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SB QST @ ARRL $ARLB011
ARLB011 Board meeting news
QST de W1AW
ARRL Bulletin 11 ARLB011
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT January 22, 1994
To all radio amateurs
The ARRL Board of Directors met in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, January
21-22, 1994. The following is a summary of meeting highlights.
The Board re-elected its present slate of officers: President George
Wilson, III, W4OYI, First Vice President Rod Stafford, KB6ZV, Vice
President Jay Holladay, W6EJJ, Vice President Tom Frenaye, K1KI,
Treasurer Jim McCobb, K1LLU, Secretary and Executive Vice President
David Sumner, K1ZZ, and Chief Financial Officer Barry Shelley.
Elected to the Executive Committee were Rocky Mountain Division
Director Marshall Quiat, AG0X, Hudson Division Director Stephen
Mendelsohn, WA2DHF, Delta Division Director Joel Harrison, WB5IGF
and Great Lakes Division Director Al Severson, AB8P.
An interim report and band plan recommendation of an ad hoc
committee was adopted, looking to the early implementation of the
expected allocation of 219 to 220 MHz for limited amateur use.
The 1994-95 ARRL budget plan was adopted.
The Volunteer Resources Committee was tasked with studying the
feasibility of a system of technical awards to recognize achievement
in fields ranging from design and construction to the creation of
innovative communications systems, and develop appropriate criteria.
The League will file a petition for rulemaking seeking to remove
overly restrictive rule provisions concerning the use of spread
spectrum techniques, and an ad hoc committee was created to
recommend technical standards.
The Membership Services Committee will study the possibility of
relocating the 40-meter Novice subband. The committee will report
back to the Board in July.
The Board approved a revision of the ARRL/Red Cross Statement of
Understanding.
ARRL Headquarters will begin to notify members of license
expirations, and will include a Form 610 to effect license renewals.
The Administration and Finance Committee will study the feasibility
of offering group legal defense insurance to ARRL members to cover
legal costs in antenna cases and RFI lawsuits.
The ARRL Letter will be offered to affiliated club newsletter
editors free-of-charge, on a trial basis.
The administration and finance committee was asked to investigate a
multi-media production capability for Headquarters, to keep pace
with the changing technology in today's personal computing
revolution.
Perry Williams, W1UED, was commended for 40 years of dedicated
service and congratulated on the occasion of his retirement from the
Headquarters staff, in April 1994.
Details to follow in March QST.
/EX