ARLA/CLUSTER: Resumo breve dos assuntos abordados na 24.ª Conferencia Geral da IARU Região 1

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Feedback on the 24th IARU Region 1 General Conference

The 24th General Conference of IARU Region 1 opened on Sunday 17
September 2017 with 130 delegates from forty Member Societies as well
as officers from the IARU, Regions 1, 2 and 3. Thirteen Member
Societies, represented by proxies at the Conference, were there.

The Conference was held at the Sparkassenakademie Bayern in Landshut,
Germany and hosted by the Deutsche Amateur Radio Club (DARC).

Progress was made at the conference on a number of topics that are of
key concern to radio amateurs. These came from getting people together
over several days and facing them with the realities that we need to
protect our spectrum as well as address the declining numbers of
active Radio Amateurs.

The Conference reviewed the strategy of IARU Region 1, its finances
and membership. Other matters reviewed included the work of a number
of permanent Committees, Working Groups and coordinators, including
EMC, Political Relations, Emergency Communications, Youth, ARDF,
Development of Amateur Radio in developing countries, Spectrum
development and protection via ITU, CEPT, and the World
Radiocommunication Conferences (Spectrum and Regulatory Liaison
Committee), Intruder Watch, Space and High-Speed Telegraphy.

The Conference also reviewed policy in the key spectrum areas of LF/HF
and VHF/UHF/Microwave. Discussions extended over a range of areas,
including band planning, contesting, remote working, and innovative
developments in the areas of satellites and digital TV. The position
on the World Communication Conference 2019 was also discussed.

A full report of the proceedings of the final Plenary has been
published on the IARU Region 1 web site at
www.iaru-r1.org/index.php/general-conference

A new Executive Committee was elected during the Final Plenary of the
24th IARU Region 1 General Conference. The Executive Committee for
2017 to 2020, who will start their term of office on 31 October 2017,
are President: Don Beattie, G3BJ; Vice President: Faisal Al-Ajmi,
9K2RR; Treasurer: Andreas Thiemann, HB9JOE; Secretary: Hans Blondeel
Timmerman, PB2T and Members: Oliver Tabakovski, Z32TO; Sylvain
Azarian, F4GKR, Alessandro Carletti, IV3KKW, Mats Espling, SM6EAN, and
Joerg Jaehrig, DJ3HW.

The 25th IARU Region 1 General Conference will be held in September
2020 in Nova Sad, Serbia, hosted by SRS.

The Region 1 Roy Stevens, G2BVN, Memorial Trophy, the highest
recognition that Region 1 can award, was awarded to Colin Thomas,
G3PSM for his  outstanding contribution to amateur radio and the work
of IARU over several decades.

At the Gala Dinner held on Thursday evening 21 September many awards
were handed over. Retiring HF Manager for Region 1, Ulrich Mueller,
DK4VW, received honorary life membership of the DARC as well as the
Region 1 Medal for his work as HF Manager of the Region. Graham
Shirville, the Region 1 Satellite Coordinator, Greg Mossop, G0DUB, the
Region 1 Emergency Communications Coordinator and Lisa Leenders,
PA2LS, the Region 1 Youth Working Group Chair received the Region 1
Medal from Don Beattie, G3BJ, Region 1 President. Retiring Region 1
Secretary, Dennis Green, ZS4BS, also received the Region 1 Medal for
his contribution to Region 1 as Secretary since 2009. Dennis was
appointed as the Region 1 HF Beacon Coordinator for the next three
years.

Fonte: SARL