On 12/16/20 16:03, Rosy Wolfe via 44Net wrote:
Hello 44net,
In addition to welcoming new board members - Keith Packard (KD7SQG)
and Bob McGwier (N4HY) - ARDC is now welcoming applications for 2021
Technical and Grants Advisory Committee members.
I'd like to add that it is the intention of the board to have most of
ARDC's work be done by these two committees (and any others we may
create). Once things are up and running smoothly (and we're almost
there), the board itself would like to step back and play a mostly
supervisory and policy-setting role. So these committees will be very
important to the day-to-day mission of ARDC.
At the risk of scaring people away, I do want them to know what they're
getting into. Reviewing grant proposals, writing comments, discussing
them in committee meetings, negotiating with the grantees and following
all the nonprofit legal rules can be a lot of work for GAC members. And
we take conflicts of interest pretty seriously.
But it's also *very* rewarding to be part of a ham radio philanthropic
organization that has never operated on this scale before. ARDC has a
thick stack of thank-you letters from recipients of this year's ARRL and
FAR scholarships, and reading them makes it all worthwhile. We think
ARDC will have a major impact on ham radio's future and you can be a
part of it!
73, Phil