[ARRL logo-and-logotype black gold vertical] IN-Newsletter Vol. 42, No. 11 March 24, 2017 Covers the period March 11 - March 17, 2017 Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events: Texas State Convention March 24 - 25 @ Houston, TX ARRL Executive Committee Meeting March 25 @ Denver, CO Administrative & Finance Committee Meeting March 26 @ Denver, CO Nevada State Convention March 31 - April 2 @ Las Vegas, NV Roanoke Division Convention April 15 @ Raleigh, NC Delaware State Convention April 22 @ Georgetown, DE National VOAD Conference May 15 - 18 @ Houston, TX Hamvention 2017 May 19 - 21 @ Xenia, OH SEA-PAC 2017 June 2 - 4 @ Seaside, OR Chief Executive Office Reported by Tom Gallagher, NY2RF Tom prepared the CEO's report and presentation to the Executive and Administrative & Finance Committees in Denver, CO taking place this weekend. Education Reported by Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Teacher Registration Instructor Registration Graduation Kit Requests License Class Listings 1 8 0 10 Debra worked extensively on tracking down data issues with instructor and teacher listings produced by the new instructor reporting system. IT executed changes to the instructor and teacher listing queries. We received early responses to the online survey sent to ETP grant recipients. Debra worked on resending undeliverable emails. Debra finalized the last details of the resources needed to support the 2017 Teachers Institute with instructors. The new ARISS flyer was finalized with the Graphics team and sent to print. ARISS Contacts: * March 15, a direct contact between students at McBride High School, Long Beach, CA, USA and Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, KG5FYG was successful. Field Services Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Field Organization Leona Adams has been coordinating with fellow staff members in preparation for the two Section Manager elections that are taking place this spring in Utah and Northern New Jersey. Leona has also been preparing the election ballots and the candidate statements. These election items are scheduled to go out the local printer during the third week of March. After printing, Headquarters will mail these ballots no later than April 3. Steve Ewald continued to receive February Field Organization activity reports during this past week, and he compiled these reports for the monthly column that will appear in May QST. Production/Editorial Reported by Becky Schoenfeld, W1BXY The May 2017 issue of QST has been uploaded to the printer. Alli and Jodi are working with PageSuite to adjust publication settings in order to improve the download speed and font problems. Alli took part in a conference call with Dave Sumner and IARU's website managers about renovating the IARU region websites. Radiosport Reported by Norm Fusaro, W3IZ Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 2 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 1 - 2 Business Days 2017 DXCC Applications 2,509 2017 WAS Applications 334 2017 VUCC Applications 96 2017 WPX Applications 131 Sales & Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Jackie Ferreira reports that a solicitation was emailed during the week to help bolster sales of the 2017 ARRL Handbook. It contributed 95 orders. Bob Inderbitzen prepared an announcement<http://www.arrl.org/news/view/new-arrl-repeater-directory-is-biggest-ever> for the new 2017-2018 ARRL Repeater Directory. Membership application administration and related recordkeeping was completed to help support upcoming elections. We also provided support for a survey being conducted by the Entry Level License Committee. Bob prepared for his upcoming trips as a staff representative. He's attending the Greater Houston Hamfest, March 24-25, and the ARRL Nevada State Convention, March 31-April 2. Bob also completed some planning for ARRL's participation at July's international ham radio exhibition in Germany. Yvette Vinci is handling some of our Hamvention planning, including coordination with the exhibit services company for decorating and materials handling. Reminder: Board members supporting our exhibits and activities at Hamvention, May 19-21, should complete and submit the following online registration form by March 31: http://www.arrl.org/hamvention-arrl-team-registration. The online registration form will help us organize room reservations, badges, apparel and staffing for the event. Our registration tally to date is 75 ARRL Team members. Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Leona Adams 03/31 PTO " 04/07 PTO Bob Allison 04/07 - 04/10 Wayne NJ Phonograph Show, Wayne, NJ " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Margie Bourgoin 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Joe Carcia 03/24 PTO " 03/31 PTO " 04/05 - 04/13 PTO " 05/26 PTO " 07/05 - 07/07 PTO " 07/14 PTO " 07/21 PTO " 07/28 PTO " 08/04 PTO " 08/07 - 08/11 PTO " 08/18 PTO " 08/25 PTO " 10/09 PTO Lauren Clarke 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Michael Corey 03/28 - 03/31 National Public Safety Telecommunications Council Governing Board Meeting, Las Vegas, NV " 05/15 - 05/18 National VOAD Conference, Houston, TX " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Steve Ewald 03/29 - 04/06 PTO " 04/07 - 04/08 Oklahoma Section Convention, Claremore, OK Jon Faasen 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Norm Fusaro 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Tom Gallagher 03/24 - 03/27 Executive Committee and Administrative and Finance Committee Meetings, Denver, CO " 03/31 PTO " 04/18 Penn Fund Executive Board Meeting, NYC " 04/21 - 04/23 Delaware State Convention, Georgetown, DE " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH " 06/01 - 06-04 SEA-PAC, Seaside, OR Regina Galuppi 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Scott Gee 05/18 - 05/19 PTO " 05/30 - 06/02 PTO " 09/15 - 09/18 PTO Perry Green TBD Medical Leave Mike Gruber 04/19 IEEE EMC Society, Batavia, IL " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Dan Henderson 03/24 - 03/27 Executive Committee and Administrative and Finance Committee Meetings, Denver, CO " 04/13 - 04/22 Presentation at Mt Airy VHF Society's annual ARRL Night and PTO Bob Inderbitzen 03/23 - 03/26 Texas State Convention, Houston, TX " 03/30 - 04/03 Nevada State Convention, Las Vegas, NV " 04/14 - 04/15 Roanoke Division Convention, Raleigh, NC " 05/17 - 05/22 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Sabrina Jackson 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Debra Johnson 03/29 - 04/03 NSTA National Conference, Los Angeles, CA " 04/07 PTO Sean Kutzko 04/10 - 04/13 PTO " 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH " 05/25 - 05/30 Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Cody, WY " 06/29 - 06/30 PTO Zach Lau 03/31 PTO Kimberly McNeill 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Dave Patton 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Michael Scharr 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Becky Schoenfeld 04/10 - 04/13 PTO " 05/18 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Barry Shelley 03/24 - 03/27 Executive Committee and Administrative and Finance Committee Meetings, Denver, CO " 03/28 Risk Strategies, Chicago, IL Yvette Vinci 05/17 - 05/21 Dayton Hamvention, Xenia, OH Sincerely Compiled by, Carla Pereira, Assistant to CEO
