Thanks to Tom for pointing this out. The minutes as of now do not exist. Dave Patton has given me a first draft, and we will turn that into a second draft tomorrow. We may or may not be able to get them out to you all in draft form tomorrow, but even if we do they are not official until there's been an opportunity for further corrections. The Board meeting article will be put to bed soon after, because QST goes to the printer on Thursday of this week. So the best advice to people is to QRX, we'll have the information to them as quickly as we can do so accurately. Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Frenaye, Tom (Dir, NE) Sent: Mon 7/19/2004 10:16 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10913] Board minutes I've seen references to minutes from the recent Board meeting in a couple of places today. I know the minutes aren't out yet since Dave always sends them out and gives us 24 hours or so to catch any errors. There is also no web story about the meeting as of 5pm today. In the past we've often had a web story up late on Sunday but the last year or so it has dragged on for a day or two. As a result people are no doubt asking Board members (and staff) what happened. I cringed when I saw someone "quote" the Board minutes earlier today on one reflector, since it can't be true. While I also tell someone what we did if they ask me, I don't quote the exact text (I may have it wrong, we often make changes) and suggest to them that the full minutes will be out in a few days for their review. I think we should all try to use the official minutes as the place to point people. -- 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