June 2021 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:32464] Michael Marinaro, WN1M, SK
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 10 Jun '21

10 Jun '21

I only became aware of this today. This will be in the ARRL Letter emailed later: ARRL Volunteer Curator of ARRL's historical collection Michael Marinaro, WN1M, of South Glastonbury, Connecticut, died on May 17. An ARRL member, he was 84. I am personally very sad and shocked to learn that we have lost Mike. We've been talking about the attention we need to bring to historical projects and he was our guy! My understanding is that he took his responsibility very seriously and was even territorial about protecting the myriad historical assets he inventoried and maintained. He will be missed. David

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[arrl-odv:32462] Chris Imlay to Retire from SBE
by Fred Hopengarten 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

FYI. See attached.

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[arrl-odv:32461] Reopening of HQ Event
by k5ur＠aol.com 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

Hi all: A promo-eventfor the reopening of ARRL Headquarters is set for Thursday morning, July 15. A specific time will be determined later but it will probably be around 8:00-9:00. The EC discussed the event today and decidedto authorize all Board members to travel on Wednesday, July 14, with expenses chargedto the Board meeting account. This willallow those who wish to participate in the event to arrive early on Wednesday. As more details about the event are known, Mr. Minster will inform the Board. 73, Rick – K5UR

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[arrl-odv:32460] Ed Benkis, W2HTI SK
by rjairam＠gmail.com 08 Jun '21

08 Jun '21

Friends, Any of you who are even semi-serious DXers would have known Ed. He was very often the last man standing at DX conventions. His wife Eileen (KO4DI) is also an accomplished DXer. They both were very good friends of ours and would drive up to NJDXA holiday luncheons and our annual picnic. They were very kind people and always invited us down to W4DXCC. Sadly, Ed became a silent key on Friday after a few days in hospice care. Please keep Eileen and the family in your thoughts and prayers. A very nice tribute is here: https://qrper.com/tag/ed-w2hti/ 73 Ria N2RJ

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[arrl-odv:32456] Re: Volunteer Wanted-ARRL Standing Orders
by Fred Hopengarten 08 Jun '21

08 Jun '21

Dear Carla, You appear to question my concept that the Standing Orders are "buried on the website," and ask where I found them. Glad you asked. Here's my story. I found the Standing Orders on the ARRL web site by going to www.arrl.org. I entered "standing orders" into "Website Search." This led me to a page of results (page 1), none of which was the actual standing orders. I clicked on "next" and nothing came up. So I returned and clicked on page 2, and nothing came up. So I decided to return to the original www.arrl.org page and guessed that I should click on "About ARRL." None of the choices there are "Articles of Association," "By-laws," or "Standing Orders." But I did spot "Organization Structure," and, taking a guess, clicked on it. "Organization Structure" has a second paragraph with links to the Articles of Association and By-Laws, but no link to Standing Orders. So, as a pure guess, I clicked on "ODV-Board Confidential." THERE, I saw for the first time, under "Miscellaneous ARRL Documents," I found a link to "Standing Orders." The URL is http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Standing%20Orders%204-27-21.pdf. BINGO! It took me 11 clicks to get to the Standing Orders, and they are on the ODV/Board Confidential page. You write below that "whatever you're looking at is likely to be very out of date." Yet the document says: "Update April 27, 2021." So that's a bit confusing. Yet I persisted. At this point, I found, on page 1: " [Secretary’s note: Because so many of the early Standing Orders have been deleted, and because the numbering system used prior to 1983 offers no information as to when the motion was adopted that resulted in the Standing Order, it would be appropriate to eliminate the references to the 92 deleted Standing Orders from prior to 1983 and to renumber the remaining 40 Standing Orders.]" [FH Comment: Whatever year that note was inserted by the Secretary, the referenced 92 deleted orders were never deleted.] Looking at the Standing Orders, I found that, as of today, 191 of them have been deleted, superceded, or rescinded. I remain unsure about the difference between "deleted" and "rescinded." So I decided that ARRL could do better. Rather than complain and create work for you, I asked the New England Division for help. About 10 people volunteered who appeared to be appropriate for the task. And two lawyers volunteered. As I am a fan of lawyers, I asked one of them to take a look. Not only was he, when in high career mode, a Vice Admiral and 35th Surgeon General of the Navy, but, after retirement, he went to Western New England Law School and graduated #1 in his class. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar. I judge K1DCA, now retired to Cape Cod, to be qualified. What happened to the other lawyer you may ask? He is expert at the law of Intellectual Property. I’ve referred him on to K3RF to help out on our intellectual property challenges. Back to K1DCA. He has already produced a rewrite for clarity on substance, with some good ideas, and a reorganization with Table of Contents. The copy he provided to me is both more readable, and more usable, and no longer includes the 191 Standing Orders that have no value to the current Board. The document is considerably shorter than the 24 pages I found hidden on the ARRL website. Now one might ask why the Standing Orders are hidden. Dave Sumner, K1ZZ, a former CEO of ARRL, upon reading my query for help, wrote to me: Hey Fred, I was amused by your message about the Standing Orders. They're certainly not secret; they are taken from published Board Minutes. They used to be organized by topic but that system was abandoned many years ago when the code created by Bob Schetgen, KU7G (SK) was added that identifies the meeting and minute number so the original source can be easily located. . . . I agree that there's no reason to keep them behind the wall . . . So here are the bottom lines: 1. I stand by my description of the Standing Orders as “well-hidden web page not available to the membership at large.” In my view, requiring eleven clicks and two guesses qualifies as “well-hidden.” Posting only to "ODV-Board Confidential" qualifies as “not available to the membership at large.” 2. I think the membership will be well served when the Standing Orders, each of which was once published in the public minutes, are findable and more readable. In the meantime, you can relax, as I am not placing any burden on you or the Office of the CEO. And I am glad you asked what I’m doing. When the project is ready for public display, I think the proper procedure will be to send it to the Legal Structure Committee, and onward from there to the Committee on Administration and Finance. Glad you asked. -----Original Message----- From: Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX [mailto:cpereira@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2021 10:05 AM To: Fred Hopengarten Subject: RE: Volunteer Wanted-ARRL Standing Orders Where did you find the standing orders you are referring to "buried on the website"? I need the path at the bottom of the page in order to locate it on our labyrinthian website. As far as we are aware the only place the Standing Orders are currently located is the ODV page, so whatever you're looking at is likely to be very out of date. Not a person in this office was even here in 2015. Those standing orders are reviewed by and updated as needed, most recently last month, which are the standing orders you'll find on the odv page and the only ones you, as a board member, should be referring to. -----Original Message----- From: ARRL Members Only Web site <memberlist(a)www.arrl.org> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2021 7:12 PM To: Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX <cpereira(a)arrl.org> Subject: Volunteer Wanted-ARRL Standing Orders The Board of Directors of the ARRL has, on a well-hidden web page not available to the membership at large, a set of Standing Orders that "are Board actions that have lasting effect and are not otherwise incorporated into the working documents of the organization. Standing Orders are not Bylaws, so they may be amended or deleted at any time, either permanently or temporarily, by normal action of the Board or the Executive Committee." The last time they were reviewed was, as best I can tell, in 2015. The document listing them is 24 pages long, but much of the document is composed of Standing Orders that have been withdrawn or, by the terms of the order, expired. ARRL Standing Orders should be organized so that Board members, and the membership, can know what they are. There is no need for mystery. This means that they should be bunched into topic areas. Examples would be topics like these: * Membership recognitions * League business travel and expense reimbursement policies * Balloting and election procedures * Committee reports * Convention and hamfest rules * Investment and financial policies * Field organization matters and so forth. Once organized, the Standing Orders will be more readable, and I can then push to have them published where members can read them. I know of no reason for what I've seen to be secret. I'm a "transparency guy." The use of a volunteer is completely consistent with the concept found in Standing Order #63, to "endeavor to maximize the utilization of qualified volunteer services in conduct of League affairs, such volunteers to include the Officers, Board of Directors and members of the ARRL." If you are handy with Microsoft Word (Google Docs, WordPerfect, etc.), and know how to create a Table of Contents, you could do this job. The deadline for usefulness at the July meeting of the Board, is probably about June 25 (before Field Day). If you think you could spare 10-12 hours for the project, are you willing to volunteer to help out? I'll work closely with the chosen volunteer so that I can present the project to the Board at its July meeting. Can you help? -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL New England Division Director: Fred Hopengarten, K1VR k1vr(a)arrl.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from messages, go to: http://p1k.arrl.org/oo/71166e3b6821a9d4641d7a1ef58f8221

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[arrl-odv:32457] Meeting at FCC and Ex Parte Letter
by david davidsiddall-law.com 08 Jun '21

08 Jun '21

ODV, Attached is the ex parte letter filed in the FCC record related to a meeting I had last week with the wireless advisor to FCC Acting Chairwoman Rosenworcel. Please direct any questions or comments to me. 73, Dave K3ZJ David R. Siddall Managing Partner DS Law, PLLC 1629 K St. NW, Ste 300 Washington, DC 20006 direct: +1 202 559 4690 Unauthorized Disclosure Prohibited. This e-mail is intended solely for the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is proprietary, confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, it is prohibited to disclose, copy, distribute, or use the contents of this email and its attachments. If you received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all electronic and physical copies of the e-mail message and its attachments. Unintended transmission shall not constitute waiver of attorney-client or any other privilege. Thank you.

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[arrl-odv:32455] IMC, June 8, 8:30pm Eastern
by Niswander, Rick 06 Jun '21

06 Jun '21

Zoom info is below for the June 8, 8:30pm Eastern, meeting of the Investment Management Committee. Frederick (Rick) Niswander, PhD, CPA, CGMA Professor of Accounting East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 Rick Niswander is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/99654919167?pwd=MGhWMjBzZ0orT3lxTEpIRzB3U2gwdz09 Meeting ID: 996 5491 9167 Passcode: 293818 One tap mobile +13017158592,,99654919167#,,,,*293818# US (Washington DC) +13126266799,,99654919167#,,,,*293818# US (Chicago) Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 996 5491 9167 Passcode: 293818 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aM9JrIiIm

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[arrl-odv:32450] IN Newsletter June 4, 2021
by Pereira, Carla, KC1HSX 04 Jun '21

04 Jun '21

Please see this week's IN News for the latest updates from around HQ. Happy Friday!

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[arrl-odv:32447] Newbie question
by Arthur I. Zygielbaum 04 Jun '21

04 Jun '21

Rick, Just to be sure, there is no Division report at this meeting, right? The annual report is delivered prior to the January meeting as I recall. Art

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[arrl-odv:32446] Executive Committee Meeting June 8
by k5ur＠aol.com 03 Jun '21

03 Jun '21

Hi all: We will have another Executive Committee Meeting on Tuesday, June 8, at 11:00 AM Eastern. Listed below is the agenda at this point in time. Also shown below is the zoom info. 73,Rick - K5UR ARRL Executive Committee Meeting Agenda 11:00 AM Eastern June 8, 2021, via Zoom 1. Welcome and consideration of the agenda forthe meeting 2. Approval of agenda 3. Chief Executive Officer/Secretary's update 4. FCC Counsel's update and FCC matters 5. EMC Committee/FCC Counsel on non-amateur/non-Part90 imported handheld radios 6. Trademarks update 7. Legal Structure Review Committee work inprogress status 8. EmComm Committee update 9. Other business 10. Adjournment ------------- Topic: Executive Committee Meeting Time: Jun 8, 2021 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84493450759?pwd=QWkreXNKQ2tVaS9wbU5WUnh2L0pCQT09 Meeting ID: 844 9345 0759 Passcode: 600 One tap mobile +16465588656,,84493450759#,,,,*600# US (New York) +13017158592,,84493450759#,,,,*600# US (Washington DC) Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Meeting ID: 844 9345 0759 Passcode: 600 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/ksyzXWby #yiv3665302627 #yiv3665302627 -- filtered {}#yiv3665302627 filtered {}#yiv3665302627 filtered {}#yiv3665302627 filtered {}#yiv3665302627 filtered {}#yiv3665302627 p.yiv3665302627MsoNormal, #yiv3665302627 li.yiv3665302627MsoNormal, #yiv3665302627 div.yiv3665302627MsoNormal {margin:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;}#yiv3665302627 a:link, #yiv3665302627 span.yiv3665302627MsoHyperlink {color:#0563C1;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv3665302627 span.yiv3665302627EmailStyle17 {font-family:sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv3665302627 .yiv3665302627MsoChpDefault {font-family:sans-serif;}#yiv3665302627 filtered {}#yiv3665302627 div.yiv3665302627WordSection1 {}#yiv3665302627

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