Harold, Tnx for the explanation. I recognized ItsURcall had access to SM addresses via QST. I guess it was more the "missing explanation" of how the mailing occurred that suggested this was the direct result of the agreement with the League. 73, Jim Weaver, K8JE Director, ARRL Great Lakes Division Chairman, ARRL Legislative Action Committee 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je@arrl.org; Tel: 513-459-0142 ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 2:55 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Inderbitzen, Bob, NQ1R Subject: [arrl-odv:13779] Belt Buckle Hi, Re: Belt Buckle Let's see if I can clear up some of this confusion. We have a joint marketing agreement with ItsURCall.com. The firm will produce and market belt buckles with designs that include ARRL logos (such as the ARES logo), and ARRL will help cross-promote and market the product. Bob Inderbitzen and I worked out the deal a few months ago. The belt buckles actually look pretty sharp in person. You will be seeing further promotion of their products in QST and other ARRL publications per our agreement with them. This appeal from ItsURCall.com for additional attention from among the Field Organization should be interpreted as a strictly voluntary. Reading the emails on this topic, I wasn't entirely clear how the SM's received the email for ItsURCall. However, we do not have to give them permission to mail to the SM's. SM's email addresses are listed every month in QST and are on our web site, so anyone with the time and desire can obtain the mailing list. Bob will speak to them about "fine tuning" the language and sales techniques and specifically not referencing our agreement in future communications so as to avoid any further confusion 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 860 594 0220 www.arrl.org/