rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig) (01/30/85)
qst de k9eui hr arrl bulletin nr 4 from arrl headquarters newington, ct january 26, 1975 to all radio amateurs the arrl board of directors met in hartford, ct on january 24 and 25. highlights of the actions taken follow. one of the first orders of business was the approval of the arrl budget for 1985. there were several amendments made to the articles of association and bylaws of the league. among them were a change in the title of general manager to executive vice president. the committee structure of the board of directors was also changed so that the standing committees are now the administration of finance, membership services, publications, and volunteer resources committees. there will also continue to be an executive committee. the following arrl directors were elected to one year terms on the executive committee, w0fir, w3abc, ve3cdm, and w6zm. k1zz resigned from the office of secretary, and w1ued was elected in his place. k1zz was elected to the office of executive vice president. the following directors were elected to new terms as directors of the arrl foundation, k1ki and n2yl. the following were also elected to new terms as foundation directors, wa1svy and w6gc. the arrl president announced the membership of the administration and finance committee, w9prn as chairman, k0to as alternate chairman, w5ch and k1llu, and w8rc as secretary. the membership services committee, w7qgp as chairman, w5edz as alternate chairman, k1ki as secretary, and w6ejj. publications committee, w4rh as chairman, w4ug as alternate chairman, wa6wzo, and k0ga as secretary. volunteer resources committee, w4oyi as chairman, k0pgm as alternate chairman, n2yl and n5tc as secretary. the board approved a revised 23 cm band plan submitted to the board by the vuac and vrac. adjustments were made in the arrl 33 cm band plan with respect to canadian amateurs. a policy was adopted to pursue acquiring authority for arrl to assist fcc in area of call sign issuance. advisory committee structure will be studied, and in the interim each will be budgeted up to 500 dollars. changes were made with regard to the field organization appointment dealing with rfi. all resources available are to be mobilized to release the 24 mhz band to u.s. amateur use. the board will share the results of the 40 meter phone band survey as of the count on april 1, 1985. membership input will be sought regarding the possible modification of the arrl band plan for 160 meters. qsl bureaus were commended. the vuac is tasked to reexamine the arrl band plan for 420 to 450 mhz. the study of dxcc country status criteria is to continue. the dxac was directed to reconsider the possible dxcc country status of 4u1vic taking into account recent u.s. state department communication that the u.s. is about to enter into a thigd party agreement with the vienna international centre. there is to be a study of whether to adopt a policy to pay authors of articles printed in league publications, particularly qst. there will be a study of the feasibility of a station appointment for the purpose of administering some arrl awards. a nominal fee for dxcc membership pins has been authorized. the complete minutes will appear in qst ar