ARRL Southern Florida Section Manager Jeff Beals, WA4AW, has won a full term in his own right, after being appointed to the post earlier this year. In the just-completed summer election cycle, Beals, of Loxahatchee, received 570 votes to 270 for his challenger, Tom Gallagher, NY2RF, of West Palm Beach. Ballots were counted on August 19, at ARRL Headquarters.
Beals will begin his 2-year term of …
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The Southern Florida Section will get a new Section Manager on June 1. Current SM David Fowler, K4DLF, of West Palm Beach, has announced plans to step down at the end of the month. Fowler, who has been at the helm in Southern Florida since October 1, 2010, cited recently increased work responsibilities as the reason for his resignation.
Jeff Beals, WA4AW, of Loxahatchee, will take over as the So…
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Four new ARRL Section Managers will take office on July 1. Ballots were counted May 20 for contested races in the spring SM election cycle.
In Indiana, Joseph Lawrence, K9RFZ, of Fort Wayne, received 652 votes to top incumbent Section Manager Lou Everett Sr, WA5LOU, of Cumberland, who polled 482 votes. Everett has been SM for the past 2 years.
Lawrence previously served as Indiana’s Section Emerg…
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Karl Bowman, W4CHX, of Raleigh, is the new ARRL North Carolina Section Manager, effective on February 20. Outgoing SM Bill Morine, N2COP, of Wilmington, decided not to run for another term after serving since 2010. Although his term did not end until April 1, Morine asked to step down early, due to business and personal commitments, and let Bowman step in early. Membership and Volunteer Program…
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In the only contested Section Manager election this fall, ARRL members in Tennessee have re-elected Keith E. Miller Sr, N9DGK. He received 690 votes, while challenger Randall Smith, KI4OAS, of Gadsden, received 352 votes. Smith is Tennessee’s Section Emergency Coordinator. Miller, who lives in Rockvale (near Murfreesboro), will begin his second term as Tennessee Section Manager on January 1. Ba…
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This spring, the ARRL held two balloted elections for Section Manager. ARRL members in Nebraska elected a new Section Manager, while members in Utah — faced with a three-way race — voted to keep their Section Manager. In addition, ARRL members in New Hampshire and Wisconsin will each get a new Section Manager, and Section Managers in seven Sections ran unopposed and were declared elected for …
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Chris Brewer, N5GMJ, of Saginaw, Texas, has been appointed ARRL North Texas Section Manager as of April 30. The current Section Manager, Walt Mayfield, KE5SOO, of Krum, announced he would be resigning due to work and family commitments; he has served as Section Manager since October 2011. ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Manager Dave Patton, NN1N, appointed Brewer after consulting with AR…
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Montana, Arizona and Iowa will be getting new Section Managers beginning April 1. In the only contested race this election cycle, George Forsyth, AA7GS, of Great Falls, beat out incumbent ARRL Montana Section Manager Doug Dunn, K7YD, of Livingston. Forsyth received 199 votes, while Dunn received 175 votes; Dunn has served 10 years as Section Manager. Forsyth — an ARRL Life Member and ARRL Volu…
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This weekend, 12 newly elected or appointed Section Managers will be in Newington at ARRL Headquarters for an orientation workshop. The primary purposes of the three-day workshop sessions are to share ideas and to provide basic administrative, management, leadership and motivational training.
“The Section Manager Workshop is an orientation and training event for new Section Managers who have com…
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Two Section Manager elections this summer were decided by member balloting: ARRL Connecticut Section Manager Betsey Doane, K1EIC, was re-elected to a new term, and John Mueller, K2BT, was elected as the new ARRL Western New York Section Manager. New terms of office start October 1, 2012. Ballots were counted at ARRL Headquarters on Tuesday, August 21.
Doane, of Shelton, received 493 votes. Her o…
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In March 2012, the Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) announced that it would split its Ontario Section into four new Sections “to create a management model that better communicates with, and represents the interests of, the overall Ontario amateur population.” The new Section boundaries go into effect as of September 1, 2012. On August 8, RAC Chief Field Services Officer Doug Mercer, VO1DTM/VO1DM,…
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These are videos of some of the 2010 Field Day locations that ARRL MDC Section Manager Jim Cross, WI3N, and ARRL MDC Assistant Section Manager Al Brown, KZ3AB, visited on June 26 and June 27, 2010. Video by: E Allen Brown, KZ3AB
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Of the nine Section Manager elections this spring, two were decided by member balloting. Ballots were counted on May 22 at ARRL Headquarters. Terms for these ARRL Field Organization officials begin July 1.
The incumbent Indiana Section Manager — John Poindexter, W3ML, of Knox, who has served as Section Manager since 2009 — decided not to run for a new term of office. Two radio amateurs vied fo…
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Fred Kleber, K9VV, has been appointed as Section Manager of the Virgin Islands Section beginning May 1, 2012. Kleber, of Christiansted, is taking the reins from John Ellis, NP2B, who is planning to move out of the Section soon. Ellis has been Section Manager of the Virgin Islands since 1996. Kleber has served as the Section Emergency Coordinator of the Virgin Islands this past year.
Ellis recomm…
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