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Voting Changes for AARC
Approved Plan for 2020 Election of Askarben Radio Club (ARC) 2021 Officers and Directors
During This Period of COVID Restrictions on Public Meetings
October 10, 2020
Summary
At the October 9 ARC monthly membership meeting, the voting participants unanimously adopted the following two motions.
First motion: Suspend Article 3 Section 1C of the ARC bylaws requiring in-person voting and nominations for the 2020 election of 2021 Officers and Board members.
Second Motion: Adopt the proposed mail-in ballot process (as defined below for the 2020 election of 2021 Officers and Board members). Publish this year’s process in November’s issue of HamHum and on the ARC website.
November 2020 AARC Meeting Program Announced
The November meeting of the Ak-Sar-Ben Amateur Radio Club will feature a presentation by Dr. Robert Heil (K9EID).
Bob is the founder of Heil Sound, which for over fifty years has produced a variety of professional and amateur radio audio. Bob also is also one of the hosts of the Ham Nation pod cast.
Bob’s presentation will include a brief history of Heil Sound and how he became interested in amateur radio along with a variety of other topics .
Other topics will include speech articulation studies and how they impacted our modern audio devices, including demonstrations proving the findings, and he will discuss how to adjust the audio of your radio and maximize the benefits of these audio tools.
Lastly, he will address his favorite subject: Phasing. Bob promses a great demonstration about this important factor in amateur radio.
The November business meeting will be held via Zoom and begins at 7:00 pm, Club members will receive an invitation via the email on file with the membership secretary.
If you are not receiving those emails, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Non Club members are welcome can get an invitation to the meeting by filling out this form: https://tinyurl.com/AARC2020Nov and should plan on logging about 7:30pm on November 13, 2020
Scouting's Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) and Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) will be held this year on October 16, 17, and 18.
Register online as an individual or as a group. Jamboree on the Air is the largest Scouting event in the world. In a typical year, more than 1 million Scouts participate in JOTA, with over 11,000 stations operated by 20,000+ young radio amateurs from 150+ countries around the world. JOTA details are available on the K2BSA website. The website menu will direct users to additional supporting information. K2BSA's Jim Wilson, K5ND, says many locations are already offering virtual radio merit badge classes "and no doubt will be using similar approaches for Jamboree on the Air."
Jamboree on the Air is the largest Scouting event in the world. In a typical year more than 1 million Scouts participate with over 11,000 stations operated by 20,000+ amateur radio operators in operation from 150+ countries around the world.
