Dear fellow Directors, and Vice Directors and Officers: The Grassroots Legislative Action Committee will have an operating display in the ARRL Expo site again this year. Provided Bob Inderbitzen and his crew are able to wave the appropriate magic wands once again, we will promote letter writing by members in support of H. Res. 230 directly from our booth. We also will promote the other legislative objectives (e.g., Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection, CC&R pro-antenna laws) the Board has targeted and recruit members into becoming active in the program. Obviously, we hope this showing of the leadership of ARRL will lead more nonmembers into becoming members. What you do as a private amateur at the HamventionR is clearly your business and what you do as a member of the Board family is between you and President Harrison. Nonetheless, the Grassroots committee will greatly appreciate it if you will make yourself available to assist in our exhibit. It will be most helpful if you will let me know beforehand that you will be available and the times during which you are available to be scheduled. For you who are not yet fully familiar with the Grassroots program, I guarantee a painless introduction to it. Please consider the positive impact your active support of the Grassroots program at this booth will have on ARRL members and non-members alike. Your participation will clearly demonstrate that we in the Board family are putting our money where our mouths are. Demonstrating our leadership in this program will likely make the difference between its success or failure. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments. Tnx, 73, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, Great Lakes Division Chairman, Legislative Action Committee 5065 Bethany Rd. Mason, OH 45040 K8JE@arrl.org; Tel., 513-459-0142; FAX, same ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 3:32 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Somma, Maria, AB1FM Subject: [arrl-odv:13987] New ARRL VEC License Processing -- Use This Version Oops..this is the improved version. The first one was more of a draft. Same information though! Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio 860 594 0220 http://www.arrl.org/ _____________________________________________ From: Somma, Maria, AB1FM Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 2:56 PM To: HQ Staff Subject: New ARRL VEC License Processing Information and Fee Schedule We have implemented some software changes so that the VEC department can begin processing Vanity license RENEWALS electronically to the FCC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- If you receive any inquiries regarding license renewals or changes, please direct them to the VEC department or to our 2 new web pages. Our new web pages contain complete information about License Filing Procedures, including step by step instructions on how to renew or update a license at the FCC's web site. 1. ARRL MEMBER INSTRUCTIONS FOR LICENSE RENEWALS OR CHANGES http://www.arrl.org/fcc/memberlicenseinstructions.html <http://www.arrl.org/fcc/memberlicenseinstructions.html> 2. STANDARD INSTRUCTIONS FOR LICENSE RENEWALS OR CHANGES FOR NON-MEMBERS http://www.arrl.org/fcc/licenseinstructions.html <http://www.arrl.org/fcc/licenseinstructions.html> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ Now that we will be able to handle Vanity Renewals, please be aware of our NEW License Processing Fees. Processing Fees MEMBERS NON-Vanity License Renewals or Changes - No charge Vanity License Changes (address, name) - No charge Vanity License Renewals - $26.90 (includes required $21.90 FCC Regulatory fee and $5.00 ARRL VEC processing Fee) NON-MEMBERS NON-Vanity License Renewals or Changes - $14.00 ARRL VEC processing Fee Vanity License Changes (address, name) - $14.00 ARRL VEC processing Fee Vanity License Renewals - $35.90 (includes required $21.90 FCC Regulatory fee and $14.00 ARRL VEC processing Fee) If you have any questions, pleases contact me. Maria, AB1FM