Memphis, Tennessee -- January 20, 2000
1. Approval of minutes of December 4, 1999, Executive Committee meeting
2. Consideration of report on petition to move Pasco County from Northern Florida to West Central Florida Section
3. Section Manager issues
4. Status of reports requested by Executive Committee
5. Affiliation of clubs
6. Approval of conventions
7. Other business
Pursuant to due notice, the Executive Committee of the American Radio Relay League, Inc., met at 8:41 PM Thursday, January 20, 2000, at the Memphis Marriott Hotel, Memphis, Tennessee. Present were the following committee members: President Rodney Stafford, W6ROD, in the Chair; First Vice President Stephen A. Mendelsohn, W2ML; Executive Vice President David Sumner, K1ZZ; and Directors Kay Craigie, WT3P, Frank Fallon, N2FF, and Fried Heyn, WA6WZO. Also present were other ARRL officers, directors, and vice directors, including Southeastern Division Director Frank Butler, W4RH, as well as Field and Educational Services Manager Rosalie A. White, WA1STO, and General Counsel Christopher D. Imlay, W3KD.
1. On motion of Mr. Mendelsohn, the minutes of the December 4, 1999, Executive Committee meeting were approved in the form in which they had been distributed.
2. The committee reviewed a report from the Secretary on a petition to move Pasco County from the Northern Florida Section to the West Central Florida Section. The petition was found to be in order. On motion of Mrs. Craigie, the committee voted to recommend to the Board that the Secretary be instructed to send ballots to the full ARRL members in Pasco County in order to determine their opinion on the question and to report the results to the Board.
3. Mr. Sumner reported that Puerto Rico Section Manager Raul Escobar, KP4ZZ, had not submitted Section News columns for the past four months. Despite repeated attempts, the Field and Educational Services Manager has been unable to contact him. He is apparently unable to fulfill his responsibilities as Section Manager. Mr. Butler confirmed that Mr. Escobar appears to be inactive in managing the affairs of the ARRL field organization in Puerto Rico. On motion of Mr. Fallon, it appearing to be in the best interests of the ARRL to do so, the committee voted that the office of Section Manager for Puerto Rico is declared vacant. In accordance with the rules and regulations of the ARRL Field Organization, the Field and Educational Services Manager will appoint a replacement to serve out the remainder of the term of office.
4. Mr. Sumner reported that reports on the frequency limits for auxiliary operation and on plans for National Convention 2000 in Dayton had been completed as requested by the committee at its December 4 meeting.
5. On motion of Mr. Heyn, the following Category 1 clubs were declared affiliated:
Four State Amateur Radio Club, Joplin, MO
Museum of Science and Industry Amateur Radio Club, Tampa, FL
Texas Adventist Emergency Communication, Cleburne, TX
The ARRL now has the following numbers of active affiliated clubs: Category 1, 1816; Category 2, 19; Category 3, 129; Category 4, 15; Total, 1979.
6. On motion of Mr. Fallon, the holding of the following ARRL conventions in the year 2000 was approved or their earlier approval by mail vote was ratified:
Maine State, March 24-25, Lewiston, ME
Southeastern VHF Conference, April 14-15, Atlanta, GA
Montana State, July 14-16, East Glacier, MT
South Texas Section, July 28-29, Austin, TX
Arizona State, July 28-30, Flagstaff (Ft. Tuthill), AZ
New England Division, August 26-27, Boxboro, MA
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:08 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
David Sumner, K1ZZ
Secretary