If I may offer my perspective... When the Centurion Award was passed by the Board, it was never intended for each of those individual awards to come to the Board for approval. Because we have no way at HQ to track age, it was decided that when a Director became aware of a constituent that qualified, they would contact HQ with the pertinent information. At that point, HQ would issue an appropriate certificate to be presented to the recipient in a manner determined by the Director. The very first Centurion award was just presented last week to one of the gentlemen recognized by a Board motion. The Board can certainly bring forth a congratulatory motion as they desire, but perhaps it would be more efficient if, as necessary, the list of recipients could be in a report already made to the Board - perhaps as part of the PSC report - so it is in the record and a single motion made to recognize the individuals in that report so it appears in the minutes. This would require Directors to be proactive in getting the names of qualified amateurs to HQ in a timely manner. Along those same lines, a few years ago there was a motion to acknowledge an affiliated club for having reached what the director deemed was a significant milestone. That motion prompted a series of what I respectfully would call "me too" motions at the last minute. If the Board wishes to acknowledge the clubs individually that is again certainly their prerogative, but it could also be done as part of a listing in a report, perhaps again from the PSC. It would also require a director to be proactive in getting the club name and accomplishment to HQ before the board meeting in a timely manner. This is similar to how Silent Keys are gathered and reported in the minutes. An initial list is provided to me by the QST production department, and then I add in the various names provided by directors - either emailed to me during the year as they occur or given to me at the Board meeting... 73 Dan Henderson, N1ND Assistant Secretary, the American Radio Relay League, Inc. Regulatory Information Manager ARRL - the national association for Amateur Radio Phone: 860-594-0236 ________________________________ From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> on behalf of David Norris via arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 8:25 AM To: Hippisley, George (Bud), W2RU, (Dir, RK) <Bud@W2RU.net> Cc: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:28412] Re: Centenarian hams I tend to agree with what Bud states here. We might consider handling this as a single agenda item at each meeting with a protocol similar to how the EC confirms life memberships. Good seeing everyone at the meeting! 73 David A. Norris, K5UZ Director, Delta Division Sent from my iPhone On Jul 22, 2019, at 6:44 AM, W2RU - ARRL <W2RU@arrl.org<mailto:W2RU@arrl.org>> wrote: I agree with Fred’s desire to free up more time for “more substantive” motions, BUT … Perhaps the process we agree upon for attaining centenarian status or other honors could be designed to allow those items to be listed in the published Minutes as individual motions with applause at the end of each meeting. If we could “pull” these honors from the Consent Agenda (or wherever / however they might be initially brought to the meeting) and with a single action have them all approved and recorded as individual motions we could meet Fred’s time-saving objectives and still give each worthy individual or group the permanent recognition in the Minutes that s/he or it deserves. Perhaps Dan Henderson and/or Vice Director Raisbeck can devise an acceptable protocol. Down the road, when there are many more centenarians to be honored at each meeting, the Board could decide to switch to a single listing for all. But for now, I would prefer to stay with the Minutes showing individual motions as suggested above. Bud, W2RU On Jul 21, 2019, at 11:43 PM, Fred Hopengarten <k1vr@arrl.org<mailto:k1vr@arrl.org>> wrote: Colleagues, May I suggest that, at the next meeting of the Board, motions of congratulations for individuals or organizations, whether for age, excellence, or other factors justifying a motion, should be presented in advance so that they may be included in the consent agenda? In addition, motions presented in advance can be edited for typos and format by the Secretary, reducing the need for "on the fly" error correction during the meeting? This process will allow us to engage in such activity almost without limit, while at the same time freeing up time for more substantive motions. I think we can do both honors and substance. Fred Hopengarten, Esq. K1VR Six Willarch Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781.259.0088, k1vr@arrl.org<mailto:k1vr@arrl.org> New England Director _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org<mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv