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   ARLB005 Matt Holden, K0BBC, Tapped as ARRL Dakota Division Vice Director   
      
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   ARRL Bulletin 5  ARLB005   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington CT  February 4, 2016   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
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   ARLB005 Matt Holden, K0BBC, Tapped as ARRL Dakota Division Vice Director   
      
   ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, has appointed Matt Holden, K0BBC, to serve   
   as Dakota Division Vice Director, effective February 4. An ARRL Life Member   
   who lives in Bloomington, Minnesota, Holden succeeds former Vice Director Kent   
   Olson, KA0KDG. Olson became the Dakota Division Director when former Director   
   Greg Widin, K0GW, was elected as ARRL First Vice President at the ARRL Board   
   of Directors' Annual Meeting in mid-January. Holden, 46, will serve out the   
   remainder of the current term of office, which ends on January 1, 2017.   
      
   Holden belongs to several clubs and currently serves as the president of the   
   Bloomington Amateur Radio Association. He is ARES Emergency Coordinator for   
   the City of Bloomington and a Minnesota Section Public Information Officer. He   
   is an information technology professional with Delta Air Lines.   
      
   Holden also is active with the Bloomington Communications Group, the Twin   
   Cities DX Association, the Minnesota Wireless Association, and the Northern   
   Lights Radio Society.   
      
   Holden enjoys operating remotely from stations in Maine, New York, California,   
   Georgia, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. He also is an HF and VHF contester   
   and DXpeditioner, and he is active in the US Islands Award Program (USISL)   
   program.   
      
   Members may contact him via e-mail at, k0bbc@arrl.org .   
      
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