June 2021 - 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:32384] Advance Notice of ARRL 2021 Second Board of Directors Meeting
by Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX 08 Jul '21

08 Jul '21

TO ALL DIRECTORS, VICE-DIRECTORS, and OFFICERS: Please read the following announcement thoroughly as it contains new information for this July's Board Meeting. ADVANCE NOTICE OF SECOND MEETING In compliance with the requirements of the Articles of Association and the relevant provisions of the Bylaws, the 2021 Second 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, July 16, 2021, at the Hartford/Windsor Airport Marriott at 88 Day Hill Rd., Windsor, Connecticut. Arrangements have been made for a group dinner on Thursday evening July 15th at 6:30 PM, followed immediately by an informal session which all ODV are expected to attend. Dinner on Thursday and Friday will be preceded by an attitude adjustment hour at 5:30 P.M. Other group meals are Friday and Saturday lunch and afternoon breaks, as well as Friday reception/dinner. There will be no food served at the morning break. Breakfasts will be reimbursed by the League. Note that there will be a cash bar, not an open bar, prior to the dinners. Purchases from the cash bar are not reimbursable. We expect the meeting will conclude by 5:00 P.M. on Saturday. Due to pandemic restrictions, the annual Board photo that would have been taken in January will take place on Friday, July 16 at 10:30 AM. Any officers, directors or Vice Directors who have joined the Board since January 2020 will also have individual headshots taken on that day. Please wear a jacket/sport coat for these photos. You will all receive invitations soon to access the Dropbox folder for the ARRL Second Annual Board Meeting with the most up-to-date versions of reports and meeting materials. Hard copies of Board books will NOT be distributed, but all materials can be printed directly from the Dropbox file at any time. All written reports should be emailed to Dee Methe at dmethe(a)arrl.org<mailto:dmethe@arrl.org> no later than Tuesday, July 6 to allow time for review by all members of the ODV. Vice Directors are authorized to attend with expenses charged to the Board Meeting account. Expenses are reimbursable beginning the day prior to the meeting, the days of the meeting and the day after the meeting. Cash advances are available upon request for those traveling at League expense. Honorary Vice Presidents, Directors Emeritus, past Presidents, and past Directors are invited to attend in observer status at personal expense. Complimentary transportation to and from Bradley International Airport will be provided by Marriott. Please use the Marriott courtesy phone located in the baggage claim area for service. An accommodation form accompanies this Notice; please return the form or respond by email by Friday, June 25th to Dee Methe, KC1MHN, at HQ: dmethe(a)arrl.org<mailto:dmethe@arrl.org>. Accompanying spouses are invited to attend lunch and dinner with the Board family. 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 by Wednesday June 16, 2021. Any proposals received after that date will be subject to a three-fourths majority vote. 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. While we will have word-processing and duplicating capability at the meeting site, this should not replace advance preparation. 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. Sincerely, [A picture containing chart Description automatically generated] Carla Pereira, KC1HSX Executive Manager Attachment: Accommodation Form Carla Pereira, KC1HSX Executive Manager ARRL Newington, CT 06111 860-594-0242 http://www.arrl.org/

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[arrl-odv:32478] EMDSC-1
by Bud Hippisley 05 Jul '21

05 Jul '21

To ODV: The Emergency Management Director Selection Committee (EMDSC) has just filed EMDSC-1 with Ms. Pereira. In accordance with the tasking of Minute 33 from the July 2020 Board Meeting — that directed the EMDSC, in collaboration with the Chair of PSC (Director Ritz), to draft the Bylaw and Standing Order changes necessary to facilitate the creation of the third Standing Committee — this Motion contains the bylaw changes necessary to create the third Standing Committee. No changes to Standing Orders were necessary. The new Standing Committee will be known as the Emergency Communications and Field Services Committee (ECFSC). Although the Motion’s principal purpose is to enumerate the tasking and basis for the creation of the new Committee (which it does in new By-Law 40), ancillary changes required when moving from two to three Standing Committees and re-aligning the duties of PSC and the new Committee required changes to By-Laws 37 and 39. Accordingly, this Motion includes those changes, as well. The EMDSC (Directors Abernethy, Hippisley, Jairam, Norris and Stratton, and Vice Directors Cooper, Schilling, and Tharp) unanimously recommend the adoption of EMDSC-1. Director Ritz, as PSC Chair, also approves the Motion. The Legal Structure Review Committee reviewed EMDSC-1 and approves the Motion. President Roderick’s input and contributions are greatly appreciated and are incorporated in the Motion. The Committee thanks all who have assisted in the effort to bring the new Standing Committee to life and complete the Minute 33 tasking on time and under budget. Other Members of the Committee and I look forward to again seeing everyone in Hartford in July. 73 -- Bud, W2RU Chair, EMDSC

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[arrl-odv:32532] Carla's departure
by Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO) 30 Jun '21

30 Jun '21

Good afternoon, I would like to inform you that Carla's last day will be this Friday, July 2. She has already been removed from ODV. We have hired a new Executive Assistant, Kelly Wells, that will be starting on Tuesday, July 6. As soon as she is all set up in our systems, I will send out all of her pertinent information and an introduction to ODV. 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:32527] Fwd: The new FCC fee structure
by rjairam＠gmail.com 30 Jun '21

30 Jun '21

This is making the rounds. Is it, or is it not true? And if not, we need to ensure that the message is clear. 73 Ria, N2RJ ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Eric Russell <ericprussell(a)hotmail.com> Date: Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 9:59 AM Subject: The new FCC fee structure To: nparc(a)mailman.qth.net <nparc(a)mailman.qth.net>, SPARCclub(a)groups.io <SPARCclub(a)groups.io>, rrc <rrc(a)arcsquared.org>, NJElmers(a)groups.io <NJElmers(a)groups.io>, Joel Haberman <jihaberman(a)aol.com>, Ria Jairam <n2rj(a)arrl.net>, Ed Efchak <eefchak(a)gmail.com>, Bob Kasprak <bkasprak(a)aol.com> During Field day, I had an interesting chat with a fellow Ham. It seems the FCC's new fee schedule has to be cleared through Congress. That means that your Congressperson and Senators have the final say on whether they can implement it. Our best shot at stopping them from putting the schedule into effect is to write and talk to our representatives. Although the FCC charges "Service Fees," they provide no actual services. The ARRL does all of the work, including enforcing the laws on amateur radio operations. It gets no funding from the government for this. The FCC passes information from ARRL about all business relating to licenses through a computer and does nothing else. I believe the data are put into the computer by the ARRL. We provide a service, they don't; why should we have to pay to volunteer? The amount of the fee is not a relevant question. Their proposal has amateurs and professionals paying the same amount for their licenses. If our representatives hear nothing, they will assume that everything is alright and, in this case, will rubber stamp the proposal. Pass this to others around the nation. The wider our input, the better our chance of stopping it. See you on the air. 73 Eric KD2ONY

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[arrl-odv:32525] K0PP
by Mark J Tharp 30 Jun '21

30 Jun '21

Ken was a great guy out here in the west, sorry to see him passing. https://buttefuneralhome.com/obituaries/kenneth-glenn-kopp-age-83-of-anacon… Dee, or whomever is monitoring ODV, please include him in the SK listing for the July BOD meeting. Mark, HDX :(

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[arrl-odv:32524] June 29 IMC 7pm Eastern
by Niswander, Rick 26 Jun '21

26 Jun '21

Login information is below for the June 29 meeting of the Investment Management Committee. Meeting starts at 7pm, Eastern. Frederick (Rick) Niswander, PhD, CPA, CGMA Professor of Accounting Bate 3110 East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 Rick Niswander is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/92857177489?pwd=dFIxZzhkWGdIT05WOXBieFMxRXcrQT09 Meeting ID: 928 5717 7489 Passcode: 438522 One tap mobile +19294362866,,92857177489#,,,,*438522# US (New York) +13017158592,,92857177489#,,,,*438522# US (Washington DC) Dial by your location +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 928 5717 7489 Passcode: 438522 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aCrLdSjMz

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[arrl-odv:32521] Reflector Update
by Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO) 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

Good afternoon, In preparation for Carla's departure, she has been removed from the ODV reflector. Please make sure if you have any documents you would like posted to the Board Meeting drop box such as reports or motion you copy Dee Methe at dmethe(a)arrl.org<mailto:dmethe@arrl.org> as she is not on the ODV reflector. Thank you and have a great weekend. 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:32518] Test email to confirm I can't send emails to ODV
by Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

Carla Pereira, KC1HSX Executive Manager ARRL Newington, CT 06111 860-594-0242 http://www.arrl.org/

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[arrl-odv:32517] IN Newsletter June 25, 2021
by Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

Please enjoy this week's IN Newsletter! Happy Friday!

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