Via Southgate: IARU Administrative Council meets

The 54th meeting of the IARU Administrative Council (AC) was held in person at the Seehotel, Friedrichshafen, Germany, on Monday June, 20th, 2022 and Tuesday, June 21st, 2022

Much of the meeting was spent reviewing the work from the strategic planning working groups. After discussion it was agreed that in order to improve the efficiency and timeliness of IARU decisions and actions, the goal of the planning sessions is to structure IARU as one single, global organization. It was further agreed the working groups must complete their work in time for presentation of the design for change to 2023 IARU R1 Conference.

A draft letter to member-societies offering guidance on amateur satellites was approved. The AC added the importance of member societies contacting satellite builders as early as possible to ensure a smooth IARU frequency coordination. The importance of updated pre-launch data as well as public available operational information after launch was stressed. All contact with the IARU frequency coordination team should go to satcoord@iaru.org );

A proposed letter requesting support from the European Space agency was approved. The IARU Satellite Coordinator, Hans Blondeel-Timmerman, PB2T, was thanks for leading this initiative.

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