IARU Region 1 - London minutes available

The minutes from the April IARU Region 1 Executive Committee Meeting are now available.

The meeting was held from 5 - 7 April at the Novotel, London, Heathrow.

At the meeting the RSGB made the following points:

- IARU was seen as slow moving particularly on the question of its new organisation

- IARU was not seen as particularly relevant by members of MS

Some of the other issues mentioned in the minutes are:

- Declining membership of National Societies

- A single European question pool for amateur examinations

- CHF 3,000 to be made available to UBA to help offset their outstanding costs relating to the costs of the ARISS Columbus Antennas.

- Spectrum Defence Fund

- Operating Standards

The IARU Region 1 minutes can be downloaded from:
http://www.iaru-r1.org/
Published%20EC%20Minutes%202008.pdf