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ARRL Board Meeting considers membership issues, HQ positions, entry level
licensing

Posted: 20 Feb 2017 12:11 PM PST
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The ARRL recently published the minutes of the January 2017 Board
meeting.Â*As always, there were items of interest:

11. Mr. Shelley presented the report of the Chief Financial Officer. The
ARRL’s balance sheet is strong. While advertising revenues are down, but
the cash flow continues to be good. A break even budget does not leave room
for significant organizational growth.
13. The Board moved to consider items lifted from the Consent Agenda. Ms.
Petrilli presented the report of the Membership Department. The report
presented a detailed analysis of data affecting membership recruitment and
retention from the recent READEX survey.


Unfortunately, there wasnt any information about what was acutallyÂ*in the
Membership Department report. Ive asked my division director if I could get
a copy of it.

I think these two items are related. The more members that the ARRL can
recruit, the better our financial condition will be. As Ive said before, I
dont think that the ARRL spends enough time finding out what non-members
want and figuring out what it would take to get them to join.

17. Mr. Roderick presented the report of the Executive Committee. The
Executive Committee has proposed a Policy on Board Governance and Conduct
of Members of the Board of Directors and Vice-Directors. After discussion,
Mr. Bellows moved, seconded by Mr. Carlson, that the Policy on Board
Governance and Conduct of Members of Board of Directors and Vice-Directors
be adopted. After discussion, Mr. Pace moved to call the question, seconded
by Mr. Lisenco. The motion to call the question passed by a vote of 10 AYE
and 5 NAY. A roll call vote on the motion was request by Mr. Norris. The
motion was ADOPTED by a vote of 12 to 3 with Mr. Carlson, Mr. Olson, Mr.
Norris, Mr. Williams, Mr. Lisenco, Mr. Blocksome, Mr. Frenaye, Mr. Pace,
Mr. Vallio, Dr. Boehner, Mr. Allen and Mr. Sarratt voting AYE and Mr. Mr.
Abernethy, Mr. Norton and Dr. Woolweaver voting NAY.


I found this item interesting because on the voice vote there were ten ayes
and five nays, but when a roll call vote was taken that changed to 12-3 in
favor.

22. Mr. Frenaye presented the report of the Entry Level Licensing Committee
and entertained questions. It has been over ten years since the ARRL asked
the FCC to consider a proposal for restructuring licensing requirements and
creating a more appropriate entry-level license. After a comprehensive
study, the committee is still discussing possible recommendations to bring
forward to the Board for consideration.


Ive asked for a copy of this report, and Ill certainly be reporting more on
this in the future. In the meantime, see my two latest blog posts on this
topic: New Novice license being considered and Why are there so many Techs?

28. Ive decided not to include the entire text of this item because its
quite long. Basically, what the board decided to do is to eliminate the
positions of Chief Operating Officer, Chief Development Officer, and Chief
Technology Officer, and re-structure the duties of the Chief Financial
Officer. I suppose that I can see the elimination of the Chief Operating
Officer and Chief Development Officer, but Im not so sure of the rationale
behind elimination of the Chief Technical Officer position. It seems like
now, more than ever, wed want someone to advise the Chief Executive Officer
and the Board on matters relating to the encouragement and use of new
technologies in the amateur services, as the old bylaws defined the
position.
39. A number of committee assignments were made for the following
committees:

Administration and Finance
Programs and Services
Amateur Radio Direction Finding
Electromagnetic Compatibility
Ethics and Elections
HF Band Planning
Historical Committee
Legal Defense and Assistance
Legislative Advocacy Committee
Logbook of the World Study Committee
Public Relations
RF Safety
Entry Level License Committee




If you have any interest in any of these topics, Id encourage you to read
the minutes and contact the chair to see if you can be of any help to the
committee.

If you do decide to read all 27 pagesÂ*of theÂ*minutes, let me know if theres
anything else in there that I should have included in this blog post.



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