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   ARLB024 ARRL Central Division Director Dick Isely, W9GIG, Steps Down   
      
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   ARRL Bulletin 24  ARLB024   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington CT  July 20, 2016   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
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   ARLB024 ARRL Central Division Director Dick Isely, W9GIG, Steps Down   
      
   Saying it was time that the ARRL Central Division had younger leadership,   
   Central Division Director Dick Isely, W9GIG, of Saint Charles, Illinois, has   
   resigned from the League's Board of Directors. He has been succeeded by Vice   
   Director Kermit Carlson, W9XA, of Batavia, Illinois.   
      
   "I'm 77 years old, and I still have pretty good health, despite my slow   
   recovery from a shingles attack that hit me last December," Isely said in a   
   public announcement. "However, it's time that you have a younger Central   
   Division Director." Isely and Carlson were re-elected last year without   
   opposition, and Isely expressed confidence that Carlson would "do a better   
   job" in the Director's   
   chair.   
      
   Isely tendered his resignation during the July 2016 ARRL Board of Directors   
   meeting over the weekend in Windsor, Connecticut, and acting on Carlson's   
   nomination, Isely's Board colleagues elected him as an ARRL Honorary Vice   
   President.   
      
   "I have thoroughly enjoyed meeting and talking with many of you over these   
   many years, and, from time to time, there will be future opportunities for   
   this activity," Isely's announcement concluded.   
      
   During his time on the Board, Isely served as a member of the ARRL Executive   
   Committee as well as on the Board's Administration and Finance and Membership   
   Services committees. He chaired the CEO Search Committee after former ARRL CEO   
   David Sumner, K1ZZ, announced his retirement in 2015. Isely also has been   
   among the ARRL Board members to promote the Amateur Radio Parity Act on   
   Capitol Hill.   
      
   Isley became the ARRL Central Division Director in 2001, succeeding Ed   
   Metzger, W9PRN, and he was an ARRL Foundation director from 2007 until his   
   resignation from the Board. He had served as ARRL   
   Foundation vice president since 2008. ARRL Great Lakes Director Dale Williams,   
   WA8EFK, has been named to replace Isely on the ARRL Foundation Board.   
      
   Isely is a graduate of the University of Missouri and a retired US Navy and   
   American Airlines pilot. He's an ARRL and an AMSAT Life Member and has been a   
   radio amateur since 1977. Isely helped organize the National Frequency   
   Coordinators' Council and served 4 years as a director.   
      
   ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, is expected to soon announce a successor   
   to Carlson to fill the now-vacant Vice Director's seat. The ARRL Central   
   Division is comprised of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.   
      
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