IN-Newsletter

Vol. 35, No. 35

August 29, 2012   --   Covers the period August 19-25.

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Section Managers’ Workshop

September 14-16 – ARRL HQ

Executive Committee:

September 29 @ 8:30am – Denver, CO

United States Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI)

October 1-5 – ARRL HQ

Director/Vice Director Elections

November 16

Media & Public Relations

Reported by Allen Pitts, W1AGP

Hurricane Isaac resulted in few media hits for Amateur Radio as there were few instances of priority or emergency traffic passed.  While some media noted that hams were providing reports to HWN and NWS, these were a mention at best.  Once again there was little timely information coming into HQ from the field on any deployments.  A request from the Weather Channel to speak with a ham in the storm area was referred to the LA PIC, but at this time we have not heard of any follow-up. 

Contact! for September has been posted and sent out on the PR email reflector and the media hits for August posted to the website.  A special version of the ARRL Centennial Convention press release, one intended for media outside of the Amateur Radio community, has been sent out to business related papers and media in the greater Hartford region.

Development

Reported by Lauren Clarke, KB1YDD

Development has received several donations in memory of Joel Kleinman, N1BKE.  We expect more in the coming weeks.  Unrestricted gifts are being put into the ARRL General Fund to benefit the organization.

To date: 

The Spectrum Defense Fund has received $143,502 from a total of 1,358 donors.

The Diamond Club has received $142,137 in contributions from 755 donors.

The W1AW Endowment Campaign has received $52,413 in contributions from 857 donors.

The Education & Technology Program has received $57,183 in contributions from 594 donors.  An additional $109,194 from six donors has been received in support of the Teachers Institute Program.

Membership & Volunteer Programs

Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N

Field Organization/Public Service Team

On Tuesday, August 21, ballot counting for two Section Manager elections took place.  Leona Adams, Steve Ewald, and Jo-Anne Arel were on hand to count ballots and handle administrative duties.  In Connecticut, incumbent Section Manager Betsey Doane, K1EIC, of Shelton, was re-elected.  In Western New York, John Mueller, K2BT, of Falconer, was elected Section Manager for the first time.  Terms of office begin October 1.

Puerto Rico will be getting a new Section Manager starting on October 1.  Rene Fonseca, NP3O, of Fajardo, will be taking over from Roberto Jiminez, KP4AC, who has been Section Manager since 2007.  Jiminez decided not to run for another term of office.

The following incumbent ARRL Section Managers did not face opposition and were declared elected for their next two-year terms of office beginning October 1, 2012: Ed Stuckey, AI7H, Idaho; Skip Jackson, KSØJ, Minnesota; Lynn Nelson, WØND, North Dakota; Frank Piper, KI8GW, Ohio; Kevin O’Dell, NØIRW, Oklahoma; David Fowler, K4DLF, Southern Florida; Fred Kleber, K9VV, US Virgin Islands. Chris Stallkamp, WØADZ, will start an 18-month term of office in South Dakota.

Chuck Skolaut attended the Kansas State Convention in Salina on August 19.  News from the previous week indicated that a new Official Observer from Missouri has joined the Field Organization.  The monthly ARRL Monitoring System report was compiled and forwarded to the IARU Region 2 Coordinator.  In addition, the monthly Official Observer summary was sent out to all OOs, OOCs, and Section Managers.

Leona Adams reports that Phil Temples, K9HI, has been nominated to run for another term of office as the Eastern Massachusetts Section Manager.  Also, Leona has sent out Field Organization Reports to Section Managers to assist them in record keeping.

Sincerely Compiled by,

Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ

Assistant to the CEO

Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations

All Staff                       9/3                   Holiday

Margie Bourgoin          10/4-10/5         Vacation

Joe Carcia                    8/31                 Vacation

Jackie Ferreira             10/10-10/15     National Convention, Santa Clara, CA

Scott Gee                     8/30                 Vacation

Mike Gruber                8/27-8/31         Vacation

    ``                              10/1-10/5         Vacation

    ``                              10/12               NearFEST, Deerfield, NH

Ed Hare                       10/1-10/5         ANSI EMC Committee Meeting, Santa Clara, CA

Mary Hobart                8/31-9/4           Vacation

Amy Hurtado               10/10-10/15     National Convention, Santa Clara, CA

Bob Inderbitzen                       10/10-10/15     National Convention, Santa Clara, CA

Khrystyne Keane         8/31                 Vacation

Lisa Kustosik               9/4                   Vacation

Maryann Macdonald    9/24-10/1         Vacation

Diane Petrilli                8/31                 Vacation

    ``                              10/11-10/15     National Convention, Santa Clara, CA

Allen Pitts                    9/19-9/24         Radio & TV Digital News Assoc. Convention, Orlando, FL

Barry Shelley               9/21                 Vacation

   ``                               9/28                 Vacation