Hartford, Connecticut -- July 20, 2000
1. Approval of minutes of April 1, 2000, Executive Committee meeting
2. Consideration of report of Ad Hoc Antenna Case Assistance Committee with a view to formulating a recommendation to the Board
3. Affiliation of clubs
4. Approval of conventions
5. Recognition of Life Members
6. Date and place of next EC meeting
7. Other business
The Executive Committee of the American Radio Relay League, Inc., met at 9:57 PM Thursday, July 20, 2000, at the Hilton Hartford Hotel, Hartford, Connecticut. Present were the following committee members: President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, in the Chair; First Vice President Joel Harrison, W5ZN; Executive Vice President David Sumner, K1ZZ; and Directors Frank Butler, W4RH, Frank Fallon, N2FF, Tom Frenaye, K1KI, and Fried Heyn, WA6WZO. Also present were Directors Jay Bellows, K0QB, and Dennis Bodson, W4PWF, Vice Director Robert Vallio, W6RGG, Vice President John Kanode, N4MM, and General Counsel Christopher D. Imlay, W3KD.
1. On motion of Mr. Heyn, the minutes of the April 1, 2000, Executive Committee meeting were approved as printed in QST.
2. Mr. Bellows presented the report of the Ad Hoc Antenna Case Assistance Committee on behalf of Mr. Fallon, Mr. Imlay, and himself. The committee was appointed in December 1999 to review the means by which the League responds to and assists in antenna cases involving radio amateurs throughout the United States. A preliminary report was presented to the ARRL Board at Minute 55 of its 2000 Annual Meeting in January. Mr. Bellows noted that the report now being presented recommended the creation of a four-member Voluntary Panel of Experts to evaluate requests for supplemental funding of antenna cases. ARRL funding of federal appeals, with a cap of $10,000, would be available in those rare and infrequent cases in which there was a significant issue of law of benefit to the wider amateur community, substantial merit on the facts of the case as presented at the administrative and trial levels, a likelihood of success on appeal, and substantial financial participation at the appellate level by the amateur or the local amateur community. A memorandum of understanding between the amateur, the amateur's counsel and the Panel would be required, setting forth the issues to be addressed on appeal and the legal theories to be advanced. Funding would be provided only on the unanimous decision of the Panel and would come from contributions to the Legal Research and Resource Fund. The report also made specific recommendations for improved legal and engineering resources to be available to amateurs and their counsel from the ARRL.
After discussion, on motion of Mr. Fallon, it was unanimously voted that the Executive Committee recommends acceptance and implementation of the committee's recommendations by the Board, with the policy thus adopted to supersede Standing Order 101. Mr. Bellows left the meeting at 10:50 P.M.
3. On motion of Mr. Heyn, the following clubs were declared affiliated or their earlier affiliation by mail vote was ratified:
Category 1
Clinton County Amateur Radio Association, St. John's, MI
Flagler-Palm Coast Amateur Radio Club, Palm Coast, FL
Gloucester City Amateur Radio Club, Gloucester City, NJ
Great Lakes Amateur Radio Club, Laingsburg, MI
Guilford Amateur Society, Greensboro, NC
Koolau Amateur Radio Club, Kailua, HI
Monadnock Amateur Radio Club, Jaffrey, NH
Motorola Amateur Radio Club, Hoffman Estates, IL
New Orleans Amateur Radio Emergency Service, Metairie, LA
Nortel Networks Amateur Radio Club, McKinney, TX
Octogenarian Amateur Radio Club, Port St. Lucie, FL
Olive Branch Amateur Radio Club, Olive Branch, MS
Palm Beach Repeater Association, Lake Worth, FL
Peekskill/Cortlandt Amateur Radio Association, Crompond, NY
Peninsula Electronic Amateur Radio Society, Hampton, VA
Rockwall Amateur Radio Club, Rockwall, TX
Saltgrass Link System, Clute, TX
South East Texas Amateur Radio Club, Tomball, TX
Southern CA Japanese Ham Club, El Toro, CA
Spider Amateur Radio Club, San Diego, CA
Thunderbolt Amateur Radio Association, Pueblo, CO
Town of Babylon Amateur Radio Emergency Services, West Babylon, NY
Tuscarrora Amateur Radio Association, Mifflintown, PA
Utah Hamfest, Inc., Layton, UT
Westside Hamsters Amateur Radio Club, Laurie, MO
Young Amateur Radio Operators Club, Seekonk, MA
Category 2
Hawaii DX Association, Keauu, HI
Hawaii QRP Club, Hilo, HI
SOJOURNERS, Macdoel, CA
Category 3
Petrova School Amateur Radio Club, Saranac Lake, NY
The ARRL now has the following numbers of active affiliated clubs: Category 1, 1894; Category 2, 24; Category 3, 143; Category 4, 16; Total, 2077.
4. On motion of Mr. Butler, the holding of the following ARRL conventions was approved or their earlier approval by mail vote was ratified:
2000
Alabama State, Aug 19-20, Huntsville, AL
Missouri State, Aug 26, Columbia, MO
New Mexico State, Aug 26-27, Rio Rancho, NM
Alaska State, Sept 16-17, Anchorage, AK
North Texas Section, Oct 14, Denton, TX
Pacific Division, Oct 20-22, Concord, CA
2001
Virginia Section, Jan 21, Richmond, VA
Florida State, Feb 3-4, Miami, FL
Northern Florida Section, Feb 9-11, Orlando, FL
Texas State, March 17-18, Midland, TX
West Texas Section, May 5-6, Abilene, TX
Atlantic Division, June 1-3, Rochester (Henrietta), NY
Eastern Pennsylvania Section, June 9, Bloomsburg, PA
Western New York Section, Aug 12, Cheektowaga, NY
5. On motion of Mr. Frenaye, 77 newly elected life members were recognized and the Secretary was instructed to list their names in QST.
6. The next meeting of the Executive Committee was tentatively scheduled for the vicinity of Dallas, Texas, November 4, 2000.
7. Mr. Heyn requested a status report on the quarterly report of IARU expenses. Mr. Haynie reported that the document was in his possession and would be distributed to the Board shortly.
Mr. Haynie also reported that he would circulate a document to the Executive Committee suggesting improvements to the Bylaws for review prior to the next meeting.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 11:03 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
David Sumner, K1ZZ
Secretary