Hi Harold:
Is there a list of the individuals or entities
that are party to marketing agreements authorizing the use of ARRL logos?
If there is such a list would it be possible
for members of the Board to get a copy in order to see the items covered by
each agreement and the nature and scope of ARRL licensing arrangements?
Jay, KØQB
-----Original Message-----
From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B
[mailto:wj1b@arrl.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006
1:55 PM
To: arrl-odv
Cc: Inderbitzen, Bob, NQ1R
Subject: [arrl-odv:13779] Belt
Buckle
Hi,
Re: Belt Buckle
Let’s see if I can clear up
some of this confusion.
We
have a joint marketing agreement with ItsURCall.com. The firm will
produce and market belt buckles with designs that include ARRL logos (such as
the ARES logo), and ARRL will help cross-promote and market the product.
Bob Inderbitzen and I worked out the deal a few months ago. The
belt buckles actually look pretty sharp in person. You
will be seeing further promotion of their products in QST and other ARRL
publications per our agreement with them.
This
appeal from ItsURCall.com for additional attention from among the Field
Organization should be interpreted as a strictly voluntary. Reading the emails
on this topic, I wasn’t entirely clear how the SM’s received the
email for ItsURCall. However, we do not have to give them permission to
mail to the SM’s. SM’s email addresses are listed every month
in QST and are on our web site, so anyone with the time and desire can obtain
the mailing list.
Bob will speak to them about
“fine tuning” the language and sales techniques and specifically
not referencing our agreement in future communications so as to avoid any
further confusion
73,
Harold
Harold Kramer, WJ1B
Chief Operating Officer
ARRL - The National Association
for Amateur Radio
860 594 0220