Hi, Barry , Welcome back! I’m new but I appreciate you interrupting your retirement and helping us bridge this gap in leadership, and I thought it a brilliant move to approach you about it. It is 37F here in rural Palm Beach County! Thumb drives can be set “read only” and downloads can be restricted by authentication, but I agree that this level of detail should be a staff decision. But it is valid for Fred (or anyone) to identify that the media distribution on disk has been superseded by technology. The next thing you’ll hear is that standard USB no longer is used on Macs and most laptops - things are going to USB-C. Mickey Baker, N4MB Palm Beach County, FL On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 7:12 AM Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) < bshelley@arrl.org> wrote:
Fred:
From my perspective, there is no real need to assign a question like this to a Board committee. All you really need to do is ask either myself or Diane and we will look into it and get back to you. Then we can have a discussion and, if it warrants a committee's involvement, we can decide at that time.
On this one, if you would allow me a little time to talk to the staff and do a little research, I would appreciate it. I agree with Ria, thumb drives present security concerns but I'm guessing there may be a way to deal with the issue.
And just an observation, it's 32 degrees this morning in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.....the Visitors Bureau lied!!!
73, Barry, N1VXY ------------------------------ *From:* arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> on behalf of Fred Hopengarten <hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 21, 2020 11:43 PM *To:* arrl-odv <arrl-odv@arrl.org> *Subject:* [arrl-odv:29437] CD of 2019 ARRL Periodicals on DVD
Colleagues:
Today I received “Amateur Radio Contesting for Beginners” by K1DG, and a CD of ARRL 2019 periodicals – on DVD. I am somewhat grateful.
Query: Is distribution by DVD the modern way to distribute periodicals? Wouldn’t it be better, and cheaper (?) to distribute on a USB stick? No laptop, Kindle, iPad, or mobile phone in my household can read a DVD.
To which committee is my query best addressed?
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