IN-Newsletter Vol. 35, No. 42 October 17, 2012 -- Covers the period October 7-13. Upcoming Meetings and Events Director/Vice Director Elections November 16 Administration and Finance Committee: November 17 @ 8:30am - Newington CT Development Reported by Lauren Clarke, KB1YDD With a one-time gift to the Second Century Campaign, James Treybig, W6JKV has qualified for membership in the Maxim Society member. We are pleased to welcome Mr. Treybig as the 111th member of this special giving club. Second Century Committee member Steve West, W7SMW reports a cash commitment to the campaign valued at $400,000 - $500,000. To date: The second issue of Spectrum Defense Matters was recently sent to more than 145,000 members through a USPS mailing and an e-blast. To date, the Spectrum Defense Fund has received $155,263 from a total of 1,478 donors. The 10th Anniversary of the Diamond Club promotion is successfully producing increased and new Diamond Club giving. To date, the Diamond Club has received $171,825 in contributions from 921 donors. The W1AW Endowment Campaign has received $53,268 in contributions from 825 donors. The Education & Technology Program has received $58,153 in contributions from 611 donors. An additional $109,194 from six donors has been received in support of the Teachers Institute Program. Sales and Marketing Reported by Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R We have returned from the very successful 2012 ARRL National Convention, hosted by Pacificon in Santa Clara, California. The annually-held Pacificon is sponsored by the Mt. Diablo Amateur Radio Club. We appreciate the hospitality extended to the large team of ARRL officials, staff and volunteers by Director Bob Vallio, W6RGG, Vice Director Jim Tiemstra, K6JAT and the entire Field Organization in the Pacific Division. All 7 Pacific Division Section Managers were in attendance! The Pacificon co-chair, Jim Siemons, AF6PU, reported that there were nearly 2,500 attendees including paid ticket holders, Scouts, 4H, youth participants, college students, vendors, non-profit exhibitors, and volunteers. Convention goers descended upon ARRL EXPO, the centerpiece of our convention activities, throughout the 3-day event. ARRL staff and officials supported 12 forums. Certificates were issued to operators of the W1AW/6 Special Event Station, organized in a tent on the Marriott property. There were even satellite contacts made from the parking lot. Dave Sumner K1ZZ and NASA Astronaut Lee M.E. Morin KF5DDB both addressed a packed banquet of over 300 attendees on Saturday night. The (lively) Wouff Hong Ceremony was attended by 140 members at midnight on Saturday. The busy sales team returned with over $37,000 in publication and product sales and membership dues. There were over 200 memberships taken, including 4 Life Membership applications (2 paid-in-full). We'll report official figures once the skids of remaining inventory have returned from California. A photo album from the event is posted on the ARRL Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151093787602408.445733.2006 9212407&type=1&l=9adc8c9404> . Finally, a word of thanks to the members of my department for their help organizing registrations, badges, shirts, signs, hotel and site logistics, shipping and more: Steve Capodicasa, Jackie Ferreira, KB1PWB, Amy Hurtado, KB1NXO, and Diane Petrilli, KB1RNF. November QST was mailed to members October 2-9. The email notification for the digital edition was circulated to 114,990 members on Monday, October 15. We were informed of a mailing insertion error made by RR Donnelly, QST's printer and mailer. Some members who receive First Class delivery of QST were mailed the wrong journal (Digital Photopro) this month instead of QST! In order to correct this error, we have mailed replacements to all 790+ members of the First Class November QSTs at Donnelly's expense. Summary of warehouse fulfillment activity (reported by Steve Capodicasa): Week of Packages fulfilled Member Premiums 10/7/12 1,167 257 Now shipping: The ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications - new 2013 edition (hard and soft covers); The ARRL Operating Manual for Radio Amateurs - new 10th edition; The Amateur Radio Public Service Handbook - new first edition; and the 2013 ARRL Calendar featuring historic highlights from the pages of QST (13-month wall calendar). For more information about new titles, please visit www.arrl.org/shop <http://www.arrl.org/shop> . Membership & Volunteer Programs Reported by Dave Patton, NN1N Field Organization/Public Service Team Leona Adams received a petition from North Texas Section Manager Walt Mayfield, KE5SOO, to run for a new term of office that will begin on April 1, 2013. Petitions are due for this Section Manager election cycle on December 7, 2012. Steve Ewald continued to compile Field Organization Reports for the December issue of QST, and worked on updating information on Field Organization-relevant Web pages. Chuck Skolaut compiled and sent the monthly ARRL Monitoring System/Intruder Watch report to the IARU Region 2 Coordinator. He also prepared and sent the monthly Official Observer summary to all OOs, OOCs and Section Managers. The source of the unidentified signal reported last week on 160 meters was located and the problem was taken care of. It was a spurious signal coming from an AM station in Southern New Jersey. Also an unidentified signal was reported on 29.000 MHz and the investigation continues. Chuck conducted a tour of headquarters for a member and his wife from Wisconsin and prepared for the Florida State Convention. Sincerely Compiled by, Lisa Kustosik, KA1UFZ Assistant to the CEO Hamfest/Member Contact/ARRL Representative/Meetings/Vacations Holiday 11/22-11/23 Holiday Holiday 12/24-12/25 Holiday Leona Adams 10/26 Vacation `` 11/2 Vacation Scott Gee 11/9-11/15 Vacation `` 12/21-12/26 Vacation Joel Hallas 10/22 Vacation `` 10/24 Vacation `` 10/31 Vacation Dan Henderson 11/16-11/21 Indiana Section Convention, Ft. Wayne, IN / Vacation Khrystyne Keane 10/26 Vacation Barry Shelley 11/20-11/21 Vacation `` 12/17-12/19 Vacation