Hello All, I beleive we should start a lobby congress petition of our own. The voices I hear in the Central Division expects the ARRL to be visible advocates for the continued service of WWV and WWVH by NIST. The discontinuation of service appears to be an internal NIST reccomendation that is not a mandate from Congress. In light of that the Congress should be persuaded if they clearly hear of the overwhelming consensus of our members and the public. This is an excellent opportunity for the League to be engaged in public policyand it is an issue that is important to our members. I beleive we should use the Ralley Congress tool, and start today. Thank You, 73, Kermit Carlson W9XA Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, August 19, 2018, 20:09, James F. Boehner MD via arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> wrote: <!--#yiv3537997007 _filtered #yiv3537997007 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} _filtered #yiv3537997007 {font-family:Tahoma;panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}#yiv3537997007 #yiv3537997007 p.yiv3537997007MsoNormal, #yiv3537997007 li.yiv3537997007MsoNormal, #yiv3537997007 div.yiv3537997007MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", "serif";}#yiv3537997007 a:link, #yiv3537997007 span.yiv3537997007MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv3537997007 a:visited, #yiv3537997007 span.yiv3537997007MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv3537997007 span.yiv3537997007EmailStyle17 {font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#1F497D;}#yiv3537997007 .yiv3537997007MsoChpDefault {font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";} _filtered #yiv3537997007 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#yiv3537997007 div.yiv3537997007WordSection1 {}--> I did not want to kick up a lot of dust, as this is really not something that is directly on our plate. However, Bill and I have received concerns from our members. I think we should take the lead from Chris, as if this is NIST’s overall plan, I really do not think we will have much say in the matter. I think the Rally Congress tool is a bit overkill. We do not want to waste our political capital. I think our membership should just know that we are aware of the situation and looking deeper into the matter. Perhaps just a follow-up news story would be adequate. The link provided could be included as one example as to how the amateur radio/SWL community is reacting to the news. ’73 de JIM N2ZZ Director – Roanoke Division Representing ARRL members in the Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina sections ARRL – The National Association for Amateur Radio™ From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Roderick, Rick, K5UR via arrl-odv Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2018 6:41 PM To: bshelley@arrl.org; nwdvd@comcast.net Cc: arrl-odv@arrl.org Subject: [arrl-odv:27511] Re: WWV -WWVH Could we not reference the link that ZZ and CEX mentioned? Seems an article and referencing the link would be one way to go. Rick ... -----Original Message----- From: Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO), N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley@arrl.org> To: Pace, Jim, K7CEX, K7CEX <nwdvd@comcast.net> Cc: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@arrl.org>; k5ur <k5ur@aol.com> Sent: Sun, Aug 19, 2018 5:06 pm Subject: Re: [arrl-odv:27509] Re: WWV -WWVH I am, but am on email. Should we consider using the Congressional letter writing software? If so, write their Congressional representatives? Barry J. Shelley, N1VXY Chief Executive Officer ARRL, Inc. Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone On Aug 19, 2018 5:57 PM, "Pace, Jim, K7CEX" <nwdvd@comcast.net> wrote: Barry is on vacation 73 and good Hamming Jim, K7CEX To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it...Confucius On Aug 19, 2018 2:30 PM, "Roderick, Rick, K5UR via arrl-odv" <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> wrote: I think Chris had some communications with Frank to get his input, but seems we ought to be able use the link Jim Boehner and Jim Pace provided in a web article. Barry, can you have the communications team put something together? 73 Rick - K5UR ... -----Original Message----- From: Mike Lisenco N2YBB <n2ybb@arrl.org> To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@arrl.org> Sent: Sun, Aug 19, 2018 1:54 pm Subject: [arrl-odv:27505] WWV -WWVH Hello ODV- There appears to be a major groundswell for a petition drive regarding the proposed defunding of WWV/WWVH. I’ve been getting a fair amount of feedback from members. Might I suggest that we get out in front of this issue and advocate for the membership. At least bring the membership up to date on the situation? Some news should be sent out so that we don’t get caught with our pants down. Just a thought. 73 de Mike N2YBB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mike Lisenco, N2YBB Director, Hudson Division Chairman, ad hoc Legislative Advocacy Committee ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™ 917-865-3538 n2ybb@arrl.org _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv