IN-Newsletter Vol. 40, No. 25 July 29, 2015 - Covers the period July 19-25. Upcoming In-Person Meetings and Events Executive Committee October 3 @ 8:30am in Bloomington, MN Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R Diane Petrilli has prepared an e-mail to promote visiting the ARRL booth at Austin Summerfest at Crowne Plaza in Austin, Texas on August 7-8. Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, will be attending the event. Membership-related e-mails sent earlier this month have brought in just under 400 members. Jackie Ferriera reports that a direct mail piece featuring the new editions of The ARRL Handbook and The ARRL Antenna Book is being prepared. Both books will be available for order in hardcover or softcover mid-August, with delivery early October. April and May orders for the ARRL Begali Key have shipped. Batches 1 and 2 included a total of 41 keys. Yvette Vinci prepared the email notification for the August 2015 digital edition of QST, distributed to ARRL members on Friday, July 10. The distribution list included 120,673 members. A follow-up notification was sent on July 21, with a summary of "What's Trending" in the issue. The distribution list included 121,303 members. Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity, reported by Steve Capodicasa: Week ending Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 7/24/2015 954 453 7/17/2015 749 255 7/10/2015 955 780 7/3/2015 926 760 Field Services & Radiosport Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N DXCC Paper/Fieldcheck Processing Time 3 Weeks Logbook Processing Time 2-4 Business Days Number of Centennial applications processed: Centennial Challenge QSO 1987 W1AW/WAS 1578 W1AW Joe Carcia constructed 2 Digital/CAT interfaces for 2 Icom IC-718 HF transceivers that are being sent to Guam in "Go" kits. He also updated the web code practice files and their archives. Scott Gee had one more training session with Sani Zanovic on the processing of VUCC applications and their certificates. He also worked on fast and slow code practice files for the week. Field Organization/Public Service Team One amateur from Western New York completed certification to become an Official Observer this week. Jamming and improper operation was reported occurring on 3952 and OOs were alerted. Follow up on 6 meter interference is progressing in the Oregon case. Questions handled dealt with identification while in a net, the Technician license, the Official Observer program, CW privileges and 3rd party traffic. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Bob Allison 7/29-8/5 PTO `` 8/6-8/9 Duke City Convention, Albuquerque, NM `` 8/14-8/16 Alabama State Convention, Huntsville, AL Steve Capodicasa 8/12 PTO `` 8/24-8/28 PTO `` 9/21-9/25 PTO Steve Ewald 7/28-8/7 PTO Steve Ford 8/14-8/17 PTO `` 8/24-8/28 PTO Mike Gruber 8/24-8/28 PTO `` 9/28-10/2 PTO Bob Inderbitzen 7/27-7/31 PTO `` 8/6-8/9 Summerfest, Austin, TX `` 8/21-8/23 New England Division Convention, Boxborough, MA Harold Kramer 7/31-8/4 PTO Sean Kutzko 8/15-8/24 PTO Maryann Macdonald 7/24-8/4 PTO Diane Petrilli 7/31 PTO `` 8/3-8/7 PTO Dave Pingree 8/19-9/22 PTO Barry Shelley 8/10-8/14 PTO Dave Sumner 8/14-8/24 PTO