Dear ODV Members: Some good news from the trenches related to this thread. I addressed a local club last night with 34 members - about 2/3 already ARRL members and the remaining third largely new licensees. I did not bring up nor did anyone mention recent personnel changes. I passed around one of the 5 copies of On The Air we received at the board meeting and explained that it and QST are now available with NCJ and QEX coming later, all part of ARRL membership. Then I resuscitated an old trick I used when I was North Carolina Section Manager. I passed around an index card with one dime and three pennies taped to it, and I explained ARRL membership costs 13 cents per day. Five people signed up for membership. The point of all this? Two observations: we have hit a home run with the winning combination of QST, OTA, NCJ and QEX as part of membership, and once the latter two become available digitally, it may make sense to phase out the publications CD-ROM. 73 de Bill Morine, N2COP Vice Director - Roanoke Division Representing ARRL members in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia <http://www.arrl-roanoke.org> www.arrl-roanoke.org Facebook Page: ARRL Roanoke Division ARRL - The National Association for Amateur RadioT From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> On Behalf Of Bob Famiglio, K3RF via arrl-odv Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 9:03 AM To: 'Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO)' <dmiddleton@arrl.org>; 'Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO)' <bshelley@arrl.org>; 'Fred Hopengarten' <hopengarten@post.harvard.edu>; 'arrl-odv' <arrl-odv@arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:29444] Re: CD of 2019 ARRL Periodicals on DVD But for now, I suspect most all here know quality CD/DVD players which read/write are about $20 (Microcenter), are razor thin and plug into a USB port. Powered from it too. I have several to solve the issue as we still like to have a second archive on plastic for many things. Bob Famiglio, K3RF Vice Director - ARRL Atlantic Division 610-359-7300 www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF <http://www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF> From: arrl-odv On Behalf Of Middleton, Diane, W2DLM (CFO) Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 7:21 AM To: Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley@arrl.org <mailto:bshelley@arrl.org> >; Fred Hopengarten <hopengarten@post.harvard.edu <mailto:hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> >; arrl-odv <arrl-odv@arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@arrl.org> > Subject: [arrl-odv:29442] Re: CD of 2019 ARRL Periodicals on DVD If I may, these discussions have already started a few months ago among the staff. Ria's comments are actually a good summary of our initial discussions. As we move forward in offering QEX and NCJ digitally to all members, providing a cd may very well become obsolete. Staff intends to revisit this after the digital launch of QEX and NCJ. 73, Diane From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflectorarrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflectorarrl.org> > On Behalf Of Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 7:12 AM To: Fred Hopengarten <hopengarten@post.harvard.edu <mailto:hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> >; arrl-odv <arrl-odv@arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@arrl.org> > Subject: [arrl-odv:29441] Re: CD of 2019 ARRL Periodicals on DVD Fred:

From my perspective, there is no real need to assign a question like this to a Board committee. All you really need to do is ask either myself or Diane and we will look into it and get back to you. Then we can have a discussion and, if it warrants a committee's involvement, we can decide at that time.

On this one, if you would allow me a little time to talk to the staff and do a little research, I would appreciate it. I agree with Ria, thumb drives present security concerns but I'm guessing there may be a way to deal with the issue. And just an observation, it's 32 degrees this morning in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.....the Visitors Bureau lied!!! 73, Barry, N1VXY _____ From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> > on behalf of Fred Hopengarten <hopengarten@post.harvard.edu <mailto:hopengarten@post.harvard.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2020 11:43 PM To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@arrl.org <mailto:arrl-odv@arrl.org> > Subject: [arrl-odv:29437] CD of 2019 ARRL Periodicals on DVD Colleagues: Today I received "Amateur Radio Contesting for Beginners" by K1DG, and a CD of ARRL 2019 periodicals - on DVD. I am somewhat grateful. Query: Is distribution by DVD the modern way to distribute periodicals? Wouldn't it be better, and cheaper (?) to distribute on a USB stick? No laptop, Kindle, iPad, or mobile phone in my household can read a DVD. To which committee is my query best addressed? Fred Hopengarten, Esq. K1VR Six Willarch Road Lincoln, MA 01773 781.259.0088, k1vr@arrl.org <mailto:k1vr@arrl.org> New England Director Serving ME, NH, VT, MA, RI and CT