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Re: [WWARA-Members] Proposed By-Laws Changes
F. Volz <fvolz@...>
I am not in favor of discontinuing the newsletter... I have not taken part in the yahoo groups ... I work two jobs and do not have time to spend sitting by the computer and cruising through ramblings of hordes of people... I have to sort 125 pieces of e- mail as it is just to get the 10 that are addressed to me.... If as you said in the last newsletter it is just a few minuts to get the newsletter published then you should do it!!! Not discard it for your personal favorite way of doing things....
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Re: [WWARA-Members] Proposed By-Laws Changes
F. Volz <fvolz@...>
AHHHH A good offence.... will hide a lot.... I was offering my opinion ... It sounds like my opinion struck a nerve.... GOOD... I donate my time to the local clubs enough that I do not feel bad about your Problem ....
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Frank ... PS. Have a Great Day... I will....
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Proposed Bylaws
Steve Szombathy <w7udi@...>
Mr Chairman and Board Members,
I submit for your review a proposed amendment to the WWARA Bylaws. Thses changes are due to the elimination of the "Coordinator" newletter at the last Association meeting. Also new language is added in regard to the new WWARA-Members remailer. As per Article XIV of the Bylaws. Notification of intent to amend must be presented to the membership seven day before the next meeting. Also the Board must decide on means of notification to the membership. ie: direct USPS mailing, posting on web site, or both. Respectfully submitted Steve Szombathy W7UDI Bylaws/Policy Committee
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Proposed By-Laws Changes
aa7uj <aa7UJ@...>
Dear Members,
I am sending to each of you in a separate plain text email a proposed set of by-law changes that reflect the membership's will to discontinue The Coordinator newsletter. A Word format document may be downloaded from this newsgroup. It was an attachment to an earlier posting from Steve Szombathy, Chairman of the By-laws and Policy Committee. In compliance with our current by-laws, any proposed changes to the by-laws must be mailed to our membership at least 7 days prior to a general meeting for preview before the changes can be voted on. The by-laws do not specify that the "mailing" must be via USPS. I therefore ask you to consider this email message as satisfying the requirement. We will mail via USPS to the handful of members that have not provided an email address to the Secretary. (Please keep Mark up to date with any email address changes) The by-law changes proposed only address the issues of dropping The Coordinator and establishing the WWARA-Members newsgroup. We have several other ideas regarding the by-laws but are not prepared to present them at this time. We simply want to change the language so that our process is in compliance with the will of the membership as expressed by the vote of the membership at the June meeting. I would like to propose, for example, that agenda items requiring a vote of the general membership be accomplished on the newsgroup. This would allow much greater participation than the typical 15-20% of the membership that turn out for a meeting. It would also allow for a comment period prior to a vote so that every member has time to present thoughtful opinions on the business before the Association, not just those who come to the meetings. There are many additional benefits to the newsgroup, which, I think will bring the membership closer to the business of the Association, not farther away as some have predicted. As we move forward in the 21st century our tools and methods need to adapt to the technology and lifestyles of our membership. The Coordinator served us very well in the pre-email culture, its time for us to move on and this newsgroup is one of the ways we hope to do this. Please plan to attend the August 3 general membership meeting in Kirkland (directions available from the www.wwara.org website.) to express your comments and to vote on these important changes. John Schurman, AA7UJ Chairman WWARA
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By-laws - Proposed text
aa7uj <aa7UJ@...>
Western Washington Amateur Relay Association
Bylaws Adopted August 3, 2002 Article I: Name This organization shall be known as the Western Washington Amateur Relay Association hereinafter referred to as the WWARA. The WWARA is incorporated in the state of Washington as a non-profit corporation and enjoys a non profit status with the United States Internal Revenue Service. The term "relay" shall be defined as including repeaters, remote bases and remotely controlled stations, herein after referred to as systems. Article II: Purpose The purpose of the WWARA shall be: a. Provide voluntary system coordination recommendations for efficient management of repeater sub band spectrum as identified in CFR 47, Part 97. b. To recommend technical and operational standards for amateur radio relay systems when requested by individuals who are authorized to operate in the repeater sub band spectrum as defined by CFR 47, Part 97. c. To provide educational opportunities to all individuals who are authorized to operate in the repeater sub band spectrum as identified in CFR 47, Part 97, by identifying ways to minimize radio interference between and among systems and users in those repeater sub bands identified in CFR 47, Part 97. Article III: Membership Membership in the WWARA shall be open to all individuals or organizations that wish to join and make payment of annual dues. a. The membership period shall be the calendar year, January first through December 31st. Any member with dues lapsed for more than the current year shall be required to apply as a new member. Dues received between January 1st and October 31st will be credited towards the current year dues. Dues received in November or December will be credited towards the following year dues. b. Application for new membership will be recognized at the current meeting, and will have the rights of member at the next meeting. Article IV: Voting Section 1. The right to vote in matter of WWARA business shall be accorded each member whose Association Membership dues are current. Section 2. Each member may exercise his or her vote through a party designated by that representative in writing, presented to the Secretary at or before a meeting. Article V: Board of Directors Section 1. Structure The Board of Directors shall consist of three Officers, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and four representatives. Section 2. Duties of Board The Board of Directors shall be responsible for administering WWARA activities in accordance with the wants and needs of the members subject to the Bylaws. Section 3. Elections of Board The election of Directors shall take place at the last General Business meeting of the year. Section 4. Board Qualifications The Board of directors shall be elected from individual WWARA members. Nominees if not present shall submit evidence as to their willingness to serve. Representative positions 1 and 2 shall be nominated from members living in the Snohomish, King or Pierce counties. Representative positions 3 and 4 shall be nominated from members living outside Snohomish, King or Pierce counties. In the event that there are no members willing to serve as representative from within these geographical boundaries, nominations shall be accepted for any member regardless of geographical location. Section 5. Terms of Office a. The office of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer shall be one calendar year. b. Representatives shall be two calendar years. Odd numbered Representative positions shall be elected to serve beginning in odd numbered years. Example, Representative positions 1 and 3 will be elected December 2000 to begin serving 2 calendar years starting 2001. Section 6. Limitation of Terms a. Representatives shall not be reelected unless the office holder has been appointed by the Board to fill an unexpired term subject to Section 4 of this Article. b. Representatives appointed to fill an unexpired term greater than 12 months are not eligible to be elected as a representative. c. Officers may be reelected. Section 7. Director Vacancy In the event a Director is unable to complete his or her term for any reason the Board of Directors shall appoint a temporary Director who will serve until the next election. Representative positions 1 and 2 shall first be appointed from members living in Snohomish, King or Pierce County. Representative positions 3 and 4 shall first be appointed from members living outside Snohomish, King, or Pierce County. If there are no members living within the specific geographical boundaries willing to serve, the Board may appoint any member to fill the vacancy through the end of the representatives unexpired term. The positions of Vice-Chairman, Secretary, or Treasurer may be appointed from any member. Section 8. Removal of a Director A Director can be removed by a majority vote of the Board of Directors or by the membership. Section 9. Decisions of Directors All Board of Directors' actions may be reversed by a majority vote of the membership. Section 10. Automatic Resignation of Director The Board of Directors shall replace Board of Directors members missing three consecutive general business meetings. Article VI: Duties of Officers Section 1. It shall be the duty of the Chairman to: a. Represent the membership, declaring its will and obeying its command in all matters and regards. b. Preside over all WWARA meetings. c. Supervise the activities of all standing committees. Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Vice-Chairman to: a. Represent the membership, declaring its will and obeying its command in all matters and regards. b. In the absence of the Chairman preside over all WWARA meetings. c. Be chairman of the Membership Committee. Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to: a. Keep accurate minutes of all meetings and correspondence. b. Perform such secretarial duties as may be requested by the Directors and or Committee Chairpersons. c. Maintain the only official WWARA database record and make it available for official business. d. Maintain an official roster of the membership and maintain current accurate copies of all organizational documents (including by- laws and policies). Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer: a. Keep accurate records of all financial transactions of the WWARA. b. Report financial status at General Meetings. c. Perform such financial duties as may be requested by the Directors. Section 5. Representative Duties a. It shall be the duty of the Representatives to assist in the administration and in representing the membership and obeying its command in all matters and regards. b. Participate in discussions related to the work of the Association. c. To assist, where needed, in the work of the Association. d. To monitor the work of the Association for compliance with these Bylaws and the current WWARA Coordination Policies. e. To monitor the effectiveness of the WWARA's Policies on an on going basis and present to the Board and Members recommendations for changes that will improve the effectiveness of the organization. f. To verify that the work of the WWARA is in compliance with CFR 47, Part 97. g. In the event that the Representatives monitor a violation or inconsistency with the Association's operation the Representatives shall present their findings to the membership at the next General Business meeting. Article VII: Appointments and Committees Appointments and Committee chairpersons shall be members of the Association. Section 1. Technical Committee The Technical Committee of the WWARA shall be a standing committee of the WWARA. The WWARA Board of Directors shall appoint its members. The function of the Technical Committee shall be to: a. Advise the Board as to technical matters. b. To assist members of the WWARA in resolving technical matters. Section 2. Membership Committee The Vice-Chairman shall chair the Membership Committee of the WWARA. The function of the committee shall be to: a. Solicit membership in the Association from all individuals who are authorized to operate in the repeater sub band as identified in CFR47, Part 97. b. Maintain a voting security system. Section 3. NFCC Liaison Committee The Board of Directors shall appoint a NFCC Liaison Committee. The NFCC Liaison committee shall be responsible for interfacing of the WWARA with the NFCC. Section 4. Coordinating Committees The Board of Directors shall appoint a chairman for the following committees: a. 10 and 6 meters b. 2 Meters c. 222 MHz d. 440 MHz e. 902 and 1200 MHz Coordination committees shall keep accurate records of all communications either verbal or written concerning their WWARA activities and provide copies of those records to the Board of Directors and the Secretary – Treasurer so that the records become official documentation of the WWARA. Coordination recommendations by each frequency coordination committee / chairman will be reviewed and voted on by the Board of Directors. Section 5. WWARA Webmaster The Board of Directors shall appoint a webmaster for the WWARA web site. It shall be the responsibility of the webmaster to maintain the WWARA web site, operations remailer and standardize all computer documentation for the secure access by the Board of Directors and informational access by the general public. Section 6. Other Committees The Board of Directors may establish such other committees and appoint representatives as may be necessary to carry out WWARA business. All committees and representatives shall be responsible to the Board of Directors. Section 7. Financial Review Committee The Board of Directors shall appoint a financial review committee consisting of the Secretary, Treasurer, one Representative and one member at large to review the Association's financial records each year. The financial review shall be completed between the first Saturday of December and the first Thursday in February and whose results shall be presented to the Membership at the February meeting. Section 8. WWARA-Members Group Moderator The Board of Directors shall appoint a person(s) to be WWARA-Members Group Moderator. It shall be the responsibility of the moderator to maintain the WWARA-Members remailer. Article VIII: Electronic Communications a. It is required that all elected Officers and Representatives, as well as appointed Committee Members are capable of reception and transmission of electronic mail. b. The Officers and Representatives, as well as Committee Members shall be subscribed to the "Operations Remailer" c. The Board shall approve those that are subscribed to the Operations Remailer. d. The Operations Remailer shall be open to all members to view. Article IX: Meetings Section 1. General Business Meetings The WWARA shall hold at least 6 General Business meetings per calendar year and such other special meetings that may be called. Robert's Rules of Order shall govern GBM meetings. Section 2. Notice of Meetings Written notice of all General Business meetings shall be posted on the WWARA web site and WWARA-Members remailer, no less than 7 days prior to said meetings. Section 3. Quorum a. Quorum for all meetings shall be those Members present. b. Quorum for Board of Director activities shall be four Directors. Section 4. Physical Board Meetings a. The Board of Directors may convene a physical meeting to conduct business of the Association when circumstances dictate the necessity. b. The Chairman, 4 Directors or a written request of 25% of the members may call special meetings. Reasonable effort shall be made to notify all Directors and Members. c. All physical Board meetings shall be held in a public accessible venue. d. The Board shall designate an individual responsible to publicize physical Board meetings in as much in advance as possible. Each member of record shall be emailed and/or posted on WWARA-Members remailer. Notice of the meeting also shall be published on the Association's web site. Section 5. Regular Meetings All General Business Meetings of the WWARA shall be held in public buildings or facilities open to all interested parties. The Board of Directors shall set the time and location for all meetings. Section 6. Virtual Board Meetings a. The WWARA Operations Remailer shall function as a continuous virtual meeting via which the business of the association shall take place. All routine OFFICIAL work of the Association shall take place via the Operations Remailer. Any direct communications between subscribers shall not be deemed official communications and shall not be considered official WWARA business. b. Communications between the various Committee Chairmen and the Board and/or its members shall be copied to the Operations Remailer. c. The Chairman or Vice Chairman shall moderate Operations Remailer discussions between Board and Committee Members in such a manner as to assist in the discharge of Association Business and encourage participation by all. d. Decisions made by Committees shall be presented to the Board via the Operations Remailer for review. e. In the event a Board decision is not unanimous, the Board shall be polled and the results of that vote shall be presented to the Membership at the next meeting. f. A Board member not agreeing with a decision by the majority of the Board may if he wishes present his position to the Membership at the next general business meeting. The Board members shall advise the other members of his decision to address the membership via the Operations Remailer. g. A summary of decisions made by the Board shall be reported to the membership at the next general business meeting where adequate time shall be provided for questions and explanations in addition to being published on the WWARA web site. Article X: Dues and Assessments WWARA dues and assessments shall be determined by the Board of Directors and approved by the membership. Article XI: Affiliations The WWARA may affiliate with or sponsor such other organizations, as the Association may deem appropriate. Article XII: Binding Actions All actions passed by a vote of the WWARA within the authority of these Bylaws shall be considered binding on all members as the policy of the WWARA. Article XIII: Disbursement of funds Should the WWARA disband, the remaining funds from the treasury shall be donated to a nonprofit organization of similar interest or the National Frequency Coordination Council. Article XIV: Amendments The Bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of the membership at a General or Special membership meeting. Notification of intent to amend must be made 7 days prior to the meeting. Article XV: Indemnification Actions for the behalf of the Corporation by the Directors shall be indemnified to fullest extend allowed by law. Article XVI: Glossary CFR Code of Federal Regulations GBM General Business Meeting MHz MegaHertz NFCC National Frequency Coordination Council Revision history: 08/05/00 Significant re-write resulting from the "Re-Tooling" sessions. 12/01/01 Changed to split the Secretary/Treasurer position into separate Board positions. 08/03/02 Added WWARA-Members remailer and WWARA web site language in place of Coordinator
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Re: [WWARA-Members] Proposed By-Laws Changes
aa7UJ@...
NO. YOU SHOULD DO IT!!!
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I have personally been begging for volunteers to keep the newsletter going. I will try one more time. If you are as passionate as you say, show it by volunteering to help produce the newsletter. I too hated to see the newsletter go away. This is not "my favorite way of doing things" but is the best alternative I could find to try to keep our communications with the membership alive. It is no longer up for debate as to whether to stop the newsletter. That happened months ago. It was the membership that voted to suspend the newsletter and it will take the membership to bring it back. I am only trying to obey the will of the group. I will gladly entertain a motion to bring back The Coordinator after a volunteer comes forward. But don't demand that I do all the work while you are willing to do nothing. We will all get out of the association proportionate to what we put in. I have no personal agenda. I already volunteer untold hours to the association along with the Band Chairs, Board of Directors, Committee Chairmen and most unselfishly, the Secretary. We are doing our part, where is your participation? Or, is it limited to taking "pot shots" weeks after the members that came to the meeting voted on the issue. Our primary mission is to coordinate repeater frequencies. We just have enough volunteers to meet this goal. The newsletter is a luxury we don't have enough help to do. Are you willing to help? Or just criticize. John Schurman, AA7UJ Chairman WWARA In a message dated 7/27/2002 1:18:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, fvolz@... writes:
I am not in favor of discontinuing the newsletter... I have not taken part
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Re: [WWARA-Members] Proposed By-Laws Changes
Mark McClain <n6oby@...>
Dear
Frank,
It
appears your copy of the last newsletter may have been damaged in the
mail. Nowhere in the copies I have does it state that it takes a "few
minutes" to get the newsletter published. The fact is, as we have clearly
communicated in the past 3 General Membership meetings, the Editor position
would require "a few hours every other month".
The
bottom line is that no one stepped forward with a commitment to be the Editor
on-going basis. If nobody does it, it obviously isn't going to get done-
no matter how many people complain or state they are not in favor of it being
discontinued. The membership of an all-volunteer organization is going to
get out of it what is put in.
I can
relate to what you are saying about work, jobs, email, etc. Everyone seems
to have less and less time they are willing to devote to hobbies. Everyone
gets tons of emails. I have a full-time job. Plus, I take care
of a majority of the paperwork and coordination database for the WWARA as
Secretary. I get about 100 emails a day counting the 10-15 spam, not
counting an average of 5-10 emails per day for WWARA business. My
participation in the WWARA is equivalent to a part-time job with one big
difference. THE PAY SUCKS! Should I be expected to do the
newsletter? The other Board positions and Band Chairs, Tech support, etc
are just like me..... They already put in time for the WWARA in a variety of
positions.
When
it comes down to it, does it really matter if you get information on a printed
piece of paper- versus- on your PC screen? I don't think so. I read
just as fast when it's on the screen as opposed to on paper.
I am
just as sorry as the next person to see "The Coordinator" newsletter become a
thing of the past, or at least until someone steps up to the plate and gets
it done.... every other month, after every other month. If you, or someone
you know, would like to do this, please contact our Chairman, John Schurman-
AA7UJ
Mark
McClain
Mark McClain,
N6OBY
WWARA
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New file uploaded to WWARA-Members
WWARA-Members@...
Hello,
This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the WWARA-Members group. File : /Meeting Minutes/Meeting Minutes 06.06.02.rtf Uploaded by : n6oby <n6oby@...> Description : Minutes from June 6th meeting You can access this file at the URL http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WWARA-Members/files/Meeting%20Minutes/Meeting%20Minutes%2006.06.02.rtf To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files Regards, n6oby <n6oby@...>
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WWARA General Membership Meeting, 8/3/2002, 10:00 am
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Re: [WWARA-Members] Proposed By-Laws Changes
Stuart W Farmer <k7wf@...>
Your advise at the end of this message (how to unsubscribe) doesn't work.
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Believe me, I've tried it!!! Sincerely, Stuart Farmer, K7WF ================================================================== On Fri, 08 Mar 2002 20:49:42 -0800 "F. Volz" <fvolz@...> writes:
AHHHH A good offence.... will hide a lot.... I was offering my
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EQUIPMENT THEFT
J-MarCom <jmarcinko@...>
A heads up for all repeater owners and
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FW: [COORDINATOR] Unlicensed users on 70cm! FCC RM-10521
Mark McClain <n6oby@...>
-----Original Message----- Visit the ARRL
web site,
From: w4fal [mailto:flynch@...] Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 5:10 AM To: COORDINATOR@... Subject: [COORDINATOR] Unlicensed users on 70cm! FCC RM-10521 http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2002/08/15/101/?nc=1 to read about the latest Petition of Rulemaking before the FCC. I urge you to follow the instructions in the ARRL page, and go to the FCC Electronic Comments section and petition AGAINST RM-10521. An amateur from Virginia has petitioned the FCC to allocate eight channels in the 70-cm band for use by visitors from Europe and the United Kingdom with Personal Mobile Radio (PMR 446) transceivers. The recently authorized PMR 446 is similar to the US Family Radio Service. Dr Michael Trahos, KB4PGC, a physician from Alexandria, filed the petition last January, saying it would help to promote international goodwill. The FCC on August 8 designated the petition as RM-10521 and invited comments on the proposal within 30 days. As frequency coordinators and stewards of the 70cm spectrum we should all read this petition and file comments with the FCC to oppose same. 73, Frank A. Lynch, W4FAL SERA NC Vice Director Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
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Re: [WWARA-Members] FW: [COORDINATOR] Unlicensed users on 70cm! FCC RM-10521
k7pp@...
I tried to file a comment and the FCC's system said that RM-10521 was
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not open to electronic filing. Anyone know wazzzup Pete
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WWARA Data Base
k7mxe
I think it should be made available to members of the WWARA
before it is shared with BC and OR. It has not been blocked to members because some did not want personel information to become available. Make the frequencys available to us first, we are paying the tariff.. Bob Heselberg Elbe Wa.
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Re: [WWARA-Members] WWARA Data Base
Mark McClain <n6oby@...>
Bob,
Sharing the data with WWARA members isn't necessarily going to aid in the
coordination process- which is the WWARA's primary mission.
(I
don't quite understand your second sentence.?.?.?)
Mark
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Proposed Policies Changes
Steve Szombathy <w7udi@...>
Mr Chairman, Board Members, and Members,
I submit for your review, proposed changes to the WWARA Coordination Policies. This is the first draft copy and not the final product. I hope to have no more then three draft copies before the final proposal is submitted for vote by the membership. Please address the Section and Subsection of the policies for your questions, concerns or comments. Most of the changes are language clean up changes, and some new Subsections were also added. Section 22 and 23 were not addressed at this time. I am in need of some input on these Sections. Respectfully submitted Steve Szombathy W7UDI Bylaws/Policy Committee
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Proposed Policies Changes
Steve Szombathy <w7udi@...>
John,
I have not done a summary yet. I was looking at doing that in the final version. I made the changes in Word 97. But cheecked it with Word 95 to make sure it would open. Both versions work. I made a PDF file of the changes so this should work too. Let me know if this does not work for you. Steve W7UDI
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Re: [WWARA-Members] Proposed Policies Changes
aa7UJ@...
The .pdf file is great! It shows the revision marks and should make it easy for anyone to recognize what the proposed changes are. You might want to post this bakc to the members remailer with a note indicating this version shows the revisions.
Thanks again, John AA7UJ
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