ACBHAMS / ACBRA, affiliate of American Council of the Blind

WELCOME TO ACB-HAMS
WEB SITE OF THE
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND RADIO AMATEURS (ACBRA)
CLUB CALL W3ACB

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ACBRA is a special interest affiliate of the national organization of American Council of the Blind (ACB), ACB having over 70 state and special interest affiliates in the United States and its territories.

WHO ARE WE? WHAT DO WE DO?

Our membership is made up of legally blind as well as fully sighted FCC licensed amateur radio operators, AKA hams, together enjoying the hobby of amateur radio. However, as an affiliate of the ACB, our charter specifies that the majority of our members must be legally blind.

It must be pointed out that visual impairment does not interfere with our being competent to the highest degree in our hobby of communication and electronics.
In our real lives, we take time to earn our living as teachers, professors, lawyers, secretaries, IT specialists, salesmen, well you name it. Some of us are homemakers or retirees

Our club call is W3ACB. When we are assembled together in an area, our official VHF frequency is
147.48 MHz. simplex.

As members of ACBRA, we may also keep in touch to exchange information on our membership email list.

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ACBRA OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

We hold our annual meetings in conjunction with the American Council of the Blind national convention. Our officers are elected to two year terms with a limit of 2 consecutive terms. The treasurer has no term limit because of the policy that, "When you've got a sucker, you hang on to that one." Our 3 board members are elected to 3 year terms with the limit of 1 term. Our officers and board members are listed below along with term number and expiration year of that term.

President	WA1RTB Steve Dresser	Term 1, 2011
Vice president	K5XU Mike Duke	Term 1, 2011
Treasurer	K8CO Robert Rogers	Term 3, 2011
Secretary	K1EIC Betsy Doane	Term 2, 2011
Board 1	K1EIR Barbara Gruba	Term 1 2010
Board 2	WA0WJZ Robert Stangle	Term 1 2011
Board 3	NU6P John Glass	Term 1 2012

READ OR LISTEN TO MEETING MINUTES

Read the minutes of the annual meeting held on 7/5/2007
Read the minutes of the annual meeting held on 7/9/2009

The following 2 links will play the recordings of the annual meetings of 2007 and 2009. Be prepared to wait a while for the download, after which it will play
listen to the annual meeting held on 7/5/2007
Listen to the annual meeting held on 7/9/2009

You may read our constitution here

SOME LINKS OF INTEREST:

American Council of the Blind (ACB)
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
Federal Communication Commission (FCC)
Handihams, Ham Radio & technology for people with disabilities

Use a ham call look up: WWW.WM7D.COM

BECOME A MEMBER

Wouldn’t you like to join the American Council of the Blind Radio Amateurs (ACBRA)? A modest $10 dues payment gains you full membership rights in ACBRA and also the national ACB since ACBRA is an affiliate. As a member of ACBRA, your email address is automatically added to the ACBRA email list where others like you share ideas and information relating to the hobby.

To join, send a check for $10 payable to ACBRA and mail it to the Treasurer as follows:

Robert R Rogers
1121 Morado Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45238
You may contact him through the link to webmaster