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   ARLX022 Past Radio Amateurs of Canada President Bill Gillis, VE1WG (SK)   
      
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   Special Bulletin 22  ARLX022   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington CT  December 29, 2016   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
   SB SPCL ARL ARLX022   
   ARLX022 Past Radio Amateurs of Canada President Bill Gillis, VE1WG (SK)   
      
   Former Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) President William James "Bill" Gillis,   
   VE1WG, of Moncton, New Brunswick, died December 26. He was 87. Gillis spent   
   his career in the technical and management fields of the telecommunications   
   industry.   
      
   He was a veteran radio amateur, having been licensed as VE1WG since 1946. He   
   also held the call signs VE3WG and 5H3WB (Tanzania).   
      
   Gillis served as RAC president from 2002 to 2003, and during his term, he was   
   a guest at ARRL Board of Directors meetings.   
      
   Gillis was RAC Director for the Maritimes Region and also served two terms as   
   president of the Moncton Area Amateur Radio Club. He also belonged to the   
   Montreal Amateur Radio Club and the Oakville Radio Club. In addition to   
   Amateur Radio, he enjoyed the sport of curling.   
      
   NNNN   
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   Always Mount a Scratch Monkey   
   Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it   
   wrong...   
   ... And so he road into battle, bearing the standard of confusion.   
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