Derek is Vice President of Chwat & Company, our legislative relations consultants. His name is often mentioned -- for example, he wrote the article "Communicating With Congress" in April QST -- so I thought everyone would recognize it. Sorry. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Weaver, Jim K8JE (DIR, GL) Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 6:57 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:8629] Re: New ham Dave, I may be showing my ignorance, but please educate me as to who is Derek Riker? Tnx, 73, Jim Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director, Great Lakes Division k8je@arrl.org - Tel. 513-459-0142 ARRL -- The reason Amateur Radio is! GREAT LAKES DIVISION CONVENTION, September 6-7, 2003: See http://greatlakes.arrl.org