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   ARLX015 ARRL President Emeritus Jim Haynie, W5JBP (SK)   
      
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   Special Bulletin 15  ARLX015   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington CT  November 3, 2016   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
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   ARLX015 ARRL President Emeritus Jim Haynie, W5JBP (SK)   
      
   ARRL President Emeritus Jim Haynie, W5JBP, of Dallas, Texas, died on November   
   1, after a period of ill health. He was 73. Haynie was elected as the 13th   
   President of ARRL on January 21, 2000, succeeding Rod Stafford, W6ROD   
   (ex-KB6ZV).   
      
   "Jim was a remarkable individual who made a huge personal commitment to   
   Amateur Radio and the ARRL," said ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR. "He had   
   a great sense of humor that was often quite helpful as we addressed some   
   serious matters when Jim was President. His vision guided us to try new things   
   that are still helping Amateur Radio and the League to this day."   
      
   A radio amateur for more than 40 years, Haynie was twice re-elected by the   
   ARRL Board to the ARRL's top volunteer office, serving until January 2006,   
   when Joel Harrison, W5ZN, succeeded him. Prior to assuming the ARRL   
   presidency, Haynie was ARRL West Gulf Division Director during two different   
   periods - from 1987 until 1990 and from 1997 until 2000, and an ARRL Vice   
   President from 1990 until 1992.   
      
   During his 6 years as president, Haynie focused on promoting Amateur Radio in   
   the classroom, and his ARRL Amateur Radio Education Project - which he dubbed   
   the "Big Project" - was an initiative to offer a turnkey Amateur Radio   
   curriculum as well as radio equipment to schools. His project eventually grew   
   into the ARRL Education and Technology Program (ETP).   
      
   A gregarious and accessible individual, Haynie was also skilled at promoting   
   Amateur Radio as often as he could, frequently on the road to attend as many   
   ham radio gatherings as he could squeeze into his schedule, including Dayton   
   Hamvention each spring. Once, he was also a guest of Art Bell, W6OBB, on his   
   Coast to Coast AM overnight radio talk show.   
      
   On several occasions, Haynie traveled to Washington, DC, to meet with FCC and   
   other government officials and with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to promote   
   Amateur Radio issues and to communicate concerns. Those included the League's   
   position on deed restrictions or CC and Rs. During his tenure, the Amateur   
   Radio Spectrum Protection Act and the Amateur Radio Emergency Communications   
   Consistency Act - an early bill to address the CC and R issue - were   
   introduced in Congress. In 2003, Haynie testified on Capitol Hill on behalf of   
   the Spectrum Protection Act.   
      
   Not long after he became president, Haynie arranged for the gravely injured   
   13-year-old Willem van Tuijl - shot by pirates while cruising in the South   
   Pacific with his parents Jacco, KH2TD, Jannie, KH2TE, van Tuijl - get medical   
   treatment in the US.   
      
   After the 9/11 terror attacks, Haynie rallied radio amateurs to assist, and he   
   praised the actions of Amateur Radio volunteers who turned out in New York   
   City and Washington, DC. "Radio amateurs in New York City and elsewhere around   
   the country are doing everything they can to support the authorities in   
   locating and assisting victims," he said in the immediate aftermath of the   
   attacks.   
      
   A few years later, Haynie provided written testimony on Amateur Radio's   
   response in the Hurricane Katrina disaster to the US House Government Reform   
   Committee.   
      
   In 2007, after he had left the presidency, Dayton Hamvention named Haynie as   
   its Amateur of the Year. Hamvention said Haynie's League leadership "helped   
   define Amateur Radio's role in emergency communication."   
      
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