[44net] 5/15 update: progress with tickets, upcoming mailing list outages this weekend, Hamvention, regional coordinators’ meeting next week

Hi 44Net community – As much of ARDC’s staff is on the heels of heading to Hamvention, I’m writing briefly with some updates before we get a little quieter than usual for the next 4-5 days. 1. ARDC’s TAC is all-hands-on-deck to process the backlog of Portal tickets. I recognize that waiting for your ticket to be handled – in some cases for as long as 6 weeks – has been frustrating. Please know that we are working through the last of these as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience. 2. As many have noted, the mailing list is having issues with users being randomly unsubscribed and/or their emails bouncing from the list. Chris will need to turn off the mailing list at times over the weekend to address these issues. ** In order to avoid technical difficulty, we suggest saving any non-urgent messages for early next week. ** Alternatively, feel free to head over to https://ardc.groups.io/g/44net/. Chris will send a notice to the mailing list when things seem to be working again. 3. This weekend is also Hamvention, and many of us will have our hands full working the ARDC booth. As a result, please expect slower-than-usual staff replies to this mailing list and groups.io. 4. Last but not least, we will be hosting a meeting with Regional Coordinators on Thursday of next week. On the agenda will be discussion about how Regional Coordinators can use the new portal, as well as some general discussion about how we may work together to create processes and procedures for coordinator roles, including but not limited to the possibility of regular meetings where we can work together on these issues. RCs, please look for upcoming messages about this in your subgroup at https://ardc.groups.io/g/coordinators. 73, Rosy -- Rosy Schechter - KJ7RYV Executive Director Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) ardc.net