Below is an excerpt from an email from an ARRL Section Manager that should be a wake-up call for ALL of us to join the ARRLSTX and STXARES email groups so our ARRL Leadership has a backup email system to contact you. Currently, the ARRL.org and possibly the ARRL.net email systems are down.
For the few ARRL members that have signed up to get Division and Section News your ARRL Director and Section Manager cannot email you using the ARRL email system until it is fully restored. It doesn't matter what email address the ARRL has on file for you.
To Join our Groups.io Email List:
- ARRLSTX https://arrlstx.groups.io/g/main
- Lucly only two have @arrl.net email addresses.
- STXARES https://stxares.groups.io/g/main
- 21 members are using @arrl.net addresses and 4 are flagged as bouncing.
- While I have your attention, please encourage all STX ARES members to register here:
I encourage those using @arrl.net addresses to update them to a real email address you check often.
For ARRL Members Only
- To check your Opt In/Out Communications from the ARRL you need to login to the ARRL website and THEN follow this link:
- https://home.arrl.org/action/My-Account/Opt-In-Out
- Check as many as desired but mostly check the Division and Section News.
As you may know, various IT systems at ARRL have been down for nearly three weeks due to an outage that began on or about May 15. My May 21 newsletter was not sent out through the ARRL mail system and I am not currently able to directly communicate with members except by entering individual email addresses. Because the ARRL email system is down I cannot communicate with 2812 NC ARRL members who receive my newsletters through the ARRL mail system.