This blog post was updated on 2/23/2024 to introduce a new member of our TAC and to also acknowledge that one of our new CRC members has sadly become an SK.

Welcome to a whole new year – and new volunteer teams for our four Advisory Committees! They are:

• Grants Advisory Committee (GAC) – reviews grant applications
• Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) – works on 44Net-related projects and policies
• Conduct Review Committee (CRC) – helps to evaluate Code of Conduct incident reports
• NEW for 2024 Grants Evaluation Team (GET) – evaluates and analyzes grant reports

These volunteers do significant work for the foundation. Our volunteers on the GAC, TAC, and CRC serve for at least one term, which runs from January to December, and committee members can serve up to three consecutive terms. As the GET is new and experimental, volunteers will be serving from January to June, with the possibility of a longer term if further evaluation work is needed.

As the 2023 term recently ended, we will be saying goodbye to some of our volunteers and welcoming in our new ones. Please join us in thanking our departing team members and welcoming the new folks to the ARDC team!

Grants Advisory Committee (GAC)

Volunteers that are leaving the GAC this year are:

• Bob Witte – K0NR
• Dewayne Hendricks – WA8DZP
• Doug Kingston – KD7DK

Bob and Dewayne won’t be too far away, as Bob is now a Board Member, and both he and Dewayne are on the GET.

Here are the new and returning members:

Sam Duwe – WN5C
 
By Day: Associate Professor, Archaeology
 
Favorite Ham Activities: Homebrew, CW, Portable Ops

Hillary Ramsey – AB1CD
 
By Day: Data Analytics
 

 
Favorite Ham Activities: UHF/VHF, Event Support, POTA

Kevin McQuiggin – VE7ZD / KN7Q
 
By Day: Development, Wireless Comms. and Semi-Retired, Public Safety Consultant
 
Favorite Ham Activity: Operating Digital Modes

Sam, Hillary, and Kevin will be joining:

• John Hays – K7VE (Staff Lead)
• Brian Mileshosky – N5ZGT, our newly appointed Committee Chair
• Leandro Soares Indrusiak – G5LSI
• Don Prosnitz – N6PRZ
• Dennis Derickson – AC0P
• Bill Thomas – WT0DX
• Judi Clark – KK6ZCU
• Randy Wilkinson – W4LKS
• Jim Idelson – K1IR
• Kristin Paget – NC0DD
• David Burgess
• Katie Allen – WY7YL, who just started graduate school, will serve as a fill-in where needed

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

Volunteers that are leaving the TAC this year are:

• Pierre Martel – VE2PF
• Adam Lewis – KC7GDY
• Rob Janssen – PE1CHL
• Randy Neals – VE3RWN / W3RWN

Here are the new and returning members:

Dan Theisen – KK7OZY
 
By Day: Sr. Network Engineer
 
Favorite Ham Activities: SDR, Nets

Dennis Mojado – AD6DM
 
By Day: Sr. Manager, Vision Care
 
Favorite Ham Activity: Digital over RF without Internet

Jeff Hochberg – W4JEW
 
By Day: Solutions Architect
 
Favorite Ham Activities: APRS, DMR

Saquib Ahmed – VU3HZW
 
By Day: Web Developer
 
Favorite Ham Activities: Homebrewing QRP radios and CW DX’ing

Dan, Dennis, Jeff, and Saquib will be joining:

• Jon Kemper – KA6NVY (Staff Lead)
• John Hays – K7VE (Staff Advisor)
• Zach Seguin – VA3ZTS
• Chip Eckardt – W9OQI
• Dave Gingrich – K9DC
• Rich Gopstein – KD2CQ
• Alvaro Prieto – KC2VVE
• Ian Redden – VA3IAN

Conduct Review Committee (CRC)

Only one volunteer, Tim Požar, KC6GNJ, is leaving the CRC, but he will continue to serve as a contractor through part of 2024 to help with our IT and advise on 44Net issues. In addition to these roles, he will also serve as a volunteer advisor to the TAC.

Here are the new and returning members:

Pat Nelson – KE0QXD/SK2024
 
By Day: Computer and Website Consultant
 
Favorite Ham Activities: Echolink and being a VE

Donni Katzovicz – W2BRU
 
By Day: Head of Support, Lithic
 
Favorite Ham Activity: Experimenting with AI for Digital Interface Control

The CRC makeup always consists of a Board Member, ARDC’s HR Lead, and at least one volunteer. Thus, Donni will be joining:

• Keith Packard – K7WQ (Board Representative)
• Merideth Stroh – KK7BKI (HR Lead / Staff Representative)

Shortly upon publishing this blog post, we were informed that Pat had become an SK. We are saddened by this news, as we were very excited to work with her, and we wish we’d had the opportunity to get to know her better.

Grants Evaluation Team (GET)

Our inaugural GET volunteers are:

Bob Witte – K0NR
 
By Day: Retired, Electrical Engineer, Currently Author and Consultant
 
Favorite Ham Activities: SOTA and POTA

Dewayne Hendricks – WA8DZP
 
By Day: Retired, Currently a Mentor and seeking Practical Applications for Cliodynamics
 
Favorite Ham Activity: Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR)

Ben Greve – KO4KVH
 
By Day: Sr. Software Engineer
 

 
Favorite Ham Activity: SOTA

Willi Kraml – OE1WKL
 
By Day: Retired, Information Security Consultant and IT Auditor
 
Favorite Ham Activities: Tinkering and Experimenting

Scott Czeck – KC1GHT
 
By Day: RF Engineer
 
Favorite Ham Activities: Building Antennas, Experimenting in the UHF/VHF+ Bands

Darryl Smith – VK2TDS
 
By Day: Consultant, Electrical Engineering
 
Favorite Ham Activities: APRS and FT-8

Lad Nagurney – WA3EEC
 
By Day: Professor Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
 
Favorite Ham Activities: VHF/UHF Contesting, POTA

Jai Chanda – VU2YYE
 
By Day: Disaster Management, Law Enforcement
 
Favorite Ham Activity: DXing

The Staff Lead for the GET is Chelsea Párraga – KF0FVJ. We look forward to seeing what the GET will accomplish in 2024!

For those leaving our advisory committees in 2024, we would like to thank each of you for all you have done for ARDC, and we invite you to remain a part of our extended family. For our new committee members, we’re pleased to welcome all of you to ARDC and look forward to getting to know you. To see the complete list of our 2024 Advisory Committees, check out the Who We Are page. If you would like to learn more about these volunteers, please subscribe to our monthly newsletter, where we highlight a member of each committee in the ARDC Team Spotlight.