Reversing decades of
tradition, the ARRL board in January voted to allow candidates for director and
vice-director, or their surrogates, to observe ballot-counting in board
elections. League members may also petition to be observers, traveling at their
own expense. The board also instructed the Programs and Services Committee to
develop procedures to permit a limited number of ARRL members to attend
portions of the board's annual meeting each January.
In addition, the board's
Public Service Enhancement Group reported that it will focus this year on
updating the National Traffic System and plans to open a dialog with Radio
Relay International, a group of former NTS officials who broke away in protest
over past changes in League policy.
