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   ARLB021 Four New Section Managers to Start in the New Year   
      
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   ARRL Bulletin 21  ARLB021   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington CT  November 20, 2014   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
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   ARLB021 Four New Section Managers to Start in the New Year   
      
   ARRL members in the Western Pennsylvania Section have elected elite   
   contester Tim Duffy, K3LR, as their new Section Manager. In a   
   three-way race, Duffy polled 545 votes, Cynthia L. Rushton, WB3CNJ,   
   received 83 votes, and Paul Plants, W3PLP, 62 votes. Ballots were   
   counted Tuesday, November 18, at ARRL Headquarters. Western   
   Pennsylvania Section Manager John Rodgers, N3MSE, of Butler decided   
   to not run for another term after serving since October 2007. He   
   also was Section Manager from 2000 to 2003.   
      
   Duffy, who lives in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, has been an ARRL   
   member and radio amateur for 42 years. He has served for 4 years as   
   the Atlantic Division representative to the ARRL Contest Advisory   
   Committee. Duffy also has been an active member of ARES and RACES   
   and has extensive net and traffic-handling experience.   
      
   Three other ARRL Sections also will begin the New Year with new   
   Section Managers.   
      
   In Eastern Massachusetts, Tom Walsh, K1TW, of Bedford, will take the   
   helm of that ARRL Section on January 1. Walsh has been an Assistant   
   Section Manager and was the only candidate for the Section Manager's   
   job.   
      
   Current SM Phil Temples, K9HI, who has served as Eastern   
   Massachusetts SM since 2011, decided not to run for a new term of   
   office. Temples also served as Section Manager from 1994 to 1996 and   
   from 2001 to 2004.   
      
   Taking over the top leadership role in the Southern New Jersey   
   Section on January 1 will be Thomas J. "Skip" Arey, N2EI, of   
   Beverly. He was the only nominee for the position. Arey has been the   
   Affiliated Club Coordinator in Southern New Jersey. Incumbent SM   
   George Strayline, W2GSS, opted not to run for another term after   
   serving since 2009.   
      
   In the West Central Florida Section, Darrell Davis, KT4WX, of Fort   
   Meade, will be the new SM starting in the New Year. He was the only   
   candidate for the position. Davis brings to the office his   
   experience as an Assistant Section Manager, ARES Emergency   
   Coordinator, and Technical Specialist. He will succeed Dee Turner,   
   N4GD, of Pinellas Park, who chose not to run for another term after   
   serving since 2005.   
      
   The following incumbent Section Managers faced no opposition in the   
   fall election cycle, and they will continue with new terms of office   
   starting January 1, 2015: Dale Bagley, K0KY (Missouri); Matt   
   Anderson, KA0BOJ (Nebraska); Jim Mezey, W2KFV (New York City-Long   
   Island); Tom Dick, KF2GC (Northern New York), and Marc Tarplee,   
   N4UFP (South Carolina).   
      
   Two-year terms for all successful candidates will begin on January   
   1, 2015.   
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