IN-Newsletter Vol. 40, No. 11 April 1, 2015 - Covers the period March 22-28. Upcoming Meetings and Events LoTW Study Committee April 10 @ 9:00am in Newington, CT Administration & Finance Committee April 11 @ 8:30am in Newington, CT Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Diane Petrilli reported that March ended with 166,777 members, a loss of 77 members from February. Membership acquisition was strong in March, but not enough to overcome membership losses. The largest source of new members in March came from a mailing sent in February. We have 64 members over the year-to-date goal. The on-time renewal rate for March is 73.76% vs. 74.57% last March. Jackie Ferreira reports that March product sales were $192,383, falling short of the sales forecast of $233,386. Direct sales were $97,892; dealer sales were $94,491. Dealer sales are up 10% from 2014. Year to date sales are $599,896; $123,792 below forecast. April promises to be a better month-with the introduction of several new products and publications including the 2015-2016 edition of The ARRL Repeater Directory (over 3,000 units have been pre-ordered) and 2015 ARRL Field Day merchandise. Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity, reported by Steve Capodicasa: Week ending Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 3/27/2015 738 321 3/20/2015 816 496 3/13/2015 679 471 3/6/2015 812 425 Field Services & Radiosport Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 2 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 3 - 5 Business Days Field Organization/Public Service Team Amateurs from West Central Florida and Georgia successfully completed certification to become Official Observers this week. The Michigan OOC reported several cases of good feedback received from recipients of OO advisories. Several complaints were received regarding operation on 14313 and 7185. An Ohio amateur reported interference from a CB operator to his 10 meter mobile operation. Connecticut OOs were alerted to monitor for an unidentified 6 meter signal. Chuck conducted a morning code practice run at W1AW and hosted a guest operator. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations All Staff 4/3 Holiday All Staff 5/25 Holiday All Staff 7/3 Holiday Bob Allison 4/3-4/5 WCF Technical Conference, Sebring, FL `` 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Steve Capodicasa 4/13 PTO `` 5/1 PTO Joe Carcia 4/8-4/10 PTO Lauren Clarke 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Mike Corey 5/1-5/3 Nevada State Convention, Verdi, NV `` 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Steve Ewald 3/27-4/7 PTO `` 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Trish Feeney 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Jacqueline Ferreira 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Steve Ford 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Norm Fusaro 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Scott Gee 4/6-4/7 PTO `` 4/15-4/17 PTO Amanda Grimaldi 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Mike Gruber 5/1 NearFest, Deerfield, NH `` 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 6/1-6/4 PTO `` 8/24-8/28 PTO `` 9/28-10/2 PTO Ed Hare 4/2-4/6 North Carolina State Convention, Raleigh, NC `` 6/5-6/7 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR Dan Henderson 4/2-4/12 PTO/Delta Division Convention, Memphis TN `` 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 7/16-7/18 Board Meeting/Committee Meeting Ian Humphreys 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Bob Inderbitzen 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 8/7-8/9 South Texas Section convention, Austin, TX Karen Isakson 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Debra Johnson 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Harold Kramer 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Sean Kutzko 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Kim McNeill 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Diane Middleton 4/13-4/17 PTO Cassandra Parkman 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Dave Patton 4/17-4/19 International DX, Visalia, CA `` 7/24-7/26 Oklahoma Section Convention, Oklahoma City, OK Diane Petrilli 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 6/5-6/7 Northwestern Division Convention, Seaside, OR Brennan Price 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Michael Scharr 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Dave Sumner 4/30-5/1 NAB luncheon/PTO `` 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH `` 5/26-6/5 PTO `` 6/11-6/14 West Gulf Division Convention, Irving, TX `` 6/23-6/29 Friedrichshafen Convention, Germany Yvette Vinci 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH Matt Wilhelm 5/15-5/17 Dayton Hamvention, Dayton, OH