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Central Division Director
Carl K9LA
Carl Luetzelschwab K9LA
1227 Pion Rd
Fort Wayne, IN 46845
(260) 637-6988
k9la@arrl.org

Central Division Vice Director
Brent Walls N9BA
Brent A Walls N9BA
  2151 E Bomar Lane
Greenfield, IN 46140
n9ba@arrl.org

 
CENTRAL DIVISION NEWS

Upcoming Conventions

Here are the known Section/State Conventions for 2024.

Illinois – The State Convention will be at the Midwest Superfest near Peoria on September 21 and 22.

Wisconsin – Though not set in concrete yet, the Section Convention is expected to be with the ARES Conference in the fall, and the State Convention will be at the HRO Superfest in September.

Indiana – The State Convention has not yet been designated.

Division Convention – The Central Division Convention
will be held at the Elkhart East Hamfest on August 3.

Important Motions for the January 2024 Board of Directors meeting

On January 19th and 20th, the Annual Board meeting of the ARRL occurs in Connecticut. There are two motions before the Board that have generated a significant amount of discussion.

1) Board Member Statement on Authority, Responsibility, and Expectations (a.k.a. revision to By-Law 46)

This motion would result in updates to ByLaw 46 of the ARRL. The spirit of this update is to better define the behavior expected from the members of the Board of Directors. The motion was submitted by Midwest Division Director Art Zygielbaum K0AIZ and Pacific Division Director Kristen McIntyre K6WX.

2) Honor Member Contracts

This motion would result in honoring memberships in effect prior to September 1, 2023 with the delivery of a printed publication of QST or On-The-Air magazines. If passed, the expected cost of this would be 1.7 million dollars through 2025.

Hamfests in the Central Division

As of early January, 9 Indiana hamfests have been approved, 6 Illinois hamfests have been approved and 3 Wisconsin hamfests have been approved for 2024.

Check your section’s newsletter and/or your section’s website for dates, locations and details.

Indiana: https://inarrl.org/
Illinois: https://arrl-il.org/
Wisconsin: https://wi-arrl.org/

EmComm

Visit the section websites for EmComm news.

VOTA (Volunteers on the Air)

Here are the results for the week-long VOTA periods in the Central Division and the coordinating stations for each period. The green number after each entry is the number of QSOs made.

IL
IN
WI
6/28-7/4 K9CT (6234) 7/26-8/1 K9LA (1993) 2/15-2/21 KB9OWD (4863)
12/6-12/12 W9RY
(approx. 3000)
12/13-12/19 AK9R
(approx. 2000)
7/12-7/18 KB9S
(2512)

The official results for IL and IN in December are not yet posted. Thanks to all who used W1AW/9 and to everyone who worked W1AW/9.

Many IL, IN and WI red badge members were on the air for the ‘Red Badge On-the-Air’ event on December 17. And many ARRL volunteers were on the air for the ‘Badge Day On-the-Air’ event on December 31.
It has been suggested by many that it would be nice to continue these events – maybe every quarter.


 
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