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Compiled by Joel Kleinman, N1BKE
Managing Editor
jkleinman@arrl.org
August 1, 2007
This feature -- including convenient Web links to useful information -- is a concise monthly update of some of the things ARRL is doing on behalf of its members. This installment covers the month of July.
The ARRL Board of Directors held its second 2007 meeting in Windsor, Connecticut. It was the final meeting for Frank Butler, W4RH, who is retiring from the Board after 50 years of volunteer service to the ARRL.
Just before the Board meeting, President Joel Harrison, W5ZN; CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, and Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart, K1MMH, led the dedication of the Diamond Terrace at ARRL Headquarters.
CEO David Sumner responded by fax to congressional testimony by FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein that included support for the expansion of broadband over power lines (BPL).
Dennis Dura, K2DCD, has joined the ARRL Headquarters staff as Emergency Preparedness and Response Manager.
Senior Assistant Technical Editor Larry Wolfgang, WR1B, has been named editor of QEX.
Preparations for the ARRL 2007 National Convention, to be held in conjunction with the Huntsville Hamfest, are in full swing.
The ARRL has two Public Relations campaigns for 2007. One concerns ARES and Public Relations, and the other Emergency Communications.
Media & Public Relations Manager Allen Pitts, W1AGP, reports a significant increase in the number and quality of Field Day media coverage.
The IARU HF World Championships took place.
The following ARRL Certification and Continuing Education (CCE) program online courses begin August 17: Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 2 (EC-002); Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Level 3 (EC-003R2); Antenna Modeling (EC-004); HF Digital Communications (EC-005); VHF/UHF -- Life Beyond the Repeater (EC-008), and Radio Frequency Propagation (EC-011).
The September issue of QST, our first Emergency Communications special issue, was released to the printer.
ARES members assisted in two emergencies: the Zaca Fire in Los Padres National Forest northwest of Los Angeles, and flooding in Oklahoma.
Regulatory Information Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND, discussed several issues involved with the PAVE PAWS radar situation with US Department of Defense officials in a teleconference call.
Web Development staff worked with several departments to update and improve the online membership application.
Chief Operating Officer Harold Kramer, WJ1B, made contact at W1AW with special event station VE2XPO in Montreal, Quebec, in commemoration of a similar contact made 40 years earlier from the Amateur Radio station at Expo 67, the Montreal World’s Fair. Roland Masse, VE2PX, was at the mike in Montreal, as he had been for the original 1967 contact with W1AW.
Field and Regulatory Correspondent Chuck Skolaut, K0BOG, compiled and submitted the monthly Intruder Watch monitoring report to the IARU Region 2 IW Coordinator.
Staff travel: Chuck Skolaut took part in the Arizona State Convention in Williams. Maria Somma, Perry Green and Dan Henderson attended the annual conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Ed Hare took part in a meeting of the IEEE EMC Society Symposium in Honolulu.
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