<<121212.doc>> IN-Newsletter <<Microsoft Word Picture>> Vol. 35, No. 50 December 12, 2012 -- Covers the period December 2-8. Upcoming Meetings and Events Administration & Finance Committee January 17 @ 8:30am in New Orleans, LA Programs & Services Committee January 17 @ 9:00am in New Orleans, LA Annual Board Meeting January 18-19, 2013 @ 9:00am in New Orleans, LA Development Reported by Lauren Clarke, KB1YDD Additional end of year e-blasts are planned for this week and the last week of December featuring the $10 Donor Rewards Certificate if they make a gift to any ARRL Fund of $50 or more. To date: The Diamond Club has raised $229,971 from 1,194 donors and is currently at 78% of the goal for 2012. The Spectrum Defense Fund has raised $304,122 from 2,471 donors and is currently at81% of goal. The W1AW Endowment Campaign has raised $54,303 in contributions from 875 donors and is at 70% of goal. The Education & Technology Program has raised $68,659 from 647 donors and $109,000 toward TI gifts. Two additional gifts toward TI are expected by the end of the year. We are at 106% of goal. The Second Century Campaign (SCC) has reached $3.86 million in cash and commitments. Committee members are actively cultivating key prospects and are receiving positive indications of commitments to come in 2013. There is some concern about the impact of decision to be made in Washington this month, or later. The SCC leadership and committee is scheduled to determine the public goal by the end of the first quarter of 2013. Lab Reported by Ed Hare, W1RFI Vintage Amateur Equipment Exhibit Bob Allison and Steve Ford produced a three minute video about our Vintage Amateur Equipment Exhibit. Bob created a new web page on our web site featuring this video and a link to it will be provided in Mike Marinaro's article about the ARRL Historical Committee's work in February, 2013 QST. http://www.arrl.org/arrl-vintage-amateur-radio-equipment-exhibit Product Review Bob Allison started the testing of three, high power, balanced, manual antenna tuners. The first one failed and is being shipped back to the factory, so Bob has moved onto the second tuner. Bob Allison and Steve Ford produced two Product Review Videos for February, 2013 Digital QST. The videos were of a solid state, 100 Watt Linear Amplifier and a low cost, high performance spectrum analyzer. The spectrum analyzer review is a first for QST, since this is the first instrument of this type that is affordable for the serious experimenter. Bob Allison completed testing of a medium priced HF/6 meter transceiver. Test data and Bob's comments were passed along to the Product Review Editor. The HF transceiver and HF power amplifier tested the previous week were then handed off to the reviewer. Radio Frequency Interference Mike Gruber completed putting conducted emissions data for bulbs into graphs for a Word document. Mike Gruber participated in a Webinar meeting for the EMC Committee. Mike completed a review of the ARRL Handbook Chapter on RFI. Web Zack Lau did some research on quick and easy half-tone scanning of QST photos to improve the web archive. Publications The lab had a meeting with Ward Silver to discuss the Troubleshooting Chapter in the ARRL Handbook. Mike Gruber reviewed a potential QST article. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Happy Birthday" Member postcards have been updated with a brand new design for 2013. These have been a hit! In November, sales generated from members redeeming birthday coupons totaled over $14,000. An email follow-up to recipients of the "ARRL Holiday Gift Guide" mailing was distributed Friday. It was sent to all those who have not yet placed an order and are subscribed to received publication promotions by email. Flyers featuring the 2013 ARRL Handbook and The Amateur Radio Public Service Handbook were mailed Thursday/Friday last week to selected segments of our mailing lists. Now Shipping: Radios to Go! Getting the Most from Your Handheld Transceiver by Steve Ford, WB8IMY. This book was promoted by email when it arrived in-stock on Thursday, and generated over 175 individual orders for the book overnight. Amy Hurtado and Deb Jahnke attended a quarterly conference call with QST's printer RR Donnelley. The call was an opportunity to review contracted details for 2013: CPI, paper, postage and ink, and options for reducing costs associated with paper and distribution. A meeting to review our shipping volume with FEDEX yielded some interesting statistics for packages shipped in 2012 (through 11/22/12)... ...29% distributed to the Western Region with CA having the largest state volume ...27% distributed to the Southern Region with TX having the largest state volume ...26% distributed Central Region with OH having the largest state volume ...18% distributed to the Northeast Overall, our shipping volume is consistent with 2011 data. On Thursday, December 6, a "thank you" luncheon was held for 23 HQ volunteer tour guides and other building volunteers. We're grateful for all the ways our volunteers help represent ARRL to visitors, and for the variety of ways these dedicated members support the staff team around the building. A handful of targeted e-mails have been sent, soliciting ARRL membership. Appeals were emailed to November expirees, December expirees, lapsed members, website "GUEST" users, prospective hams, and recent license upgrades. In addition, responses to a large membership campaign conducted by mail are just beginning to come in. A membership appeal is being designed for January. The campaign will test some newly designed mailing pieces. Summary of Sales and Marketing Department telephone group (reported by Amy Hurtado): Week of Phone calls Per hour Average wait Complete without transfer 12/2/12 1,131 25 1.38 min* 83% *The average caller wait time is higher than typical this week, as the phone system was mistakenly not switched over to the after-hours answering service on December 6. Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity (reported by Steve Capodicasa): Week of Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 12/2/12 955 607 Congratulations to Membership Manager Diane Petrilli, KB1RNF on earning her Amateur Extra Class license upgrade, and to Amy Hurtado, KB1NXO and Jackie Ferreira, KB1PWB on their upgrades to General Class. Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 4 Weeks Field Organization/Public Service Team In advance of the December 7th receipt deadline, Leona Adams received a petition nominating Robert McCaffrey, K0CY, of Boone, Iowa, to run for Iowa Section Manager. Upon learning this news, Iowa Section Manager Tom Brehmer, N0LOH, decided to withdraw his petition to run for a third term of office. Since no other petitions from Iowa arrived before the receipt deadline, Robert McCaffrey, K0CY, will assume the position as Iowa Section Manager as of April 1, 2013. Robert Spencer, KE8DM, of Yuma, Arizona, will become the new Arizona Section Manager starting in April 2013 since no other nominating petitions were submitted. Tom Fagan, K7DF, who has served as the SM of Arizona since 2005, decided not to run for a new term of office. Incumbent Kentucky Section Manager Jim Brooks, KY4Z, was nominated to run for another term as Section Manager. Since no other petitions arrived from Kentucky, he will begin his fourth term as SM in April. Other incumbents that do not face opposition for new terms starting in April include Carl Gardenias, WU6D, Orange; Dale Temple, W5RXU, Arkansas; Garth Crowe, N7XKT, Wyoming; Malcolm Keown, W5XX, Mississippi; and Walt Mayfield, KE5SOO, North Texas. There will be a Section Manager election taking place in Montana this winter. Incumbent Doug Dunn, K7YD, of Livingston, and George Forsyth, AA7GS, of Great Falls, are running for the position. One radio amateur from Washington requested to join the ARRL Monitoring Service/Intruder Watch and was approved by the Division Director. Reminders were sent out to the various sectors regarding the International Humanitarian Award nomination period ending on December 31st. An Ohio station reported unlicensed operation on 3516 kHz USB. Questions handled involved Armed Forces cross band day, operating overseas, technician class licensees connecting to 10 meter FM repeaters via links, the 40 meter QRP calling frequency, and the band plans in Central and South America. Chuck Skolaut also conducted one code practice run at W1AW. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Holiday 12/24-12/25 Holiday Joe Carcia 12/20pm PTO Lauren Clarke 12/26-12/31 PTO Steve Capodicasa 12/14 PTO `` 1/16 PTO Jackie Ferreira 12/31 PTO Steve Ford 12/20-1/2 PTO Scott Gee 12/21-12/26 PTO Dan Henderson 12/17-1/7 PTO Mary Hobart 12/26 PTO Amy Hurtado 12/17-12/21 PTO Gail Iannone 12/21-12/31 PTO Bob Inderbitzen 12/14 PTO `` 12/26-12/31 PTO Debra Johnson 12/26-12/27 PTO Khrystyne Keane 12/14 PTO `` 12/21-31 PTO Harold Kramer 12/26-1/2 PTO Maryann Macdonald 12/26-28 PTO Nathan McCray 12/28 PTO Diane Petrilli 12/14 PTO `` 12/21 PTO `` 12/31 PTO Barry Shelley 12/17-12/19 PTO Dave Sumner 12/14-12/19 Business Travel `` 12/26 PTO `` 12/31-1/2 PTO
