Actually, I said we would be focusing on the 200,000 Technician class licensees that will have, for the first time, HF privileges as well as new Generals & Extras. New ham recruitment is something we should always concentrate on but the first rush will be the influx of current licensees that will automatically obtain HF privileges literally overnight. I'm sure the information you've suggested can be made available. 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: Tom Frenaye [mailto:frenaye@pcnet.com] Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:17 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:15135] Re: Thursday Evening At 12:37 AM 1/13/2007, Joel Harrison wrote:

After consultation with the Vice Presidents, we believe the best use of the Thursday evening time would be to focus our group's thinking on the challenge of assimilating the new HF operators.

Excellent plan. I do have one worry. While the intent of this Thursday night time is to focus on new Generals and Extras, I'm hearing there is considerable interest in getting licensed in the first place "out there" - based on input from SMs and club presidents at a recent cabinet meeting. The 2007 plan correctly focuses on upgrades, something more predictable than possible new hams. Perhaps Dave and the HQ crew could give us some more information about the mix of questions asked and publication orders received during the last month, and their current thinking on the numbers of new hams we might see in addition to the upgrades. I worry that we may be missing a great marketing opportunity to generate a lot more new hams. As far as I know, all we've done so far is a single press release about the FCC changes. -- Tom ===== e-mail: k1ki@arrl.org ARRL New England Division Director http://www.arrl.org/ Tom Frenaye, K1KI, P O Box J, West Suffield CT 06093 Phone: 860-668-5444