I fully support beginning work on the new band plan. I would not expect this to come to completion too rapidly, but we can get a good start on the process if nothing else this month. Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je@arrl.org; Tel: 513-459-0142 ARRL Great Lakes Division ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: Joel Harrison [mailto:w5zn@arrl.org] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 1:47 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13477] Board Meeting Agenda Item Greetings, The Officers; President Haynie, Vice President Craigie, Vice President Stafford, Executive Vice President Sumner, and I have discussed the upcoming board meeting draft agenda. We propose to insert between #8 and #9 "Discussion of HF Bandplanning" We submitted our petition for regulation by bandwidth instead of mode on the assumption that we would have good band planning mechanisms in place by the time the FCC took any action, but haven't yet begun the process. We believe it is imperative that, before simply appointing a committee to address the matter, the board should have adequate time to discuss and review options in this area. It's going to be a difficult and controversial subject, and providing adequate time for the board to address all of our own questions and concerns is imperative. This is a unanimous proposal to the draft agenda from the Officers. While some have mentioned a desire to discuss the Strategic Plan that was developed a little over two years ago, and the board can certainly do so at this meeting if it chooses, we believe the 2006 Executive Committee that has the task of "Monitoring progress of the implementation of, and suggesting ongoing revisions to, the ARRL Strategic Plan, working in conjunction with Standing Committees as appropriate" should be given an opportunity to take a hard look at the Strategic Plan at its spring meeting and bring further recommendations to the board at the 2006 Second Meeting in July. 73 Joel W5ZN First Vice President