan, Jeff, K0RM (Dir, RM) 18 Apr '21

18 Apr '21

All: The Zoom link for the upcoming A&F meeting is below. The meeting will be held: April 26, 2021 11:00 AM Eastern Time 10:00 AM Central Time 9:00 AM Mountain Time 8:00 AM Pacific Time Non-committee members are requested to mute their audio and turn off their video. To save 'screen space', Committee members should set their video options to turn off non-video participants by selecting "video settings" (the ^ symbol next to Start/Stop video), then scrolling down to "Hide non-video participants" and check the box. Jeff Ryan, KØRM Director, Rocky Mountain Division ARRL-the national association for Amateur Radio® 9975 Wadsworth Pkwy K2-275 Westminster, CO 80021 303-432-2886 www.arrl.org Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87430499261?pwd=Qzh5V2JUbVI0eXBQR3B3azBEaU9kUT09 Meeting ID: 874 3049 9261 Passcode: 741635 One tap mobile +13462487799,,87430499261#,,,,*741635# US (Houston) +16699006833,,87430499261#,,,,*741635# US (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) Meeting ID: 874 3049 9261 Passcode: 741635 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdsMOKMVnQ

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[arrl-odv:32246] NFP contacts
by Niswander, Rick 18 Apr '21

18 Apr '21

ODV: One of the tasks the Investment Management Committee is undertaking is to learn how other Not-for-Profit entities are investing their investment portfolios. You can help us with that work. Attached is a spreadsheet derived from Form 990's filed with the IRS. These are generally for tax years ending in 2019, filed in 2020. The file contains information on NFPs with investment portfolios in publicly traded securities between $20 million and $70 million. At the time the ARRL had about $26 million. The list is categorized into two groups. * Group 1 (lines 10-55) are 46 NFPs that appear to be membership organizations that have individual members. These seem to be more like us. ARRL is on line 37. * Group 2 (lines 59-131) are 73 NFPs that are health-related. These health organizations are split apart because many have a research component to their work. Of these, 42 NFPs have two asterisks in column A indicating that the NFP appears to be oriented towards individual members. There were an additional 115 NFPs that were deleted because they are trade associations, business groups, and the like which have membership that is predominately businesses, not individuals. The IMC will contact these organizations and ask some basic questions about their portfolio, including: whether they use external advisors or managers; if they have annual cash requirements from their portfolio; how the portfolio is split between stocks, bonds, and other investment choices; and related questions. We can increase our ability to get meaningful responses if we can be more targeted in who we ask. That is where you come in. ********* Please review the list of entity names in column B. If you have some sort of relationship with or knowledge of the organization (maybe as a member, or if you know someone who is, or if you know a staff member) please send me an email (directly, not to the ODV list) with particulars. Ideally, we would like to identify a person within the staff of the organization, but it will likely be more indirect. Please send possible contact information within a week so the committee can get this process rolling. Thanks for your assistance. Rick, K7GM On behalf of the IMC Frederick (Rick) Niswander, PhD, CPA, CGMA Professor of Accounting East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858

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