{"id":2875,"date":"2018-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.iaru-r2.org\/iaru-r2-executive-committee-meeting-2\/"},"modified":"2018-10-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T22:00:00","slug":"iaru-r2-executive-committee-meeting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/iaru-r2-executive-committee-meeting-2\/","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">R2<\/span> Executive Committee meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ce-iaru-2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4714\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/ce-iaru-2018-150x77.jpg\" alt width=\"150\" height=\"77\"><\/a>The annual in-person <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> Region 2&nbsp;Executive Committee meeting was held in Panama City, Panama, on October 12\u2009\u2013\u200914, 2018, with the presence of <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">R2<\/span> President, Reinaldo Leandro, <span class=\"caps\">YV5AM<\/span>, Vice-President and Area C&nbsp;Director, Ram\u00f3n Santoyo <span class=\"caps\">XE1KK<\/span>, Secretary and Area D&nbsp;Director, Jos\u00e9 Arturo Molina, <span class=\"caps\">YS1MS<\/span>,<\/p>\n<p>Treasurer and Area B&nbsp;Director, Jay Bellows, <span class=\"caps\">K\u00d8QB<\/span>, Area A&nbsp;Director, George Gorsline, <span class=\"caps\">VE3YV<\/span>, Area E&nbsp;Director, Noel E. Donawa, <span class=\"caps\">9Y4X<\/span>, Area F&nbsp;Director, Gustavo de Faria Franco <span class=\"caps\">PT2ADM<\/span>?and Area G&nbsp;Director, Ernesto Syriani, <span class=\"caps\">LU8AE<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Two observers were also present: representing the <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> International Secretariat was Secretary Dave Sumner <span class=\"caps\">K1ZZ<\/span> and <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> Region 2&nbsp;Band Planning Committee Chairman Alphonse Penney <span class=\"caps\">VO1NO<\/span> \/ <span class=\"caps\">VA1AVR<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the issues addressed at the meeting, the reports of officers, area directors and coordinators were read and analyzed, and the situation of each area and of member societies was discussed. Special emphasis was placed on the issues to be discussed at the future World Radio Conference of 2019, to be held in&nbsp;Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Another event that was widely commented was the next Region 2&nbsp;General Assembly, to be held in Lima, Peru, in the second half of 2019, where an emergency communications workshop will also be provided. The participants have welcomed this&nbsp;event.<\/p>\n<p>Given that Panama was the venue of the meeting, Region 2&nbsp;officers were able to meet with local telecommunications authorities related to the radio amateurs and with officers of the Member Society (<span class=\"caps\">LPRA<\/span>) and colleagues to exchange points of view about the local situation.<\/p>\n<p>All participants were satisfied with the results of the meeting; they also commented on the good results of the periodic virtual meetings and reiterated their commitment to continue working in favor of their respective areas and of amateur radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual in-person <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> Region 2&nbsp;Executive Committee meeting was held in Panama City, Panama, on October 12\u2009\u2013\u200914, 2018, with the presence of <span class=\"caps\">IARU<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">R2<\/span> President, Reinaldo Leandro, <span class=\"caps\">YV5AM<\/span>, Vice-President and Area C&nbsp;Director, Ram\u00f3n Santoyo <span class=\"caps\">XE1KK<\/span>, Secretary and Area D&nbsp;Director, Jos\u00e9 Arturo Molina, <span class=\"caps\">YS1MS<\/span>, Treasurer and Area B&nbsp;Director, Jay Bellows, <span class=\"caps\">K\u00d8QB<\/span>, Area A&nbsp;Director, George Gorsline, <span class=\"caps\">VE3YV<\/span>,&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iaru-r2.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}