June 2023 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[arrl-odv:34916] Re: arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org mailing list reminder
by Art Zygielbaum 23 Jun '23

23 Jun '23

One other thing. There is a spam filter and a spam mail box for our O365 email. If you use the web interface, you can see the messages trapped by the spam filter. I have found missing messages there. Once you move filtered messages from the spam mail boxto the Inbox, the originating addressee becomes "approved" and should not be filtered out. 73, Art -- Arthur I. Zygielbaum, K0AIZ ARRL Midwest Division Director Member, Executive Committee Member, Programs and Services Committee Member, ARRL Foundation Board ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio® On 6/22/2023 10:56 PM, arrl-odv-bounces(a)reflector.arrl.org wrote: > You, or someone posing as you, has requested a password reminder for > your membership on the mailing list arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org. You > will need this password in order to change your membership options > (e.g. do you want regular delivery or digest delivery), and having > this password makes it easier for you to unsubscribe from the mailing > list. > > You are subscribed with the address: k0aiz(a)arrl.org > > Your arrl-odv password is: huadnaim > > To make changes to your membership options, log in and visit your > options web page: > > https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/options/arrl-odv/k0aiz%40arrl.org > > > You can also make such changes via email by sending a message to: > > arrl-odv-request(a)reflector.arrl.org > > with the text "help" in the subject or body. The automatic reply will > contain more detailed instructions. > > Questions or comments? Please send them to the arrl-odv mailing list > administrator at arrl-odv-owner(a)reflector.arrl.org.

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[arrl-odv:34898] Motion - Dues / Digital QST
by Ryan, Jeff, K0RM (Dir, RM) 21 Jun '23

21 Jun '23

All: Attached is a motion I intend to introduce at the July board meeting. 73, Jeff, KØRM

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[arrl-odv:34904] ARRL Website Director Email to division down?
by RBFamiglio＠verizon.net 21 Jun '23

21 Jun '23

Is anyone else having issues with director mail to their division? Having logged in, I can see all the ODV - Board Confidential files are presented and available. But having tried it all afternoon, from time to time, I get "This page is available only to ARRL Directors" when trying to send email to my division. So I cannot send time sensitive mail to my division for field day. Our IT guy Steve B. at HQ is not in today. Last time was May 28 and it worked fine. Anyone else getting blocked from access after otherwise logging in properly? Bob Famiglio, K3RF Director - ARRL Atlantic Division 610-359-7300 Serving NNY, WNY, WPA, EPA, SNJ, DE and MD/DC sections <http://www.qrz.com/db/K3RF> www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF

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[arrl-odv:34902] Formal Notice 2023 Second Board Meeting
by Martin, Sabrina 21 Jun '23

21 Jun '23

Dear Officers, Directors, and Vice Directors of the ARRL: On behalf of the Secretary, I am sending you the attached Formal Notice of the 2023 Second Board Meeting. Also attached is the meal selection that must be returned to ExecAdmin(a)arrl.org<mailto:ExecAdmin@arrl.org> no later than Tuesday, July 5, 2023, and the full agenda for your review. Please be reminded that if you have a motion for amending the Articles of Association and/or By-Laws, for them to pass with the simple two-thirds majority, those items must be received no later than today at 5:00PM EST. After today, 12 affirmative votes will be required, rather than 10. Thank you, Sabrina Martin Executive Assistant ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio(r) 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 (860)594-0242 [cid:image001.png@01D9A388.38A88BF0]

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[arrl-odv:34901] Proposed By-Law Change on Board President authority and responsibility with respect to major donors
by Art Zygielbaum 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

The attached motion for a proposed by-law change to By-Law 31 was just submitted to Sabrina for presentation at the July Board meeting. 73, Art KØAIZ -- Arthur I. Zygielbaum, K0AIZ ARRL Midwest Division Director Member, Executive Committee Member, Programs and Services Committee Member, ARRL Foundation Board ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio®

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[arrl-odv:34897] Re: Emotional Outbursts, Name Calling, and Unacceptable Use of ARRL Assets in Personal Feuds
by Richard Norton 20 Jun '23

20 Jun '23

This is a follow-on to the May 17 message discussing Mr. Minster's apparently emotional outbursts. This addresses number 3), Mr. Minster's interaction with Dave Bernstein, AA6YQ. Mr. Minster's Characterization of Mr. Bernstein In a message to ODV, Mr. Minster characterized Mr. Bernstein as follows: "Dave is a retired programmer with generation++ old programming skills who writes single user software that he gives away. I cannot imagine how his ego would survive finding that no one would actually pay for it." Retired Programmer or Software Executive? Actually, Dave Bernstein would be better described as a retired software executive. He retired as a Senior Vice President and General Manager of a 1200-person division of Rational Software, with $615M annual division revenue. He ran a division with sixteen times the number of employees and forty-one times the annual revenue of the ARRL. He was the designer of several commercially successful Data General minicomputer systems and an early 16-bit microprocessor, the holder of twenty-one patents in computer architecture and design, and the founding Vice President of Engineering at Rational Software, where he led the development of its programming environment for the Ada language, its suite of software development tools for Windows, and its risk-driven iterative software development process. When the company was sold to AT&T, Mr. Bernstein received millions of dollars, a sum that allows him to no longer work for a living. He now spends substantial time working on his DXLab software and assisting its users. No One Would Actually Pay for DXLab? DXLab, see https://www.dxlabsuite.com/, is a suite of free programs for DXers that keeps track of stations worked, which particular logged contacts qualify for desired awards, and what stations are needed to complete awards, and filters DX spots to present those needed stations. It also organizes lists of QSOs that can be confirmed by payment to LOTW and provides an easy method to do so. It actually drives paying business to the ARRL's LOTW. I spent time talking to DXLab users at Visalia, Dayton, and elsewhere. I do not personally use it as I do not work stations "spotted" by others nor do I chase awards. All DXLab users spoken to lauded the program and Dave Bernstein's user support. There were NONE, repeat NONE, that would not pay for it. The Northern California DX Foundation had a need for software to keep track of dollar contributions to QSL Managers, a need which was mentioned to Dave. He then, on his own, proceeded to produce software that totally satisfied NCDXF's needs, and later added it to the DXLog suite, making it available to all. Bernstein Has a History of Helping LOTW He was the recipient of the ARRL 2008 Technical Innovation Award--"one of the earliest logging-program authors to integrate functions for ARRL's Logbook of the World." https://ema.arrl.org/2008/08/02/aa6yq-wins-arrl-technical-innovation-award/ He was the author of "Using Logbook of the World." https://lotw.arrl.org/lotw-help/ He was the recipient of the ARRL 2020 President's Award--"in recognition of "exemplary, outstanding, and continuing service" to ARRL and its members as part of the ARRL Logbook of The World team." http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-board-grants-awards-and-recognitions Recently Bernstein Has Made Three Significant LOTW Recommendations 1) Bernstein has suggested that LOTW software be instrumented to provide data that can show causes of LOTW slowdowns. This has not been done. 2) Bernstein has suggested LOTW use of a protective mechanism ("Client Keys") that would immediately identify any outside application responsible for excessive interaction. This is something currently implemented in ClubLog. 3) Bernstein has suggested incremental improvement of LOTW, rather than developing a new replacement from scratch. All three of these suggestions make solid technical sense. Rather Than Even Listen to Suggestions, Mr. Minster Has Unleashed a Torrent of Invective As sent to ODV by Minster - "Dave’s arrogant, angry, confrontational, and “know it all” approach – as demonstrated yet again by his message below – shows that he thinks he knows everything that is going on and knows how LoTW needs to be dealt with now and in the future.... That Dave chooses to attack the facts that don’t fit into his narrative is yet another indication that he has problems – and that he is wrong.... His message, again largely based on opinion and not fact, is the kind of garbage he puts out on our LoTW groups.io forum that causes people to unsubscribe and move on...." Potential Asset Mr. Bernstein appears to have knowledge of LOTW, interest in LOTW, very high-level software development knowledge, personal programming skills, and connections to others that could possibly have been used by the League to its advantage. LOTW could have been given over to Mr. Bernstein, with instructions, "Make it better, and send us the bill." LOTW would have improved, and the bill would likely be close to, if not zero. Possible Million Dollar Impact on ARRL Finances Mr. Minster has not been able to work with Bernstein at all. In fact, Minster has bizarrely banned Bernstein from even participating in the ARRL's LOTW Internet Forum, something that Bernstein actually brought to the League. All those I have talked with about DXLab praise Dave Bernstein. As mentioned, another ham radio non-profit, the Northern California DX Foundation, worked with Dave and benefitted from his skills and interest. The League has had a terrible record contracting out software development. I shudder at the thought of the League contracting out a replacement for LOTW. I do not find it acceptable that the League has not utilized Mr. Bernstein. That one of Minster's not-infrequent emotional reactions wasted an opportunity to possibly use such talent on an important project like LOTW is not something that the League should be proud of. Unfortunately, as Mr. Minster said, "I reiterate: it is not in our best interest to engage with Dave. He is uninformed. He is opinionated. He is a know it all. He will not collaborate with anyone. We’ve turned the page on Dave, and do not intend to engage with him." Almost everything Mr. Minster has said about Mr. Bernstein is false. The ARRL loses again. I can not think of another League employee, no less a "CEO," who has ever engaged in this kind of conflict with anyone, no less a member. Sadly, there are a few more of these situations to document for Board consideration. Stay tuned. See attachments at end. 73, Dick Norton, N6AA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Richard Norton <richardjnorton(a)yahoo.com> To: Arrl-odv <arrl-odv(a)arrl.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 07:38:31 AM PDT Subject: Unacceptable CEO Reaction and Use of ARRL Assets Regarding ARRL Member Criticism and Complaints There have been a number of instances where Mr. Minster's emotions seem to have driven actions that are not only inappropriate for the ARRL CEO, but inappropriate and almost unheard of coming from a public face of any organization, especially a CEO. Mr. Minster has reacted to criticism of either his or ARRL's actions by conducting ad hominem aggression on the critics. He has used ARRL finances and assets to fund and carry out some of his attacks. This behavior has resulted in the squandering of high tens of thousands of dollars of League funds, bizarre name-calling correspondence which has alienated League supporters, and even attempts to somehow disallow highly skilled volunteers from providing service to the Amateur Radio community. There can be no denying the existence of this type of behavior. It was witnessed by the entire Board at the July 2022 Board meeting where Mr. Minster verbally attacked Hudson Division Director Jairam. After the meeting concluded, Mr. Minster not only admitted to the inappropriateness of his emotional remarks but apologized. A significant portion of the entire room gave him a standing ovation. Information will follow documenting several more of these incidents. They are serious enough to warrant corrective action. They include: 1) Spending somewhere between $50K and $100K on outside legal and PR firms attacking former Hudson Division Director Jairam. 2) Attempting to "fire" Atlantic Division Director Famiglio from providing his unpaid patent and trademark assistance to the League. 3) Banning ARRL member and retired software executive Dave Bernstein from participation in the ARRL's LOTW discussion group, something that he formed. 4) Now attempting to "fire" the person viewed by most as the most knowledgeable in remote station operation, Gerry Hull, from his unpaid authoring of an NCJ column. The latest of these Minster actions have been his reactions to members expecting more from the League than its present staff under Mr. Minster's leadership is able to provide. They have, as they have a right to do, criticized aspects of the League's performance or lack of it. Anyone in any position making decisions is subject to criticism. Any executive should be capable of responding to criticism in a rational, professional way. The CEO of the ARRL should be able to rationally respond to criticism. All prior ARRL CEOs received it, and none of them responded in the emotional, destructive manner of Mr. Minster. The CEO of the ARRL should be able to capitalize on the capabilities of all potential volunteers, particularly in specialized areas, where support is difficult to find or expensive if paid for commercially. All CEOs are expected to present a professional image of their company. This does not include whining and insulting critics in magazine editorials. Future memos will contain details of each of the above actions. None have benefited the League in any way. They have inflamed members and likely impacted financial support. I hope the Board will take action to stop this behavior or find someone capable of restoring the League's reputation in Amateur Radio.

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[arrl-odv:34896] Board meeting - updates
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

Here are some information points for the upcoming board meeting: * Please keep in mind the 30 day submission period for motions that make changes to the articles and by-laws. Those are due 6/21/23 5pm Eastern time as communicated in my notice of 6/1/23. * J-P is no longer with ARRL to pursue a job closer to his educational background. All communications related to the board meeting should continue to go through execadmin(a)arrl.org<mailto:execadmin@arrl.org> and they will be handled by Sabrina. * The rehab project of the parking lot at ARRL HQ has begun. By board week, there may be sections of the parking lot closed and heavy machinery may still be present. This is not to dissuade you from conducting any meetings at HQ, but it may cause some inconvenience from a parking perspective. * If you are planning to come to HQ for a meeting, please ensure that you coordinate that meeting through the executive office. We already have two meetings scheduled and meeting space is limited. Thanks David

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[arrl-odv:34895] Test Reflector
by Yonally, Scott, N8SY (VD, GL) 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

Test Reflector Scott Yonally, N8SY Vice Director Great Lakes Division ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio (c) 419-512-4445 n8sy(a)n8sy.com

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[arrl-odv:34894] Re: [ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy] Graphic Artist Wanted for Lobbying HR 4006
by Minster, David NA2AA (CEO) 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

Can someone, other than those on the Legislative Committee, help me understand why this email asking for volunteers to work on a Powerpoint presentation was sent to a public mail list when this is a task that should be handled by our PR and Outreach Manager? Internally there are some very hard questions being asked about WHY this is being done this way. It points to a culture in that committee where they have stopped all communications and cooperation with HQ and are functioning as an independent organization. This continues to underscore a fundamental lack of understanding or care regarding the role of individual directors versus the organization. David ________________________________ From: ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy(a)groups.arrl.org<mailto:ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy@groups.arrl.org> <ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy(a)groups.arrl.org<mailto:ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy@groups.arrl.org>> on behalf of Fred Hopengarten via groups.arrl.org <hopengarten=post.harvard.edu(a)groups.arrl.org<mailto:hopengarten=post.harvard.edu@groups.arrl.org>> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2023 4:02:29 PM To: ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy(a)groups.arrl.org<mailto:ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy@groups.arrl.org> <ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy(a)groups.arrl.org<mailto:ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy@groups.arrl.org>> Subject: [ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy] Graphic Artist Wanted for Lobbying HR 4006 Your ARRL Legislative Action Committee is beginning the process of lobbying Congress for HR 4006, the new bill just introduced. We created a PowerPoint, but it really doesn't look professional. We need someone who does PowerPoint well and is a ham (so we don't have to spend an inordinate amount of time teaching what antennas look like). Do you know a ham who is also something of a graphic artist to volunteer a little time to help your volunteer committee (your lobbyists!) create a more professional looking presentation? Fred Hopengarten, Esq. K1VR Six Willarch Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781.259.0088, k1vr(a)arrl.org<mailto:k1vr@arrl.org> Past New England Director [cid:image001.png@01D9A1FD.FEFD47F0] [https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-oran…]<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free.www.avast.com<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> _._,_._,_ ________________________________ Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#51)<https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy/message/51> | Reply To Group<mailto:ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy@groups.arrl.org?subject=Re:%20%5BARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy%5D%20Graphic%20Artist%20Wanted%20for%20Lobbying%20HR%204006> | Mute This Topic<https://groups.arrl.org/mt/99610422/7691415> | New Topic<https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy/post> Your Subscription<https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy/editsub/7691415> | Contact Group Owner<mailto:ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy+owner@groups.arrl.org> | Unsubscribe<https://groups.arrl.org/g/ARRL-Antenna-Law-and-Policy/leave/12374372/769141…> [sharrop(a)arrl.org] _._,_._,_

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[arrl-odv:34885] arrl.org and arrl.net Problems?
by Richard Norton 16 Jun '23

16 Jun '23

There appear to be significant issues with arrl.org and arrl.net that are impacting the service to members. Would it be appropriate for Directors to be apprised of what is happening so that we may correctly respond to member input? I'm considering asking all Southern California Contest Club members who are using addresses like W6XYZ(a)arrl.net to change to their root addresses. This is likely to give the impression that the League is unable to properly provide this service. Is correction of the problem imminent, or is there some better message for the membership? Thanks. 73, Dick, N6AA

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