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   ARLB009 Ballots Counted, Results Announced in Three ARRL Section Manager   
   Contests   
      
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   ARRL Bulletin 9  ARLB009   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington CT  February 24, 2016   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
   SB QST ARL ARLB009   
   ARLB009 Ballots Counted, Results Announced in Three ARRL Section Manager   
   Contests   
      
   Three new Section Managers and five incumbent Section Managers will begin new   
   terms in their respective sections starting on April 1. The results of three   
   contested elections in the winter election cycle were announced February 23,   
   after ballots were tallied at ARRL Headquarters.   
      
   In the Pacific Section, Joe Speroni, AH0A, of Honolulu received 228 votes, to   
   103 for Kimberly Fendt, WH6KIM, of Mountain View.  Speroni has been the   
   Pacific Section's Affiliated Club Coordinator and maintains a variety of   
   Amateur Radio-related interests.   
      
   Outgoing Pacific Section Manager Bob Schneider, AH6J, of Keaau, decided not to   
   run for another term of office after serving for the past 10 years. Schneider   
   also had served earlier as Pacific SM from 1992 to 1996 and from 2002 to 2004.   
      
   In the San Diego Section, Dave Kaltenborn, N8KBC, of Chula Vista, California,   
   outpolled Patrick Bunsold, WA6MHZ, of El Cajon, California, 350 to 219 votes.   
      
   Kaltenborn brings more than 25 years of experience as a radio amateur to the   
   top post in San Diego Field Organization. He has been Assistant Section   
   Manager, Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator, and a District and local   
   Emergency Coordinator.   
      
   Outgoing Section Manager Steve Early, AD6VI, of La Mesa, California, decided   
   not to run for another term after serving for the past 8 years.   
      
   In Virginia, incumbent Section Manager Joe Palsa, K3WRY, received 870 votes,   
   while Anthony Harbour, KG4YXP, of Ridgeway received 512.   
      
   Palsa, of North Chesterfield, was appointed as Virginia's SM 1 year ago, to   
   complete the remaining term of then-Section Manager Carl Clements, W4CAC, who   
   had stepped down. With this election, Palsa will continue as Section Manager   
   for the next 2 years.   
      
   In Louisiana, Scott Wren, KD5DFL, of Pineville, will succeed Jim Molan,   
   KD5IGG, as Section Manager on April 1. Wren was the only nominee for the new   
   term when Molan, of Cottonport, announced that   
   he would not run for the position again after serving for one term.   
      
   Wren has served as Section Emergency Coordinator for the past 2 years and as   
   an Assistant District Emergency Coordinator or Emergency Coordinator since   
   2005.   
      
   These incumbent ARRL Section Managers faced no opposition and have been   
   declared elected for new terms beginning on April 1:   
      
   Pete Cecere, N2YJZ, Eastern New York; Joe Ames, W3JY, Eastern Pennsylvania;   
   Karl Bowman, W4CHX, North Carolina; and Chris Stallkamp, W0ADZ, South Dakota.   
      
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   ... My God but we are so beautifully, deeply screwed.   
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